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03x06 - Florida, Part 2

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "We're Here". Aired: April 23, 2020 – May 31, 2024.*
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Featuring former Drag Race contestants, documenting the drag queens as they travel across the United States to recruit small-town residents to participate in one-night-only drag shows.

03x06 - Florida, Part 2

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♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Five, six, seven, and punch,

Punch ... This is good!

We are advanced!

Try and get as low as you can!

Low, low!

Yes!

You've got to work it!

I want split.

♪ ♪

Let the boys know what you want,

Come on!

And press, press, and press.

♪ ♪

Wipe down!

Wipe that's what!

Wipe down!

Let's work it, okay mech go

Down, one, two, three, four.

One, two, three ... That's it!

♪ ♪

Great work, everybody!

[Applause]

Y'all were amazing!

All right, y'all fit as heck!

Across florida, protests

Against the so-called "don't

Save g*y" bill.

Part of the culture wars

Around the anti-lgbtq laws.

This goes well beyond

Florida, some six states right

Now with laws like that.

Because we have florida the

Freest state in these

United states.

Excuse me, hey, baby!

We are here!

And we are back.

We are still here helping our

Poor drug artist of this, shall

We say, hostile political

Climate here in florida.

And we've still got a show to

Do.

Having a beautiful day in the

Villages.

I'm going to hit the button for

You, okay?

The villages is about an hour

Outside of orlando.

It is mostly old white people.

I'd honestly do believe the

Women of the village are keeping

Ann taylor loft in business.

>They cannot make capris fast

Enough, they are sweating like

With got to get some down to the

Villages!

These b*tches love capris!

I go to bingo.

I don't want to go see ninja

Wrestling!

Little person ...

It's m*dget wrestling.

All right, thank you.

Nice to meet you!

Go take my ...

Oh, okay!

You're gorgeous!

Thank you so much!

Vehicle villages are nancy.

Because you look beautiful.

And they are just going wild.

You look snatched up!

Happy birthday, baby!

Watch some hands!

I took them both home tonigh

Tonight!

Show me something!

Show me something!

The man said show me

Something.

I ain't never been manhandled

Like this.

Somebody grabbed my booty.

This memo kept me and he was

Like that she said that's the

Nicest a*s I ever seen.

And I said you should have seen

The one I left at the hotel!

[Laughter]

♪ ♪

Guys, how are you?

This place is beautiful.

He really is.

Just a bunch of really good

People.

After he died, my life changed

Drastically when I moved here.

You know, every once in a while

You might meet somebody but they

Would never admit it, that type

Of thing, and it was all on the

Down low kind of thing, hiding

Type of stuff.

All right, honey.

The main reason for me to

Come here, you know, just to

Spend some good quality time

With my mom.

Let's go meet momma.

Come on in, mom!

I want you to meet my drag mom!

[Laughter]

This is bob.

This is my mother joyce.

Hi, how are you?

Speak a fine, how are you?

Nice to meet you, my name is

Bob.

Everyone lexmark.

Everyone loves mark.

[Laughs]

She's a rock star.

I've heard a lot about you.

I've heard the you have a very

Active social life full of

Dancing, church.

Music, dancing, church,

Prayer room.

You have a prayer room?

We can go see it.

Maggio peak humic

Go show him.

This is it.

There's a lot of ... Wow!

There is a lot ... Oh, my

Goodness!

Yeah, there is a lot of

Iconography in here.

I don't know what I was

Expecting.

I get kind of nervous.

[Laughs]

What you think about me and

Mark apostate's goings-on in the

Village, our plans?

What you think about it?

That's between you two.

Did mark tell you that I do

Drag him

Just coming and he called you

Drag ...

That was her first time

Hearing?

Do know anything about drag or

You ever see anybody?

Become no, what is that?

Like you?

Are you a drag ...

No, I don't dress up like

Women.

Oh, okay, that's what it is.

I didn't even know that.

You've never heard of drag it

All?

