We're Here (2020) s02e06 Episode Script
Watertown, South Dakota
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Eureka: WHAT?
HI, WE'RE HERE.
Bob: SEE SOMETHING YOU LIKE?
Shangela: OKAY, WELL THEY'RE
PAYING THE GIRL'S DUST.
ALL RIGHT.
Bob: SORRY, Y'ALL.
YEAH, SO I DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY
TO TIP THE BATHROOM ATTENDANT.
Shangela: HOW DID YOU RE-TUCK
SO FAST?
Bob: WELL, THAT'S FOR ME TO
KNOW AND YOU TO --
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[GROWLS]
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Eureka: I'M A BIKER BITCH.
[GROWLS]
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WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
Bob: OH, THERE'S THE GUYS
FROM --
Shangela: HI.
Eureka: HI, BOYS.
Shangela: HELLO.
IS THIS A HARLEY?
THIS IS A HARLEY.
Eureka: SO IS IT POSSIBLE TO
GET A RIDE WITH ONE OF YOU ALL?
Shangela: OH, SHIT.
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Eureka: WELL, LET ME KNOW IF
YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND.
Eureka: BYE, DADDIES.
YEAH, WE'LL SEE YA.
Eureka: FOUND ME A HUSBAND.
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Shangela: OH, LOOK IT'S A
STREET FESTIVAL.
Eureka: HI!
Shangela: HOW COOL.
Eureka: WE'RE HERE.
Shangela: HI, LADIES.
WE HAVE A SHOW COMING UP ON
FRIDAY NIGHT SO WE'D LOVE TO SEE
Y'ALL, OKAY.
'CAUSE, TRUST ME, YOU AIN'T SEEN
NOTHING LIKE US IN WATERTOWN,
RIGHT?
Bob: IT'S BOB, WE'RE FROM
WATERTOWN, WEARING SOME MOTHER
FUCKING LEATHER ON THESE
STREETS, YEAH, DOG.
Shangela: HI, GENTLEMEN, HOW
ARE YOU ALL?
Eureka: HI, BOYS.
Shangela: HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
TO A DRAG SHOW?
Shangela: NO?
Eureka: WOULD YOU LIKE TO?
Shangela: NO, NO?
NEVER WILL?
ALL RIGHT, WELL.
Bob: NICE SHIRT.
Eureka: HI.
Bob: NICE SHIRT.
Shangela: YOU EVER BEEN TO A
DRAG SHOW?
NOPE.
Shangela: NO?
WELL, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO
START, TO SEE YOUR FIRST, OKAY.
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Eureka: WATERTOWN, SOUTH
DAKOTA, IS WHERE WE ARE.
Bob: NOT A LOT OF WATER.
NOT A LOT OF TOWN.
[LAUGHS]
Shangela: ON A MAP, THIS IS
AMERICA, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
WATERTOWN, IT'S LIKE RIGHT IN
HERE, LIKE HEARTLAND AND UP A
LITTLE BIT.
Eureka: SO I DIDN'T KNOW THE
DAKOTAS WERE REALLY FLAT BUT,
MAMA, YOU CAN SEE FOR MILES AND
MILES.
Shangela: THERE'S LOTS OF
CORN FIELDS, THERE'S LOTS OF
BEAN, THERE'S LOTS OF FARMING
AND AGRICULTURE.
THERE ARE BIG TRUCKS, THERE ARE
BALES OF HAY.
Eureka: TO ME WATERTOWN SEEMS
NOT UPTIGHT IN LIKE A SNOOTY WAY
JUST UPTIGHT IN LIKE A,
EVERYTHING IS DONE A CERTAIN WAY
HERE AND IF YOU'RE WEIRD AND
DIFFERENT, GET OUT OF HERE.
Shangela: IT'S NOT VERY
DIVERSE OVER HERE IN THIS
WATERTOWN, OKAY.
Bob: I GET STARES IN NEW YORK
CITY BUT, BABY, I BREAK NECKS IN
WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA.
LIKE, PEOPLE WILL RE-ORGANIZE
THEIR SCHEDULE TO LOOK AT ME,
THEY WILL CANCEL PLANS.
I DO FEEL OUT OF PLACE, I FEEL A
LITTLE -- I FEEL OTHER.
Eureka: I HOPE THAT WATERTOWN
TAKES AWAY FROM THIS DRAG SHOW
LIKE PLAY WITH THE PLAYDOH, MAKE
A COOKIE WITHOUT IT BEING A
SHAPE, GIRL, YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN.
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HEY, BRACK.
HEY.
HOW WAS WORK?
IT WAS PRETTY CHAOTIC.
HEY.
HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
GOOD, HOW WAS WORK?
IT WAS ALL RIGHT.
IT GOT LONG.
MISSED YOU.
[ON THE PHONE]
HEY, WHAT'S UP?
MY BOND BETWEEN JUSTICE AND I
IS SUPER IMMENSE AND IT'S
PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGES
BONDS I HAVE WITH ANYBODY IN MY
LIFE.
[ON THE PHONE]
I'M EXCITED FOR YOU TO COME UP.
GROWING UP AS TWINS WE SHARED
EVERYTHING, WHETHER IT BE MEALS,
WHETHER IT BE MONEY, BIRTHDAY
PARTIES, YOU SHARE ALL THAT.
SO WE'VE JUST ALWAYS BEEN USED
TO HAVING EACH OTHER.
IF WE WANTED TO TALK ABOU
SOMETHING WE COULD TALK ABOUT I
RIGHT AWAY.
IF WE WANTED TO CRY ABOU
SOMETHING, WE COULD CRY TO EACH
OTHER ABOUT IT.
WHAT TYPE OF TWINS ARE YOU?
WE'RE IDENTICAL TWINS, YES.
WHAT'S THAT LIKE TO HAVE AN
IDENTICAL TWIN?
[LAUGHS]
YEAH, THAT JUST EXPLAINED I
ALL.
YEAH.
I DON'T THINK I EVER LEARNED
THAT JUSTICE WAS GAY, I'VE
ALWAYS PRETTY MUCH KNOWN.
IT'S ALWAYS JUST BEEN SOMETHING
THAT I'VE ACCEPTED.
AS A KID LIVING HERE IN
WATERTOWN, IT WAS REALLY TOUGH.
BUT JAADON WAS ALWAYS PROTECTIVE
OF ME GROWING UP.
AND I FEEL LIKE WITHOUT JAADON,
I WOULD HAVE NEVER CAME OUT AS
SOON AS I DID.
HE WAS PROBABLY THE MAIN REASON
WHY I GOT THE COURAGE TO COME
OUT, WHICH IS, LIKE, THERE A FEW
PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE LIKE
JAADON AND, LIKE, DON'T CARE
ABOUT THAT.
IN WATERTOWN IT WAS PRETTY,
UH, APPARENT THAT JAADON AND I
DIDN'T REALLY FIT THE MOLD HERE.
BOYS VERSUS GIRLS, A CLASSIC.
WE ARE 25% NATIVE AMERICAN,
WE'RE 25% AFRICAN-AMERICAN, AND
THEN WE'RE 50% GERMAN.
WE WERE THE DARKEST PEOPLE
MOST PEOPLE IN WATERTOWN HAVE
EVER BEEN IN, IT JUST PROVES,
LIKE, JUST HOW UNEXPOSED
WATERTOWN IS.
I IDENTIFY STRONGLY AS, LIKE, A
GAY PERSON OF COLOR AND PEOPLE
JUST -- I FEEL LIKE WEREN'
READY FOR THAT.
TELL ME I WON'T DO IT AND YOU
KNOW I'LL SINK IT RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO.
ALL RIGHT, BET.
ALL RIGHT, BET.
WHAT'D I SAY, MAN?
PUT ME IN THAT POSITION, I DON'
LOSE.
[LAUGHTER]
A LOT OF WATERTOWN PROBABLY
DOESN'T WANT TO WATCH A DRAG
SHOW, BUT JUST BECAUSE THIS
ISN'T WHAT YOU DO DOESN'T MEAN
THAT YOU HAVE TO HATE IT.
ME BEING A STRAIGHT MALE WITH MY
BROTHER UP THERE ON STAGE, TO BE
UNCOMFORTABLE I FEEL LIKE IS THE
BEST WAY YOU CAN LEARN.
Bob: I'M JUST HARASSING THEM
NOW.
HEY!
HI!
Bob: I RANG THE DOORBELL
BUT --
IT DOESN'T WORK.
I'M SORRY.
Bob: IT DOESN'T WORK, I FOUND
OUT THE DOORBELL DOESN'T WORK.
HOW ARE YOU?
GOOD, HOW ARE YOU?
I'M JUSTICE.
Bob: JUSTICE?
YES.
Bob: LIKE THE LEAGUE?
YES.
JAADON, NICE TO MEET YOU.
Bob: JAADON.
I'M REALLY INTRIGUED TO KNOW,
LIKE, WHAT'S IT LIKE BEING A GAY
TWIN, A STRAIGHT TWIN?
IF I HAD TO CHOOSE ONE I'M
HAPPY I'M THE GAY TWIN BECAUSE
BEING THE STRAIGHT TWIN I THINK
IS A LITTLE BIT BASIC, BUT --
IT'S REALLY NICE 'CAUSE WE'RE
ALWAYS COMPETITIVE AND THERE'S
NOTHING TO COMPETE WITH, YOU
KNOW?
I'M INTERESTED IN GUYS, HE'S
INTERESTED IN GIRLS, SO IT'S,
IT'S NICE, IT'S NICE THAT PLAY
DON'T LIKE THAT 'CAUSE I THINK
THAT'D JUST BE ANOTHER THING
THAT WE'D GET IN ARGUMENTS OVER.
I'D WIN THAT, THOUGH.
YOU THINK SO?
Bob: HE'S LIKE, BUT I COULD
SCOOP UP YOUR MAN.
[LAUGHTER]
I'M JUST SAYING IF I WANTED
TO IN THAT WAY, I'D SWING THA
WAY AND I'D BE GOOD AT IT.
[LAUGHTER]
Bob: ALL RIGHT, ARE THERE A
LOT OF GAY PEOPLE AROUND HERE?
THERE'S NOT REALLY, LIKE, A
LOT OF GAY PEOPLE IN WATERTOWN.
I CAME OUT ON MY JUNIOR YEAR.
THAT, YOU KNOW, I GET, LIKE, THE
STRANGE LOOK OR I GET, LIKE, THE
COLD SHOULDER A LITTLE BIT.
AND, LIKE, WHEN I DID HAVE A
BOYFRIEND I WOULD, LIKE, NEVER
DO, LIKE, ANYTHING LIKE PDA OR
ANYTHING 'CAUSE I KNEW THAT I
WOULD EITHER GET, LIKE, LOOKED
AT OR TALKED TO.
Bob: DID YOU EVER, WAS ANYONE
EVER LIKE, WHAT'S UP WITH YOUR
BROTHER, OR?
I FELT LIKE I WAS PUT IN THE
SITUATION WHERE I COULD, LIKE,
HELP HIM A LITTLE BIT.
AND I THINK JAADON ACTUALLY
DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF, LIKE,
EXPLAINING THAT, LIKE, JUS
'CAUSE I'M GAY THAT ISN'T MY
PERSONALITY.
YOU KNOW, LIKE, I'M STILL THE
SAME JUSTICE AND STUFF LIKE
THAT.
Bob: THAT'S SO SWEET.
Bob: I WILL SAY THAT THERE
HAVE NOT BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
OH, DON'T EVEN GET US
STARTED.
I KNEW WHERE HE WAS GOING
RIGHT AWAY.
TRY LIVING HERE.
THERE WAS AN INSTANCE IN HIGH
SCHOOL, LIKE, WHERE I GO
CALLED, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN WORD
IN THE HALLWAY AND --
Bob: LOVELY?
BEAUTIFUL, HANDSOME, CHARMING?
SADLY, NONE OF THE ABOVE.
Bob: WHAT WERE THEY SAYING?
IT WAS LIKE THE N-WORD WITH
LIKE, THE HARD R.
Bob: THAT'S CRAZY.
OR LIKE, THE THING WAS, COULD
I HAVE THE N-WORD PASS, COULD I
HAVE THE PASS, AND IT'S
LIKE, THAT'S NOT A THING, LIKE,
YOU REALIZE THAT, RIGHT --
AND THEN THAT'S THEIR
ARGUMENT, TOO, IT'S LIKE, NO, I
CAN SAY IT, SOMEONE GAVE ME
PERMISSION TO.
Bob: THAT IS CRAZY.
I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A NIGGA
PASS IN MY LIFE.
YEAH, LITERALLY IT DOES FEEL
LIKE WE'RE ALMOST LIKE STUCK IN
LIKE, THE 1950s, IT FEELS LIKE
SOMETIMES WITH THE STUFF THA
PEOPLE SAY AND THE STUFF THA
PEOPLE GET AWAY WITH SAYING IN
WATERTOWN.
Bob: WHAT ABOUT THE, WHA
WE'RE GONNA BE EMBARKING ON?
JAADON THOUGHT THIS WAS,
LIKE, A FASHION SHOW.
I THOUGHT --
Bob: YOU'RE GONNA WALK THE
RUNWAY.
I THOUGHT I WALK DOWN A
RUNWAY AND WALKED BACK, HE
DIDN'T --
Bob: OH, YOU THINK YOU'RE
JUST A FASHION MODEL.
HIT THE RUNWAY.
SHOW THE GIRLS WHAT'S UP.
CLOSE MY EYES FOR FIVE
SECONDS, BE GOOD.
Bob: OH, NO, MARY.
WE'RE DOING A FULL PERFORMANCE,
MISS THING.
YEAH.
Bob: FULL ON HEELS, LASHES,
CORSET, WIG.
I'M EXCITED.
YEAH.
I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS BUT I'M
EXCITED.
I'M PRETTY NERVOUS, TO BE
HONEST.
Bob: WHY YOU SO NERVOUS?
WELL, I MEAN LIKE, I'VE
ALWAYS BEEN, LIKE, MORE THAN
SUPPORTING OF HIM BUT IT'S
DIFFERENT, LIKE, ME BEING, LIKE,
HEY, MAN, I'M GONNA BE RIGH
BESIDE YOU GOING OUT THERE AND
DOING THAT.
Bob: IN TERMS OF THIS
PERFORMANCE, I WANT JAADON AND
JUSTICE TO HAVE A THEME THA
TALKS ABOUT BEING THERE FOR EACH
OTHER, STANDING UP FOR ONE
ANOTHER.
I THINK, I MEAN, JAADON, HE'S
AFRAID OF PEOPLE SEEING HIM IN
ANYTHING LESS THAN A VERY
MASCULINE FORM.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE NO
GONNA ABANDON EACH OTHER, AND I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE
SEE SOMEONE LIKE JAADON UP HERE
SUPPORTING JUSTICE, THAT'S
IMPORTANT.
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I DEFINITELY DID NOT GROW UP
IN SOCIAL ISSUES AND WORRYING
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE'S
RIGHTS.
HI, MOM.
HI, HONEY.
CAN I TRY?
WHEN MY OWN CHILD CAME OUT TO
ME AS A TRANS PERSON, IT KIND OF
PUSHES IT TO THE FOREFRONT OF
YOUR BRAIN.
YOU'RE LIKE OKAY, OH, WAIT, NOW
I SEE THAT THERE'S THINGS THA
ARE HAPPENING AROUND ME THAT ARE
DISCRIMINATION.
RIGHTS AREN'T THERE FOR PEOPLE.
NOW I SEE THESE LAWS THA
THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE, I SEE
WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND US.
YOU JUST WALK BY HERE AND YOU
GET GLITTER ON YOU.
IT'S EVERYWHERE.
I FOUND IT IN MY EARS THIS
MORNING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT GOT THERE.
[LAUGHS]
UNFORTUNATELY, NORTHEASTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA, IT'S REALLY A
TOUGH AREA FOR THEM TO BE WHO
THEY ARE.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE
RESISTANT TO THE LGBTQ PLUS
COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY DON'
UNDERSTAND, THEY CHOOSE NOT TO
UNDERSTAND, AND IT'S A LOT OF
FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
BUT I'M ALWAYS GOING TO KEEP
FIGHTING TO MAKE IT A BETTER
PLACE FOR THEM TO LIVE.
THERE YOU GO.
I REALLY LIKE THAT, THAT'S
SUPER PRETTY.
♪
Shangela: HI.
SORRY.
Shangela: YOU MUST BE AMY?
I AM!
Shangela: OH, GIRL, COME ON
OVER HERE AND GIVE ME A HUG.
WHAT?
I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T STARTED
CRYING ALREADY.
GIRL, WE JUST MET, GET YOURSELF
IN HERE.
[LAUGHTER]
Shangela: YOU MUST BE ALEX?
YES.
WHAT GAVE IT AWAY?
Shangela: NICE TO MEET YOU.
HI.
Shangela: SEE, YOU SHOULD
HAVE TOLD ME WE WERE DOING
RAINBOW HAIR, I WOULD HAVE DYED
MINE TOO.
HELLO.
IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.
Shangela: OH, NICE TO MEE
YOU.
PLEASURE.
Shangela: YOU KNOW, I'M FROM
A SMALL TOWN, TOO.
WHAT'S THE EXPERIENCE BEEN LIKE
IN SCHOOL COMING INTO YOUR OWN
OF WHO YOU ARE?
IF YOU WANT ONE WORD, IT'S
HELL.
IT'S SO DIFFICULT.
I GO EAT LUNCH WITH A TEACHER, I
DON'T SIT IN THE CAFETERIA
BECAUSE OF SO MANY BULLIES.
Shangela: DID YOU FIND THA
THERE IS A LGBTQ COMMUNITY HERE?
IT'S REALLY KIND OF FUNNY
BECAUSE I NEVER REALIZED HOW BIG
THE COMMUNITY IS HERE UNTIL WE
STARTED OUR WATERTOWN LOVE GROUP
AND THEN YOU START TO MEE
PEOPLE AND FIND PEOPLE AND
YOU'RE LIKE, THIS IS AMAZING.
Shangela: WHAT IS WATERTOWN
LOVE?
