♪ ♪
♪ ♪
>> Shangela: happy fourth
Everybody!
>> Eureka: hello, indiana.
>> Bob: give me liberty or give
Me death drops.
Does anybody want to buy
Me a snow cone?
>> Shangela: hey baby.
Who do I look like?
>> Beyonce.
♪ ♪
>> Shangela: hi, I'm shangela.
>> Bob: bob.
>> Shangela: nice to meet you,
This is bob.
We have a show friday night.
>> Bob: at the veterans
Coliseum.
>> Shangela: that's it, it's
Free so you should come and
Bring everybody you know.
>> What the hell is
Going on man?
♪ ♪
>> Shangela: yes.
>> Eureka: come on indiana.
>> Shangela: they love fireworks
In evansville.
♪ ♪
>> Shangela: we are currently in
Evansville indiana.
>> Bob: I would assume that
Indiana's really into patriotism
And, and I was not wrong.
>> Eureka: there's a lot of
American flags.
I mean I know it's the fourth of
July, girl, but one every
Corner, mama.
>> Shangela: I mean driving up
And down the street I've seen
The trump 2024.
Not 2020, but the trump 2024,
The hopefuls.
>> Eureka: it feels
Conservative, they probably like
It by the rules.
>> Bob: this area is bananas.
I don't know what to expect.
I don't know if they're gonna
Come out and support or if the
Kkk is gonna show up and
Protest.
I have no clue.
Are you gonna be the proud boys
Or the pride boys.
♪ ♪
>> Come here.
Yeah, do one more, okay.
Drop, drop.
>> My name is craig duke and I
Live in newburg indiana.
It's a great place to live.
>> Our theme of the day which
We'll be talking about which is
Affirmation versus rejection.
Affirmation is something we all
Long for, we all look for and
Not everyone gets that
Experience on a daily basis.
>> The community of newburg
Influences my preaching always
Because this is the, the
Audience that I'm trying to
Reach and certainly regards to
Acceptance.
>> But we have to accept the
Fact that many are rejected just
Simply for their sexual
Orientation.
>> For me, it has been very
Painful that I am not permitted
To perform a same sex marriage
In the church.
Our book of discipline still
Says which I vehemently disagree
With, h*m* is
Incompatible with the teachings
Of scripture.
Do I believe that god would
Create any individual who is
Sinful?
No.
That's just not who god is.
[Phone ringing]
>> Hello, this is craig.
>> Eureka: yeah, hi, this is
Eureka from we're here.
>> Well hi.
Looking forward to meeting you
Today.
I'm sorry you can't meet us here
On the campground.
>> Eureka: are we having
Problems?
What's up with that?
>> Well, uh, it, the folks that
Own the campground would not be
As excited.
>> Eureka: okay.
>> Not everybody is where I am
In regards to acceptance and
Love of all people so.
Uh, got a place in santa clause
Where we can meet I think it'll
Work out super.
>> Eureka: wait, santa clause?
>> Santa clause, indiana.
♪ ♪
>> Eureka: well, hello.
>> Eureka, I presume?
>> Eureka: yes.
So, how are you
Today?
>> You know I'm good.
I ran out and get stuff ready
For church camp.
I'm one of the high school
Counselors.
>> Eureka: well, what was going
On we couldn't meet there?
>> Well, i, I tell you, a board
That runs this they're on
The conservative side of
Things and so they would not
Sign the one release with this
Particular show.
In the course of my ministry
Over time I've had the
Persecuting emails and stuff
When people would learn that
There were g*y members of the
Congregation.
>> Eureka: it's sad.
>> It is at least, at the very
Least, yes, it's awful.
>> Eureka: and I think that's
Where my next question comes
From is like is that why you
Want to do this?
>> Yes, yes.
There is a g*y constituency in
My community, and I want to
Learn to be empathetic not just
Sympathetic.
>> Eureka: I love that.
>> And also, this is a big deal
For my daughter.
>> Eureka: really?
>> A few years ago, linda and I
Were sitting there, that's my
Wife and, and tiffany said,
Said dad, i, I just want to tell
You something, I said sure.
And she said I want you to know
That I identify as pansexual.
And my protective part came out.
How would people treat my
Daughter differently?
And it's my
Way of being able to defend my
Daughter uh, if people were to
Come at her way and say look
Back off I've been a drag queen
For a day or whatever you know,
You know.
