[TV static drones]
[bright tone]
[soft music]
- First off, I want to say
thank you for your dedication
in protecting our community
and passing
the Community Decency
and Standards Ordinance.
The LGBTQ rainbow movement
is a religious cult.
♪ ♪
They worship their own bodies.
They worship their hedonism.
Just like I worship
the God of the Bible,
they worship their sin
and sexual immorality.
They have branded themselves
as a civil rights issue,
saying that they
were born that way.
This is an insult to the
civil rights movement.
Humans are born in
different colors,
but we're not born g*y,
l*sbian, or transgender,
or heterosexual.
So I stand before you all out
of complete love and compassion
because the most
hateful thing you
can do to an entire
generation is to lie to them.
Thank you, and God bless.
[applause]
- Whoo-hoo!
Whoo-hoo!
♪ ♪
- The city council meeting
is so much worse than I
could have expected it to be--
hearing misinformation about
trans people and about drag
spoken as if it was
undeniable fact.
It doesn't feel
like we are going
to get a chance to do drag.
- Yeah, absolutely.
- Of course.
- How shall we approach that?
- I don't know.
[tense music]
- How are you doing, sir?
- I'm Priyanka.
- How are you doing.
How are you doing, sir?
- Hi.
- How are you doing, sir?
- Sasha.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
Hello.
And what are your names?
- Hannah.
- Hannah.
And what's your name?
- I'm Hannah.
- Hi.
- Trey.
Very nice to meet you.
- I'm leaving because
coming out of the gate
and being offensive to
people is not the way
you start a conversation.
You don't even know how
any of us identifies.
It's very disrespectful.
- You called us
"sir" already, so I'm
curious to know your thoughts.
You got something to say?
- Well, you're a man,
so, I mean, I would call
you sir because you're a man.
- How do you know I'm a man?
- Well, I can tell
by your Adam's
apple, your voice, your
stature, everything about you.
You all look like men
dressed up like women.
And I don't mean it
as an insult.
That's just--we believe
that God created man.
God created--
- I don't.
We do have separation
of church and state.
So I don't know how appropriate
that is in terms of the law.
- Well, we live in the
United States of America,
so we have freedom of speech.
- We do.
- Yeah, so let me
finish speaking.
God created man with a p*nis.
God created a woman
with a vag*na.
The purpose--
- I don't agree that
that's the truth.
- That's OK.
You don't have to
follow the science.
- No, the science says that
there's a lot of variety
in terms of chromosomal gender
and in terms of genitals,
as well.
- Well, there's XX and XY.
And there are hermaphrodites,
but all hermaphrodites
are actually dominant
male or female.
There's nobody that can
procreate that can make a woman
pregnant and get pregnant.
There's no true
male and female--
- There's a lot of people
who are not fertile.
- That's true.
That's absolutely true.
- Are they not men or women?
- Well, so how would you
respond to that argument?
- Well, I actually
have a question
before we get into that.
- Yes.
- I have a question.
- That's a great question.
- What do you guys--
I don't know if you
guys feel this way,
but the majority of people
in the LGBTQ religion--
they want us to accept us.
- It's definitely
not a religion.
- It's not a religion.
- It is a religion.
- It's not a religion.
- It's not a
religion because we
do not all have the same
viewpoint as each other.
- Yeah, but it's still
a religious cult.
- This dad is everything
that is scary about being
a q*eer person in the world.
It's very frustrating
to speak to this guy.
Where did you get
this information from?
And then that frustration
turns into anger,
and then that anger
turns into, like, sadness
because you're
like, is this how
other people are treated here?
- I think the
common argument is
that we just want people to
accept us for who we truly are.
But I do accept you
for who you are.
You want me to accept
you for your fairy tale
fantasy betrayal of yourself.
- Do you believe
that people are g*y?
- No, I do not believe
that people are born g*y.
- OK.
- OK.
- Born g*y or g*y?
Did you say g*y or born g*y?
- I said g*y.
- What she meant to say is
she believes that people
can choose to be g*y.
- Yes.
- But we do not
believe that Jeffrey Dahmer
was born a m*rder*r.
- Totally unrelated.
- No, morality is a choice.
- There's nothing immoral
about loving someone.
- Things that are
created are created
with purpose, just
like we go back
to the p*nis and the vag*na.
- May I make an observation?
You use more graphic, sexual
language than any drag
queen I've ever met.
- I would like to submit
to you that your dress
and the way you
act and talk is way
more graphic than my speech.
I think when men dress up as
women, if you think it's OK,
something's wrong with you.
- Wow.
I'm grateful that this
young woman and her father
want to speak with us.
But it doesn't feel
like they really
want to have a conversation.
They're not going to hear us.
To us, this sounds like hatred.
And to me, that is not--
is not the Christianity
I've learned about.
That is not tolerance.
- Your love tastes
like bitterness to me.
My love tastes like
bitterness to you--
- It tastes like
hatred to us, for sure.
- --because we don't serve
the same master, brother.
You and I-- we don't
serve the same master.
That's the difference.
- Who do I serve?
- You'll figure it out.
Y'all have a great day.
- OK.
- Wow.
This is the reason people
want to make drag ill*gal--
because they
believe these things
that this person is saying.