WE ARE LGBTQ YOUTH, ADULTS,
AND ALLIES THAT STARTED TWO
YEARS AGO.
ONE OF ALEX'S FRIENDS PASSED
AWAY, THEY TOOK THEIR OWN LIFE,
AND IT WAS KIND OF THE CATALYS
TO START IT.
WHEN THIS YOUNG PERSON TOOK
THEIR LIFE, THEY WERE FRIENDS
WITH ALEX AND THEY IDENTIFIED AS
PAN-SEXUAL.
OKAY, IF THIS CAN HAPPEN TO
SOMEBODY ELSE'S KID, THIS COULD
HAPPEN TO MINE.
WITH THE WHOLE WATERTOWN LOVE
GROUP, I KNOW THAT IT'S SO MUCH
BIGGER THAN ME.
IT'S SO MUCH BIGGER THAN ALEX.
IT'S EVEN BIGGER THAN WATERTOWN.
IF WE START SMALL, BIG CHANGES
CAN COME OF THAT.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT WILL STOP
THAT.
THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT LOOK
DOWN ON OUR ORGANIZATION AND
WHAT IT DOES AND WHAT WE STAND
FOR, BUT --
BY DOING DRAG AND MAKING
MYSELF VISIBLE, I HOPE TO REALLY
CEMENT IN THAT ALLYSHIP THAT I
SHOW ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS.
I MAY BE 5'2" BUT I CAN BE
PRETTY FIERCE.
I'M GONNA COME OUT SWINGING, I'M
GOING TO PUSH, I'M GONNA FIGHT,
I'M GONNA EDUCATE YOU AND TRY TO
GET YOU TO SEE THAT THERE'S A
WHOLE LOT MORE OUT THERE THAN
YOUR OWN LITTLE WORLD.
♪
FOR 20 YEARS, I HAVE DONE THE
SAME THING IN MY LIFE WHICH IS
BUY, SELL, AND TRADE TOYS AND
GAMES.
THAT'S BEEN MY SOLACE, THAT'S
BEEN MY CONNECTION TO MY
FRIENDS.
SO, TO ME, TOYS ARE EVERYTHING.
MAINLY BECAUSE I STILL STRUGGLE
WITH EXPRESSING MYSELF.
SOUTH DAKOTA IS A GOOD TWO
DECADES BEHIND THE COASTS.
THE WORD "FAG" WAS AN EVERYDAY
OCCURRENCE IN A VERY HATE-FILLED
WAY, AND NOBODY BLINKS AN EYE A
THAT WORD OUT HERE.
LIKE, SOMETIMES YOU'LL HAVE A
MORE FEMININE GUY, THEY'RE
TYPICALLY LABELED THAT GOOD BOY
WHO CAN HANG AROUND YOUR
DAUGHTER 'CAUSE YOU KNOW HE
AIN'T GONNA TRY NOTHING, BUT BE
GOD DANGED IF YOU WANT HIM
AROUND YOUR BOY BECAUSE,
AUTOMATICALLY, IF YOU'RE GAY YOU
WANT TO HIT ON EVERY BOY, AND
THAT'S WHY I STAY CLOSETED A LO
OF MY LIFE.
IT'S GOTTEN BETTER BU
IT'S STILL A LONG WAYS TO GO.
Eureka: KNOCK, KNOCK.
OH, HI.
KNOCK, KNOCK.
HEY!
Eureka: OH, MY GOSH, THIS
PLACE IS SO COOL.
HI, I'M EUREKA.
HI, AMY.
Eureka: ERIK'S WIFE.
I'M A HUGGER, IS THAT OKAY?
WHAT'S UP BUDDY?
HI, ERIK.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
OH, MY GOSH, WHAT IS THIS
PLACE?
SO, UH, THIS IS MY STORE
FLASHBACKS AND WE SELL TOYS
AND GAMES AND COLLECTIBLES AND
ALL SORTS OF FUN STUFF.
Eureka: THIS IS COOL!
HOW LONG HAVE YOU ALL KNOWN EACH
OTHER?
WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER SINCE
2001, ACTUALLY.
Eureka: WOW.
HOW LONG YOU BEEN TOGETHER?
DATING FOR TEN YEARS MARRIED
FOR EIGHT YEARS THIS YEAR.
Eureka: SO YOU'RE LIKE HIGH
SCHOOL SWEET HEARTS, KIND OF?
OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
YEP.
HIGH SCHOOL SWEET HEARTS.
Eureka: OH, MY GOD, IT'S SO
CUTE!
I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO GET TO
SIT AND CHAT.
DO YOU HAVE A THIRD SEAT?
OKAY, WELL I'VE GOT DOES THIS
WORK OR NO?
Eureka: OH, WORK, YEAH.
I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF --
Eureka: OH, MY GOD, VERY
TAILGATE.
CAN I SIT ON IT?
I LOVE SITTING ON A COOLER,
HONEY.
I LIKE TO ASK WHAT ARE YOUR
PRONOUNS, BOTH OF YOU?
HE/HIM.
Eureka: YEAH.
SHE/HER.
Eureka: AND CAN I ASK YOUR
SEXUALITY, TOO?
I'M VERY BASIC, I'M HETERO.
Eureka: THAT'S NOT BASIC,
MAMA.
WE NEED THE BREEDERS OF THE
WORLD, OKAY.
[LAUGHTER]
TO KEEP US MOVING.
I SAY PAN, OR BI, BUT IT'S
PROBABLY CLOSER TO PAN.
IF I FIND SOMEONE ATTRACTIVE, I
FIND THEM ATTRACTIVE.
Eureka: YOU KNOW, THIS IS
YOUR SOUL MATE, YOUR WIFE,
HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DESCRIBE
HER, AND TO BE ABLE TO BE HONES
AND OPEN WITH HER ABOUT THAT IS
REALLY COOL.
AND I WASN'T FOR A WHILE AND
IT'S -- I DID HIDE IT FOR MANY
YEARS AND IT'S JUST, BUT --
Eureka: HOW DID THAT MAKE YOU
FEEL?
MAINLY I WAS HURT THAT HE DID
HAVE TO HIDE IT FOR SO LONG.
BUT I HAVE DONE A LOT OF GROWING
IN MY ADULT LIFE AND I'M A LO
MORE ACCEPTING NOW IN THAT AFTER
I'VE DONE ALL THAT CHANGING AND
GROWING UP, HE FELT MORE OPEN IN
THAT HE COULD TELL ME.
AND OBVIOUSLY SOME OF HER
FAMILY'S VERY RELIGIOUS HAS BEEN
LESS THAN POLITE ABOUT IT,
BUT IT WAS GETTING TO THE POIN
WHERE I COULDN'T -- IT'S
TOO MUCH ON YOUR SHOULDERS AND
IT WEIGHS YOU DOWN, YOU KNOW.
Eureka: YEAH.
SO PART OF THIS IS THAT I
LIKE TO WEAR WOMEN'S
CLOTHING NOT SO MUCH LIKE --
IT'S --
Eureka: ME TOO.
ME TOO, GIRL, YOU AIN'T ALONE,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL WEIRD.
IT FEELS COMFORTABLE AT TIMES
TO EXPRESS A MORE FEMININE
NATURE THAN A MASCULINE NATURE.
Eureka: MMMHMM, I GET THAT.
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER DEMON
I'VE HAD OVER MY HEAD
FOR A WHILE AND I JUST, I --
Eureka: WELL, YOU FEEL GUILTY
FOR WANTING TO DO IT, OR YOU
FEEL --
I FEEL GUILTY, I FEEL LIKE
IT'S --
Eureka: LIKE IT'S WRONG?
YOU KNOW AND PEOPLE LIKE,
RIGHT BUT YOU'RE MARRIED NOW AND
YOU HAVE A WIFE SO YOU SHOULD BE
HAPPY.
I'LL BE LIKE I AM HAPPY IN THA
AREA BUT IT DOESN'T STOP ME FROM
JUST WAKING UP WANTING TO JUS
SCREAM AND THROW SOMETHING
THROUGH A WALL YOU KNOW.
Eureka: WELL, I MEAN HONESTLY
YOU'RE LIVING IN A WORLD OF
SHAME IN YOUR OWN HEAD.
YEAH, I HATE IT, I HATE
HAVING THAT FEELING.
I HATE HAVING, YOU KNOW, I HAVE
A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON BUT I
AGAIN, IT'S -- IT'S EVERY
DAY JUST WAKE UP AND YOU JUS
GO, GREAT.
Eureka: CROSS DRESSING IS
BASICALLY A MAN WHO WEARS FEMALE
CLOTHING TO RELEASE AN EMOTIONAL
FEMININE SIDE OF THEMSELVES
BECAUSE IT MAKES THEM FEEL
COMFORTABLE IN AN INTENSE
ENVIRONMENT, RIGHT.
IT'S A SELF-EXPRESSION.
IT'S NOT THE IDEA THAT SOCIETY
HAS AROUND CROSS DRESSERS, IT'S
ACTUALLY SOMETHING SO INTIMATE
AND BEAUTIFUL.
AND I'VE TOLD HIM BEFORE THA
THE CROSS DRESSING DOESN'
BOTHER ME.
Eureka: DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL
NEGATIVE ABOUT YOURSELF BECAUSE
OF IT?
OH, ABSOLUTELY.
IN EVERY WAY SHAPE AND FORM, I
HAVE A -- I HAVE A SELF-IMAGE
PROBLEM.
I FEEL LIKE I LOOK UGLY ALL THE
TIME, SO.
Eureka: WELL YOU'RE NOT UGLY
AND THAT'S TERRIBLE, YOU
SHOULDN'T THINK THAT WAY.
WELL, YEAH, I KNOW I
SHOULDN'T BUT I DO, I DO EVERY
DAY.
Eureka: WE'RE OBVIOUSLY
PUTTING ON THIS DRAG SHOW RIGHT.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT HIM DOING
THIS, LIKE, FULL DRAG MOMENT?
IT'LL BE FUN TO SEE.
HE'S USUALLY PRETTY RESERVED
AND I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM ACTUALLY
DO ANYTHING THAT OUTLANDISH.
Eureka: ARE YOU NERVOUS ABOU
THAT?
ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED.
PROBABLY THE ONLY PEOPLE WILL
GET BACKLASH, IF ANYTHING, IT'LL
PROBABLY BE, UNFORTUNATELY, MY
FAMILY.
I'M AFRAID THAT SOME OF MY
FAMILY, TOO.
I'M HOPING THAT THEY'D BE
ACCEPTING BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.
Eureka: ERIK IS SO PRECIOUS
AND IT'S SO SWEET BUT IT'S ALSO
SO SAD TO SEE HOW MUCH ERIK JUS
DISLIKES HIMSELF.
ERIK SHOULDN'T HAVE TO HIDE THE
FACT THAT HE ENJOYS CROSS
DRESSING.
TRUTH IS, IS LIKE SOMETIMES YOU
JUST GOT TO GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE
TO ACCEPT WHO YOU ARE INSTEAD OF
JUST ASSUMING THEY'RE GONNA
THINK NEGATIVE ABOUT IT.
♪
Shangela: HI, Y'ALL.
OH, YOU ALL SAVED US A SPOT.
THANK YOU.
HELLO.
HI!
I'M AN OLD FRIEND OF AMY'S AS
Y'ALL CAN SEE.
[LAUGHTER]
Shangela: DOES WATERTOWN LOVE
GET TOGETHER OFTEN?
EVERY MONTH.
LIKE, WE HANG OUT AND JUST YOU
KNOW MEET AND GREET, TALK TO
EACH OTHER, RELATE TO EACH
OTHER, JUST CASUAL SAFE SPACE.
AND AMY BROUGHT US ALL TOGETHER,
LIKE, MY QUEEN!
[LAUGHTER]
Shangela: I WAS TALKING TO
AMY EARLIER AND SHE WAS TELLING
ME ABOUT PUTTING TOGETHER THE
FIRST PRIDE EVENT HERE.
EVERYBODY SMILED.
IT'S AMAZING.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A
POTLUCK.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A
POTLUCK IN THE PARK!
IT WAS AMAZING TO WATCH.
SO MUCH HAPPINESS JUST POURED
OUT EVERYWHERE, WE SAW THESE
KIDS WITH THEIR FLAGS DRAPED
AROUND THEIR SHOULDERS
ON THE SWING SET AND SO THEY'RE
FLYING BEHIND THEM AND THE
SMILES FROM EAR TO EAR AND
PEOPLE GIVING HUGS.
IT WAS NEEDED, YOU KNOW, WE
NEED TO SHOW THE LGBT COMMUNITY
THAT THERE IS SUPPORT IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.
I MEAN, THERE'S STILL PEOPLE OU
THERE AFRAID TO BE THEMSELVES.
SO MUCH WHAT WILL THE TOWN
THINK, ANYTHING YOU DO, WHA
WILL THE TOWN THINK, WHAT WILL
THE PEOPLE THINK.
THIS YEAR YOU KNOW WE WEN
AROUND TO HOW MANY T-SHIR
PLACES IN TOWN AND SAID HEY,
PRIDE'S COMING UP, WE WAN
T-SHIRTS, WE'RE GONNA SELL THEM,
IT'S MONEY FOR THEM AND WE ENDED
UP GOING OUT OF STATE TO GE
T-SHIRTS MADE.
Shangela: WOW.
NOBODY WOULD RESPOND,
NOTHING.
WHAT WAS IT MAYBE A YEAR
AGO A REALLY FAIRLY HIGH PROFILE
SOMEBODY RIPPED DOWN SOMEBODY'S
PRIDE FLAG, BURNED IT, POSTED
THE VIDEO ON FACEBOOK.
Shangela: OH, WOW.
D.A. INVESTIGATED AND
EVERYTHING, NO CHARGES EVER
ENDED UP BEING PRESSED BUT, YOU
KNOW, THIS WHOLE MINUTE AND A
HALF LONG BURNING THE FLAG AND
EPITHETS AND ALL THIS UGLY
STUFF.
I MEAN, JUST WEARING MY SHIR
TO A STORE IS A GAMBLE
BECAUSE ABOUT A MONTH, MONTH AND
A HALF AGO, I HAD SOMEONE GET IN
MY FACE OVER A SHIRT.
THE RISKS THAT ARE INVOLVED
WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT DON'T HAVE
THE SUPPORT AND THAT ARE IN
BETWEEN COMING TO REALIZATION
AND COMING OUT ARE SO HIGH.
THE HESITATION FOR THE QUEER
COMMUNITY TO BE SEEN HERE IS
SIMPLY THEY FEAR FOR THEIR
SAFETY, THEY FEAR FOR THEIR
JOBS, THEY FEAR FOR THEIR
HOUSING, YOU KNOW, THEIR
FAMILIES, IT'S A VERY MUCH
WELL-FOUNDED FEAR.
IT DOES STINK THAT I HAVE TO
BE CAREFUL AND THAT I CAN'T BE
TOTALLY MYSELF.
WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
AND THEY SAY THAT AND I
MAKES OUR GET TOGETHERS THA
MUCH MORE IMPORTANT.
ONCE A MONTH, YOU CAN COME AND
BE YOURSELF.
♪
Eureka: YOU EVER BEEN HERE
BEFORE?
WE USED TO COME HERE ON
SCHOOL TRIPS.
Eureka: OH, REALLY?
YEP.
Eureka: WELL, WE HAVE TAKEN
IT OVER, HONEY.
♪
Shangela: OH, THE FAMILY'S UP
HERE, HI.
ALEX.
Shangela: HI, ALEX.
NICE TO SEE YOU, BABY.
AND MY BROTHER, JOSH.
Shangela: HI.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
Shangela: VERY NICE TO MEE
YOU.
Bob: YOU'RE BROTHERS YOU'LL
BE DOING DRAG SO WE'RE GONNA
HAVE YOU BE SISTERS.
Eureka: I KNOW THAT A LOT OF
THE FEMALE CHARACTERS THAT YOU
LOVE ARE LIKE GODDESSES AND
ALIENS AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT US
TO BE ARE THESE HOT, SEXY
ALIEN VIXEN CHARACTERS, YOU
KNOW.
THAT'S COOL.
WE WANT --
ACTUALLY WANT TO DO KIND OF A
CONJOINED TWINS THING WHERE THE
TWO OF YOU ARE GONNA BE LIKE ONE
BODY, TWO HEADS.
SO THEY'LL BE LIKE THIS
ANDROGYNOUS KIND OF LIKE TRENCH
COAT AND THEN IT'LL KIND OF
MORPH INTO THESE LIKE SEXY SPACE
VIXEN, LIKE, SUPER HERO LADIES,
ALIEN WOMEN.
Eureka: AND WE ALSO GOT YOU
SOME TITTIES.
VERY CINCHING WAIST AND THE
CLASSIC MERMAID GOWN.
IT'LL BE ALL SORT OF, LIKE, A
PRIDE DISCO BALL IS WHAT IT'S
GONNA LOOK LIKE.
YOU'RE GONNA LOOK BEAUTIFUL,
YEAH.
I'M SORRY.
Shangela: ARE YOU CRYING
ALREADY?
YES, I TOLD YOU I'M A CRIER.
[LAUGHS]
Bob: THIS IS FULLY ABOUT TO
BE YOU.
SNATCHED AND SNOOTCHED, GET, GE
IT, GET INTO THE DETAIL.
[LAUGHS]
LIKE, THERE'S MY NAME AND
EVERYTHING.
Shangela: GIVE ME A LITTLE
TOSS TO ONE SIDE WHIPLASH.
HA!
Bob: YOU SAID YOU'VE WORN A
WIG, LIKE, IN PLAYS BEFORE?
NO, NEVER NOT ONCE?
NOT ONCE.
TWO WIG VIRGINS?
THERE'S A JUSTICE.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO MAKE A
DRAG QUEEN.
I LIKE IT.
Eureka: WELL, LOOK IN THE
MIRROR, THOUGH.
IT'S HARD FOR ME TO LOOK IN
THE MIRROR.
Eureka: LOOK AT THE SHOES IN
THE MIRROR.