Ago I heard the word but I

Didn't know what it meant.

So you dress as a girl all the

Time?

Welcome my dress as a woman.

[Laughs]

A female!

I've never dressed like a

Girl.

You dress as a female.

Sometimes buried honestly, it

All depends.

For me, drag is really kind of

About like blurring the line and

Creating farm.

And mark are going to do some

Drag.

Okay.

How do you about that?

Do your thing, whatever.

No, but like, I mean ...

Joyce, mark is going to be in

The full spotlight, center of

Attention.

It's going to be all about mark.

Okay.

You got to have more feelings

Than just like...

If that's what he wants to

Do ... Like I tell him, it's your

Life, mark, you do your thing.

Do you think you will be

Scandalized or anything?

If they are like oh, he's

g*y, look ... That's their

Problem.

I really don't care.

Obviously I'm from hollywood,

California, so it's a lot more

Liberal than it is around here,

You know?

I went out west and every time I

Get a few stairs because I

Usually carry a purse ...

I saw the purse.

It's bigger than pockets.

And I have a lot of things to

Carry.

Go get a backpack.

Geico joyce, that is ... That

Won't look good.

Could you imagine me in a

Backpack?

That would look tacky.

This looks nice!

This is nicer than me carrying

Around a backpack.

What did they think you look

Like carrying a purse?

Probably like a g*y guy.

And that's probably because I'm

A g*y guy.

You know?

You are what you are.

[Laughter]

I think that mark is in an

Environment where he is being

Loved despite who he is.

His mom goes g*y, straight, I

Don't care.

You don't care?

That's a lot different than

Saying I love my son, I love

That he's g*y.

I think maybe mark's fear is

That he will lose some

Validation and support from his

Mom if he takes that other foot

Out of the closet.

And maybe mark feels like is

That a risk I'm willing to take?

[Laughs]

I love you!

Good to go?

Yes.

Where do you want to be when

You grow up, daddy, even though

You are already grown up and

Already have a job?

I want to play with toys all

Day.

Okay!

Want to know what I want to be

When I grow up?

Short.

And actor.

Basically I already am.

Basically.

Secretary of education.

Do know who his boss is?

The president.

Going to talk about the bill,

The don't say g*y bill that just

Passed.

So we are going to talk about

That and educate people, we are

Just a normal family.

Got so many people that are,

You know, the mom wants to be a

Superstar, mom is just doing it

For attention and I'm like if

You only knew...

I really would rather be in my

Sweatpants reading a book, but

Instead here I am.

Anytime you do anything publicly

You are exposing yourself, she's

Being exposed.

And she's aware of that.

Dempsey is the person that okays

It.

And it's her choice whether or

Not to move forward with

Anything.

It's extremely difficult as a

Parent.

It's difficult because she's

Ten.

It's hard.

I don't want to do this every

Day.

I just want my kid to live her

Life.

Hi, everyone, so the

Secretary in the congressman

Just have a few minutes.

For dempsey, the benefit for

Her doing this is that she's

Learning that it's okay to be

Herself, okay to advocate for

Herself.

She needs every single inch

Because the world is going to

Try to knock her down.

We are going to announce

Today that we stand behind our

Students and our families and

That they deserve to be

Respected.

My name is dempsey, I'm ten

Years old and I use she/her

Pronouns.

I am a transgender girl.

Part of the reason why we

Choose to be visible if that

This is life saving for dempsey

And for kids like her.

If dessie had and social

Transition, I don't know if

Dempsey would be here, so if we

Hide an entire portion of the

Population away and make them

Taboo, but because the next

Future generation look like?

That's scary.

I don't understand why

People, especially adults, are

Trying to erase my identity.

If it feels like I'm not even

Here.

It's not okay.

Good job.

That was awesome.

The positive side of doing

The drag show is not only

Showing the world, but showing

My children, you have a voice,

Your voice matters, and your

Story matters.