[soft music]
[birds chirping]
- We're in this environment
that has a targeted attack
on q*eer people that comes
from a deeply rooted
place of hate.
Hello, my dear.
- How are you?
- Get in.
We're going shopping.
- I love to go shopping.
- People like Norm have really
accepted that this is how many
people in this area think.
There are these conditions
for acceptance at every turn.
And that's so normal to him.
Norm is capable of pushing
forward a new reality.
But he is so beat down.
I want him to put
himself out there
and believe in himself again.
[soft music]
Did you ever do anything
like this-- distribute
pride imagery and flags--
when you were
running for mayor?
- No, not at all.
- And they probably know
that you're g*y, right?
- Oh, I mean, hello.
Is there a question?
You will not see an equality
sticker, a pride sticker
anywhere in Murfreesboro.
The community doesn't
support itself.
You dress a specific
way so that you
blend in with everybody else.
- Hello, sir, would
you like a flag?
- No, thank you.
- Oh, that's all right.
- You don't have
flags on your car,
and you don't have
stickers showing
who you are because you
could come out to a flat tire
or a busted window.
So you just don't
take the chance.
- Do you feel like
giving up sometimes?
- Oh, God,
I gave up for a while.
This past year was really hard.
And I went into hiding, right,
and quit being seen,
and quit talking out,
and quit speaking out.
And it was hard because
that's just not who I am.
- They have a Jesus fish,
so they're not against--
- They do?
- --making a statement.
Hello.
- How cute.
Hi.
- Hi.
We're going around town asking
people if they'd be comfortable
putting a little rainbow
flag or a rainbow sticker
in the window or at the front
desk just to be welcoming.
- We don't put anything
on the doors or anything,
but we usually hang promotions
and things over here.
Do you want me to--
- Yeah?
OK, great.
- Yeah?
Do you want a sticker?
- Sure. Why not?
- And here's a
little flag, as well.
- Thank you.
Ooh, thanks.
- Here. Thank you, yes.
- OK.
- We're going to be putting
on a drag show in town.
Have you ever been to
see a drag show in town?
- I have not.
- Would you come
if we brought the--
- No, I don't think so.
- No, not for you?
- Why not?
- No, that's just not
of interest to me.
- Have you seen it before?
- Y'all have a good one.
- You, too.
- You, too.
♪ ♪
Part of me wanted it to be bad.
But it is good.
- It is good.
It's really good.
- Hi.
- Good.
How are y'all doing?
- Good, how are you?
- Pretty good.
- We came to see if y'all would
be willing to put up a flag--
- OK.
- --maybe close
to your register
where people can see it.
Is that OK?
- Is that OK?
- Are you OK with that?
- Do you think you would ever
put a sticker in the window?
It would mean so
much for people--
- Yes.
- --to know, like, OK,
this is a safe space.
- Yes.
- Do you think it would
chase off business?
--g*y or straight--
- Right.
- --or any king of
anything like that.
- Right.
- For us, we don't even put any
political stuff in the windows
because, at the end of
the day, everybody's money
is welcome here.
We don't project ourselves
to hold any kind of position.
- Sometimes I worry,
with no viewpoint,
people think you're
against them.
- If I am asked on
a personal stance.
I'll tell you.
- Yeah.
- We don't-- as a business, we
don't want to hold a position.
- Right.
I understand that.
- You know?
- I know why there are
not pride stickers.
I've talked to owners,
business owners.
You get the same answers.
I will lose business.
- Bye, y'all.
- Have a good day.
Thank you, thank you.
- Stay cool.
- It doesn't make you feel--
it doesn't make you upset?
- I mean, it's--
yes.
Of course it's upsetting
when you are constantly
seeing people's faces and
hearing that gentle reminder
of "you're not wanted."
You have a choice.
You can live in it,
and you can hate it,
and you can hate yourself, and
you can hate your community,
or you can suck it up, and
get up, and get back out,
and keep walking.
- How can I help you guys?
- Quick question for you.
We are walking
around the square
passing out some rainbow
things-- stickers--
and wondering if we could
put something in the window
or put this up in the front?
- I mean, you're more than
welcome to put it right here--
- You would display it?
- --wherever you
want to put it.
- Thank you.
- I think we've got more.
- What about a decal that
could go in the window?
- Yeah, you guys are more than
welcome to put it up there.
- Really, oh, thank you.
- Thank you.
- That's perfect.
- I think it is, too.
- Perfect.
- How beautiful.
- Thank you.
Does this feel like
a return to the activism
you were doing before?
- Your being here is
reboosting that confidence
and reminding me
of who I am, right?
- It's literally the
easiest thing because we
see it plain as day.
- [laughs]
- And everyone in your
life sees it, too.
- I just have to remember
to see those people, right?
- It's who you are.
- It's reminding yourself
to surround yourself
with the people that see that.
I could pack up and
leave and go be anywhere
else in the world where
no one knows my name,
and nothing has ever happened.
- We're just distributing
some rainbow flags
to help everyone feel welcome.
And we're wondering
if we could put one
up here at the front counter.
- Oh, thank you.
- But then there's that part
of me that says,
you grew up here.
These are the people
that need you.