I'M LOOKING AT THE SHOES IN
THE MIRROR, I'M NOT LOOKING A
ME IN THE MIRROR.
DOESN'T EVEN LIKE REGISTER
THAT IT'S ME, JUST FEELS LIKE A
TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSON.
Eureka: BOOM, BOOM, BOOM,
ALMOST.
YOU'RE DOING GOOD.
WE ARE TORTURING THIS CHILD.
♪
Bob: WALK LIKE YOUR HIP
DOESN'T HURT.
IT'S LIKE HURTING MY FEE
ALREADY, YOU KNOW.
Bob: ALREADY?
Shangela: OOH, HAVE A SEAT,
HAVE A SEAT.
Shangela: JOSH, YOUR SISTER
AMY IS SUCH A PROTECTOR AND AN
ACTIVIST.
AMY'S REALLY OPENED A LOT OF
DOORS WITH HER STARTING
WATERTOWN LOVE, I DON'T THINK
THAT WOULD BE HERE WITHOUT HER.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ELSE
WOULD HAVE TAKEN THAT LEAP.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN TOLD I'M
QUIET.
[LAUGHS]
Shangela: YEAH, YOU HAVEN'T?
NO.
Shangela: AIN'T GONNA STAR
TODAY.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE A RED STATE.
WATERTOWN LOVE WANTED TO
HAVE A FLAG FLOWN AT CITY HALL
IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.
Shangela: YEAH, FOR PRIDE
MONTH.
FOR PRIDE MONTH, YEAH.
A DAY, EVEN A DAY OR A
WEEKEND.
Shangela: WHAT HAPPENED?
IT WAS JUST COMPLETELY SHO
DOWN, COMPLETELY DEAD.
WE'VE TRIED TO GET AN
ANTIBULLYING ORDINANCE AND JUS
NAH, SORRY, WE'LL PASS.
WE HAVE SUCH OPPOSITION FROM
THE OLD WHITE MEN THAT ARE IN
CHARGE HERE.
AND THEY'RE SET IN THEIR WAYS.
WE JUST NEED TO PICK
OURSELVES UP, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE
DEFEAT AND THEN GO FORWARD.
HOW DO WE GO ON FROM HERE?
Shangela: AND WE DON'T GIVE
UP.
WE DON'T GIVE UP.
DON'T GIVE UP.
WE GET LOUDER.
Shangela: THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
Shangela: WE DO NOT GIVE UP.
YEP.
Shangela: HOW DO YOU FEEL THE
CITY IS GOING TO RESPOND TO THE
SHOW THAT WE HAVE COMING UP?
I THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO BE, LIKE, NO, THEY COULD HAVE
SKIPPED WATERTOWN, THEY COULD
HAVE SKIPPED SOUTH DAKOTA.
THEY CAN GO TO ANOTHER STATE.
Shangela: IT'S FINE BUT WE
JUST DON'T WANT IT ON OUR BACK
DOOR, IS THAT WHAT IT IS?
YEAH, I ACTUALLY HAD A
COWORKER TODAY COME UP TO ME,
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THURSDAY?
OH, WE JUST DON'T NEED THAT HERE
AND I'M LIKE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN
BY THAT?
WHAT ARE WE DOING THAT'S HURTING
YOUR LIFE, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
YOU DON'T WANT TO GO, DON'T GO.
Shangela: WE GONNA LIGHT SOME
MATCHES UP IN HERE FRIDAY NIGHT.
AND THEY GONNA BE TALKING, OKAY,
YOU ALREADY KNOW, AND IT'S NO
ALL GONNA BE LOVELY, OKAY.
LET'S BREAK SOME COMFORT ZONES,
SHALL WE?
Eureka: ZESTO DRAFT, OOH,
THEY GOT ALL KIND OF STUFF.
Shangela: THEY MIGHT THINK I
WORK HERE, BITCH.
Eureka: MISS THING, YOU LOOK
LIKE YOU MIGHT WORK AT A ZESTOS,
GIRL.
Shangela: HI, DO WE GET IN
LINE, LIKE WE'RE JUST WALKING
SO?
Eureka: WE WANT TO ORDER.
YEAH, YOU JUST HOP IN LINE
AND WE'LL COME HELP YOU WHEN
WE'RE DONE.
Shangela: SO WE GO TO THE
BACK OF THE LINE BACK THERE?
YEP.
Shangela: OH, DAMN, COME ON.
THANK YOU.
Eureka: YOU THINK WE GET,
SHOULD WE FLYER TO THESE LADIES
IN THEIR CAR?
Shangela: OH, LOOK AT THESE
PEOPLE, HI.
WE HAVE A SHOW COMING UP, IT'S
ON FRIDAY NIGHT, IT'S AT THE
ON FRIDAY NIGHT, IT'S AT THE
YOU ALL ALREADY GOT TICKETS?
HALLELOO.
Shangela: HAVE YOU HEARD
ABOUT THE SHOW?
YES, I HAVE YEAH.
Shangela: OH, HOW'D YOU HEAR
ABOUT IT.
Bob: WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD?
SOMEBODY WAS TELLING ME
THE OTHER DAY ABOUT IT, I DON'
REMEMBER WHO IT WAS.
Shangela: HELLO.
Eureka: CAN WE SHARE A FLYER
WITH YOU?
NO THANKS.
Eureka: NO?
OKAY.
THANK YOU, THOUGH.
Eureka: THANK YOU.
Shangela: WELL, THANK YOU.
Shangela: WE GOT TO GET IN
LINE OR ELSE WE AIN'T GETTING NO
ICE CREAM.
Eureka: WELL, WE WERE BEHIND
THE JEEP.
Bob: YOU WANT A FLYER MARY?
Eureka: CAN WE GET BACK IN
THE JEEP?
Shangela: NO.
HI.
Bob: SHE WAS LIKE FAMILY.
YOUR FAMILY, BITCH.
Bob: YOU WANT A FLYER SIR?
Shangela: SHE DEFINITELY TOLD
ME NO.
Bob: YOU WANT A FLYER, HE'S
NOT EVEN LOOKING.
Shangela: LET ME SCOOT DOWN
'CAUSE IF HE PUT THIS THING IN
REVERSE BITCH I DON'T KNOW, I
DON'T WANT TO BE HATE CRIME.
Eureka: NO, I DON'T THINK
HE'S GONNA REVERSE YOU, GIRL.
Shangela: YOU DON'T KNOW, I'M
GETTING BEHIND YOU.
[LAUGHS]
Shangela: HI, WE MADE IT.
Eureka: WE MADE IT.
IT WAS A LONG LINE, YOU ALL ARE
BUSY.
Shangela: VERY.
Eureka: WELL, FIRST THINGS
FIRST, WE'RE DOING A DRAG SHOW
YOU ALL ARE INVITED.
PERFECT.
THANK YOU.
Eureka: IT'S FREE.
THANK YOU.
Shangela: HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
TO A DRAG SHOW YET?
NO.
A LOT OF MY SISTER'S FRIENDS ARE
GOING TO THIS.
Shangela: OH, REALLY?
TONS OF THEM, YEAH.
Shangela: YOU KNOW, WE'VE
HEARD SOME PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY DON'T LOVE IT, THEY'RE
LIKE THIS DOES NOT BELONG IN
WATERTOWN.
YEAH.
Shangela: WHAT DO YOU ALL
THINK?
I LOVE IT.
I THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL
STUCK IN THEIR WAYS AND LIKE I
THINK THE YOUNGER GENERATION
HAVE, LIKE, A DIFFERENT --
WE'RE ACCEPTING.
YEAH, WE'RE MORE ACCEPTING
YEAH, WE'RE MORE ACCEPTING,
YEAH.
WHEN YOU GUYS CAME WE WERE SO
EXCITED WE'RE LIKE OH, MY GOD,
THEY'RE HERE, WE WERE SO
EXCITED.
Shangela: YEAH, WELL THANK
YOU ALL SO MUCH, YOU ALL ARE
AMAZING AND WE LOVE YOU.
AND THEN I'LL BRING OUT THE
PEPPER JACK.
Shangela: HALLELOO, WE'LL BE
AROUND, WE'LL BE AROUND.
I WANT TO COME TO THE DRAG
SHOW.
THIS IS HENRY.
WELCOME TO WATERTOWN, WELCOME TO
SOUTH DAKOTA!
THANK YOU FOR COMING!
Bob: THANK YOU.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
KIMBERLY.
Bob: KIMBERLY IT'S A PLEASURE
TO MEET WE'VE HAD SOME VERY
MIXED REACTIONS.
OH, I READ ABOUT YOU IN
THE PAPER AND I'M, LIKE, YAY!
Bob: I'LL SEE YOU AND HENRY
AT THE SHOW.
GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Shangela: YES, THANK YOU.
BYE, HENRY.
Bob: HENRY IS EXCITED.
THANKS FOR COMING TO SOUTH
DAKOTA!
Bob: OH, MY PLEASURE.
Shangela: THANK YOU,
BEAUTIFUL!
♪
IT WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT I
KNEW FOR SURE.
I REMEMBER WATCHING MTV AND THE
EURHYTHMICS CAME ON, "SWEE
DREAMS," ANNIE LENNOX HAD THA
LIKE SHORT HAIRCUT AND SHE HAD
THAT SUIT ON.
AND I THOUGHT WHY CAN'T A BOY BE
FEMINE AND WEAR A DRESS ONCE
IN A WHILE.
I REMEMBER SEEING LACE ON
WOMEN AND THE SILKS AND THE
SATINS.
BOYS WEAR SUITS, GIRLS WEAR
DRESSES.
CROSS DRESSERS ARE PERVERTED
LITTLE FREAKS.
I HATE MYSELF FOR IT.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS SO STUPID
BUT I WANT TO SEE WHAT IT'S
LIKE TO LOOK PRETTY FOR ONCE.
COMING OUT WITH THIS I THINK
IT'S GOING TO BE, THERE'S GONNA
BE PUSH BACK, PEOPLE JUDGE.
AND I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE THA
I CONSIDER FRIENDS RIGHT NOW WHO
WILL NEVER TALK TO ME AGAIN.
I'M 38 YEARS-OLD,
I'M TIRED OF HIDING WHO I AM.
I JUST WANT TO BE WHO THE HELL I
AM WITHOUT HATING MYSELF EVERY
DAY.
♪
♪
THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS
NUMBER IS, IS THAT YOU GET TO
WALK TOGETHER AND THAT'S GONNA
BE FUN.
BUT THEN YOU ALSO GET TO COMPETE
AGAINST EACH OTHER IN IT AS
WELL.
AND I KNOW TWINS CAN BE VERY
COMPETITIVE TOWARDS EACH OTHER,
WHICH IS EVEN BETTER.
Bob: NOT THESE TWO, NO, NO
THEM.
THEY WOULD NEVER.
NO, REALLY?
Bob: THEY COMPETE IN
WALKING, THEY COMPETE IN EATING,
THEY COMPETE IN WHO CAN BREATHE,
WHO CAN HOLD THEIR BREATH THE
LONGEST.
WHO CAN BREATHE THE MOST?
WHICH, BY THE WAY, THAT IS
ME.
I HOLD MY BREATH THE LONGEST.
SO LET'S JUST TRY THIS.
HOLD EACH OTHER'S WAIST FOR ME
FOR NOW.
Bob: JAADON THOUGHT THAT WE
WAS GONNA PUT HIM IN A DRESS,
SPIN HIM IN A CIRCLE AND THEN
SEND HIM BACK TO THE FIREHOUSE.
I SAID NO, MARY, WE ARE PARADING
YOU.
ONE, TWO, THREE.
YES!
Bob: WE HAVE THE ROCKETTES UP
IN HERE.
YEAH!
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
♪
LOVELY.
STEP TO THE RIGHT AND GO,
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
WE CAN DO THIS.
GO ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR,
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
TWIRL, TWIRL AGAIN!
YES, YES!
TENTACLES, THERE YOU GO.
YES.
Shangela: OW!
OH, MY GOD, THIS THING IS
DANGEROUS.
THEY SHOULD NOT SELL THIS TO
CHILDREN.
THE ONLY THING I DO NEED IS
MORE EMPHASIS ON THOSE KICKS.
RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE DEAD
FEET.
I WANT TO GO HIGHER BUT HE --
OH, I CAN GO HIGHER THAN HE
CAN.
LET ME --
[LAUGHTER]
DUDE, I CAN LIKE, IF YOU WAN
I CAN LIKE TOUCH, LIKE, MY HEAD.
LET ME SEE!
BEAUTIFUL.
♪
THAT, EXACTLY, YEAH.
CAN YOU TRY THAT FROM THE
STEP, STEP, STEP, KICK?
SO YOU SEE THE TIMING OF IT,
YOU HAVE ONE AND TWO AND THREE
AND FOUR AND BOOM.
SO GOOD.
THINK BIGGER, YES.
THERE YOU GO.
[LAUGHTER]
JAADON'S HOLDING ME BACK!
Bob: YOU ARE GONNA GIVE ME
KIKI, KIKI, KIKI, KIKI, UH.
LITERALLY AND LIKE LET I
COME FROM YOUR CHEST, LIKE, LE
IT COME FROM HERE.
OKAY, THE CHEST.
LIKE REALLY GOOD, YEAH.
Bob: LET ME MOVE THIS HEAD
OFF.
JAADON BE REAL WITH ME, WHAT CAN
WE DO TO HELP YOU, LIKE, GET IN
IT?
DOES THIS FEEL SO NEW TO
YOU BECAUSE IT'S IN A FRONT,
THIS IS, DRAG ISN'T A FRONT TO
MASCULINITY.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT DRAG IS.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S PART OF WHA
IT IS?
OH, YEAH, DEFINITELY.
I MEAN I'VE GONE, LIKE, THE
WHOLE TIME LIKE I'M COMFORTABLE
WITH WHO I AM AND TO STEP INTO
SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT'S LIKE
COMPLETELY NOT ME.
IT'S LIKE JUST THROWING OFF
EVERYTHING THAT I'VE KNOWN FOR
21 YEARS.
Bob: WHAT DEFINES YOUR
MANHOOD IS NOT HOW YOU BEHAVE,
IT'S SOMETHING MORE INTERNAL.
REDEFINE WHAT MASCULINITY IS FOR
YOU.
'CAUSE IT COULD HAVE, IN THE
LONG RUN IT COULD HELP, THAT'S
MY SUGGESTION.
BUT WHAT DO I KNOW, I'M JUST A
GROWN MAN WHO DOES DRAG.
[LAUGHTER]
♪
Eureka: HI, EVERYBODY.
HEY, HOW YOU DOING?
Eureka: I'M DAVID, ALSO KNOWN
AS EUREKA.
I'M DOUG.
I'M LISA, NICE TO MEET YOU.
Eureka: HI, DOUG, HI, LISA.
I LOVE A GOOD DINER MOMENT.
Eureka: WHAT DO YOU DO?
I MAINLY DID AUTO BODY
AND PAINT WORK.
Eureka: REALLY?
FIXING CARS AND PAINTING
CARS.
Eureka: OH, THAT'S COOL.
FOR 30-SOME YEARS, YEAH.
Eureka: 30-SOME YEARS SO
YOU RETIRED?
YEAH, I HAD TO, THEM
CHEMICALS TO MY HANDS.
Eureka: REALLY?
WHAT KIND OF KID WAS ERIK
GROWING UP?
HE DIDN'T HANG OUT WITH A LO
OF OTHER KIDS.
HAD A FEW FRIENDS.
DIDN'T GET INTO THE SPORTS
ASPECT OF COURSE YOU KNOW, WE
DIDN'T GO OUT AND THROW THE BALL
AROUND OR ANY OF THAT THING.
HE HUNG AROUND ME AND THE BODY
SHOP A LOT.
SEEN A LOT OF EFFECTS FROM THE
DRUG WORLD AND ALCOHOL WORLD.
HE GREW UP WITH THAT.
SO HE --
Eureka: 'CAUSE Y'ALL WERE
PARTIERS?
OH, YEAH.
YEAH.
I'VE BEEN MARRIED AND
DIVORCED FOUR TIMES SO HE'S
HAD QUITE A DIVERSE KIND OF
CHILDHOOD, I WOULD GUESS.
WE DON'T TALK TOO MUCH ON
THIS.
I WAS RAISED BY HIPPIES AND
BIKERS.
I HAD TO MATURE VERY QUICKLY AND
IF YOU DON'T LEARN TO ADAPT, YOU
DROWN.
THE RUNNING JOKE IN THEIR
FAMILY IS IF IT HAPPENED IN THE
'80s, IT'S NOT GONNA BE
REMEMBERED.
YEP.
Eureka: WELL, WE'RE GONNA DO
A DRAG SHOW AND YOUR SON'S GONNA
BE IN DRAG.
HAS HE EVER LIKE SHOWN INTERES
IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE
THAT YOU ALL KNOW OF?
NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
OF COURSE HE'S KIND OF SECRETIVE
AROUND THIS AREA OF HIS LIFE.
I MEAN, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO
DISCUSS WITH MY PARENTS YOU CAN
SAY IT.
Eureka: WELL, THERE'S ALSO A
CROSS DRESSING ELEMENT TO THE
STORY, ARE YOU AWARE OF
THAT?
WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED IT.
Eureka: YOU WANT TO DESCRIBE
IT TO THEM?
TELL ME, YEAH.
IT'S OKAY, SO.
I'VE BEEN OKAY WITH WEARING
WOMEN'S CLOTHING ON
AND OFF SINCE A VERY YOUNG AGE,
PROBABLY MID-TEENS.
BUT IT'S A FEMININITY SIDE TO ME
THAT I'VE ALWAYS FELT LIKE I'VE
BEEN A LITTLE BIT -- YOU GUYS
KNOW, I WAS ALWAYS A BIT MORE
EMOTIONAL AS A KID.
SO THAT'S GENUINELY SOMETHING I
HAVE DONE AND HIDDEN FROM YOU
GUYS.
OKAY.
LITERALLY, MY ENTIRE LIFE.
YEP.
YOU'VE HIDDEN IT WELL.
Eureka: I THINK IT WAS
IMPORTANT FOR ERIK TO ADMIT THA
HE CROSS DRESSES TO HIS FAMILY.
YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN
SOMETHING HE'S BEEN HIDING FOR
OVER 20 YEARS.
I THINK THAT'S WHY ERIK IS SO
DOWN ON HIMSELF.
AND YOU KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE
A FAMILY THAT'S GONNA OSTRACIZE
ME ON THIS, EVEN THOUGH ON OUR
SIDE IT'S ACCEPTING AS THEY HAVE
BEEN ALREADY THEY'RE, THAT'S
DONE.
YEAH, AND THAT'S, THEY'LL
HAVE TO DO.
AND THAT SUCKS.
THEY'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.
THAT'S THEIR CHOICE.
MY BRAIN TELLS ME WHO GIVES A
SHIT AND MY HEART TELLS ME WHO
GIVES A SHIT AND SOCIETY TELLS
ME, YOU'RE A DIRTY LITTLE
HORRIBLE PERVERTED LITTLE FREAK
AND YOU SHOULD DIE.
I EXPECT THE WORST, I HOPE
FOR THE BEST, AND ANYTHING ABOVE
THE ABSOLUTE WORST IS A WIN FOR
ME, THEN.
♪
GET OUT!
I HAVEN'T BOWLED IN LIKE
LIKE, TWO YEARS.
[CHEERING]
WHAT DID YOU DO?
THAT'S MY DAUGHTER!
THAT'S MY DAUGHTER!
Bob: HOW DO YOU ALL FEEL
GOING INTO THIS PERFORMANCE?
I MEAN, IT'S DEFINITELY
SOMETHING THAT I NEVER THOUGH
I'D BE ABLE TO DO AND THE FAC
THAT I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO
IT IN MY HOMETOWN I THINK IS
PRETTY AWESOME, AND I'M
INTERESTED TO SEE THE MORE
LONG TERM EFFECTS OF THIS, LIKE
HOW LONG THIS IS TALKED ABOUT,
THE IMPACT IT'LL HAVE IN THE
COMMUNITY.
YEAH, SO I'M PROBABLY A
LITTLE BIT MORE NERVOUS THAN HE
IS.
[LAUGHTER]
THIS AIN'T REALLY MY SCENE, LIKE
THE PAST COUPLE DAYS I'VE KIND
OF BEEN HIDING IT FROM MY
CO-WORKERS AS TO WHAT I WAS
DOING, AND AS OF LATE, I LET I
ALL OUT AND THEY WERE ALL SUPER
SUPPORTIVE OF ME.
TOLD A LOT OF MY FRIENDS AND
THEY'RE COMING NOW, TOO, AND
THEIR PARENTS ARE COMING AND,
YEAH --
Bob: OH, WOW, THIS IS A, THIS
IS FUN, THIS IS NEWS TO ME.
YEAH.
I'M KNOWN AS AN ALLY AND
I'M KNOWN AS YOU KNOW RUNNING
WATERTOWN LOVE BUT FOR ME IT'S
THOSE KIDS WATCHING AND BEING
LIKE OKAY, SHE'S NOT AFRAID TO
SAY I AM YOUR ALLY NO MATTER
WHAT, AND THAT LONG LASTING
IMPACT AFTERWARDS IS GONNA BE
HUGE.
THE WATERTOWN LOVE THING HAS
BEEN -- THAT'S HOW I FOUND OU
ABOUT THIS SO THAT'S AMAZING AND
I LOVE IT AND I'M JUST GLAD TO
GET, I KNOW IT SOUNDS SELFISH
BUT I'M GLAD TO GET THIS MONKEY
OFF MY BACK AND BE OUT THERE AND
BE MORE HONEST WITH MYSELF.
Shangela: LET ME TELL YOU
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PUBLICITY.
AMY WAS TELLING ME EARLIER THA
WE WERE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE
PAPER TODAY.
YEP.
Shangela: LET ME GET INTO
THE, FOR OPENING LINE I WANT TO
SHOW YOU.
DRAG QUEENS AND
PRODUCTION CREWS AROUND
WATERTOWN AREN'T A COMMON
OCCURRENCE, BUT THIS IS AN
UNUSUAL WEEK, AND THEN EUREKA.
[LAUGHTER]
Shangela: THIS ONE WAS A
FACEBOOK POST AND IT GOT OVER A
HUNDRED COMMENTS.
AND IT WAS LIKE, DRAG QUEENS
PARADING AROUND WATERTOWN IN
FRONT OF CHILDREN THIS WEEK.
WE NEED COMMUNITY ORDINANCES TO
PROTECT OUR KIDS AND THEN
THERE'S EUREKA TRYING TO GET THE
FOLKS TO DANCE WITH HER.
WHAT?
Eureka: I WAS TRYING TO
GET THE KIDS TO DANCE WITH ME.
MAMA, THEY GOT ME GIRL.
[LAUGHS]
THEY NEVER WANT TO ANSWER THE
QUESTION, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S
JUST OUT OF OUR HANDS IT'S
NATURAL.
THEY JUST ALWAYS WANT AN EXCUSE
TO KEEP IT AWAY FROM THEM.
Shangela: I MEAN, SOME OF
THEM WERE LIKE, YUCK, PLEASE
STOP THIS I DON'T WANT MY KIDS
TO SEE THIS.
IT'S HAPPENING MORE AND MORE
SOCIETY ACCEPTS DRAG QUEENS AND
THIS LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
SOMEONE WROTE, SAINT MICHAEL THE
ARCH ANGEL DEFEND US IN BATTLE
SO --
Bob: AGAINST WHAT?
Shangela: YEAH.
Eureka: MAMA, 'CAUSE I LOOKED
LIKE WARRIOR, BABY.
Bob: I'M NOT BATTLING ANYONE.
Bob: BASED ON WHAT PEOPLE ARE
SAYING ON THE STREETS THIS SHOW
IS NEEDED IN WATERTOWN SOUTH
DAKOTA, LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE CHOOSING NOT TO
SEE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
CHOOSING NOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THA
THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE IN THIS
TOWN LIKE US, LISTEN, IT'S NO
THAT THERE ARE NO QUEER PEOPLE
HERE, IT'S THAT THEY MIGHT NO
FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING OUT.
Shangela: A LOT OF PEOPLE
PROBABLY HERE FEEL LIKE YO,
CHANGE IS COMING BUT IT'S GONNA
COME REAL SMALL IN WATERTOWN.
WELL, MAYBE WE'RE GONNA BE A
MATCH THAT JUST SPARKS A LITTLE
SOMETHING EXTRA.
I WANT THE GAYS HERE TO BE LIKE,
WOO, HALLELOO, WATERTOWN GO
BETTER.
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[PRAYING]
IT'S A CRAZY WORLD HERE.
THEIR LITTLE PRAYER CIRCLE.
YEAH.
THEY THINK THEY'RE DOING SOME
IMPORTANT BUT YOU ACTUALLY ARE.
LIKE WHAT ARE YOU GONNA PRAY,
THAT I DON'T FIND MY TRUE
VERSION OF HAPPINESS, I DON'
KNOW WHY SOMEONE WOULD
EVER POST SOMETHING AS BEAUTIFUL
AS THIS.
[PRAYING]
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Bob: I THINK I'M GONNA PUT ON
SOME MAKEUP, TOO.
JUST A LITTLE BIT?
Bob: YOU ALL HAVE INSPIRED
ME.
[LAUGHTER]
I, TOO, WILL WEAR A SCOOCH OF
MAKEUP.
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THEY'RE HEAVY.
OH, YOU'RE GETTING BIGGER
ONES, THIS IS JUST A BASE LASH.
OH, GOD.
♪
Eureka: OOH!
WHAT'S GOING ON?
OH, MY GOD.
OH, MY GOD, YOU LOOK AMAZING.
ARE YOU GAGGED?
YEAH.
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I CAN'T DO LIKE THAT.
Shangela: YOU LOOK LOVELY.
OH, SO HAPPY.
MWAH.
HAPPY SHOW DAY.
YES, HAPPY SHOW DAY.
Shangela: DON'T CRY.
I'LL TRY.
Shangela: I NOTICED SHE
DIDN'T PUT A LOT OF LASH ON YOU
AT ALL YET UNTIL TWO MINUTES
BEFORE THE STAGE.
HALLELOO.
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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WHAT BRINGS Y'ALL OUT?
SHANGELA, HELLO.
[LAUGHTER]
IT'S CRAZY.
HONESTLY, IT'S LIKE GROWING UP
HERE, IT'S CRAZY.
[PRAYING]
WATERTOWN IS A VERY
CONSERVATIVE TOWN, BEEN A LOT OF
BACKLASH SINCE YOU GUYS HAVE
SHOWN UP HERE.
AND IT MAY NOT BE AS OBVIOUS
AS YOU THINK BUT I
DEFINITELY IS THERE.
[PRAYING]
AT LEAST THEY'RE NOT LOUD.
AT LEAST THEY'RE --
THEY'RE BEING PEACEFUL.
THEY'RE BEING PEACEFUL AND
QUIET, IT'S, IF THEY LOVE THEIR
NEIGHBORS AS MUCH AS THEY SAID
THEY'D BE HERE CELEBRATING WITH
US, NOT ACROSS THE STREE
PRAYING.
YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.
[PRAYING]
THEY'RE STILL THERE, THEY
HAVEN'T LEFT.
THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE.
OH, YEAH.
THEY HAVEN'T?
OH, REALLY?
PERSISTENT.
Bob: IT FEELS LIKE A BIG
DEAL, IT FEELS LIKE A TIDE IS
KIND OF CHANGING, LIKE THE TIDE
IS TURNING HERE IN WATERTOWN AND
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LIKE
SUPPORTIVE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
WANT THIS KIND OF CHANGE.
YEAH, MY CO-WORKERS AND
SISTER AND, LIKE, EVEN
LIKE MY FRIEND'S AUNTS AND
EVERYTHING ARE HERE.
Eureka: WELL, HELLO SOUTH
DAKOTA!
ARE YOU READY?
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR FIRS
ENTERTAINER IS YOUR HOST BOB THE
DRAG QUEEN!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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Eureka: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
BOB THE DRAG QUEEN!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Bob: LISTEN, I SAW US IN
THE NEWSPAPER.
[AUDIENCE REACTS]
CHILD, LET'S JUST SAY THE PUBLIC
DID HAVE AN OPINION ON THIS DAY,
OKAY.
THEY SAID WE WERE DEGENERATES,
THEY SAID WE WERE NASTY, THEY
SAID WE WERE CRAZY.
AND I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I SAID, THEY GONNA CALL US
CRAZY.
TO QUOTE BRITNEY SPEARS, I GO
YOUR CRAZY.
THIS ALL STARTED WITH WANTING
TO BE THERE FOR ALEX BUT IT'S
GROWN FAR BEYOND WHAT I COULD
EVER IMAGINE.
IT'S JUST BEEN THIS WILD RIDE.
THIS PERFORMANCE IS TO SHOW MY
LGBTQ PLUS FAMILY IN WATERTOWN
THINGS ARE GOING TO GET BETTER.
Eureka: AND I WANT TO WELCOME
TO THE STAGE, GIVE IT UP FOR
GLITZ DEVINE AND SHANGELA
LAQUIFA WADLEY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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MUS♪L
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Shangela: COME UP HERE,
ALLIE.
COME UP HERE.
COME UP HERE, ALLIE.
COME ON, BABY.
Shangela: YES, COME ON,
CAREFUL!
YES!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THIS HAS BEEN SUCH AN
INSANELY AMAZING AND LOVING
EXPERIENCE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IF YOU ASKED ME TWO YEARS AGO IF
I'D BE UP HERE DOING A DRAG SHOW
I WOULD SAY YOU ARE FREAKIN'
CRAZY.
WE ARE HERE FOR YOU, YOU ARE
SEEN, YOU ARE LOVED AND YOU ARE
SO, SO, VALID.
AND I LOVE YOU.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Shangela: HALLELOO!
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
GIVE IT UP ONE MORE TIME FOR
ALEX AND GLITZ DEVINE!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I'M 38 YEARS-OLD.
I HAVE BOTTLED UP SO MUCH OF MY
LIFE AND IT JUST KILLS YOU FROM
THE INSIDE OUT.
IT'S LIKE A POISON.
BUT IT'S TIME TO STOP THINKING
SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH
EXPRESSING MY FEMININE NATURE.
AND I FINALLY HAVE THE COURAGE
TO BE HONEST WITH MYSELF.
Bob: WE ARE EXCITED TO BRING
BACK TO THE STAGE EUREKA O'HARA
AND SHAKY VON!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOS
DEFINING MOMENTS OF MY ENTIRE
LIFE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I CAME OUT AS BI A LONG TIME
AGO, MANY YEARS AGO, BUT I'M
ALSO COMING OUT AS A MAN
WHO LIKES TO WEAR WOMEN'S
CLOTHING AND I DON'T WAN
TO HIDE THAT, AND I FEEL
AMAZING.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THIS IS THE PRETTIEST I'VE EVER
FELT.
Eureka: DAD, WHY DON'T YOU
COME ON UP HERE.
WE ALSO HAVE HIS WIFE, AMY.
AMY, COME ON UP HERE!
THIS IS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE.
AND THIS HERE IS THE BEST FATHER
A HUMAN BEING CAN HAVE.
Eureka: HEY!
DAD!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS REALLY
DON'T HAVE TO BE DOING THIS FOR
ME, YOU KNOW.
I DO APPRECIATE IT A LOT.
YOU
YOU KNOW.
YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL, YOU'RE
ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL, THIS IS JUS
YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF MAKEUP
AND HAIR.
THIS EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN
SUPER HARD.
MY REGULAR CLOTHES ARE T-SHIRTS
AND SWEATSHIRTS, BUT I'VE NEVER
ACTUALLY STEPPED FOOT INTO WHA
MY BROTHER GOES THROUGH IN LIFE
AND DOING THIS, I FEEL LIKE
GETTING THE EYES ON ME WHEN I'M
COMPLETELY OUT OF MY COMFOR
ZONE IS A BIG STEP.
Shangela: PLEASE GIVE A GOOD
OLD WATERTOWN WELCOME FOR
SUZANNE FOSS, SUZANNE CITY AND
BOB THE DRAG QUEEN!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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Bob: OH, MY GOD!
THEY HEARD THEY KUDO SLAM ALL
THE WAY IN SIOUX FALLS, OKAY,
HONEY.
I DO WANT TO SAY WE ARE HERE
TO TELL YOU THAT IT DOESN'
MATTER IF YOU'RE BLACK, IF
YOU'RE NATIVE, IF YOU'RE GAY, A
WOMAN, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF
YOU'RE ANYTHING THAT PEOPLE
DON'T THINK SHOULD BE THE
NORMAL, YOU CAN DO
EXACTLY WHAT YOU SET YOUR MIND
TO.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND LASTLY, TO THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE PROTESTING THIS, I JUS
WANT TO SAY IF YOU ARE SCARED,
YOU SHOULD BE SCARED, BECAUSE WE
ARE SICK AND TIRED OF GETTING
THROWN INTO THE CLOSET.
WE ARE OUT, WE ARE PROUD, AND WE
ARE HERE TO STAY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I FEEL LIKE IT'S ALMOST LIKE
21 YEARS OF PENT OF
ANGER JUST BEING SHOVED INTO
SOMEONE'S HOME, AND I'M JUS
LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M JUS
GONNA LET IT ALL GO, I DON'T'
CARE AT THIS POINT.
HOW DO I TOP THAT, HUH?
I GUESS THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY
IS WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED, MAN,
WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED US BEFORE
THEY EVEN OPENED UP THE CURTAINS
AS THE TWINS AND EVERYBODY KNEW
WHO WE WERE.
EVERYONE KNOWS THE TWINS.
I WAS LIKE WOW, MAN.
THIS IS HUGE SUPPORT.
YOU KNOW WHAT, SOMEBODY LIKE YOU
NEEDS AND THAT'S WHY I HOPE THA
SOMEBODY SEES THIS AND HEARS
THIS, IS THAT SUPPORT FOR
SOMEBODY.
EXACTLY.
THE SECOND TIME I'M CRYING?
THIS IS YOUR SECOND TIME
CRYING, THIS IS LIKE MY FIFTH.
THAT WAS, LIKE, THE HAPPIES
I THINK I'VE SEEN YOU SINCE THE
WEDDING.
I LIKE SEEING YOU THAT HAPPY A
LEAST.
I KNOW WE DON'T DO THE WHOLE, I
KNOW WE DON'T DO THE ATA BOY
THING A LOT BUT THAT, I HEARD
THAT LOUD AND CLEAR TODAY.
I HEARD IT LOUD.
BUT I ALMOST HEARD, ATA BOY,
ERIK.
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IF
YOU'RE OUT, IF YOU'RE NOT, THERE
IS A COMMUNITY HERE THAT'S READY
AND WAITING TO HELP YOU.
I LOVE YOU, KIDDO.
I LOVE YOU, TOO, MOM.
I WILL DO THIS UNTIL I
BREATHE MY LAST BREATH, I WILL
BE THERE FOR THEM AND ANYONE
THAT NEEDS ME.
NOT ONLY MY OWN CHILD, BU
EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY THA
FEELS LIKE THEY'RE NOT GIVEN A
CHANCE TO BE WHO THEY TRULY ARE.
Eureka: WE AS QUEER PEOPLE
HAVE TO FIGHT TO MAKE CHANGE.
TO GET WHAT YOU WANT.
Shangela: THAT'S WHY WE'RE
HERE.
OH, THE BOYS.
THE BOYS.
WHAT'S UP, BOY?
Shangela: TO PUT DRAG AND THE
EXISTENCE OF THE QUEER COMMUNITY
IN THE FACES OF THOSE NAYSAYERS
IN THIS COMMUNITY.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF MYSELF,
YOU KNOW HOW OFTEN I SAY I'M
PROUD OF MYSELF, I'M PROUD OF
MYSELF.
Shangela: THIS IS DRAG.
THIS IS GAY.
IT IS GOING TO EXIST.
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Eureka: WHAT?
HI, WE'RE HERE.