♪ ♪

Florida is definitely like it

Dangerous place for trans

Individuals as people have a

Really negative idea about who

Trans people are or what they

Are doing there.

Now we see a lot of focus on

The transgender-is him, telling

Kids they may be able to pick

Genders and all that.

I worry because there's a lot

Of people that will take a

Politician and feel their hatre

Hatred.

Indoctrination.

A bunch of endogenous ...

The deadliest year for the

Trans community, trans people

Violently k*lled right here in

Florida.

Is scaring me to my wits

Right now.

As a trans person, you hide

Because you don't feel like you

Have another option.

I feel like when you grow up

Different, you either learn how

To be invisible or invincible,

And for me, it's easier to feel

Invisible than invincible

Because I went through so much

Trauma as a trans person.

Deserve to be happy and I

Deserve to be happy as myself

And I just need to be honest and

Open about it finally.

I just have like a lot going on

In my mind right now.

I had a really dark few months

Recently where I was just

Battling a lot of stuff and I've

Just been trying to figure out

Like why I've been in dark

Spaces for like the last year,

To be honest.

Yeah.

In thinking back on my own

Trans experience and then

Working with mandy this episode.

[Crying]

The first couple days I had such

An amazing time but I was going

Back to my hotel and I was just

Falling into these dark spaces,

You know?

I was just feeling bad about

Myself.

[Crying]

Hearing her talk about being 700

Years old and transitioning, and

I've just been so terrified to

Go back to that lace, but I just

Am not happy unless I'm

Presenting feminine.

And I've been trying to live as

Nonbinary so that I can feel

Comfort, but I'm not comfortabl

Comfortable.

Sorry, y'all.

It's okay!

Don't even apologize!

You trust us enough ...

I love you!

We love you!

I just wanted to tell you all

First.

I understand.

And we love you, eureka!

You are our sister.

I know, thank you.

And this, this, this

Heart rate here.

This heart, this soul, this is

Who we love and this is it.

This is the journey, we love

You.

I love you guys.

For a very long time I've

Dealt with a lot of pain, but

I've noticed just talking about

It and thinking about it, it

Makes me feel better.

Dempsey and mandy, that's the

Inspiration.

I just realized, you know, I

Don't want any lost time, so I

Realize that I am a trans woman

That I need to start living my

Authentic self.

Big love you.

So happy for you!

Love you!

Come on in!

I was in the neighborhood!

Welcome, welcome!

This is my friend layla.

Nice to meet you!

Layla is my makeup artist and

Will be your makeup artist, I

Will be lending layla to you.

Honestly, I think one of the

Things I'm most excited about

With you ... And you can let me

Know if this speaks to it all, I

Really want you to be honest

With me.

Drag is not just dressing up

Like a girl.

For me, drag is really about

Embracing my identity and ...

For some reason the word

q*eer doesn't bug me but I never

Use it.

I find it empowering.

I do too.

At my age, that was a word you

Just didn't call people, so it

Was a hard word for me to say

And identify with.

That makes sense, that mix

Perfect sense.

And I think it's interesting,

Just the fact that you and

Vernon existed anywhere at any

Point in time for him or like it

Pushed the needle forward for

People like me and layla to be

Able to call ourselves q*eer.

There's always people that

Come before us that have been

Pushing the boundaries in any

Sort of minimal way.

It absolutely helps everyone.

Whether they realize it or not.

Do you to ever get married or

Anything?

Last year of the

Relationship, yeah, we did.

Did you ever tell anyone your

Family that you got married?

Go yeah, I think so.

What do you mean you think

So?

Like I said ... Yeah, I did

Actually.

I just don't recall actually

Overdoing it.

Did you tell your mom?

Yeah, I think she knows.

I really don't know.

If you ask your mom who she

Is and she goes he is her

Husband, how do you think it

Would feel if she said that?

With a feel ...

That would be something she

Would never say probably.

How would it feel if she did?

That would be nice.

Not necessary, but nice.

For me, that was probably one

Of the things later in life that

I didn't realize that I needed

That kind of validation

Specifically from someone like

My mom.