I can't hide myself anymore.
[upbeat music]
- OK.
- Where shall we put it?
- Let's make a statement.
- Right here.
- I think this
is perfect, yeah.
- OK.
- Like that?
- The goal there is
to ruffle some feathers
and say, hey, Murfreesboro,
you tried to cancel Pride,
but Pride's not going anywhere,
nor are the drag queens.
So here we are.
Who's ready to learn how
to walk like a queen?
- OK.
- Around, sexy.
- ♪ I love all my daughters ♪
♪ I love all my sons ♪
- I found a song.
It's an artist who is
right from in this area.
She's from Nashville.
And she happens to be q*eer.
- Love her.
She makes my face look smaller.
- Mm-hmm.
- Does this look straight?
- Do you look straight?
- [in deep voice] I think so.
- Your performance--
you're going to be the diva
that you always want to be.
- OK, so we got
hips, t*ts, corsets.
- That one's made of bird seed.
- You can just shake them
like-- ha, ha, ha, ha.
- ♪ Boom, boom,
boom, boom, boom ♪
- For us, it's important that
we make drag a spectacle.
Drag is happening.
You cannot take us down.
This is political.
We're trying to
make a statement.
We're not hiding.
We're not going anywhere.
If I saw this poster,
I would come to this drag show.
- Absolutely.
- Can you handle
a minute in heels?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
Heels, corset,
body, boobs, hair?
- Yeah.
- Have you ever tucked before?
- No.
[laughter]
- Yeah, yeah, work.
- How in the hell do you swivel
your hips like that, bro?
- It's a familiar position.
You know what I mean?
- A very familiar-- you
might even want to spread
wider and grab your ankles.
[laughter]
- Your hips probably haven't
been used in a while.
- I'm just saying,
they probably--
- You seen all them kids I got.
[laughter]
- Look how good it looks.
We did it.
- ♪ Turn it up
until they call the police ♪
- All ages.
- Whee!
We did it.
[cheering]
- They're just trying to
erase drag out of the picture.
We have to show the locals
here, the local q*eer people,
we are standing with them and
helping them fight this fight.
[light music]
♪ ♪
- Come in, love.
- Hello. How are you?
- I think that Malika
is really, really,
really looking
for a sense of community,
trying to find a way to
know that she's not alone.
And I think that's the most
important thing for her
so that she doesn't
have to feel so afraid.
This is Pidgeon.
- Hello. How are you?
- I'm good.
How are you, Malika?
- I'm good, I'm good.
Thank you.
- It's so nice to meet you.
As an intersex person,
I've made it,
like, my life's mission
for the past 15 years
to educate the
public via my story
and via just
intersex education.
Intersex is when a person
is born with sex traits
that don't fall neatly
into society's binary
definition
of either male or female.
And about roughly 1%
to 2% of the population
is born intersex,
and that number
is the same amount
of people that
live in the country of Japan.
[soft music]
- Wow.
- Wow.
- That number is running
through your head right now.
- Yeah.
- Trying to imagine that.
- And you can see it running
through my head, yeah.
- Did you feel like that
number is surprising to you?
- It's very surprising
just because I figured
that it was maybe, like--
you take the world's
population and just
throw like maybe 15 people
in there, and that's it.
I really thought I was--
- I know.
- [laughs]
You know what I mean?
- When I first heard
those percentages,
I thought, oh, that's
nobody because it
doesn't seem like a lot,
like 1%, or it's closer to 2%.
I think it is very important
that we find each other
and that we know each other
because there's so many of us.
Yeah.
- How did you accept yourself?
What were some of the
ways that you started
working on loving yourself
or accepting yourself
despite of being different?
- I think in the straight
world it's a little
harder to be proudly intersex.
But with q*eer community,
trans community,
I can feel more prideful,
and joyful, and loved as I am.
So I think finding
community with other trans
people and intersex people--
it's like a homecoming.
And that also has been really
key to my healing journey,
as well.
For me, it became a source
of pride and something
that was easier to say.
- It's so hard not to cry.
- I bet you're tired.
I bet you just want to live.
And you deserve that.
If you just lived your life,
and you were smiling more
than you weren't,
I would say that's a giant,
wonderful, amazing success.
Like, that's a beautiful
story right there.
- Yeah, it definitely gives
me way more hope.
When you feel
alone for so long,
it definitely lightens
the load a lot,
just because I can
actually breathe now.
You know what I mean?
I can actually
understand way more.
So yeah, I definitely feel a
little bit of
enlightenment today.
Thank you.
- There's just such a range
of people out there now,
and I can't wait to
tap you into that
and get you plugged into that
community, if you want it.
- I do.
- Yeah.
- I want her to walk away
from this experience feeling
like she has a better
understanding of herself
and that she
doesn't feel alone.
And that's the thing that's
most important to me.
- I would always say,
when I believed in God, and I
was talking to God, like,
why did you do this to me?
- Yes, like how the
f*ck do you f*ck up?
Did you have too many
shots the night before?
Just say that.
If that's the case,
just say that.
- God was not high
when he made us.
I'm going to make
something real good--
spicy human right here--
a little spicy gender,
a little spicy sex
right there.
- [laughs] Damn.
♪ ♪
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- Hi.