>> When I realized how many
People have not heard anyone of
Religious authority say, god
Really does love you.
>> Eureka: yeah, I mean
Literally I'm getting emotional.
>> I, i, well i, I do some too,
I just ...
>> Eureka: as q*eer people
Especially when you grow up
Religious, like your chastised
In such a way where it becomes
One of the hardest parts of
Coming out is because like
You're raised to believe
Everything about you is you know
Affiliated with damnation.
The way I was raised
You know it's like I had to hide
This part of who I was.
>> Oh, sure.
>> Eureka: so when you're
Exposing this emotional side you
Know and your willingness to
Support I'm sure you've had a
Lot of flak.
>> Yeah, well, it'll, it'll
Probably get worse before it
Gets better.
>> Eureka: what could happen?
>> With what's going on in
United methodism, some are
Afraid that I'll lose my, my
Orders.
>> Eureka: does that basically
Mean you would lose your job or?
>> Yeah, lose a lot of things.
What they can do is file charges
Uh, against me and the bottom
Line could be take away my
Ordination.
I would really hope that
Wouldn't happen.
>> Eureka: how brave of you
Though.
What you're doing is, is special
And it's gonna mean a lot to a
Lot of people.
So...
>> Thank you.
>> Eureka: bless you.
He don't want to get
Fired because he did drag but I
Think that it's powerful that
Craig's willing to take the
Risk.
Hearing from a man of god in his
Position be so accepting it
Really resonates with me because
I wish I would have had that
Growing up.
♪ ♪
>> We live in booneville,
Indiana.
>> I grew up here and I've been
Living here all my life.
I've done things in civil
Rights, from the time I can
Remember, even going to marches
In high school in the sixties
And the seventies.
People didn't want to even say
The word l*sbian so we've come a
Long way.
>> How's it going?
Can we put a rainbow sign in
There yet?
>> Progress comes here and it,
It will come but progress here
Is kind of like a turtle on
Quaaludes if you want to be uh,
Honest about it.
We have a lot of work to do.
>> We're gonna talk about pride
For next year because next year
I want a parade guys.
We're starting new groups,
We're starting a transgender
Group, we're reviving a l*sbian
Group.
There's not a day that goes by
That I don't try to think of
Something that makes it a little
Better.
>> When the supreme court said
We could get married, that was a
Remarkable thing, but it was not
An important thing to us.
>> Yeah, I grew up in the
'50S and '60s.
I'm a hippy, I'll always be a
Hippy.
>> But I think the last four
Years have had an effect, the
Fact that we know the right it
Could be taken away.
>> The laws may change in a
Heartbeat and I want everybody
To be protected, that's part of
It and of course I love this
Woman so you know that's a big
Part.
>> So for me, if I'm gonna get
Married having a drag wedding is
The way to go.
>> Hi.
Come in.
>> Bob: hey, how are you?
>> I'm better now.
>> Bob: I love this uh, this,
This little thing you all made
For us ...
>> That's for you.
>> Bob: that's so cute.
>> Come in, this is barbara.
>> Bob: barbara.
How are you?
>> Nice to meet you.
>> Bob: bob the drag queen.
>> Yes.
>> She made cupcakes.
They're chocolate with peanut
Butter.
>> Bob: wait, are there cupcakes
Here?
>> Yes.
>> And we made you a cake.
When I say we, I mean her.
>> Bob: well can I have some
Cake?
I'll have some.
>> Absolutely.
>> Bob: yeah, how long have you
All been together?
>> Thirty-eight years.
>> Bob: aw, you all are so
Cute.
>> Yeah, we're rushing to get
Married you know.
>> Yeah.
>> I met yvon at a civil rights
Meeting she had started a, a
Civil rights groups in
Evansville.
>> Bob: oh, like you've been
Doing activism for a really long
Time?
>> She's, she's the activist.
>> Bob: do you ever get
Opposition around here?
>> We had one fella and he um,
Spray painted something on the
Back it was kind of funny.
I didn't run ...
>> Bob: what did he spray paint?
>> Les, lesbo, lesboes it was
Plural.
>> Yeah, yeah.
>> Did it affect me?
A little but not as much as,
>> Bob: why do you say that?
>> Because I've been attacked,
You know this is nothing
Compared to that.
There certainly are rednecks
Here.
Some of them I know well.