Just someone like your mom until

Ended up getting it.

Shall we do it?

I'm anxious to see with this

Side looks like.

Take a look at your eye.

Oh, my gosh!

This is going to be fun!

This, plus hair with a big

Bodacious bad b*tch lip.

[Laughs]

Figure do you think you want to

Give yourself a drag name them

How about chandelier?

Honestly...

That's kind of an iconic name!

I love chandelier!

She is the villager you've all

Been waiting to see!

Make some noise for the icon,

The diva, miss chandelier!

[Laughter]

This is just a ... This is 10% of

Chandelier.

A taste.

10%, Honey!

Goodness, look at that!

911, Emergency.

We've got people everywhere.

sh**ter here.

Get behind!

Get outside, get outside!

I need everybody to come

Here!

He got shot.

My ptsd, a different with

Started isolating myself from

Everybody because the less

Interactions I have with people,

The less of chances of me being

Attacked for being openly q*eer.

That sense of isolation, this is

My normal now, and that's hard.

Because I don't want my new

Normal.

Do you drink beer?

Are you going to have some

Water?

All of the above.

Let's what we've got going over

Here.

You know we have a drag show,

Right?

How does it make you feel?

The triggers are just way

More intense.

Just don't feel safe?

I've had my moments where

It's just like I can be g*y,

g*y, g*y out in public and it's

Just fine and I used always be

Like that, however in feeling,

That's how my self-expression, I

Will go out into the world

Looking like that.

But not with ... Now it's okay,

Where my going, what type of

People live in that area?

Okay, no, just where this.

Do you find that that

Prohibits you from fully living?

Mmhmm.

If you ask me how much I

Remember of everything, it's

Frustrating, because I don't

Remember much because every time

Something makes me nervous or

Paranoid or just like I feel

Fear, it's like I leave my body.

It sucks, because it goes back

Into like I am not present, and

I hate that it's because almost

Every day things happen that I

Just go okay, bye, I'm out.

What would send you into that

State of anxiety?

Being like super enclosed in

A space where there's a lot of

People because in my head I

Think how my going to get out of

Here if something happens?

I call it the dash I don't want

To be involved wrong place at

The wrong time again.

Every day I'm being like

Hyperaware of my surroundings

And seeing if anybody's looking

At us funny.

I just want to get to that place

To where I feel okay with being

Out in public and be present

Instead of being triggered by

Every single thing surrounds me.

The type of hate speech that

Is part of the legislation in

This date is the same type of

Speech that encouraged sh**ter

At pulse to walk in and feel ...

You're giving people a

License to k*ll people like us.

Mmhmm.

I know there's high anxiety

About doing the show and kind of

Reemerging into the world of

Queerness.

Pulse was horrible and I think

About all of the people

Affected, I think about the

People who were k*lled, think

About the people who were

Wounded.

I think about the people who

Were traumatized.

By doing the show I hope that we

Can give him a greater sense of

Security in g*y spaces.

I want him to walk away from

This feeling like you know what,

I can do this.

♪ ♪

I just wanted to get a minute

With you alone.

This is our tic tac luncheon.

So I've ... I guess I will just

Get right into it.

I haven't had a lot of

Sentimental time with you

Because we've just been having a

Good time and stuff like that.

But I really feel like I've just

Learned a lot in hearing your

Story and stuff the first few

Days I was here, after that day,

I went home and I had a really

Dark moment for it was just like

Processing, where is this fear

And depression coming from and

The truth is is I am, you

Know ... I've been trans since I

Can remember and I've been

Honest about it and I'm going to

Transition back ...

Oh my goodness!

Oh, god!

That is so great!

You make me so happy!

Well, you make me happy!

It truly inspired me to not live

In that darkness, you know?

No, no, no.

End the fear, you know, it's

Scary.