- Where's Princey?
- Right here.
- Hey, lover.
How are you?
You look really pretty.
- Y'all look good, too.
You're at the g*y bar,
the g*y club.
- So how have you been?
- I've been pretty good.
- Do you know any
of these people?
- Um, no, I don't, actually.
♪ ♪
- How do you feel
in these spaces?
- So if you kind of look
around, there's not a lot
of people who look like me.
- Do you ever see
a cool-a*s group
of people and just be like,
hey, how are y'all doing?
Y'all having a good night?
Or is it more--
- Not really, because I'm
honestly scared of rejection
and like that
embarrassment of being
know, like, oh, look at
him trying to make friends.
When you're so, like--
I don't know-- used to
just being kind of like--
not a wall hugger,
but kind of just,
like, Black or like,
you know, fem, or--
- You're Black?
- Ha.
You are, too?
- Ah!
- Oh, my goodness.
- Well, we're learning
things tonight.
- Gagged, gagged.
OK, Princey, I have a task.
- I was just
thinking the same thing.
- Oh, no.
What's the task?
- OK, Jaida and I--
- OK, yes.
- --would love a baby step.
- What's a baby step?
What's a baby step?
- You go over to this
guy in the floral shirt
and just say, hey,
I like your shirt--
not flirty, just like friendly.
- Without that.
- Without that? OK.
- I believe in you.
- Hi.
What's your name?
- Jesse.
- Jesse?
- Yes.
- Princey.
- Princey?
- Princey.
- Nice to meet you.
- Taking Princey
out of his comfort
zone is my top-line goal here.
When you do things that
make you feel uncomfortable,
it really makes
room for growth.
- Y'all have a good night.
- You, too.
- See you.
- How did that feel?
- How was that?
- I feel pretty good.
I do feel good, yeah.
That was really nice.
- It's so cool to see you
become a confident girl.
- I'm ready to see
Princey and Pha'Nesse merge.
- Combine into one.
- Yeah.
♪ ♪
- We've been talking about
your big final performance
and thinking about
all the pieces of you.
- All the pieces.
- And I ended up getting
a little bit
of inspiration from your mom.
- Oh, criminy, of course.
- She sent a little gift back.
- She did?
- Can you tell me
who this person is?
[laughter]
- That was me,
high school freshman year.
Who would have known?
- Hmm.
Who wouldn't have known?
- Apparently my
family didn't know.
- Well--
- Yeah.
- What would you say
to little Norman?
Do you have words of advice?
He looks a little sad.
- He was scared.
High school was rough.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
Just be who you are.
It'll be OK.
♪ ♪
I'm so sad for him.
- You're sad for him?
- He had no idea how
great he would be.
[breathing shakily]
Yeah.
I loved him.
The harms that come from
the quiet rejections--
the "you're not good enoughs,"
the "you're all sinners,
and you're all going to hell."
Children
are committing suicide
because of these things.
They're turning to drugs.
A lot of kids are
living on the streets
right now because their
parents don't want them.
It's tremendously emotionally,
mentally destructive.
So I have to grow, and I
have to continue fighting.
I have to be what
I didn't have.
We need to be louder
than we ever have been.
- Oh, I love her.
- Yeah?
- How would you describe it?
- How would I describe it?
I don't know.
I just feel--
I feel like a drag queen.
- What's the new energy
you're going to bring
in with these new divas?
- More power,
more-- more, more everything.
This town--
- More--
- I can't give you more.
- Be bigger,
louder, less subtle.
- I mean,
less subtle, maybe quit
hiding so much in plain sight.
- There's no hiding
in this hair.
- No.
- Be honest with this
community that needs you,
and tell them about the fears,
about the frustration,
and about the way forward.
- I love it.
- You got this.
- I can't wait.
♪ ♪
- I'm getting the sense that
people still have hope here,
as hard as it is to
be a q*eer person.
But you're meeting people, like
Justin Jones, who are like,
things are going
to change here.
- Let's get in here.
- Here we go.
Hopefully he's a winner,
winner, chicken dinner.
The politicians
of the q*eer community,
like a Justin Jones type,
are up against all odds.
Oh, my God.
Hi.
How are you?
I'm Jaida.
Nice to meet you.
- Hi Jaida.
I'm Ainsley.
- Nice to meet you, Ainsley.
- They're just
still tabulating.
- Still tabulating? OK.
Justin is a very
proud Black man,
and he is so for his
community and that you
don't have to be
q*eer to celebrate us
and what we're doing.
I'm making a video.
- Did you win?
Did you win?
- We won.
[cheering]
- Oh, my God.
[cheering]
- Justin!
- They called the race.
The people have won today.
The people of district 52 have
sent an overwhelming message,
a mandate to my
Republican colleagues
that we're going to
stand up and fight back
and to fight for a state where
we protect kids and not g*ns,
to fight for a state where
we protect each other,
our humanity, and our dignity.
And so, there's a lot of
forces rising up against us.
But look at us now.
[laughter]
[cheering]
- What a moment.
- I know.
- Can you lead us in a song?
- ♪ This little light of mine ♪
♪ I'm going to let it shine ♪
- You did it.
I'm so proud of you.
You k*lled it.