>> These are people that are,
Are not liberal and they have
Opinions, but I just think we
Have to combat it every chance
We get.
>> Bob: I'm curious, like why is
It so important to get married
Now?
Like why now?
>> We've been through where when
You're in the hospital you can
Be barred from seeing your
Partner.
You don't get to make healthcare
Decisions for your partner and
So this is one way to ensure
That, that we always have that
Ability uh, to make those
Decisions on behalf of the other
Person.
>> Bob: and what, what's your
Thought process on getting
Married?
>> I've said this for decades,
If you rent the stadium and you
Get a drag queen to marry me,
Uh, I'll get married and this
Opportunity presented itself and
I'm so glad it, you're here and
You're gonna marry us and it's
Just so rocking.
>> It is her dream come true.
>> It really is.
>> Literally, yes.
>> Bob: I've never officiated in
Drag.
I've officiated one wedding but
This is my first time doing it
In drag with two drag queens
Right in front of me and I'm
Really excited about it.
I think they're finally getting
Married as a symbol that people
In the future won't have to go
Through what they went through.
They want to let people who may
Oppose it see that it's just
Love.
>> Bob: it makes a big impact
For younger people to see
Couples like you that's why I'm
So excited to like celebrate you
All and like lift you up and
Make you like the queens and
You're gonna be like the, it's
Gonna be like ...
>> A ride.
>> Bob: oh,yeah.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
>> I'm originally from tunisia.
I've always identified as
Muslim.
I feel like prayers has really
Helped me in some of those
Toughest times.
I've had a very muslim
Conservative family.
We didn't' know so much about
The outside world.
I, I never knew what, what g*y
Was.
I didn't know what I was, and
Then I thought maybe I'm the
Only one in this entire world
That likes guys and actually
Telling people about it was not
A good idea.
Kids would turn around me and
Like start literally stoning me.
>> It was everybody against you,
You know I miss my culture but I
Just, I didn't feel like I
Belonged.
I guess i, I'm still looking for
A place where I'll, I'll feel
Less lonely.
♪ ♪
>> Shangela: hi.
>> Hi.
>> Shangela: oh, this is so
Nice.
Look at this, you got some
Affirmations over here, do your
Thing, if not now when, I love
This.
Where are you from?
>> Tunisia, gafsa.
It's, it's, it's a very small.
>> Shangela: gafsa in tunisia
And tunisia is located in the
Northern part of africa, yes?
>> Yeah.
Where I come from, being g*y
Is not very, is not accepted at
All.
I've had to not speak for so
Many years just because I was
Afraid.
>> Shangela: is it ill*gal to be
g*y?
Forgive me if I'm asking
Questions that kind of sound
Stupid.
I, I'm learning so.
>> Uh, it, it is, it's ill*gal
If somebody like reports you g*y
Or um, they, you prob ... Pretty
Much gonna get, get arrested and
There's ...
>> Shangela: how do they prove
It?
>> Well there's the, an a**l
Testing that they do.
>> Shangela: i, I'm sorry?
>> They, they stick this, the
Thing down ...
>> Shangela: they stick
Something up your butt to know
If you're having sex or not?
>> Uh-huh.
>> Shangela: okay.
Wow, that's a lot.
>> It's, it's like policeman
Have an uh, like signs of like
If you're a f*g, I'm gonna sh**t
You and all those kind of
Things.
It's um, very bad but I've, I've
Always been attracted to guys
And i, I didn't' understand like
I had no, look we don't talk
About this.
>> Shangela: right.
>> I looked it up on some of the
Internet trying to figure out
What's going on and my brother
Saw the, the ...
>> Shangela: the history.
>> Yeah, and he, he wasn't just
Not accept he was a hardcore
h*m*.
It was that day I keep
Thinking about all the time and
He literally took me down in the
Basement and beat me up and left
Me there I was crying, it's,
It's terrible.
And everything changed that day,
Same with my mom, she said eh,
If your dad knows he's, like he
Pretty much could like k*ll you.
>> Um, literally people if they
Find out about if you're g*y you
Need to either flee the country
Or you gonna die there.
And the first place is, I got a
Scholarship at like during my
First year of college in united
States and was like okay, I did
Not know much about asylum at
That time, I didn't' even know
It was an option.
>> Shangela: so the asylum keeps
You from having to go back?
>> Yeah, if it's something that
Your government cannot protect
You from, it grants you first
Safety.
