#kqib

Love getting this in the mail today! 🎉💗🥰!! The fantastic @anisalove2021 (from #kqib #kqibfilm and so many wonderful creative and activist endeavors together) chairing the @aidswalkohio this year! Hoorah for #Love and here’s to #makingadifference ! https://www.instagram.com/p/CL5cqgJjqVR/?igshid=5erxzvnw41q8

Delighted to have #KQIB showing in #France tonight!  How cool is it to have all these amazing performers now translated into French!! And what an undertaking to get here... In fact, we had to "invent" a translation for the word drag as a noun! Subtitling work was a complete beast (months of prep to get this in place, weeks spent on translation with multiple ppl, culminating in working 15 hrs a day for the last 2 weeks to subtitle the film).... but wow.... pretty d*mn cool to see the film on a big screen like this!!  (A bit of a long post here...lots of thoughts & some inspiration from this process!) #UniversitéDeTours and in particular a handful of people have been working hard to open up the French "system" in regards to traditionalist ideas of #gender #binaries concerning identity. Like the work of KQIB, & the work of the people in the film (in their art as #dragqueens, #dragkings, and #trans performers, or in their work in #gender, #lgbt and #queer #advocacy ), these efforts are often in the trenches, taking years, and can often be somewhat quiet or seemingly imperceptible...the work of engagement, sometimes 1 person at a time...  My heart lifted up when the host said, "People sometimes say to me, why go through all this effort (language in materials, information & photos on identity cards, #genderneutralbathrooms ), when it's only strongly impacts a small percentage of people? It's tiring for you and so much time; why bother doing all this work for only a handful of students? And I reply: I would do all this work if it were only for one person. If I *can* make life better for even just one person, I must do whatever I can to make that happen." That's right out of my heart, and it's so good to get that faith renewed especially in the strange political times. So here's my declaration of belief & hope:  #communityengagement is a responsibility for each of us, to do whatever we can to make the world a better, healthier, more open, loving, & equal place for all people...! #keeponkeepingon #politicsispersonal #artisaction #hopeispowerful #lovewins #dontgiveup #itgetsbetter #jaimelafrance #filmfrançais #lesbienne #homosexuel #transvestite #transgenre #genre

Had fun @kpfk this week with @_ajgibson on #thetalent #radio show talking about #KQIB, #lgbtq, #humanrights, #gender, #Columbus, #activism, and the importance of having conversations, working to #seethegood, and being #strongertogether as human beings. Will keep you posted when it airs... In the meantime, tell friends that #kingsqueensandinbetweens is on iTunes and traveling to cities around the country!

At #pacifica radio to do interview with @_ajgibson about #KQIB. #hollywoodlife

Moss growing in the darkness of an underground cave. All it takes is a little light. So too with things we don't understand or know completely, and there's always new light to be discovered. Share some of your light with others. (And also share #KQIB!) #knowledgeispower #seethegood #equality #resist the darkness

"... While drag queens are not hard to find, it isn't very often that drag kings take center stage, so this documentary caught our attention. Intrigued?" . Thank you @afterellen for your great story earlier this month and featuring a clip with Nikki Moeller, whose drag name is Nova, revealing what she'll do for a laugh. . #KQIB now available on iTunes.

Last night for #KQIB tonight on the NYC big screen @cinemavillage! Loved being in the Big Apple with wonderful @sharhopegit and Jay Jay French (yup, Twisted Sister) -- who talked about heavy metal and glam rockers and their #drag. So many styles, so much great music, so many ways of being human. We are all one community. #love, #friendship, and #rockandroll 💞

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