- Congrats.
Oh, my God.
Thanks for having us.
- Thank you all for being here.
- Are you are you
going to be there?
- Yes.
- ♪ I'm going to let it shine ♪
- All around the capital--
all right!
- ♪ All around the capital ♪
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- So I think I
just want us to--
you can look in this mirror,
in this mirror,
in this moment, since we got
this big-a*s mirror here--
and I know that's something
that sometimes it's
difficult for you to do, but--
- It's OK.
- Yeah.
- We got it.
- OK.
♪ ♪
- I want to tell
myself, you deserve
a type of self-love just as
much as the next person does.
Don't be so hard on yourself.
You're going to find your
true self down the road.
But there's a lot
of challenges.
There's a lot that
I'm up against.
♪ ♪
- I don't really
have the chance to be
Pha'Nesse in my Princey life.
There wasn't much
like representation
for a Black q*eer person.
I didn't know how to really
you know, act in, I guess,
the LGBT community.
Like, I do have
walls up at times.
I'm trying to break them down.
[alarm beeping]
- I think it's discouraging
that Murfreesboro
and other cities
around this area--
they don't see a human being.
They see a g*y person.
That's why they
canceled Pride.
It's disturbing.
It's disgusting.
It's dangerous.
It's scary.
♪ ♪
- After your house
gets shot at,
my head space really was,
how do I stay alive?
And that's how it
is when I leave
the house most of the time.
How do I stay alive?
The q*eer community
is just separated,
and it's sad because if we
combined all our bubbles,
we would have this
massive circle of safety.
But we're not together.
And people are scared to come
together in Murfreesboro.
Our next entertainress
is one of my dear
friends, Ms. Miciah Marvel!
[cheering]
- There's so much fear and
prejudice about g*y people.
Making g*y culture, g*y
history available to young
people feels threatening,
especially in this area.
And it's so easy to feel like
you don't have a community.
♪ ♪
My dream would be
for the drag show
to remind that drag is a
really vital part of Pride.
- Drag performances out
in the open, like this one
at Nashville Pride
last year, will
now be ill*gal in Tennessee.
- A police officer
absolutely has
the right to make
the determination,
that's indecent,
I'm taking care of that.
- I think, when men
dress up as women,
if you think it's OK,
something's wrong with you.
♪ ♪
[rooster crowing]
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- Hi, Jaida.
- Hello.
- Happy show day.
- Happy show day.
- Oh, hey.
Good morning, y'all.
Hey, baby.
How are you?
- Good.
I can't wait.
I cannot f*cking wait.
- Yeah?
Really?
- It's going to be epic.
- [gasps] So pretty.
- Thank you.
- Prettier than me.
- I mean, I wasn't--
I mean--
- Being a mother is hard.
My daughter is
prettier than I am.
[laughter]
- I quit the show.
I quit.
[tense music]
- I'm ready for it--
whole-a*s ready for it.
If something does happen,
and the worst-case scenario
comes to fruition, no
regrets, not a single one.
- People have every
right to be scared here.
It feels surreal to
imagine a world where
the local people here can
be attacked, or accosted,
or be arrested.
Did y'all get your
permission slip signed?
We got a field
trip to do, ladies.
Let's go.
- We've invited a lot
of our good sisters
all the way from Nashville
on the drag bus in drag.
- All right, everybody
say "g*y" on 3--
all: g*y!
- Letting the city
of Murfreesboro
know that drag will prosper--
honey, you can't k*ll drag.
- You been out to
Murfreesboro yet?
- Girl, I used to
live in Murfreesboro.
- For real?
Oh, my God.
See?
All things come back
to Murfreesboro.
- Well, not that they want to.
[upbeat music]
- ♪ Oh, b*tch ♪
♪ That's a mean m*therf*cker ♪
♪ What she's saying? ♪
[cheering]
♪ Why you gotta throw
me under the bus ♪
♪ Every single time that
I make a little fuss? ♪
♪ On the runway,
everybody's looking at me ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, at my butt ♪
♪ I'll do me,
you just do you ♪
[car horns honking]
♪ Besides, you look like
you broke out a zoo ♪
- We're going by
the courthouse.
[upbeat music]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Act of shame ♪
♪ That's a mean m*therf*cker ♪
- You better.
- You all look beautiful.
Oh, my God.
- We love you mama.
- Thank you, thank you.
- Ever.
- Am I the first drag
queen you've ever seen?
- Probably.
- Really?
- Yes.
[laughter]
- To me, y'all look
like beautiful Barbies.
- It's looking like
an ebony queen.
Let's get it.
- ♪ But she's simply shade ♪
♪ That's a mean m*therf*cker ♪
♪ She, she cute, ooh, ooh ♪
♪ Shade ♪
[cheering]
- How are you doing,
Murfreesboro?
[cheering]
Give it up for--
what's her name?
Priyanka!