Bob: SEE SOMETHING YOU LIKE?
Shangela: OKAY, WELL THEY'RE
PAYING THE GIRL'S DUST.
ALL RIGHT.
Bob: SORRY, Y'ALL.
YEAH, SO I DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY
TO TIP THE BATHROOM ATTENDANT.
Shangela: HOW DID YOU RE-TUCK
SO FAST?
Bob: WELL, THAT'S FOR ME TO
KNOW AND YOU TO --
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Eureka: I'M A BIKER BITCH.
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WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
Bob: OH, THERE'S THE GUYS
FROM --
Shangela: HI.
Eureka: HI, BOYS.
Shangela: HELLO.
IS THIS A HARLEY?
THIS IS A HARLEY.
Eureka: SO IS IT POSSIBLE TO
GET A RIDE WITH ONE OF YOU ALL?
Shangela: OH, SHIT.
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Eureka: WELL, LET ME KNOW IF
YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND.
Eureka: BYE, DADDIES.
YEAH, WE'LL SEE YA.
Eureka: FOUND ME A HUSBAND.
♪
Shangela: OH, LOOK IT'S A
STREET FESTIVAL.
Eureka: HI!
Shangela: HOW COOL.
Eureka: WE'RE HERE.
Shangela: HI, LADIES.
WE HAVE A SHOW COMING UP ON
FRIDAY NIGHT SO WE'D LOVE TO SEE
Y'ALL, OKAY.
'CAUSE, TRUST ME, YOU AIN'T SEEN
NOTHING LIKE US IN WATERTOWN,
RIGHT?
Bob: IT'S BOB, WE'RE FROM
WATERTOWN, WEARING SOME MOTHER
FUCKING LEATHER ON THESE
STREETS, YEAH, DOG.
Shangela: HI, GENTLEMEN, HOW
ARE YOU ALL?
Eureka: HI, BOYS.
Shangela: HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
TO A DRAG SHOW?
Shangela: NO?
Eureka: WOULD YOU LIKE TO?
Shangela: NO, NO?
NEVER WILL?
ALL RIGHT, WELL.
Bob: NICE SHIRT.
Eureka: HI.
Bob: NICE SHIRT.
Shangela: YOU EVER BEEN TO A
DRAG SHOW?
NOPE.
Shangela: NO?
WELL, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO
START, TO SEE YOUR FIRST, OKAY.
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Eureka: WATERTOWN, SOUTH
DAKOTA, IS WHERE WE ARE.
Bob: NOT A LOT OF WATER.
NOT A LOT OF TOWN.
[LAUGHS]
Shangela: ON A MAP, THIS IS
AMERICA, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
WATERTOWN, IT'S LIKE RIGHT IN
HERE, LIKE HEARTLAND AND UP A
LITTLE BIT.
Eureka: SO I DIDN'T KNOW THE
DAKOTAS WERE REALLY FLAT BUT,
MAMA, YOU CAN SEE FOR MILES AND
MILES.
Shangela: THERE'S LOTS OF
CORN FIELDS, THERE'S LOTS OF
BEAN, THERE'S LOTS OF FARMING
AND AGRICULTURE.
THERE ARE BIG TRUCKS, THERE ARE
BALES OF HAY.
Eureka: TO ME WATERTOWN SEEMS
NOT UPTIGHT IN LIKE A SNOOTY WAY
JUST UPTIGHT IN LIKE A,
EVERYTHING IS DONE A CERTAIN WAY
HERE AND IF YOU'RE WEIRD AND
DIFFERENT, GET OUT OF HERE.
Shangela: IT'S NOT VERY
DIVERSE OVER HERE IN THIS
WATERTOWN, OKAY.
Bob: I GET STARES IN NEW YORK
CITY BUT, BABY, I BREAK NECKS IN
WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA.
LIKE, PEOPLE WILL RE-ORGANIZE
THEIR SCHEDULE TO LOOK AT ME,
THEY WILL CANCEL PLANS.
I DO FEEL OUT OF PLACE, I FEEL A
LITTLE -- I FEEL OTHER.
Eureka: I HOPE THAT WATERTOWN
TAKES AWAY FROM THIS DRAG SHOW
LIKE PLAY WITH THE PLAYDOH, MAKE
A COOKIE WITHOUT IT BEING A
SHAPE, GIRL, YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN.
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HEY, BRACK.
HEY.
HOW WAS WORK?
IT WAS PRETTY CHAOTIC.
HEY.
HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
GOOD, HOW WAS WORK?
IT WAS ALL RIGHT.
IT GOT LONG.
MISSED YOU.
[ON THE PHONE]
HEY, WHAT'S UP?
MY BOND BETWEEN JUSTICE AND I
IS SUPER IMMENSE AND IT'S
PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGES
BONDS I HAVE WITH ANYBODY IN MY
LIFE.
[ON THE PHONE]
I'M EXCITED FOR YOU TO COME UP.
GROWING UP AS TWINS WE SHARED
EVERYTHING, WHETHER IT BE MEALS,
WHETHER IT BE MONEY, BIRTHDAY
PARTIES, YOU SHARE ALL THAT.
SO WE'VE JUST ALWAYS BEEN USED
TO HAVING EACH OTHER.
IF WE WANTED TO TALK ABOU
SOMETHING WE COULD TALK ABOUT I
RIGHT AWAY.
IF WE WANTED TO CRY ABOU
SOMETHING, WE COULD CRY TO EACH
OTHER ABOUT IT.
WHAT TYPE OF TWINS ARE YOU?
WE'RE IDENTICAL TWINS, YES.
WHAT'S THAT LIKE TO HAVE AN
IDENTICAL TWIN?
[LAUGHS]
YEAH, THAT JUST EXPLAINED I
ALL.
YEAH.
I DON'T THINK I EVER LEARNED
THAT JUSTICE WAS GAY, I'VE
ALWAYS PRETTY MUCH KNOWN.
IT'S ALWAYS JUST BEEN SOMETHING
THAT I'VE ACCEPTED.
AS A KID LIVING HERE IN
WATERTOWN, IT WAS REALLY TOUGH.
BUT JAADON WAS ALWAYS PROTECTIVE
OF ME GROWING UP.
AND I FEEL LIKE WITHOUT JAADON,
I WOULD HAVE NEVER CAME OUT AS
SOON AS I DID.
HE WAS PROBABLY THE MAIN REASON
WHY I GOT THE COURAGE TO COME
OUT, WHICH IS, LIKE, THERE A FEW
PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE LIKE
JAADON AND, LIKE, DON'T CARE
ABOUT THAT.
IN WATERTOWN IT WAS PRETTY,
UH, APPARENT THAT JAADON AND I
DIDN'T REALLY FIT THE MOLD HERE.
BOYS VERSUS GIRLS, A CLASSIC.
WE ARE 25% NATIVE AMERICAN,
WE'RE 25% AFRICAN-AMERICAN, AND
THEN WE'RE 50% GERMAN.
WE WERE THE DARKEST PEOPLE
MOST PEOPLE IN WATERTOWN HAVE
EVER BEEN IN, IT JUST PROVES,
LIKE, JUST HOW UNEXPOSED
WATERTOWN IS.
I IDENTIFY STRONGLY AS, LIKE, A
GAY PERSON OF COLOR AND PEOPLE
JUST -- I FEEL LIKE WEREN'
READY FOR THAT.
TELL ME I WON'T DO IT AND YOU
KNOW I'LL SINK IT RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO.
ALL RIGHT, BET.
ALL RIGHT, BET.
WHAT'D I SAY, MAN?
PUT ME IN THAT POSITION, I DON'
LOSE.
[LAUGHTER]
A LOT OF WATERTOWN PROBABLY
DOESN'T WANT TO WATCH A DRAG
SHOW, BUT JUST BECAUSE THIS
ISN'T WHAT YOU DO DOESN'T MEAN
THAT YOU HAVE TO HATE IT.
ME BEING A STRAIGHT MALE WITH MY
BROTHER UP THERE ON STAGE, TO BE
UNCOMFORTABLE I FEEL LIKE IS THE
BEST WAY YOU CAN LEARN.
Bob: I'M JUST HARASSING THEM
NOW.
HEY!
HI!
Bob: I RANG THE DOORBELL
BUT --
IT DOESN'T WORK.
I'M SORRY.
Bob: IT DOESN'T WORK, I FOUND
OUT THE DOORBELL DOESN'T WORK.
HOW ARE YOU?
GOOD, HOW ARE YOU?
I'M JUSTICE.
Bob: JUSTICE?
YES.
Bob: LIKE THE LEAGUE?
YES.
JAADON, NICE TO MEET YOU.
Bob: JAADON.
I'M REALLY INTRIGUED TO KNOW,
LIKE, WHAT'S IT LIKE BEING A GAY
TWIN, A STRAIGHT TWIN?
IF I HAD TO CHOOSE ONE I'M
HAPPY I'M THE GAY TWIN BECAUSE
BEING THE STRAIGHT TWIN I THINK
IS A LITTLE BIT BASIC, BUT --
IT'S REALLY NICE 'CAUSE WE'RE
ALWAYS COMPETITIVE AND THERE'S
NOTHING TO COMPETE WITH, YOU
KNOW?
I'M INTERESTED IN GUYS, HE'S
INTERESTED IN GIRLS, SO IT'S,
IT'S NICE, IT'S NICE THAT PLAY
DON'T LIKE THAT 'CAUSE I THINK
THAT'D JUST BE ANOTHER THING
THAT WE'D GET IN ARGUMENTS OVER.
I'D WIN THAT, THOUGH.
YOU THINK SO?
Bob: HE'S LIKE, BUT I COULD
SCOOP UP YOUR MAN.
[LAUGHTER]
I'M JUST SAYING IF I WANTED
TO IN THAT WAY, I'D SWING THA
WAY AND I'D BE GOOD AT IT.
[LAUGHTER]
Bob: ALL RIGHT, ARE THERE A
LOT OF GAY PEOPLE AROUND HERE?
THERE'S NOT REALLY, LIKE, A
LOT OF GAY PEOPLE IN WATERTOWN.
I CAME OUT ON MY JUNIOR YEAR.
THAT, YOU KNOW, I GET, LIKE, THE
STRANGE LOOK OR I GET, LIKE, THE
COLD SHOULDER A LITTLE BIT.
AND, LIKE, WHEN I DID HAVE A
BOYFRIEND I WOULD, LIKE, NEVER
DO, LIKE, ANYTHING LIKE PDA OR
ANYTHING 'CAUSE I KNEW THAT I
WOULD EITHER GET, LIKE, LOOKED
AT OR TALKED TO.
Bob: DID YOU EVER, WAS ANYONE
EVER LIKE, WHAT'S UP WITH YOUR
BROTHER, OR?
I FELT LIKE I WAS PUT IN THE
SITUATION WHERE I COULD, LIKE,
HELP HIM A LITTLE BIT.
AND I THINK JAADON ACTUALLY
DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF, LIKE,
EXPLAINING THAT, LIKE, JUS
'CAUSE I'M GAY THAT ISN'T MY
PERSONALITY.
YOU KNOW, LIKE, I'M STILL THE
SAME JUSTICE AND STUFF LIKE
THAT.
Bob: THAT'S SO SWEET.
Bob: I WILL SAY THAT THERE
HAVE NOT BEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
OH, DON'T EVEN GET US
STARTED.
I KNEW WHERE HE WAS GOING
RIGHT AWAY.
TRY LIVING HERE.
THERE WAS AN INSTANCE IN HIGH
SCHOOL, LIKE, WHERE I GO
CALLED, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN WORD
IN THE HALLWAY AND --
Bob: LOVELY?
BEAUTIFUL, HANDSOME, CHARMING?
SADLY, NONE OF THE ABOVE.
Bob: WHAT WERE THEY SAYING?
IT WAS LIKE THE N-WORD WITH
LIKE, THE HARD R.
Bob: THAT'S CRAZY.
OR LIKE, THE THING WAS, COULD
I HAVE THE N-WORD PASS, COULD I
HAVE THE PASS, AND IT'S
LIKE, THAT'S NOT A THING, LIKE,
YOU REALIZE THAT, RIGHT --
AND THEN THAT'S THEIR
ARGUMENT, TOO, IT'S LIKE, NO, I
CAN SAY IT, SOMEONE GAVE ME
PERMISSION TO.
Bob: THAT IS CRAZY.
I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A NIGGA
PASS IN MY LIFE.
YEAH, LITERALLY IT DOES FEEL
LIKE WE'RE ALMOST LIKE STUCK IN
LIKE, THE 1950s, IT FEELS LIKE
SOMETIMES WITH THE STUFF THA
PEOPLE SAY AND THE STUFF THA
PEOPLE GET AWAY WITH SAYING IN
WATERTOWN.
Bob: WHAT ABOUT THE, WHA
WE'RE GONNA BE EMBARKING ON?
JAADON THOUGHT THIS WAS,
LIKE, A FASHION SHOW.
I THOUGHT --
Bob: YOU'RE GONNA WALK THE
RUNWAY.
I THOUGHT I WALK DOWN A
RUNWAY AND WALKED BACK, HE
DIDN'T --
Bob: OH, YOU THINK YOU'RE
JUST A FASHION MODEL.
HIT THE RUNWAY.
SHOW THE GIRLS WHAT'S UP.
CLOSE MY EYES FOR FIVE
SECONDS, BE GOOD.
Bob: OH, NO, MARY.
WE'RE DOING A FULL PERFORMANCE,
MISS THING.
YEAH.
Bob: FULL ON HEELS, LASHES,
CORSET, WIG.
I'M EXCITED.
YEAH.
I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS BUT I'M
EXCITED.
I'M PRETTY NERVOUS, TO BE
HONEST.
Bob: WHY YOU SO NERVOUS?
WELL, I MEAN LIKE, I'VE
ALWAYS BEEN, LIKE, MORE THAN
SUPPORTING OF HIM BUT IT'S
DIFFERENT, LIKE, ME BEING, LIKE,
HEY, MAN, I'M GONNA BE RIGH
BESIDE YOU GOING OUT THERE AND
DOING THAT.
Bob: IN TERMS OF THIS
PERFORMANCE, I WANT JAADON AND
JUSTICE TO HAVE A THEME THA
TALKS ABOUT BEING THERE FOR EACH
OTHER, STANDING UP FOR ONE
ANOTHER.
I THINK, I MEAN, JAADON, HE'S
AFRAID OF PEOPLE SEEING HIM IN
ANYTHING LESS THAN A VERY
MASCULINE FORM.
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE NO
GONNA ABANDON EACH OTHER, AND I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE
SEE SOMEONE LIKE JAADON UP HERE
SUPPORTING JUSTICE, THAT'S
IMPORTANT.
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I DEFINITELY DID NOT GROW UP
IN SOCIAL ISSUES AND WORRYING
ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE'S
RIGHTS.
HI, MOM.
HI, HONEY.
CAN I TRY?
WHEN MY OWN CHILD CAME OUT TO
ME AS A TRANS PERSON, IT KIND OF
PUSHES IT TO THE FOREFRONT OF
YOUR BRAIN.
YOU'RE LIKE OKAY, OH, WAIT, NOW
I SEE THAT THERE'S THINGS THA
ARE HAPPENING AROUND ME THAT ARE
DISCRIMINATION.
RIGHTS AREN'T THERE FOR PEOPLE.
NOW I SEE THESE LAWS THA
THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE, I SEE
WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND US.
YOU JUST WALK BY HERE AND YOU
GET GLITTER ON YOU.
IT'S EVERYWHERE.
I FOUND IT IN MY EARS THIS
MORNING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT GOT THERE.
[LAUGHS]
UNFORTUNATELY, NORTHEASTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA, IT'S REALLY A
TOUGH AREA FOR THEM TO BE WHO
THEY ARE.
I THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE
RESISTANT TO THE LGBTQ PLUS
COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY DON'
UNDERSTAND, THEY CHOOSE NOT TO
UNDERSTAND, AND IT'S A LOT OF
FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN.
BUT I'M ALWAYS GOING TO KEEP
FIGHTING TO MAKE IT A BETTER
PLACE FOR THEM TO LIVE.
THERE YOU GO.
I REALLY LIKE THAT, THAT'S
SUPER PRETTY.
♪
Shangela: HI.
SORRY.
Shangela: YOU MUST BE AMY?
I AM!
Shangela: OH, GIRL, COME ON
OVER HERE AND GIVE ME A HUG.
WHAT?
I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T STARTED
CRYING ALREADY.
GIRL, WE JUST MET, GET YOURSELF
IN HERE.
[LAUGHTER]
Shangela: YOU MUST BE ALEX?
YES.
WHAT GAVE IT AWAY?
Shangela: NICE TO MEET YOU.
HI.
Shangela: SEE, YOU SHOULD
HAVE TOLD ME WE WERE DOING
RAINBOW HAIR, I WOULD HAVE DYED
MINE TOO.
HELLO.
IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.
Shangela: OH, NICE TO MEE
YOU.
PLEASURE.
Shangela: YOU KNOW, I'M FROM
A SMALL TOWN, TOO.
WHAT'S THE EXPERIENCE BEEN LIKE
IN SCHOOL COMING INTO YOUR OWN
OF WHO YOU ARE?
IF YOU WANT ONE WORD, IT'S
HELL.
IT'S SO DIFFICULT.
I GO EAT LUNCH WITH A TEACHER, I
DON'T SIT IN THE CAFETERIA
BECAUSE OF SO MANY BULLIES.
Shangela: DID YOU FIND THA
THERE IS A LGBTQ COMMUNITY HERE?
IT'S REALLY KIND OF FUNNY
BECAUSE I NEVER REALIZED HOW BIG
THE COMMUNITY IS HERE UNTIL WE
STARTED OUR WATERTOWN LOVE GROUP
AND THEN YOU START TO MEE
PEOPLE AND FIND PEOPLE AND
YOU'RE LIKE, THIS IS AMAZING.
Shangela: WHAT IS WATERTOWN
LOVE?
WE ARE LGBTQ YOUTH, ADULTS,
AND ALLIES THAT STARTED TWO
YEARS AGO.