I actually went to rehab this

Last summer because of just

Using and numbing myself and it

Just brought me to a place where

I am like okay, finally seeing

You and hearing that story, it

Made me truly realize like I

Don't want to wait.

I can't wait.

No!

It also happened when I met

Dempsey, shangela's daughters.

I could see in her eyes the

Emotions she's going through at

That age.

I remember feeling that way.

You know, I ran from it, I just

Can't run anymore.

But you always know that you

Got me in your corner, you know?

You just may be one of the

Happiest women in the world!

[Laughs]

You've made me one of the

Happiest girls in the world!

[Laughter]

I don't know if you noticed, but

I brought my bra.

So I've just been presenting

More.

I love the dress.

Can I tell you something?

Yes!

I'm glad for you being you.

That's what I'm glad for.

Get over here!

[Laughter]

That was the greatest news

I've had in a long time.

♪ ♪

Look at that tongue!

She is sassy!

Go yes!

Worked!

Did you all get that?

That was too good!

Let's go through like what the

Process of the performance is

Going to be.

And we can go through some

Staging.

Who would you compare

Yourself to?

Any latin artist.

Merengue.

Merengue ... That should be on

My album!

♪ ♪

One, and two, three and four.

Five.

Yeah.

I want each of the globe

Being in those school board

Meetings, you are all this

Hateful stuff and now it's your

Turn.

I'm not going to bite my

Tongue!

Excellent, excellent!

If you start climbing out, it's

Okay.

I might!

And freeze.

Not yet.

Not yet.

This is all her.

Ladies in german, please all

The stage, this dempsey!

Hey, y'all!

You will all do the chorus

Together.

That sounds nasty, perform.

Wait a minute now.

I'm letting you have a little

Fun for now and then mama is

Going to get her paddle out.

Two, three and four.

Whatever you do, just don't

Stay there.

Drag is your new way out.

Dragged me out of this couch!

Yes!

And ...

Boom, boom.

There we go!

Lovely!

Not bad for day one!

Yes!

♪ ♪

Yes!

So we are facing each other

And open up?

No.

Don't confuse me.

That won't change anything

For you.

Just going through it.

I quit!

I quit!

♪ ♪

You look so cute out here!

Just waiting outside the q*eer

Bar for my mom!

You look like a kid from school.

He was just waiting like mom

Forgot to pick me up.

Is this your first drag show?

Yes.

I'm going to show you the

Ropes.

Yes!

♪ ♪

Hi, mary!

Hello, hello!

Hi!

You made it!

This is the first time I've

Been to a club to see a drag

Show.

Your first time at a drag

Show?

Welcome!

Oh, lord!

When you are here and you are

The most different, you are

Really celebrated because of it,

Not despite it.

And they're like, I love this.

[Cheers and applause]

♪ ♪

Being from a strict catholic

Family, you know, I was

Petrified.

About being exposed here, just

Absolutely petrified.

Dressing up like a drag queen,

That kind of petrified me.

Of to be able to have that kind

Openness with people, because

I've never really experienced a

Lot of that.

I met vernon, changed everythin

Everything.

I got a taste of what being

Really happy was like, you know?

See, that's the thing.

Just can't keep lying and be

Happy.

I want, from this experience,

To just be completely present.

There has been very few moments

After everything has happened

Where I can say that I've been

There completely.

Obviously q*eer and out and

Proud in the real world ...

I just want to be able to

Just be myself whatever side

Comes out comes out.

What you think vernon's

Reaction would be to you if he

Is sitting in the front row on

The day of the show?

Boy, he would love it.

I think he's up there, you know,

Pulling the strings, yeah.

There's no doubt in my mind.

It's a beautiful thing.

He is still with me every day.

I mean, describe what would

Have been like to live 70 years

As a woman, in some ways I'm

Happy it didn't happen because

I've got somebody that sits by

Me and is one of the greatest

People in the world and I think

I would much rather have her.

It's the truth.

[Laughs]

Being in a drag show on stage

In florida, it is me taking a

Step that might not always be

Comfortable and could

Potentially alter how we live.