[cheering]
[thunder crashes]
[dramatic music]
- [singing in Hindi]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Forget everything
you thought ♪
[cheering]
[Priyanka's "Country Queen"]
♪ I'm your country queen ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Bet you never seen
somebody like this ♪
♪ Came out like a hit when
you thought I'd be a miss ♪
♪ Bet you never seen
somebody like me ♪
♪ I'm your country queen ♪
♪ My boot on the pedal ♪
♪ Step on the gas ♪
♪ You won't see me riding ♪
♪ Hear the sirens coming,
take a picture ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm getting away ♪
♪ So come on, take your shot ♪
♪ Prairie fire hot ♪
♪ Forget everything
you thought ♪
♪ Bet you never seen
somebody like this ♪
♪ Came out like a hit when
you thought I'd be a miss ♪
♪ Bet you never seen
somebody like me ♪
♪ I'm your country queen ♪
♪ Run, run, run, run,
like I'm in a stampede ♪
♪ No sweat, make a bet
when they coming at me ♪
♪ Look, bullseye ♪
♪ I'm the center of the ring ♪
♪ And I bet you didn't think
that I'm a country queen ♪
♪ Bet you never seen
somebody like this ♪
♪ Came out like a hit when
you thought I'd be a miss ♪
♪ Bet you never seen
somebody like me ♪
♪ I'm your country queen ♪
♪ Bet you never thought I
could give it like that ♪
♪ Hit me with your pickup,
and I'll hit you right back ♪
♪ Bet you never seen
somebody like me ♪
♪ I'm your country queen ♪
[cheering]
♪ Ooh-oh ♪
My name is Priyanka!
What's my name?
all: Priyanka!
- My name is Priyanka.
Say my name.
all: Priyanka!
- I'm your country queen.
[cheering]
- There are kids here.
It's an all-ages show.
Hello, kids.
Hey!
Hey.
Is this your first drag show?
Yeah? What's your name?
Mila?
- Camilla.
- Camilla?
Everyone say, hi, Camilla.
all: Hi, Camilla!
- So drag-- do you like it?
Yeah?
Not bad, not bad,
not bad, not bad.
Not bad.
We do have some
amazing people that
are fighting for q*eer rights
that are in the building.
[cheering]
So please welcome to the stage
your reelected representative,
Justin Jones!
[cheering]
- Justin!
- Hey!
Oh, my God.
There you go.
Ooh.
[cheering]
- Now look who the
country queen is now.
[laughter]
- Power to the people.
[cheering]
Power to the people-- that is--
it's going to fall off my head.
So I'm gonna--I don't want
to drop your crown.
[chuckles]
It is an honor to be here.
Hello, Murfreesboro.
We're here to send
a clear message
to my colleagues in the general
assembly that love is here--
[cheering]
--that glamour is here--
[cheering]
--that power is here.
[cheering]
And I look around, and I see a
multiracial, multigenerational
coalition to say
with a clear message
to those bigots
in the legislature
that we're building
a new South.
[cheering]
They tried to ban drag,
and look at the crowd now.
Murfreesboro showed up.
Rutherford County showed up.
[cheering]
[soft music]
- I love it here.
It's an attitude right
now that I don't like.
I don't have that in me
to give up
on the place that I live.
Throw all the rocks you got.
I'm like, I'm good.
I'm here.
- The iconic and amazing,
Candy Taffy!
[cheering]
Have fun. I love you!
- Yes, ma'am.
[cheering]
[Carrie Underwood's
"Before He Cheats"]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Right now,
he's probably slow-dancing ♪
♪ With a bleach-blonde tr*mp ♪
♪ And she's probably
getting frisky ♪
♪ Right now,
he's probably buying her ♪
♪ Some fruity little drink ♪
♪ 'Cause she can't
sh**t whiskey ♪
♪ Right now, he's probably up
behind her with a pool stick ♪
♪ Showing her how
to sh**t a combo ♪
♪ And he don't know ♪
♪ I dug my key into the side ♪
♪ Of his pretty, little,
souped-up four-wheel drive ♪
♪ Carved my name
into his leather seats ♪
♪ I took a Louisville
Slugger to both headlights ♪
♪ Slashed a hole
in all four tires ♪
♪ And maybe next time he'll
think before he cheats ♪
♪ Oh, maybe next
time he'll think ♪
♪ Before he cheats ♪
[cheering]
♪ ♪
[crowd chanting]
Candy, Candy, Candy, Candy,
Candy, Candy,
Candy, Candy, Candy,
Candy, Candy, Candy, Candy!
- I just want to
take a quick second
to say that,
in this area, people
talk about a thing called
the Holy Ghost and catching
that energy, right?
And it crawls
through you, right?
And it's what brings you
happiness and safety, right?
Well, that's what's
happening to me right now.
[cheering]
I'm a straight, white man
born and raised in the South,
and I love it here.
And I love it here!
And drag is one of the
greatest forms of art
that I've ever been
able to participate in.
And there is nothing more
American than freedom
of expression.
And it needs to be
protected at all costs.
I love you for being here.
Thank you.
[cheering]
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- Being g*y in Murfreesboro
is pretty scary,
just because you never know
what's going to
happen, honestly.
I'm hoping I get more
confident in being able
to just be my true,
authentic self.
I'm just going to ignore
all the negativity
and kind of just go for it.
- Please welcome to the stage
the "Totally Plastic"
Pha'Nesse!