ONE OF ALEX'S FRIENDS PASSED
AWAY, THEY TOOK THEIR OWN LIFE,
AND IT WAS KIND OF THE CATALYS
TO START IT.
WHEN THIS YOUNG PERSON TOOK
THEIR LIFE, THEY WERE FRIENDS
WITH ALEX AND THEY IDENTIFIED AS
PAN-SEXUAL.
OKAY, IF THIS CAN HAPPEN TO
SOMEBODY ELSE'S KID, THIS COULD
HAPPEN TO MINE.
WITH THE WHOLE WATERTOWN LOVE
GROUP, I KNOW THAT IT'S SO MUCH
BIGGER THAN ME.
IT'S SO MUCH BIGGER THAN ALEX.
IT'S EVEN BIGGER THAN WATERTOWN.
IF WE START SMALL, BIG CHANGES
CAN COME OF THAT.
THERE'S NOTHING THAT WILL STOP
THAT.
THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT LOOK
DOWN ON OUR ORGANIZATION AND
WHAT IT DOES AND WHAT WE STAND
FOR, BUT --
BY DOING DRAG AND MAKING
MYSELF VISIBLE, I HOPE TO REALLY
CEMENT IN THAT ALLYSHIP THAT I
SHOW ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS.
I MAY BE 5'2" BUT I CAN BE
PRETTY FIERCE.
I'M GONNA COME OUT SWINGING, I'M
GOING TO PUSH, I'M GONNA FIGHT,
I'M GONNA EDUCATE YOU AND TRY TO
GET YOU TO SEE THAT THERE'S A
WHOLE LOT MORE OUT THERE THAN
YOUR OWN LITTLE WORLD.
♪
FOR 20 YEARS, I HAVE DONE THE
SAME THING IN MY LIFE WHICH IS
BUY, SELL, AND TRADE TOYS AND
GAMES.
THAT'S BEEN MY SOLACE, THAT'S
BEEN MY CONNECTION TO MY
FRIENDS.
SO, TO ME, TOYS ARE EVERYTHING.
MAINLY BECAUSE I STILL STRUGGLE
WITH EXPRESSING MYSELF.
SOUTH DAKOTA IS A GOOD TWO
DECADES BEHIND THE COASTS.
THE WORD "FAG" WAS AN EVERYDAY
OCCURRENCE IN A VERY HATE-FILLED
WAY, AND NOBODY BLINKS AN EYE A
THAT WORD OUT HERE.
LIKE, SOMETIMES YOU'LL HAVE A
MORE FEMININE GUY, THEY'RE
TYPICALLY LABELED THAT GOOD BOY
WHO CAN HANG AROUND YOUR
DAUGHTER 'CAUSE YOU KNOW HE
AIN'T GONNA TRY NOTHING, BUT BE
GOD DANGED IF YOU WANT HIM
AROUND YOUR BOY BECAUSE,
AUTOMATICALLY, IF YOU'RE GAY YOU
WANT TO HIT ON EVERY BOY, AND
THAT'S WHY I STAY CLOSETED A LO
OF MY LIFE.
IT'S GOTTEN BETTER BU
IT'S STILL A LONG WAYS TO GO.
Eureka: KNOCK, KNOCK.
OH, HI.
KNOCK, KNOCK.
HEY!
Eureka: OH, MY GOSH, THIS
PLACE IS SO COOL.
HI, I'M EUREKA.
HI, AMY.
Eureka: ERIK'S WIFE.
I'M A HUGGER, IS THAT OKAY?
WHAT'S UP BUDDY?
HI, ERIK.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
OH, MY GOSH, WHAT IS THIS
PLACE?
SO, UH, THIS IS MY STORE
FLASHBACKS AND WE SELL TOYS
AND GAMES AND COLLECTIBLES AND
ALL SORTS OF FUN STUFF.
Eureka: THIS IS COOL!
HOW LONG HAVE YOU ALL KNOWN EACH
OTHER?
WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER SINCE
2001, ACTUALLY.
Eureka: WOW.
HOW LONG YOU BEEN TOGETHER?
DATING FOR TEN YEARS MARRIED
FOR EIGHT YEARS THIS YEAR.
Eureka: SO YOU'RE LIKE HIGH
SCHOOL SWEET HEARTS, KIND OF?
OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
YEP.
HIGH SCHOOL SWEET HEARTS.
Eureka: OH, MY GOD, IT'S SO
CUTE!
I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO GET TO
SIT AND CHAT.
DO YOU HAVE A THIRD SEAT?
OKAY, WELL I'VE GOT DOES THIS
WORK OR NO?
Eureka: OH, WORK, YEAH.
I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF --
Eureka: OH, MY GOD, VERY
TAILGATE.
CAN I SIT ON IT?
I LOVE SITTING ON A COOLER,
HONEY.
I LIKE TO ASK WHAT ARE YOUR
PRONOUNS, BOTH OF YOU?
HE/HIM.
Eureka: YEAH.
SHE/HER.
Eureka: AND CAN I ASK YOUR
SEXUALITY, TOO?
I'M VERY BASIC, I'M HETERO.
Eureka: THAT'S NOT BASIC,
MAMA.
WE NEED THE BREEDERS OF THE
WORLD, OKAY.
[LAUGHTER]
TO KEEP US MOVING.
I SAY PAN, OR BI, BUT IT'S
PROBABLY CLOSER TO PAN.
IF I FIND SOMEONE ATTRACTIVE, I
FIND THEM ATTRACTIVE.
Eureka: YOU KNOW, THIS IS
YOUR SOUL MATE, YOUR WIFE,
HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DESCRIBE
HER, AND TO BE ABLE TO BE HONES
AND OPEN WITH HER ABOUT THAT IS
REALLY COOL.
AND I WASN'T FOR A WHILE AND
IT'S -- I DID HIDE IT FOR MANY
YEARS AND IT'S JUST, BUT --
Eureka: HOW DID THAT MAKE YOU
FEEL?
MAINLY I WAS HURT THAT HE DID
HAVE TO HIDE IT FOR SO LONG.
BUT I HAVE DONE A LOT OF GROWING
IN MY ADULT LIFE AND I'M A LO
MORE ACCEPTING NOW IN THAT AFTER
I'VE DONE ALL THAT CHANGING AND
GROWING UP, HE FELT MORE OPEN IN
THAT HE COULD TELL ME.
AND OBVIOUSLY SOME OF HER
FAMILY'S VERY RELIGIOUS HAS BEEN
LESS THAN POLITE ABOUT IT,
BUT IT WAS GETTING TO THE POIN
WHERE I COULDN'T -- IT'S
TOO MUCH ON YOUR SHOULDERS AND
IT WEIGHS YOU DOWN, YOU KNOW.
Eureka: YEAH.
SO PART OF THIS IS THAT I
LIKE TO WEAR WOMEN'S
CLOTHING NOT SO MUCH LIKE --
IT'S --
Eureka: ME TOO.
ME TOO, GIRL, YOU AIN'T ALONE,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL WEIRD.
IT FEELS COMFORTABLE AT TIMES
TO EXPRESS A MORE FEMININE
NATURE THAN A MASCULINE NATURE.
Eureka: MMMHMM, I GET THAT.
BUT THAT'S ANOTHER DEMON
I'VE HAD OVER MY HEAD
FOR A WHILE AND I JUST, I --
Eureka: WELL, YOU FEEL GUILTY
FOR WANTING TO DO IT, OR YOU
FEEL --
I FEEL GUILTY, I FEEL LIKE
IT'S --
Eureka: LIKE IT'S WRONG?
YOU KNOW AND PEOPLE LIKE,
RIGHT BUT YOU'RE MARRIED NOW AND
YOU HAVE A WIFE SO YOU SHOULD BE
HAPPY.
I'LL BE LIKE I AM HAPPY IN THA
AREA BUT IT DOESN'T STOP ME FROM
JUST WAKING UP WANTING TO JUS
SCREAM AND THROW SOMETHING
THROUGH A WALL YOU KNOW.
Eureka: WELL, I MEAN HONESTLY
YOU'RE LIVING IN A WORLD OF
SHAME IN YOUR OWN HEAD.
YEAH, I HATE IT, I HATE
HAVING THAT FEELING.
I HATE HAVING, YOU KNOW, I HAVE
A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON BUT I
AGAIN, IT'S -- IT'S EVERY
DAY JUST WAKE UP AND YOU JUS
GO, GREAT.
Eureka: CROSS DRESSING IS
BASICALLY A MAN WHO WEARS FEMALE
CLOTHING TO RELEASE AN EMOTIONAL
FEMININE SIDE OF THEMSELVES
BECAUSE IT MAKES THEM FEEL
COMFORTABLE IN AN INTENSE
ENVIRONMENT, RIGHT.
IT'S A SELF-EXPRESSION.
IT'S NOT THE IDEA THAT SOCIETY
HAS AROUND CROSS DRESSERS, IT'S
ACTUALLY SOMETHING SO INTIMATE
AND BEAUTIFUL.
AND I'VE TOLD HIM BEFORE THA
THE CROSS DRESSING DOESN'
BOTHER ME.
Eureka: DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL
NEGATIVE ABOUT YOURSELF BECAUSE
OF IT?
OH, ABSOLUTELY.
IN EVERY WAY SHAPE AND FORM, I
HAVE A -- I HAVE A SELF-IMAGE
PROBLEM.
I FEEL LIKE I LOOK UGLY ALL THE
TIME, SO.
Eureka: WELL YOU'RE NOT UGLY
AND THAT'S TERRIBLE, YOU
SHOULDN'T THINK THAT WAY.
WELL, YEAH, I KNOW I
SHOULDN'T BUT I DO, I DO EVERY
DAY.
Eureka: WE'RE OBVIOUSLY
PUTTING ON THIS DRAG SHOW RIGHT.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT HIM DOING
THIS, LIKE, FULL DRAG MOMENT?
IT'LL BE FUN TO SEE.
HE'S USUALLY PRETTY RESERVED
AND I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM ACTUALLY
DO ANYTHING THAT OUTLANDISH.
Eureka: ARE YOU NERVOUS ABOU
THAT?
ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED.
PROBABLY THE ONLY PEOPLE WILL
GET BACKLASH, IF ANYTHING, IT'LL
PROBABLY BE, UNFORTUNATELY, MY
FAMILY.
I'M AFRAID THAT SOME OF MY
FAMILY, TOO.
I'M HOPING THAT THEY'D BE
ACCEPTING BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.
Eureka: ERIK IS SO PRECIOUS
AND IT'S SO SWEET BUT IT'S ALSO
SO SAD TO SEE HOW MUCH ERIK JUS
DISLIKES HIMSELF.
ERIK SHOULDN'T HAVE TO HIDE THE
FACT THAT HE ENJOYS CROSS
DRESSING.
TRUTH IS, IS LIKE SOMETIMES YOU
JUST GOT TO GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE
TO ACCEPT WHO YOU ARE INSTEAD OF
JUST ASSUMING THEY'RE GONNA
THINK NEGATIVE ABOUT IT.
♪
Shangela: HI, Y'ALL.
OH, YOU ALL SAVED US A SPOT.
THANK YOU.
HELLO.
HI!
I'M AN OLD FRIEND OF AMY'S AS
Y'ALL CAN SEE.
[LAUGHTER]
Shangela: DOES WATERTOWN LOVE
GET TOGETHER OFTEN?
EVERY MONTH.
LIKE, WE HANG OUT AND JUST YOU
KNOW MEET AND GREET, TALK TO
EACH OTHER, RELATE TO EACH
OTHER, JUST CASUAL SAFE SPACE.
AND AMY BROUGHT US ALL TOGETHER,
LIKE, MY QUEEN!
[LAUGHTER]
Shangela: I WAS TALKING TO
AMY EARLIER AND SHE WAS TELLING
ME ABOUT PUTTING TOGETHER THE
FIRST PRIDE EVENT HERE.
EVERYBODY SMILED.
IT'S AMAZING.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A
POTLUCK.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A
POTLUCK IN THE PARK!
IT WAS AMAZING TO WATCH.
SO MUCH HAPPINESS JUST POURED
OUT EVERYWHERE, WE SAW THESE
KIDS WITH THEIR FLAGS DRAPED
AROUND THEIR SHOULDERS
ON THE SWING SET AND SO THEY'RE
FLYING BEHIND THEM AND THE
SMILES FROM EAR TO EAR AND
PEOPLE GIVING HUGS.
IT WAS NEEDED, YOU KNOW, WE
NEED TO SHOW THE LGBT COMMUNITY
THAT THERE IS SUPPORT IN SOUTH
DAKOTA.
I MEAN, THERE'S STILL PEOPLE OU
THERE AFRAID TO BE THEMSELVES.
SO MUCH WHAT WILL THE TOWN
THINK, ANYTHING YOU DO, WHA
WILL THE TOWN THINK, WHAT WILL
THE PEOPLE THINK.
THIS YEAR YOU KNOW WE WEN
AROUND TO HOW MANY T-SHIR
PLACES IN TOWN AND SAID HEY,
PRIDE'S COMING UP, WE WAN
T-SHIRTS, WE'RE GONNA SELL THEM,
IT'S MONEY FOR THEM AND WE ENDED
UP GOING OUT OF STATE TO GE
T-SHIRTS MADE.
Shangela: WOW.
NOBODY WOULD RESPOND,
NOTHING.
WHAT WAS IT MAYBE A YEAR
AGO A REALLY FAIRLY HIGH PROFILE
SOMEBODY RIPPED DOWN SOMEBODY'S
PRIDE FLAG, BURNED IT, POSTED
THE VIDEO ON FACEBOOK.
Shangela: OH, WOW.
D.A. INVESTIGATED AND
EVERYTHING, NO CHARGES EVER
ENDED UP BEING PRESSED BUT, YOU
KNOW, THIS WHOLE MINUTE AND A
HALF LONG BURNING THE FLAG AND
EPITHETS AND ALL THIS UGLY
STUFF.
I MEAN, JUST WEARING MY SHIR
TO A STORE IS A GAMBLE
BECAUSE ABOUT A MONTH, MONTH AND
A HALF AGO, I HAD SOMEONE GET IN
MY FACE OVER A SHIRT.
THE RISKS THAT ARE INVOLVED
WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT DON'T HAVE
THE SUPPORT AND THAT ARE IN
BETWEEN COMING TO REALIZATION
AND COMING OUT ARE SO HIGH.
THE HESITATION FOR THE QUEER
COMMUNITY TO BE SEEN HERE IS
SIMPLY THEY FEAR FOR THEIR
SAFETY, THEY FEAR FOR THEIR
JOBS, THEY FEAR FOR THEIR
HOUSING, YOU KNOW, THEIR
FAMILIES, IT'S A VERY MUCH
WELL-FOUNDED FEAR.
IT DOES STINK THAT I HAVE TO
BE CAREFUL AND THAT I CAN'T BE
TOTALLY MYSELF.
WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
AND THEY SAY THAT AND I
MAKES OUR GET TOGETHERS THA
MUCH MORE IMPORTANT.
ONCE A MONTH, YOU CAN COME AND
BE YOURSELF.
♪
Eureka: YOU EVER BEEN HERE
BEFORE?
WE USED TO COME HERE ON
SCHOOL TRIPS.
Eureka: OH, REALLY?
YEP.
Eureka: WELL, WE HAVE TAKEN
IT OVER, HONEY.
♪
Shangela: OH, THE FAMILY'S UP
HERE, HI.
ALEX.
Shangela: HI, ALEX.
NICE TO SEE YOU, BABY.
AND MY BROTHER, JOSH.
Shangela: HI.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
Shangela: VERY NICE TO MEE
YOU.
Bob: YOU'RE BROTHERS YOU'LL
BE DOING DRAG SO WE'RE GONNA
HAVE YOU BE SISTERS.
Eureka: I KNOW THAT A LOT OF
THE FEMALE CHARACTERS THAT YOU
LOVE ARE LIKE GODDESSES AND
ALIENS AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT US
TO BE ARE THESE HOT, SEXY
ALIEN VIXEN CHARACTERS, YOU
KNOW.
THAT'S COOL.
WE WANT --
ACTUALLY WANT TO DO KIND OF A
CONJOINED TWINS THING WHERE THE
TWO OF YOU ARE GONNA BE LIKE ONE
BODY, TWO HEADS.
SO THEY'LL BE LIKE THIS
ANDROGYNOUS KIND OF LIKE TRENCH
COAT AND THEN IT'LL KIND OF
MORPH INTO THESE LIKE SEXY SPACE
VIXEN, LIKE, SUPER HERO LADIES,
ALIEN WOMEN.
Eureka: AND WE ALSO GOT YOU
SOME TITTIES.
VERY CINCHING WAIST AND THE
CLASSIC MERMAID GOWN.
IT'LL BE ALL SORT OF, LIKE, A
PRIDE DISCO BALL IS WHAT IT'S
GONNA LOOK LIKE.
YOU'RE GONNA LOOK BEAUTIFUL,
YEAH.
I'M SORRY.
Shangela: ARE YOU CRYING
ALREADY?
YES, I TOLD YOU I'M A CRIER.
[LAUGHS]
Bob: THIS IS FULLY ABOUT TO
BE YOU.
SNATCHED AND SNOOTCHED, GET, GE
IT, GET INTO THE DETAIL.
[LAUGHS]
LIKE, THERE'S MY NAME AND
EVERYTHING.
Shangela: GIVE ME A LITTLE
TOSS TO ONE SIDE WHIPLASH.
HA!
Bob: YOU SAID YOU'VE WORN A
WIG, LIKE, IN PLAYS BEFORE?
NO, NEVER NOT ONCE?
NOT ONCE.
TWO WIG VIRGINS?
THERE'S A JUSTICE.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO MAKE A
DRAG QUEEN.
I LIKE IT.
Eureka: WELL, LOOK IN THE
MIRROR, THOUGH.
IT'S HARD FOR ME TO LOOK IN
THE MIRROR.
Eureka: LOOK AT THE SHOES IN
THE MIRROR.
I'M LOOKING AT THE SHOES IN
THE MIRROR, I'M NOT LOOKING A
ME IN THE MIRROR.