Doing a drag show does bring

Additional risks because now

They're trying to implement new

Legislation that's making it a

Felony for parents to bring

Children to drag shows.

I could lose my job.

But I'm willing to be out of my

Comfort zone to show up for the

q*eer community.

I hope that all of our drag

Kids get what they need and want

Out of performing the structural

But it also hope that this drag

Doesn't make them a target.

According to the governor,

Drag shows are corrupting kids.

Alleges that drag shows

Exposed young children to

Sexually explicit conduct.

Having kids involved in this

Is wrong.

So much better to fight and

To live in fear.

Florida means more of us.

Girl, wait until we do the

Strike show!

Wait until we do this drag show!

♪ ♪

Is the heat on or what!

Heat on or what!

[Laughter]

♪ ♪

That's a queen, honey!

I wish I would have found

This when I was younger.

I mean, this is so me!

♪ ♪

Oh, my gosh!

You look like a hot piece of

Woman!

So what color loofah would we

Put on your car?

Okay!

My goodness, get up in there!

It up in that mirror!

Look at that sparkle!

Is it enough sparkle for you?

[Laughs]

We're going to have to get out

Of the mirror, baby!

Knew drag queens ... Every time,

Every time!

I was thinking about being

Physically attacked and spit on

And I was really stressing.

If people think that orlando is

Like rainbows and unicorns but

They don't realize that it's not

Always ... It's not always that

Way.

You know, I could potentially

Lose my job just four, you know,

Participating.

I'm fired up.

I think this is going to be

Awesome.

For every person that feels

That the g*y people don't need a

Voice, that's why we are here.

[Cheers and applause]

Oh, my goodness, orlando, how

Are you all?

Narrator:

Listen, I think it's fair to say

That if you are here, there is a

Word that you decide you can

Say, whether or not the

Government says you can say it

Or not.

[Cheers and applause]

I'm not saying I don't know what

The word is but on the count of

Three, one, two, three...

g*y!

Yes, honey, and what do we say?

[Cheers and applause]

It is so important that people

Not feel alone and feel by

Themselves.

The fact that you say g*y, maybe

You look like someone's mother,

Maybe look like someone's

Brother, maybe look like

Someone's father.

And then they can hear you say

g*y and they believe that maybe

One day their parents can say

g*y, their parents can say

Trance, their parents will say

Nonbinary.

[Cheers and applause]

But I'm going to spend my life

Making sure I protect.

Igor you freaking out a little?

Yeah.

My biggest worry with doing

This is having that sense of

Security.

Like, have to put myself back

Out there.

I can't be miserable anymore.

Okay, listen.

Before we go, stay present.

Stay here.

You worked so hard for this

Moment, okay?

This is a safe space way do you

Feel safe?

Speak

You feel good?

Yes.

People out there, they love

You.

You're going to reintroduce them

To who you are.

This is a huge step, and I

Think it really helps that his

Mom went out of her way to

Travel here and show up for him.

[Cheers and applause]

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You will hear a lot of

Stories in your life, but a

Story about someone who is a

Survivor, someone who still

Finds joy in this world every

Day and brought it to this stage

Tonight!

That is my daughter!

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Because of this experience, I

Just carry the baggage of being

A pulse survivor and I'm not

Going to let that hold me back,

I'm just going to make it

Catapult me into better things.

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Oh, my god!

That was good!

Nailed it!

How do you feel dormant being

Back in q*eer space again?

I want more!

Hey!

That was so good!

Did you feel it?

Oh, yeah!

When did you feel it, when

Did you know?

Oh, as soon as the fans open

And I saw my mom's face.

You know, I love vernon, so

Being in the relationship like

Vernon and I were in, it may be

Feel really good about myself.

This is that final step out of

The closet for me.

We get one shot's life, and I'm

Not going to live it lying.

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Well, wow, wow, thank you

Very much, everybody, for coming

Out tonight.

Really, really, really

Appreciate it.