[cheering]
- ♪ Diamonds ♪
♪ She turns tears
to diamonds ♪
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ Trying to find
that silver lining ♪
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ And once in a while ♪
♪ I'll go walking
in the twilight ♪
♪ Counting down to midnight ♪
♪ Close my eyes
and wait for her to shine ♪
♪ I'll hide it
in the shadows ♪
♪ Praying that
she'll break free ♪
♪ In the dark of the night ♪
♪ She's got danger
on her mind ♪
♪ She's a million
dollar baby ♪
♪ Nobody can explain it ♪
♪ She's a miracle ♪
♪ She's a miracle ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ She broke out
of the chains ♪
♪ Turned fire into rain ♪
♪ She's a million
dollar baby ♪
♪ She's bound to
drive you crazy ♪
♪ She's a miracle ♪
♪ She's a miracle ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma,
ma-ma-ma-ma-ma ♪
♪ Miracle ♪
♪ Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma,
ma-ma-ma-ma-ma ♪
♪ Miracle ♪
♪ Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma,
ma-ma-ma-ma-ma ♪
♪ She's a miracle ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ In the dark of the night ♪
♪ She's got danger
on her mind ♪
♪ She's a million
dollar baby ♪
♪ Nobody can explain it ♪
♪ She's a miracle ♪
♪ She's a miracle ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ She broke down
all the chains ♪
♪ Turned fire into rain ♪
♪ She's a million
dollar baby ♪
♪ She's bound to
drive you crazy ♪
♪ She's a miracle ♪
♪ She's a miracle,
yeah, yeah ♪
♪ She's a miracle ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma,
ma-ma-ma-ma-ma ♪
♪ Miracle ♪
♪ Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma,
ma-ma-ma-ma-ma ♪
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma,
ma-ma-ma-ma-ma ♪
♪ She's a miracle ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
[cheering]
[Crowd chanting]
Pha'Nesse, Pha'Nesse,
Pha'Nesse, Pha'Nesse,
Pha'Nesse, Pha'Nesse,
Pha'Nesse, Pha'Nesse!
- Murfreesboro,
I feel amazing.
[cheering]
Growing up here, I never
thought in a million years
we'd have this turnout
for everybody who
appreciates everything
that queens like this do
and for what I do.
[cheering]
Thank you guys so, so much.
And please, keep
turning up, turning out,
and making noise for Pride.
[cheering]
- Oh, my God.
When I first met Pha'Nesse,
she was shy and now has evolved
into a very confident diva.
Ah, ah.
Oh!
[applause]
Nailed it.
You f*cking nailed it.
- Yes.
- I wrestled, you know,
a bunch of matches.
But that-- that
reaction and that love--
I think that's pretty
good, that's going
to be pretty hard to top.
- Hell yeah.
I love you so
f*cking much, dude.
- I'm happy that you know how
much you do inspire people.
You changed my life.
I would have never, ever
thought that a g*y wrestler
would exist, ever.
- You changed my life.
I'm 43, and I'm as stuck in
mud as I'm ever going to be.
You know me.
I don't move for anybody.
I don't compromise.
I don't lie.
I don't say things to
make people feel good.
I've been isolated for so
long because of that attitude.
Dude, you're special.
You're a f*cking
unicorn in this world,
and I'm lucky to
have you as a friend.
I f*cking love you, man.
- [sniffles]
- Well, you did it.
all: Totally!
- Great job, babies.
I love you so much!
- I'm more excited
than I would have
ever thought that I would be.
I've always dealt with
the rejection-- people who
don't know how to
accept you, let
alone respect you,
let alone call you
by the correct
pronouns or name.
I just have to own it.
When times when I'm scared, I
have to just still be myself.
- Make some noise
for Jaida Essence Hall
and She La Vie Hall!
[cheering]
[bell tolling]
- Dearly beloved,
we are gathered
here today to say goodbye--
goodbye to every idea of who
I'm supposed to be, goodbye
to every lie I've
ever been told,
but most importantly, to every
lie I've ever told myself.
And now it's my time to shine.
[cheering]
[Allison Russell's
"The Returner"]
♪ ♪
- ♪ Now I let go ♪
♪ Everything that I've known ♪
♪ Let it go out ♪
♪ Let it roll out
with the tide ♪
♪ I can't think of a thing ♪
♪ That hasn't been shot
through with pain ♪
♪ Like a nightingale's song
in the dead of the night ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Goodbye, so long,
farewell all I've been ♪
♪ Ooh, oblivion ♪
♪ Throw me in the ocean ♪
♪ Ooh, see if I can swim ♪
♪ I'm wild again ♪
♪ I'm a starchild again ♪
♪ I've come
ten million miles ♪
♪ Ooh, I'm burning ♪
♪ I'm a summer dream ♪
♪ I'm a real light beam ♪
♪ I'm worthy ♪
♪ Of all the goodness
and the love ♪
♪ That the world's
gonna give to me ♪
♪ I'ma give it
back ten times ♪
♪ People, are you ready ♪
♪ If you think you're alone ♪
♪ Hold on, I'm coming ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Don't you know, don't you
know, don't you know ♪
♪ You are never alone? ♪
[cheering]
[soft music]
♪ ♪
- I live in
Shelbyville, Tennessee.
I don't know if y'all
know where that is.
But being--
- Yeah!