>> Shangela: okay, you made it.
>> I made it, yeah, i, I
Couldn't believe it.
>> Shangela: everyone has their
Unique struggles but I think for
Kais his struggles are rooted in
Not just family you know turning
On you, but also knowing that
Who you are is a criminal
Offense.
He's had to exist in this world
Of fear.
What made you want
To do drag here?
>> I don't want to hide no more,
I don't want to conceal no more.
I want to keep my cultures.
I, I want to keep my identity,
I'm, I'm, I want to keep my
Religion.
>> Shangela: right.
>> I am arab and muslim and g*y
And i, I want to just share it
To the people, show it to the
World that this is who I am.
♪ ♪
>> Shangela: happy fourth.
>> Bob: yes, oh, this place is
Hopping.
>> Shangela: oh, wow.
>> Eureka: yay.
Oh, my gosh.
>> Bob: this, this is a lot of
Fireworks.
This is a lot.
>> This is called the cyber
Cannon.
>> Eureka: ooh.
>> It's ill*gal in forty-eight
States.
>> Eureka: is it?
>> Bob: are, are, are we in one
Of the two that makes it legal.
>> I can't tell you.
>> Bob: shells from ...
>> Shells from hell.
>> Bob: this is scary sounding.
>> Eureka: I mean honestly, I'm
Here for it.
>> Bob: does she speak to you;
Does it speak to you?
>> Shangela: I'm not a big
Fireworks person.
I'm always scared my hair is
Gonna catch on fire.
>> Eureka: we're doing a show on
The ninth if you want to come.
We're doing a drag show.
So you should come, it's free.
>> Eureka: we're doing a drag
Show.
>> Sweet, i, someplace else?
>> Bob: no, right here, right,
Right at the coliseum.
>> Eureka: yeah.
>> Bob: I wouldn't, I wouldn't
Kid you.
>> Eureka: you all should come
To our show too.
We're doing it on july ninth.
I'm ready to blow some stuff up.
>> Bob: all right let's go
Eureka, let's go, let's go sh**t
Some fireworks.
>> Eureka: dad.
>> Shangela: we're having a huge
Drag show coming up on friday.
>> Bob: and it's free.
>> Shangela: at eight o'clock.
You all are free to come.
Nice to meet you all, you all
Take care, bye.
>> Eureka: hi.
>> You got a second?
>> Eureka: yeah.
>> Bob: yeah.
>> I just want to say, thank
You.
>> Eureka: oh, really?
>> Thank you, thank you for what
You guys are bringing to this
Town.
Evansville, indiana needs this.
Hopefully, with these things
Coming here, it will start to
Open people's eyes that you
Don't have to be afraid of this.
>> Eureka: yes.
>> This is what I enjoy, every
Year halloween I've been every
Princess in the book.
>> Eureka: oh, really?
Oh, give me a hug.
You're so sweet.
>> Like I love it, I love being
Myself and being free, that's
Where all this came from.
This country needs to get
Their head out of their butt and
Figure out that we're all equal.
>> Eureka: okay.
>> Shangela: come on now.
>> Eureka: so, wait, how do you
Identify?
May I ask, sexually what's your
Orientation?
>> Bi.
>> Eureka: bisexual?
>> Yes.
>> Eureka: congratulations.
>> Bi.
>> Bob: this town is eclectic,
There is a q*eer presence in
This town.
But then not all q*eer people
Are the same.
This man comes up to us and
Tells us that he's bi with his
g*n and we're buying fireworks.
Ooh, child, this town has got me
On my toes.
>> I will see you guys.
Pinky swears.
>> Eureka: okay deal.
>> Bob: oh, yeah we'll be there,
Yeah.
We'll, we'll be there.
>> I will be there.
>> Shangela: pinky swear.
Oh, sh*t.
>> Bob: tell me you from the
Hood without telling me you from
The hood.
Tell me you from the hood.
>> Shangela: happy fourth.
>> Eureka: yes!
Oh, my gosh something in my eye
b*tch.
>> Bob: it smells like a meth
Lab.
♪ ♪
>> Did you get the bread?
>> Whenever I first came here we
Kind of made our big group of
Friends they all from college.
My friends are a big deal in
My life.
>> Shangela: hi, everybody.
>> Hi.
>> Hi, I'm sheridan.