Thank you, mom!

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Hello, my friends from the

Villages, thank you very much!

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And thank you, vernon.

I know you're up there.

I'll never ever forget you.

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I want it to be a celebratio

Celebration.

We've been married for 49 years.

Speak all right, girls, just be

Yourself!

What I would like to see with

The drag show is to show people

You can let love be love.

Is it snowing?

That it is a matter of who

You love, and not with their

Gender is.

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Oh, my god!

Listen!

In case you didn't notice

Tonight, we're celebrating a

Beautiful 50 year anniversary!

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50 Years of love, honey!

Love!

This is a truly amazing

Experience that we've had, and

My beautiful wife, who I love!

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An amazing partner and I love

Her!

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All I really can say to that

As I love you too!

With all my heart!

Give me one more.

On the count of three let's say

"Happy 50th anniversary."

One, two, three...

Happy 50th anniversary!

I saw your freaking faces,

And you all were so glorious!

It was incredible.

I'm getting chills under this

Hot-a*s costume right now!

So magical to share that!

It's important for me to be

On stage in drag because so many

People can't be visible.

It's scary, but I think if me

Being visible gives another mom

The courage to say, you know

What, this is my kid and I got

To let my kid live, it's worth

It.

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You did so good, baby!

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Love you, baby!

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Speak all right, orlando, hold

On, let me talk to my baby,

Okay?

Now, baby, you turned it out.

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[Laughs]

Are you ... Are you crying

Because you're so, so happy

Right now?

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Aww!

I have to say, this is a very

Special moment for all of us on

This stage.

I'm so happy to introduce you to

Such a beautiful soul and

Spirit, the mother of this

Family, a teacher in this

Community, teaches 11th grade

History.

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And someone who has stood up so

Many times for other people, it

Is so wonderful to see all of us

Standing up for her as well

Tonight!

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Yes!

I'm so overwhelmed because

This is so very personal to me

As a teacher and a mom of a

Trans kid that is constantly

Targeted.

I want to say to my students,

Who I adore, I will always stand

Up for you all.

I will never back down.

And I want to say thank you to

My husband because he is always

There when I need him.

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And most importantly, I want to

Say to my beautiful, beautiful,

Incredible daughter...

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Dempsey, I am so blessed to be

Your mom.

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I love you!

I love you!

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Wow!

I think I messed up on my

Makeup, I was crying.

Come here, baby!

What a night, y'all!

Just so great to see so much

Support from them!

It is so overwhelming.

So much love, and it doesn't

Go away after tonight.

We are jealous of your boobs!

Oh, my god!

One thing I love ... Sometimes

When you perform, you don't see

Anybody.

Today, I saw every single

Person.

And the look that was given was

Like respect, love, and

Appreciation.

I mean, I just have to live.

I feel like I'm in the middle of

A beautiful community that I had

No place in before.

Plus I got to perform with one

Of my biggest idols, who is now

My mom!

Amazing!

Very proud of him!

Love you!

Love you!

You are the most awesome mom

In the world right here.

I can't believe you are my

Teacher!

They were rooting on.

I don't know why I'm so

Emotional!

I love you so much.

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With politics today, people

Might be asking, is it safe to

Be myself?

But drag to the to say I'm

Amazing, I can be loved and

Celebrated.

It don't matter who you are, if

You're straight, what color, any

Of that.

You know, and that's how people

Come together and people find

Strength.

Not a lot of q*eer kids get

This.

It matters, we matter!

Drag his connection.

We love you!

And through that connection

We build each other up and step

Out to the world with confidenc

Confidence.

We are going to fight.

We ain't no doormat, you're not

Going to stop on us!

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You are so good!

You can be who you want to b

Be!

Please be who you want to be!

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Drag is love, baby.

There is an infinite amount of

Love out here for who you are

Today.

You are amazing just the way

You are!

That's how you need to feel.

I'm about to conquer the world.

Watch me slay, b*tch.

Watch me slay.

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