- --being a trans girl in a
town like that is just not--
y'all understand.
So seeing every
face in this crowd,
whether you're here to
support me or the next person,
that means so much.
[cheering]
Thank you to my family.
[cheering]
I would have never
developed and then experienced
so much within myself
if it wasn't for you.
[cheering]
- I'm going to miss being
able to hang out with you.
- Same.
- And I promise,
I will continue
succeeding when you're gone.
- You don't owe me sh*t.
All you got to do is--
- You pushed me so hard.
- --continue to be yourself.
- And I will never stop
growing, I promise.
Thank you.
- I love you.
I love you.
- Thank you.
- How are you?
- I'm really nervous,
but I'll be all right.
- Don't be nervous.
You remind me what
drag is all about.
[cheering]
- Never minding all that.
- And to keep fighting--
I love it.
Thank you.
- I'm fighting with you.
[cheering]
- No one should be
afraid to go to school
or be who they
are supposed to be.
Oh, sh*t, my legs
are getting shaky.
That is what motivates me
to get up and be that voice.
I want to be
a light for people.
I don't have the right to
sit down and be quiet when
no one else is speaking up.
- Please join me in making
some noise for my drag
daughter, Veronica Paige!
[cheering]
[Brandi Carlile's "The Story"]
- ♪ All of these lines
across my face ♪
♪ Tell you the
story of who I am ♪
♪ So many stories
of where I've been ♪
♪ And how
I got to where I am ♪
♪ But these stories
don't mean anything ♪
♪ When you've got no
one to tell them to ♪
♪ It's true ♪
♪ I was made for you ♪
[cheering]
♪ I climbed across
the mountaintops ♪
♪ Swam all across
the ocean blue ♪
♪ I crossed all the lines ♪
♪ And I broke all the rules ♪
♪ But baby, I broke
them all for you ♪
♪ Oh, because even
when I was flat broke ♪
♪ You made me feel
like a million bucks ♪
♪ You do ♪
♪ I was made for you ♪
♪ You see the smile
that's on my mouth ♪
♪ It's hiding the words
that don't come out ♪
♪ All of our friends who
think that I'm blessed ♪
♪ They don't know
my head's a mess ♪
♪ No, they don't know
who I really am ♪
♪ And they don't know what ♪
♪ I've been through
like you do ♪
♪ And I was made for you ♪
♪ ♪
♪ And all of these
lines across my face ♪
♪ Tell you the
story of who I am ♪
♪ So many stories
of where I've been ♪
♪ And how I got
to where I am ♪
♪ Oh, but these stories
don't mean anything ♪
♪ When you've got no
one to tell them to ♪
♪ It's true ♪
♪ I was made for you ♪
♪ Oh, yeah, well, it's true ♪
♪ That I was made for you ♪
[cheering]
- I'm trying not to cry.
It's a hard thing
to do up here.
Ah.
I'm so grateful
to be the person,
I am and I'm so grateful
to have the voice I have.
And I'm thankful for each
of you showing up every,
every time we come out.
We need you everywhere
all the time,
making noise, and being
seen, and supporting
each other because God knows,
we have to support each other.
[cheering]
Thank you.
- Mama Paige.
- Come on, Mother.
[cheering]
- Let me just say that
for those of you that
are out there that
have been struggling,
Norman and I haven't always
been like we are right now.
Y'all need to support
your children,
your brothers, your sisters.
I don't care who it is.
We're all the same.
We need to look to the
inside, not the outside.
I'm very, very proud
of my son and my daughter,
whatever you want to be.
- [laughs]
- I'm very proud of Veronica.
- I love you.
- I love you.
[applause]
- I was like, damn,
this many people--
this many people support us?
What?
You know what I mean?
It was one of those
things where you have
to step back and, like, OK--
to see that type of support and
know that not just trans girls,
just my community
in general, belongs.
You know what I mean?
I got my flowers.
- To see you come out of
your shell in full force--
remember the first day
I met you at your house?
- Yes.
- Who was that?
That person is gone.
- That person is way gone.
The fact-- growing up
here in Murfreesboro
and the fact you see--
you don't really see that
representation or that support,
and the fact that
you got all the love
and support tonight,
that means the world so much.
- And that's the thing, right?
It's not somewhere else.
We didn't go to a liberal city.
We didn't travel
to LA or New York,
where we knew we'd be safe.
It's our people out there.
They're right here.
- Well, I thought
it was wonderful.
I know you've always had
your acting ability, I mean,
ever since I can ever remember.
It's just part of your
character is character.
So I think you've done
a wonderful job, bubba.
- Thank you.
- I'm right here--
right here beside you.
You got it, baby.
It's all right.
Mmm.
- In this town, they need you.
- They do.
- Please do not hide again.
- It's not easy being
a drag queen in America today.
Each time we go out in public,
we risk our lives
fighting for the
one thing that we're
all promised in this country--
freedom-- the freedom to
love, the freedom to live,
the freedom to express
ourselves without fear.
And when someone tries to
take away our freedoms,
b*tch, we show up.
And most importantly,
we show them how to love.
[soft music]
♪ ♪
[bright tone]
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04x03 - Tennessee, Part 3
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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.
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.