>> Shangela: are you sure you're
Not kais, cuz I just saw the
Sweater and I was like, hang on
A second.
>> I was like where did you get
That from, that's so cute.
>> Shangela: very connected I
Love this.
>> Just so important to have
People around that you can talk
To especially when you got
Nobody else.
>> Shangela: now, have you told
Sheridan that you're doing a
Drag show with us.
>> Mm-hmm.
She's actually very excited.
>> Shangela: how long have you
Guys been friends?
>> Since the very, very
Beginning.
Since i, since I very first came
Here.
>> How long?
Four years?
>> Yeah, four years.
>> He's pretty shy, gets really
Hard to come out after all that
Time you know pretending to be
Someone else.
We had other people like in our
Group too that went back to like
Their home countries and
Everything, but he stayed, I
Remember thinking like he was
Supposed to get on the plane and
Then he's like I'm staying.
>> The, that day oh, it was
Terrifying.
>> Shangela: tell me about it,
What was that day?
>> I knew like I had a plane
Going back to tunisia and I was
Supposed to be on that plane but
I didn't, I didn't go, it was
Like the last chance I can take
Like get asylum and go with it
And for the first time I was, I
Felt like was gonna break the
Rules.
You're not gonna see your
Family, you're not gonna see
Your country, like all of that
Is gone.
It, it was so scary.
That's the biggest decision I've
Ever made in my life.
I knew it was gonna be so hard.
>> Shangela: cuz you felt like
You were gonna be all on your
Own?
>> Yeah, and it, and I'm so
Scared to be myself around other
People.
>> There was a long time that he
Was like that with me even.
Like before we got closer and
When he just, I felt like a
Distance from him always.
But I understand why.
>> Because I'm always scared of
The abandonment.
I feel like so scared that
Somebody's gonna say something
Or do something.
Uh, if i, if I was myself or act
A certain way or even talk about
Being g*y in public just always
Feel like somebody's gonna like
Do something to me.
I guess it's uh, the long
Term trauma effect, my brain is
Like, well what do you mean like
Nobody's gonna attack you like
Why, what are you afraid from,
What are you scared of but I
Always have that feeling I ...
>> Shangela: it has to be
Difficult when you, you know
When you grow up and you find
That one of the ways that you're
Gonna protect yourself is just
To not be yourself.
But it is not something that has
To be surrounded by pain and
Trauma, it can actually be a
Beautiful thing.
You got to be proud of you.
I'm gonna choose to go out there
And I'm gonna say g*y, g*y,
h*m*, drag, one day
You'll start thinking those
Words are just as known as
T-shirt, leaf, frog, h*m*,
Drag queen, g*y kiss.
Come on, try it
With me.
Drag queen.
>> Drag queen.
>> Shangela: yes, h*m*.
>> h*m*.
>> Shangela: and nobody came.
>> She's triggered.
>> Shangela: yeah, that lady is
Like what is going on?
I thought pride month was over.
♪ ♪
>> Eureka: the family.
>> Yes, please.
This is my wife, linda.
>> Hi, nice to meet you.
>> Eureka: nice to meet you too.
>> This is ben, tiffany's
Boyfriend.
>> Eureka: hi ben.
>> And this is our daughter
Tiffany.
>> Hi.
>> Eureka: oh,my gosh, tiffany.
Nice to meet you.
>> Make yourself to home.
>> Eureka: this is a beautiful
Home.
>> Well the church provides this
For us and we're very fortunate.
I have to admit they've been so
Excited to meet you.
>> Eureka: oh, my gosh, I'm
Excited too.
Well, you know, I'm putting your
Dad into drag this week?
>> Yes, it's really exciting for
Me to be able to show like our
Church in our community that
Like yes, he's pastor but he can
Be supportive and he can be in
Drag.
It's some really good ally ship.
>> Eureka: what, how does that
Resonate with you?
>> It took a long time to figure
Out what I specifically
Identified under, I just was
Like I'm something but i, not
Straight and I had always known
That but I'm pansexual.
Um, for me what that means, it
First for me is usually like the
Emotional, spiritual connection
And then if I find them
Attractive from there that's
Great but um ...
That's kind of how we worked
At.
The only reason that I ever had
Like a true coming out was
Because we had a church um,
Event and you had to mark what
Your sexuality was in it because
They wanted q*eer and um, people
Of color to all get to speak
Their opinions.