DOESN'T EVEN LIKE REGISTER
THAT IT'S ME, JUST FEELS LIKE A
TOTALLY DIFFERENT PERSON.
Eureka: BOOM, BOOM, BOOM,
ALMOST.
YOU'RE DOING GOOD.
WE ARE TORTURING THIS CHILD.
♪
Bob: WALK LIKE YOUR HIP
DOESN'T HURT.
IT'S LIKE HURTING MY FEE
ALREADY, YOU KNOW.
Bob: ALREADY?
Shangela: OOH, HAVE A SEAT,
HAVE A SEAT.
Shangela: JOSH, YOUR SISTER
AMY IS SUCH A PROTECTOR AND AN
ACTIVIST.
AMY'S REALLY OPENED A LOT OF
DOORS WITH HER STARTING
WATERTOWN LOVE, I DON'T THINK
THAT WOULD BE HERE WITHOUT HER.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY ELSE
WOULD HAVE TAKEN THAT LEAP.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN TOLD I'M
QUIET.
[LAUGHS]
Shangela: YEAH, YOU HAVEN'T?
NO.
Shangela: AIN'T GONNA STAR
TODAY.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE A RED STATE.
WATERTOWN LOVE WANTED TO
HAVE A FLAG FLOWN AT CITY HALL
IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.
Shangela: YEAH, FOR PRIDE
MONTH.
FOR PRIDE MONTH, YEAH.
A DAY, EVEN A DAY OR A
WEEKEND.
Shangela: WHAT HAPPENED?
IT WAS JUST COMPLETELY SHO
DOWN, COMPLETELY DEAD.
WE'VE TRIED TO GET AN
ANTIBULLYING ORDINANCE AND JUS
NAH, SORRY, WE'LL PASS.
WE HAVE SUCH OPPOSITION FROM
THE OLD WHITE MEN THAT ARE IN
CHARGE HERE.
AND THEY'RE SET IN THEIR WAYS.
WE JUST NEED TO PICK
OURSELVES UP, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE
DEFEAT AND THEN GO FORWARD.
HOW DO WE GO ON FROM HERE?
Shangela: AND WE DON'T GIVE
UP.
WE DON'T GIVE UP.
DON'T GIVE UP.
WE GET LOUDER.
Shangela: THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
Shangela: WE DO NOT GIVE UP.
YEP.
Shangela: HOW DO YOU FEEL THE
CITY IS GOING TO RESPOND TO THE
SHOW THAT WE HAVE COMING UP?
I THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO BE, LIKE, NO, THEY COULD HAVE
SKIPPED WATERTOWN, THEY COULD
HAVE SKIPPED SOUTH DAKOTA.
THEY CAN GO TO ANOTHER STATE.
Shangela: IT'S FINE BUT WE
JUST DON'T WANT IT ON OUR BACK
DOOR, IS THAT WHAT IT IS?
YEAH, I ACTUALLY HAD A
COWORKER TODAY COME UP TO ME,
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THURSDAY?
OH, WE JUST DON'T NEED THAT HERE
AND I'M LIKE, WHAT DO YOU MEAN
BY THAT?
WHAT ARE WE DOING THAT'S HURTING
YOUR LIFE, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
YOU DON'T WANT TO GO, DON'T GO.
Shangela: WE GONNA LIGHT SOME
MATCHES UP IN HERE FRIDAY NIGHT.
AND THEY GONNA BE TALKING, OKAY,
YOU ALREADY KNOW, AND IT'S NO
ALL GONNA BE LOVELY, OKAY.
LET'S BREAK SOME COMFORT ZONES,
SHALL WE?
Eureka: ZESTO DRAFT, OOH,
THEY GOT ALL KIND OF STUFF.
Shangela: THEY MIGHT THINK I
WORK HERE, BITCH.
Eureka: MISS THING, YOU LOOK
LIKE YOU MIGHT WORK AT A ZESTOS,
GIRL.
Shangela: HI, DO WE GET IN
LINE, LIKE WE'RE JUST WALKING
SO?
Eureka: WE WANT TO ORDER.
YEAH, YOU JUST HOP IN LINE
AND WE'LL COME HELP YOU WHEN
WE'RE DONE.
Shangela: SO WE GO TO THE
BACK OF THE LINE BACK THERE?
YEP.
Shangela: OH, DAMN, COME ON.
THANK YOU.
Eureka: YOU THINK WE GET,
SHOULD WE FLYER TO THESE LADIES
IN THEIR CAR?
Shangela: OH, LOOK AT THESE
PEOPLE, HI.
WE HAVE A SHOW COMING UP, IT'S
ON FRIDAY NIGHT, IT'S AT THE
ON FRIDAY NIGHT, IT'S AT THE
YOU ALL ALREADY GOT TICKETS?
HALLELOO.
Shangela: HAVE YOU HEARD
ABOUT THE SHOW?
YES, I HAVE YEAH.
Shangela: OH, HOW'D YOU HEAR
ABOUT IT.
Bob: WHAT HAVE YOU HEARD?
SOMEBODY WAS TELLING ME
THE OTHER DAY ABOUT IT, I DON'
REMEMBER WHO IT WAS.
Shangela: HELLO.
Eureka: CAN WE SHARE A FLYER
WITH YOU?
NO THANKS.
Eureka: NO?
OKAY.
THANK YOU, THOUGH.
Eureka: THANK YOU.
Shangela: WELL, THANK YOU.
Shangela: WE GOT TO GET IN
LINE OR ELSE WE AIN'T GETTING NO
ICE CREAM.
Eureka: WELL, WE WERE BEHIND
THE JEEP.
Bob: YOU WANT A FLYER MARY?
Eureka: CAN WE GET BACK IN
THE JEEP?
Shangela: NO.
HI.
Bob: SHE WAS LIKE FAMILY.
YOUR FAMILY, BITCH.
Bob: YOU WANT A FLYER SIR?
Shangela: SHE DEFINITELY TOLD
ME NO.
Bob: YOU WANT A FLYER, HE'S
NOT EVEN LOOKING.
Shangela: LET ME SCOOT DOWN
'CAUSE IF HE PUT THIS THING IN
REVERSE BITCH I DON'T KNOW, I
DON'T WANT TO BE HATE CRIME.
Eureka: NO, I DON'T THINK
HE'S GONNA REVERSE YOU, GIRL.
Shangela: YOU DON'T KNOW, I'M
GETTING BEHIND YOU.
[LAUGHS]
Shangela: HI, WE MADE IT.
Eureka: WE MADE IT.
IT WAS A LONG LINE, YOU ALL ARE
BUSY.
Shangela: VERY.
Eureka: WELL, FIRST THINGS
FIRST, WE'RE DOING A DRAG SHOW
YOU ALL ARE INVITED.
PERFECT.
THANK YOU.
Eureka: IT'S FREE.
THANK YOU.
Shangela: HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
TO A DRAG SHOW YET?
NO.
A LOT OF MY SISTER'S FRIENDS ARE
GOING TO THIS.
Shangela: OH, REALLY?
TONS OF THEM, YEAH.
Shangela: YOU KNOW, WE'VE
HEARD SOME PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY DON'T LOVE IT, THEY'RE
LIKE THIS DOES NOT BELONG IN
WATERTOWN.
YEAH.
Shangela: WHAT DO YOU ALL
THINK?
I LOVE IT.
I THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL
STUCK IN THEIR WAYS AND LIKE I
THINK THE YOUNGER GENERATION
HAVE, LIKE, A DIFFERENT --
WE'RE ACCEPTING.
YEAH, WE'RE MORE ACCEPTING
YEAH, WE'RE MORE ACCEPTING,
YEAH.
WHEN YOU GUYS CAME WE WERE SO
EXCITED WE'RE LIKE OH, MY GOD,
THEY'RE HERE, WE WERE SO
EXCITED.
Shangela: YEAH, WELL THANK
YOU ALL SO MUCH, YOU ALL ARE
AMAZING AND WE LOVE YOU.
AND THEN I'LL BRING OUT THE
PEPPER JACK.
Shangela: HALLELOO, WE'LL BE
AROUND, WE'LL BE AROUND.
I WANT TO COME TO THE DRAG
SHOW.
THIS IS HENRY.
WELCOME TO WATERTOWN, WELCOME TO
SOUTH DAKOTA!
THANK YOU FOR COMING!
Bob: THANK YOU.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
KIMBERLY.
Bob: KIMBERLY IT'S A PLEASURE
TO MEET WE'VE HAD SOME VERY
MIXED REACTIONS.
OH, I READ ABOUT YOU IN
THE PAPER AND I'M, LIKE, YAY!
Bob: I'LL SEE YOU AND HENRY
AT THE SHOW.
GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Shangela: YES, THANK YOU.
BYE, HENRY.
Bob: HENRY IS EXCITED.
THANKS FOR COMING TO SOUTH
DAKOTA!
Bob: OH, MY PLEASURE.
Shangela: THANK YOU,
BEAUTIFUL!
♪
IT WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT I
KNEW FOR SURE.
I REMEMBER WATCHING MTV AND THE
EURHYTHMICS CAME ON, "SWEE
DREAMS," ANNIE LENNOX HAD THA
LIKE SHORT HAIRCUT AND SHE HAD
THAT SUIT ON.
AND I THOUGHT WHY CAN'T A BOY BE
FEMINE AND WEAR A DRESS ONCE
IN A WHILE.
I REMEMBER SEEING LACE ON
WOMEN AND THE SILKS AND THE
SATINS.
BOYS WEAR SUITS, GIRLS WEAR
DRESSES.
CROSS DRESSERS ARE PERVERTED
LITTLE FREAKS.
I HATE MYSELF FOR IT.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS SO STUPID
BUT I WANT TO SEE WHAT IT'S
LIKE TO LOOK PRETTY FOR ONCE.
COMING OUT WITH THIS I THINK
IT'S GOING TO BE, THERE'S GONNA
BE PUSH BACK, PEOPLE JUDGE.
AND I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE THA
I CONSIDER FRIENDS RIGHT NOW WHO
WILL NEVER TALK TO ME AGAIN.
I'M 38 YEARS-OLD,
I'M TIRED OF HIDING WHO I AM.
I JUST WANT TO BE WHO THE HELL I
AM WITHOUT HATING MYSELF EVERY
DAY.
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THE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS
NUMBER IS, IS THAT YOU GET TO
WALK TOGETHER AND THAT'S GONNA
BE FUN.
BUT THEN YOU ALSO GET TO COMPETE
AGAINST EACH OTHER IN IT AS
WELL.
AND I KNOW TWINS CAN BE VERY
COMPETITIVE TOWARDS EACH OTHER,
WHICH IS EVEN BETTER.
Bob: NOT THESE TWO, NO, NO
THEM.
THEY WOULD NEVER.
NO, REALLY?
Bob: THEY COMPETE IN
WALKING, THEY COMPETE IN EATING,
THEY COMPETE IN WHO CAN BREATHE,
WHO CAN HOLD THEIR BREATH THE
LONGEST.
WHO CAN BREATHE THE MOST?
WHICH, BY THE WAY, THAT IS
ME.
I HOLD MY BREATH THE LONGEST.
SO LET'S JUST TRY THIS.
HOLD EACH OTHER'S WAIST FOR ME
FOR NOW.
Bob: JAADON THOUGHT THAT WE
WAS GONNA PUT HIM IN A DRESS,
SPIN HIM IN A CIRCLE AND THEN
SEND HIM BACK TO THE FIREHOUSE.
I SAID NO, MARY, WE ARE PARADING
YOU.
ONE, TWO, THREE.
YES!
Bob: WE HAVE THE ROCKETTES UP
IN HERE.
YEAH!
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
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LOVELY.
STEP TO THE RIGHT AND GO,
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.
WE CAN DO THIS.
GO ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR,
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
TWIRL, TWIRL AGAIN!
YES, YES!
TENTACLES, THERE YOU GO.
YES.
Shangela: OW!
OH, MY GOD, THIS THING IS
DANGEROUS.
THEY SHOULD NOT SELL THIS TO
CHILDREN.
THE ONLY THING I DO NEED IS
MORE EMPHASIS ON THOSE KICKS.
RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE DEAD
FEET.
I WANT TO GO HIGHER BUT HE --
OH, I CAN GO HIGHER THAN HE
CAN.
LET ME --
[LAUGHTER]
DUDE, I CAN LIKE, IF YOU WAN
I CAN LIKE TOUCH, LIKE, MY HEAD.
LET ME SEE!
BEAUTIFUL.
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THAT, EXACTLY, YEAH.
CAN YOU TRY THAT FROM THE
STEP, STEP, STEP, KICK?
SO YOU SEE THE TIMING OF IT,
YOU HAVE ONE AND TWO AND THREE
AND FOUR AND BOOM.
SO GOOD.
THINK BIGGER, YES.
THERE YOU GO.
[LAUGHTER]
JAADON'S HOLDING ME BACK!
Bob: YOU ARE GONNA GIVE ME
KIKI, KIKI, KIKI, KIKI, UH.
LITERALLY AND LIKE LET I
COME FROM YOUR CHEST, LIKE, LE
IT COME FROM HERE.
OKAY, THE CHEST.
LIKE REALLY GOOD, YEAH.
Bob: LET ME MOVE THIS HEAD
OFF.
JAADON BE REAL WITH ME, WHAT CAN
WE DO TO HELP YOU, LIKE, GET IN
IT?
DOES THIS FEEL SO NEW TO
YOU BECAUSE IT'S IN A FRONT,
THIS IS, DRAG ISN'T A FRONT TO
MASCULINITY.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT DRAG IS.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S PART OF WHA
IT IS?
OH, YEAH, DEFINITELY.
I MEAN I'VE GONE, LIKE, THE
WHOLE TIME LIKE I'M COMFORTABLE
WITH WHO I AM AND TO STEP INTO
SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT'S LIKE
COMPLETELY NOT ME.
IT'S LIKE JUST THROWING OFF
EVERYTHING THAT I'VE KNOWN FOR
21 YEARS.
Bob: WHAT DEFINES YOUR
MANHOOD IS NOT HOW YOU BEHAVE,
IT'S SOMETHING MORE INTERNAL.
REDEFINE WHAT MASCULINITY IS FOR
YOU.
'CAUSE IT COULD HAVE, IN THE
LONG RUN IT COULD HELP, THAT'S
MY SUGGESTION.
BUT WHAT DO I KNOW, I'M JUST A
GROWN MAN WHO DOES DRAG.
[LAUGHTER]
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Eureka: HI, EVERYBODY.
HEY, HOW YOU DOING?
Eureka: I'M DAVID, ALSO KNOWN
AS EUREKA.
I'M DOUG.
I'M LISA, NICE TO MEET YOU.
Eureka: HI, DOUG, HI, LISA.
I LOVE A GOOD DINER MOMENT.
Eureka: WHAT DO YOU DO?
I MAINLY DID AUTO BODY
AND PAINT WORK.
Eureka: REALLY?
FIXING CARS AND PAINTING
CARS.
Eureka: OH, THAT'S COOL.
FOR 30-SOME YEARS, YEAH.
Eureka: 30-SOME YEARS SO
YOU RETIRED?
YEAH, I HAD TO, THEM
CHEMICALS TO MY HANDS.
Eureka: REALLY?
WHAT KIND OF KID WAS ERIK
GROWING UP?
HE DIDN'T HANG OUT WITH A LO
OF OTHER KIDS.
HAD A FEW FRIENDS.
DIDN'T GET INTO THE SPORTS
ASPECT OF COURSE YOU KNOW, WE
DIDN'T GO OUT AND THROW THE BALL
AROUND OR ANY OF THAT THING.
HE HUNG AROUND ME AND THE BODY
SHOP A LOT.
SEEN A LOT OF EFFECTS FROM THE
DRUG WORLD AND ALCOHOL WORLD.
HE GREW UP WITH THAT.
SO HE --
Eureka: 'CAUSE Y'ALL WERE
PARTIERS?
OH, YEAH.
YEAH.
I'VE BEEN MARRIED AND
DIVORCED FOUR TIMES SO HE'S
HAD QUITE A DIVERSE KIND OF
CHILDHOOD, I WOULD GUESS.
WE DON'T TALK TOO MUCH ON
THIS.
I WAS RAISED BY HIPPIES AND
BIKERS.
I HAD TO MATURE VERY QUICKLY AND
IF YOU DON'T LEARN TO ADAPT, YOU
DROWN.
THE RUNNING JOKE IN THEIR
FAMILY IS IF IT HAPPENED IN THE
'80s, IT'S NOT GONNA BE
REMEMBERED.
YEP.
Eureka: WELL, WE'RE GONNA DO
A DRAG SHOW AND YOUR SON'S GONNA
BE IN DRAG.
HAS HE EVER LIKE SHOWN INTERES
IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE
THAT YOU ALL KNOW OF?
NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
OF COURSE HE'S KIND OF SECRETIVE
AROUND THIS AREA OF HIS LIFE.
I MEAN, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO
DISCUSS WITH MY PARENTS YOU CAN
SAY IT.
Eureka: WELL, THERE'S ALSO A
CROSS DRESSING ELEMENT TO THE
STORY, ARE YOU AWARE OF
THAT?
WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED IT.
Eureka: YOU WANT TO DESCRIBE
IT TO THEM?
TELL ME, YEAH.
IT'S OKAY, SO.
I'VE BEEN OKAY WITH WEARING
WOMEN'S CLOTHING ON
AND OFF SINCE A VERY YOUNG AGE,
PROBABLY MID-TEENS.
BUT IT'S A FEMININITY SIDE TO ME
THAT I'VE ALWAYS FELT LIKE I'VE
BEEN A LITTLE BIT -- YOU GUYS
KNOW, I WAS ALWAYS A BIT MORE
EMOTIONAL AS A KID.
SO THAT'S GENUINELY SOMETHING I
HAVE DONE AND HIDDEN FROM YOU
GUYS.
OKAY.
LITERALLY, MY ENTIRE LIFE.
YEP.
YOU'VE HIDDEN IT WELL.
Eureka: I THINK IT WAS
IMPORTANT FOR ERIK TO ADMIT THA
HE CROSS DRESSES TO HIS FAMILY.
YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN
SOMETHING HE'S BEEN HIDING FOR
OVER 20 YEARS.
I THINK THAT'S WHY ERIK IS SO
DOWN ON HIMSELF.
AND YOU KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE
A FAMILY THAT'S GONNA OSTRACIZE
ME ON THIS, EVEN THOUGH ON OUR
SIDE IT'S ACCEPTING AS THEY HAVE
BEEN ALREADY THEY'RE, THAT'S
DONE.
YEAH, AND THAT'S, THEY'LL
HAVE TO DO.
AND THAT SUCKS.
THEY'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.
THAT'S THEIR CHOICE.
MY BRAIN TELLS ME WHO GIVES A
SHIT AND MY HEART TELLS ME WHO
GIVES A SHIT AND SOCIETY TELLS
ME, YOU'RE A DIRTY LITTLE
HORRIBLE PERVERTED LITTLE FREAK
AND YOU SHOULD DIE.
I EXPECT THE WORST, I HOPE
FOR THE BEST, AND ANYTHING ABOVE
THE ABSOLUTE WORST IS A WIN FOR
ME, THEN.
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GET OUT!
I HAVEN'T BOWLED IN LIKE
LIKE, TWO YEARS.
[CHEERING]
WHAT DID YOU DO?
THAT'S MY DAUGHTER!
THAT'S MY DAUGHTER!
Bob: HOW DO YOU ALL FEEL
GOING INTO THIS PERFORMANCE?
I MEAN, IT'S DEFINITELY
SOMETHING THAT I NEVER THOUGH
I'D BE ABLE TO DO AND THE FAC
THAT I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO
IT IN MY HOMETOWN I THINK IS
PRETTY AWESOME, AND I'M
INTERESTED TO SEE THE MORE
LONG TERM EFFECTS OF THIS, LIKE
HOW LONG THIS IS TALKED ABOUT,
THE IMPACT IT'LL HAVE IN THE
COMMUNITY.
YEAH, SO I'M PROBABLY A
LITTLE BIT MORE NERVOUS THAN HE
IS.
[LAUGHTER]
THIS AIN'T REALLY MY SCENE, LIKE
THE PAST COUPLE DAYS I'VE KIND
OF BEEN HIDING IT FROM MY
CO-WORKERS AS TO WHAT I WAS
DOING, AND AS OF LATE, I LET I
ALL OUT AND THEY WERE ALL SUPER
SUPPORTIVE OF ME.
TOLD A LOT OF MY FRIENDS AND
THEY'RE COMING NOW, TOO, AND
THEIR PARENTS ARE COMING AND,
YEAH --
Bob: OH, WOW, THIS IS A, THIS
IS FUN, THIS IS NEWS TO ME.
YEAH.
I'M KNOWN AS AN ALLY AND
I'M KNOWN AS YOU KNOW RUNNING
WATERTOWN LOVE BUT FOR ME IT'S
THOSE KIDS WATCHING AND BEING
LIKE OKAY, SHE'S NOT AFRAID TO
SAY I AM YOUR ALLY NO MATTER
WHAT, AND THAT LONG LASTING
IMPACT AFTERWARDS IS GONNA BE
HUGE.
THE WATERTOWN LOVE THING HAS
BEEN -- THAT'S HOW I FOUND OU
ABOUT THIS SO THAT'S AMAZING AND
I LOVE IT AND I'M JUST GLAD TO
GET, I KNOW IT SOUNDS SELFISH
BUT I'M GLAD TO GET THIS MONKEY
OFF MY BACK AND BE OUT THERE AND
BE MORE HONEST WITH MYSELF.
Shangela: LET ME TELL YOU
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PUBLICITY.
AMY WAS TELLING ME EARLIER THA
WE WERE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE
PAPER TODAY.
YEP.
Shangela: LET ME GET INTO
THE, FOR OPENING LINE I WANT TO
SHOW YOU.
DRAG QUEENS AND
PRODUCTION CREWS AROUND
WATERTOWN AREN'T A COMMON
OCCURRENCE, BUT THIS IS AN
UNUSUAL WEEK, AND THEN EUREKA.
[LAUGHTER]
Shangela: THIS ONE WAS A
FACEBOOK POST AND IT GOT OVER A
HUNDRED COMMENTS.
AND IT WAS LIKE, DRAG QUEENS
PARADING AROUND WATERTOWN IN
FRONT OF CHILDREN THIS WEEK.
WE NEED COMMUNITY ORDINANCES TO
PROTECT OUR KIDS AND THEN
THERE'S EUREKA TRYING TO GET THE
FOLKS TO DANCE WITH HER.
WHAT?
Eureka: I WAS TRYING TO
GET THE KIDS TO DANCE WITH ME.
MAMA, THEY GOT ME GIRL.
[LAUGHS]
THEY NEVER WANT TO ANSWER THE
QUESTION, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S
JUST OUT OF OUR HANDS IT'S
NATURAL.
THEY JUST ALWAYS WANT AN EXCUSE
TO KEEP IT AWAY FROM THEM.
Shangela: I MEAN, SOME OF
THEM WERE LIKE, YUCK, PLEASE
STOP THIS I DON'T WANT MY KIDS
TO SEE THIS.
IT'S HAPPENING MORE AND MORE
SOCIETY ACCEPTS DRAG QUEENS AND
THIS LGBTQ COMMUNITY.
SOMEONE WROTE, SAINT MICHAEL THE
ARCH ANGEL DEFEND US IN BATTLE
SO --
Bob: AGAINST WHAT?
Shangela: YEAH.
Eureka: MAMA, 'CAUSE I LOOKED
LIKE WARRIOR, BABY.
Bob: I'M NOT BATTLING ANYONE.
Bob: BASED ON WHAT PEOPLE ARE
SAYING ON THE STREETS THIS SHOW
IS NEEDED IN WATERTOWN SOUTH
DAKOTA, LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE CHOOSING NOT TO
SEE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.
CHOOSING NOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THA
THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE IN THIS
TOWN LIKE US, LISTEN, IT'S NO
THAT THERE ARE NO QUEER PEOPLE
HERE, IT'S THAT THEY MIGHT NO
FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING OUT.
Shangela: A LOT OF PEOPLE
PROBABLY HERE FEEL LIKE YO,
CHANGE IS COMING BUT IT'S GONNA
COME REAL SMALL IN WATERTOWN.
WELL, MAYBE WE'RE GONNA BE A
MATCH THAT JUST SPARKS A LITTLE
SOMETHING EXTRA.
I WANT THE GAYS HERE TO BE LIKE,
WOO, HALLELOO, WATERTOWN GO
BETTER.
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[PRAYING]
IT'S A CRAZY WORLD HERE.
THEIR LITTLE PRAYER CIRCLE.
YEAH.
THEY THINK THEY'RE DOING SOME
IMPORTANT BUT YOU ACTUALLY ARE.
LIKE WHAT ARE YOU GONNA PRAY,
THAT I DON'T FIND MY TRUE
VERSION OF HAPPINESS, I DON'
KNOW WHY SOMEONE WOULD
EVER POST SOMETHING AS BEAUTIFUL
AS THIS.
[PRAYING]
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Bob: I THINK I'M GONNA PUT ON
SOME MAKEUP, TOO.
JUST A LITTLE BIT?
Bob: YOU ALL HAVE INSPIRED
ME.
[LAUGHTER]
I, TOO, WILL WEAR A SCOOCH OF
MAKEUP.
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THEY'RE HEAVY.
OH, YOU'RE GETTING BIGGER
ONES, THIS IS JUST A BASE LASH.
OH, GOD.
♪
Eureka: OOH!
WHAT'S GOING ON?
OH, MY GOD.
OH, MY GOD, YOU LOOK AMAZING.
ARE YOU GAGGED?
YEAH.
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I CAN'T DO LIKE THAT.
Shangela: YOU LOOK LOVELY.
OH, SO HAPPY.
MWAH.
HAPPY SHOW DAY.
YES, HAPPY SHOW DAY.
Shangela: DON'T CRY.
I'LL TRY.
Shangela: I NOTICED SHE
DIDN'T PUT A LOT OF LASH ON YOU
AT ALL YET UNTIL TWO MINUTES
BEFORE THE STAGE.
HALLELOO.
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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WHAT BRINGS Y'ALL OUT?
SHANGELA, HELLO.
[LAUGHTER]
IT'S CRAZY.
HONESTLY, IT'S LIKE GROWING UP
HERE, IT'S CRAZY.
[PRAYING]
WATERTOWN IS A VERY
CONSERVATIVE TOWN, BEEN A LOT OF
BACKLASH SINCE YOU GUYS HAVE
SHOWN UP HERE.
AND IT MAY NOT BE AS OBVIOUS
AS YOU THINK BUT I
DEFINITELY IS THERE.
[PRAYING]
AT LEAST THEY'RE NOT LOUD.
AT LEAST THEY'RE --
THEY'RE BEING PEACEFUL.
THEY'RE BEING PEACEFUL AND
QUIET, IT'S, IF THEY LOVE THEIR
NEIGHBORS AS MUCH AS THEY SAID
THEY'D BE HERE CELEBRATING WITH
US, NOT ACROSS THE STREE
PRAYING.
YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.
[PRAYING]
THEY'RE STILL THERE, THEY
HAVEN'T LEFT.
THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE.
OH, YEAH.
THEY HAVEN'T?
OH, REALLY?
PERSISTENT.
Bob: IT FEELS LIKE A BIG
DEAL, IT FEELS LIKE A TIDE IS
KIND OF CHANGING, LIKE THE TIDE
IS TURNING HERE IN WATERTOWN AND
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LIKE
SUPPORTIVE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
WANT THIS KIND OF CHANGE.
YEAH, MY CO-WORKERS AND
SISTER AND, LIKE, EVEN
LIKE MY FRIEND'S AUNTS AND
EVERYTHING ARE HERE.
Eureka: WELL, HELLO SOUTH
DAKOTA!
ARE YOU READY?
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR FIRS
ENTERTAINER IS YOUR HOST BOB THE
DRAG QUEEN!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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Eureka: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
BOB THE DRAG QUEEN!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Bob: LISTEN, I SAW US IN
THE NEWSPAPER.
[AUDIENCE REACTS]
CHILD, LET'S JUST SAY THE PUBLIC
DID HAVE AN OPINION ON THIS DAY,
OKAY.
THEY SAID WE WERE DEGENERATES,
THEY SAID WE WERE NASTY, THEY
SAID WE WERE CRAZY.
AND I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I SAID, THEY GONNA CALL US
CRAZY.
TO QUOTE BRITNEY SPEARS, I GO
YOUR CRAZY.
THIS ALL STARTED WITH WANTING
TO BE THERE FOR ALEX BUT IT'S
GROWN FAR BEYOND WHAT I COULD
EVER IMAGINE.
IT'S JUST BEEN THIS WILD RIDE.
THIS PERFORMANCE IS TO SHOW MY
LGBTQ PLUS FAMILY IN WATERTOWN
THINGS ARE GOING TO GET BETTER.
Eureka: AND I WANT TO WELCOME
TO THE STAGE, GIVE IT UP FOR
GLITZ DEVINE AND SHANGELA
LAQUIFA WADLEY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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MUS♪L
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Shangela: COME UP HERE,
ALLIE.
COME UP HERE.
COME UP HERE, ALLIE.
COME ON, BABY.
Shangela: YES, COME ON,
CAREFUL!
YES!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THIS HAS BEEN SUCH AN
INSANELY AMAZING AND LOVING
EXPERIENCE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IF YOU ASKED ME TWO YEARS AGO IF
I'D BE UP HERE DOING A DRAG SHOW
I WOULD SAY YOU ARE FREAKIN'
CRAZY.
WE ARE HERE FOR YOU, YOU ARE
SEEN, YOU ARE LOVED AND YOU ARE
SO, SO, VALID.
AND I LOVE YOU.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Shangela: HALLELOO!
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
GIVE IT UP ONE MORE TIME FOR
ALEX AND GLITZ DEVINE!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I'M 38 YEARS-OLD.
I HAVE BOTTLED UP SO MUCH OF MY
LIFE AND IT JUST KILLS YOU FROM
THE INSIDE OUT.
IT'S LIKE A POISON.
BUT IT'S TIME TO STOP THINKING
SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH
EXPRESSING MY FEMININE NATURE.
AND I FINALLY HAVE THE COURAGE
TO BE HONEST WITH MYSELF.
Bob: WE ARE EXCITED TO BRING
BACK TO THE STAGE EUREKA O'HARA
AND SHAKY VON!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOS
DEFINING MOMENTS OF MY ENTIRE
LIFE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I CAME OUT AS BI A LONG TIME
AGO, MANY YEARS AGO, BUT I'M
ALSO COMING OUT AS A MAN
WHO LIKES TO WEAR WOMEN'S
CLOTHING AND I DON'T WAN
TO HIDE THAT, AND I FEEL
AMAZING.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THIS IS THE PRETTIEST I'VE EVER
FELT.
Eureka: DAD, WHY DON'T YOU
COME ON UP HERE.
WE ALSO HAVE HIS WIFE, AMY.
AMY, COME ON UP HERE!
THIS IS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE.
AND THIS HERE IS THE BEST FATHER
A HUMAN BEING CAN HAVE.
Eureka: HEY!
DAD!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS REALLY
DON'T HAVE TO BE DOING THIS FOR
ME, YOU KNOW.
I DO APPRECIATE IT A LOT.
YOU
YOU KNOW.
YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL, YOU'RE
ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL, THIS IS JUS
YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF MAKEUP
AND HAIR.
THIS EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN
SUPER HARD.
MY REGULAR CLOTHES ARE T-SHIRTS
AND SWEATSHIRTS, BUT I'VE NEVER
ACTUALLY STEPPED FOOT INTO WHA
MY BROTHER GOES THROUGH IN LIFE
AND DOING THIS, I FEEL LIKE
GETTING THE EYES ON ME WHEN I'M
COMPLETELY OUT OF MY COMFOR
ZONE IS A BIG STEP.
Shangela: PLEASE GIVE A GOOD
OLD WATERTOWN WELCOME FOR
SUZANNE FOSS, SUZANNE CITY AND
BOB THE DRAG QUEEN!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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Bob: OH, MY GOD!
THEY HEARD THEY KUDO SLAM ALL
THE WAY IN SIOUX FALLS, OKAY,
HONEY.
I DO WANT TO SAY WE ARE HERE
TO TELL YOU THAT IT DOESN'
MATTER IF YOU'RE BLACK, IF
YOU'RE NATIVE, IF YOU'RE GAY, A
WOMAN, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF
YOU'RE ANYTHING THAT PEOPLE
DON'T THINK SHOULD BE THE
NORMAL, YOU CAN DO
EXACTLY WHAT YOU SET YOUR MIND
TO.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND LASTLY, TO THE PEOPLE
THAT ARE PROTESTING THIS, I JUS
WANT TO SAY IF YOU ARE SCARED,
YOU SHOULD BE SCARED, BECAUSE WE
ARE SICK AND TIRED OF GETTING
THROWN INTO THE CLOSET.
WE ARE OUT, WE ARE PROUD, AND WE
ARE HERE TO STAY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I FEEL LIKE IT'S ALMOST LIKE
21 YEARS OF PENT OF
ANGER JUST BEING SHOVED INTO
SOMEONE'S HOME, AND I'M JUS
LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M JUS
GONNA LET IT ALL GO, I DON'T'
CARE AT THIS POINT.
HOW DO I TOP THAT, HUH?
I GUESS THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY
IS WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED, MAN,
WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED US BEFORE
THEY EVEN OPENED UP THE CURTAINS
AS THE TWINS AND EVERYBODY KNEW
WHO WE WERE.
EVERYONE KNOWS THE TWINS.
I WAS LIKE WOW, MAN.
THIS IS HUGE SUPPORT.
YOU KNOW WHAT, SOMEBODY LIKE YOU
NEEDS AND THAT'S WHY I HOPE THA
SOMEBODY SEES THIS AND HEARS
THIS, IS THAT SUPPORT FOR
SOMEBODY.
EXACTLY.
THE SECOND TIME I'M CRYING?
THIS IS YOUR SECOND TIME
CRYING, THIS IS LIKE MY FIFTH.
THAT WAS, LIKE, THE HAPPIES
I THINK I'VE SEEN YOU SINCE THE
WEDDING.
I LIKE SEEING YOU THAT HAPPY A
LEAST.
I KNOW WE DON'T DO THE WHOLE, I
KNOW WE DON'T DO THE ATA BOY
THING A LOT BUT THAT, I HEARD
THAT LOUD AND CLEAR TODAY.
I HEARD IT LOUD.
BUT I ALMOST HEARD, ATA BOY,
ERIK.
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IF
YOU'RE OUT, IF YOU'RE NOT, THERE
IS A COMMUNITY HERE THAT'S READY
AND WAITING TO HELP YOU.
I LOVE YOU, KIDDO.
I LOVE YOU, TOO, MOM.
I WILL DO THIS UNTIL I
BREATHE MY LAST BREATH, I WILL
BE THERE FOR THEM AND ANYONE
THAT NEEDS ME.
NOT ONLY MY OWN CHILD, BU
EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY THA
FEELS LIKE THEY'RE NOT GIVEN A
CHANCE TO BE WHO THEY TRULY ARE.
Eureka: WE AS QUEER PEOPLE
HAVE TO FIGHT TO MAKE CHANGE.
TO GET WHAT YOU WANT.
Shangela: THAT'S WHY WE'RE
HERE.
OH, THE BOYS.
THE BOYS.
WHAT'S UP, BOY?
Shangela: TO PUT DRAG AND THE
EXISTENCE OF THE QUEER COMMUNITY
IN THE FACES OF THOSE NAYSAYERS
IN THIS COMMUNITY.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF MYSELF,
YOU KNOW HOW OFTEN I SAY I'M
PROUD OF MYSELF, I'M PROUD OF
MYSELF.
Shangela: THIS IS DRAG.
THIS IS GAY.
IT IS GOING TO EXIST.
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