As someone who lead my company's Pride group for 5 years, just reach out to whoever is doing that. Believe me, your association with the leader of Pride or the group in general will tell everyone you are gæ. There are a lot of non-gays in Pride but in a remote meeting, you'll see a lot of faces and know, at least, who is an ally if not a personal gay.
Re: Drag, I do not do drag BUT I'd say that if you wanna do it as an art form, do it! I think they know more than me re: it being a career (LOL) but gussying yourself up and taking photos or social or whatever? Funsies. OR OR OR be, like, a realtor or something but have your gimmick be "The Drag Realtor" so you don't have to bother making coin off of lip syncing "Gimme More" but instead, you can earn 2.5% of a home sale (w/huge lashes on but definitely comfortable shoes bc WTF).
I’m about as far as one could get from being a drag queen but as someone who’s always wanted to get into a field that’s also incredibly over saturated and unsustainable, where there’s a potential for great success and wealth but in reality you’re more likely to stay starving and poor, I honestly think the best thing to do is do it for your own enjoyment with no expectation of a career. Obviously finding enough success for it to be your career is the dream, but with it being so unlikely it’s not safe to invest all your limited funds into it. However I think it’s more likely that you will get lucky enough for it to be a career if you’re doing it because you genuinely enjoy it, because that does translate to any potential audience. It’s definitely a hard balance to keep since you often need money and time to do things you enjoy but you also need time to work and get that money. I guess what I’m saying is of course do it if you want to, because life sucks too much to not take chances on things you enjoy. But make sure to give yourself a safety net because life also sucks a lot more if you find yourself without food to eat and a house to live in.
re: the second question, i love how y'all feel like you have the right to gatekeep art. they didn't ask whether they should pursue drag or not, they already said they wanted to. it obviously doesn't work out for everybody but who cares, try it out. life is too short and this planet is dying too fast not to take chances and pursue something you love.
my favorite was katya's single line response of, "they already know, so don't worry about it"
This might not be the advice you want but it's sure as shit the advice you need.
these answers are so poetic
As someone who lead my company's Pride group for 5 years, just reach out to whoever is doing that. Believe me, your association with the leader of Pride or the group in general will tell everyone you are gæ. There are a lot of non-gays in Pride but in a remote meeting, you'll see a lot of faces and know, at least, who is an ally if not a personal gay.
Re: Drag, I do not do drag BUT I'd say that if you wanna do it as an art form, do it! I think they know more than me re: it being a career (LOL) but gussying yourself up and taking photos or social or whatever? Funsies. OR OR OR be, like, a realtor or something but have your gimmick be "The Drag Realtor" so you don't have to bother making coin off of lip syncing "Gimme More" but instead, you can earn 2.5% of a home sale (w/huge lashes on but definitely comfortable shoes bc WTF).
Katya actively trying to steer people away from drag and Trixie being fully over it is a definite case of "do as I say, not as I do" :)
Tough love from T&K is like having some really awesome big sisters.🥰
I’m about as far as one could get from being a drag queen but as someone who’s always wanted to get into a field that’s also incredibly over saturated and unsustainable, where there’s a potential for great success and wealth but in reality you’re more likely to stay starving and poor, I honestly think the best thing to do is do it for your own enjoyment with no expectation of a career. Obviously finding enough success for it to be your career is the dream, but with it being so unlikely it’s not safe to invest all your limited funds into it. However I think it’s more likely that you will get lucky enough for it to be a career if you’re doing it because you genuinely enjoy it, because that does translate to any potential audience. It’s definitely a hard balance to keep since you often need money and time to do things you enjoy but you also need time to work and get that money. I guess what I’m saying is of course do it if you want to, because life sucks too much to not take chances on things you enjoy. But make sure to give yourself a safety net because life also sucks a lot more if you find yourself without food to eat and a house to live in.
re: the second question, i love how y'all feel like you have the right to gatekeep art. they didn't ask whether they should pursue drag or not, they already said they wanted to. it obviously doesn't work out for everybody but who cares, try it out. life is too short and this planet is dying too fast not to take chances and pursue something you love.
"Death creeps in through the gums and self harm creeps in through the peeney and giney".
These girls crack me up.
Instead of coming right out and dropping “im gay plz respond” in the Slack, I just died and I'm commenting from the afterlife, so thanks for that, T
Answers of modern day Philosophers
What an unkind answer to the baby queen! Are you sure you’re taking the time to do this properly?
Very good ! Katya and trixie, both of you really had me to understand more from a different perspective. Thanks!