>> Eureka: well, so you took a
Step in making sure that your
Voice was heard right?
>> Yes.
>> Eureka: because obviously
There's probably not a lot of
People that are speaking out.
>> No.
>> Eureka: especially in
Religious circles.
I mean it seems like you take a
Feather from your father a
Little bit on the like, you know
Wanting to help minister to
People.
>> Eureka: well, how accepting
And receptive you all were,
That's exciting.
>> As my daughter I want to
Support her person-hood you know
Whether I understand it fully or
Not.
>> Eureka: how do you think
People are gonna react to your
Dad doing drag?
>> We, we'll have that select
Few that are like, this is not
Okay, why is he doing this.
>> Eureka: there's gonna be a
Lot of opinions I'm sure.
>> Yes.
>> Eureka: I think what is
Special to tiffany is that
Craig's willing to take the risk
Of losing their house and their
Position in the church, just to
Show his daughter like I'll
Support you, I'll support the
Community that you're a part of
Because god loves all of us.
>> Come on.
Now this is our base camp.
It's a safe space for all of our
Drag kids to come and hang out.
Have a seat why don't you.
♪ ♪
>> Shangela: do you feel like at
Home here in evansville where
You want to celebrate like
Fourth of july or holidays cuz
You're so far away from home?
>> Yeah.
>> I feel like I'm an outsider
All the time, especially
Around here.
So yeah I'm, I'm still kind of
Searching for a place where I'll
Just fit in.
>> Shangela: when you think
About, like where will I be
Happiest where does your mind
Go, where do you think that is?
>> I feel like it's in my mind,
Like I always think about it
That I'll never really be happy
Because I'm never gonna be um,
With my family and g*y in the
Same time.
I'll never be I guess in a good
Place.
Well I'll, I'll just spend the
Rest of my life just speaking
Out loud for those next
Generations maybe things will
Change.
>> Shangela: I'm gonna say no.
And I'll tell you why.
I'm saying no, because first
Before you speak out for anybody
Else we got to work here.
There is a way to be happy even
If it doesn't come in the dream
To get a call from everybody in
My family saying we love you, we
Were wrong, we apologize, we're
Sorry.
That'd be beautiful but it might
Not happen so you gonna have to
Change what you think happiness
Is.
Okay?
>> Okay.
>> Shangela: kais really needs
To celebrate who he has become.
I'm living as an out loud and
Proud muslim tunisian g*y man.
I want him to be able to say,
It's okay to be me.
♪ ♪
>> Shangela: this is the team
That is going to bring your drag
Persona to life.
>> You keep telling me you'll
Make me beautiful.
I'm holding you to it, that's
All I'm saying, I just,
>> Eureka: I promise you I am
Going to do everything in my
Power and my entire team is.
>> Bob: so I'm looking for this
Like hippy high priestess
Flower ...
>> That works for me.
>> Bob: power moment.
>> Shangela: the idea for this
Number is to embrace um, your
Tunisian heritage.
>> I think red is important
Color, it's in the flag and it's
Gonna be kind of a simple outfit
But very crystal shiny, um, cat
Suit.
>> Eureka: you'll reveal into
Like a little fringe dress
Moment.
>> So first I've got you barbara
And going a little bit more
Seventies.
Somewhere in an androgynous
World.
>> Ooh, ooh I love that.
>> I picture the beautiful
Tunisian women, it's always like
This long, black, beautiful
Hair.
>> We've got something kind of
'60S, a little bit stevie
Knicks a little bit,
>> Whoa.
>> Okay, okay, good.
>> Now we've mentioned some
Other padding and pieces that
I'm not in the full thing so
We'll just ...
>> Eureka: the tucking?
>> Yeah, that's right yeah.
>> Eureka: tucking makes every
Guy nervous the first time ...
>> Tucking is just basically
Throwing the bits that you were
Given back to where they came
From.
>> Okay.
>> That's essentially what we
Do.
♪ ♪
>> Shangela: oh, lord jesus.
>> Drag is dangerous.
We're gonna need some workman's
Comp.
>> Shangela: first time in a
Hooker heel?
You did that.
>> Eureka: push, push, push,
Push, okay, you try.
You got it.
The hips are not lying right
Now.
>> She ain't come to play.
>> Eureka: she came to slay.
>> To slay mama.
>> Bob: what's your normal
Makeup routine?
>> Well, it takes work to stay
This white.
And uh ...
>> So let me talk to you about
The hair.
>> Yeah.
>> It's basically a very high
Pony with a lot of structure.
You know the bigger the hair the
Daintier you look.
>> Eureka: exactly, it's gonna
Be a nice pull up.
>> Some serious hair, that'll be
Hilarious.
>> Craig you keep saying, when
We're talking about things you
Keep saying that everything's
Gonna be hilarious.
That's gonna be hysterical.
>> Oh, yeah, yeah.
Well, I mean we like to have
Fun while we're doing it but the
Energy that we're bringing to
The stage is fierceness.
>> Eureka: I think people in
Their nervousness and when
They're not used to something
It's easier to laugh and to gawk
At than to take it seriously but
To so many people what you're
Doing is not funny.
>> You know drag for me and, and
For eureka it, it saved our
Lives in multiple areas.
>> Eureka: and the story behind
You doing this is not a joke.
It's very serious what you're
Doing is very powerful for a lot
Of people and even for me I mean
You touched my heart.
>> I appreciate you sharing that
With me by the way because this
Not a world I have been in
Before.
It is a privilege to be welcomed
And to learn more and experience
More and one of the driving
Forces is, is to, to make you
And all those that are a part of
This proud.
>> Eureka: I also want you to be
Proud of what you're doing.
So it's our job as q*eer people
To invite people of difference
In, whether they're
Heteronormative or not, and show
Them the kindness that we wish
We would have gotten.
♪ ♪
>> Bob: one of the reasons, I'm
Excited to be joining here at
This bridal shop is because this
Week I am going to be marrying
Barbara and yvon.
[Everyone cheers]
>> Shangela: yay.
>> Bob: so I think that today we
Can all like play the bride and
Get, just get a little ...
>> Eureka: make over time.
♪ ♪
All right, honey, are
You ready?
>> I am ready.
>> Eureka: ooh, look at you.
Mama is snatch.
I'm here for my wedding date,
Mama.
>> Shangela: now announcing
Marhavo wadley and, and the
Mother of the bride who also
Decided to wear a gown.
>> Eureka: oh, yes.
>> Bob: I can't wait to
Introduce you.
[Overlapping praises]
>> Bob: you have to get on the
Pedestal.
>> There she is.
[Overlapping praises]
>> Eureka: how do you feel?
>> Unusual.
>> Bob: I'm putting all of my
Heart and effort into this
Wedding.
Everyone here is so grateful for
All the work that barbara and
Yvon have been doing their whole
Lives.
>> Shangela: come, oh, she got
The girls out.
>> The girls are nearly all the
Way out.
>> Bob: and whenever you try to
Give them the credit they try to
Deflect it, they try to make it
Like well you all are here it's
Like, girl, not us honey I just
Got here like five days ago,
Like you have been here for
Almost 70 years.
Like you gonna have to take some
Credit.
>> Shangela: you're on your
Wedding eve right now.
>> That's right, our wedding
Eve.
>> This is very different for
Me.
And we had practiced at home and
When we, yesterday all of a
Sudden they said now turn and
Look at the audience I went
Oh, my, yes, we're going to do
This.
>> Bob: it's a wedding
38 Years in the
Making.
>> Shangela: wow.
>> It never matters how long a
Couple's known each other when I
Do their service they always
Have those chills and stuff
Because it's such a poignant
Time.
That's really awesome that
You're letting us being a part
Of this.
And I get to be on stage with
It.
>> And that's a big deal for our
Denomination.
>> Eureka: pastor craig one of
The things we've been talking
About, craig can't you know
Marry same sex people because
The methodist church doesn't
Allow it.
It's exciting that we still get
To be a part of something like
That.
>> Well I'm thrilled to be a
Part of something like this.
Are you kidding.
It, it's me standing witness,
Positive witness to say this is
Okay.
>> Shangela: and beautiful, yes.
>> Yes, it's okay.
>> Shangela: this is a showcase
Of love and something that this
Community may not have had ever
Before in this type of way.
>> Bob: these are all like real
Like hardcore activists.
Yvon's been arrested like nine
Times for civil rights activism.
They are really into like making
Sure that people have their
Rights.
>> That literally like sparks at
My heart.
Like I'm feeling so happy, to
Like meet you, I can see you in
Person, that's, you're so kind,
That's like wonderful.
I'm like, I'm idolizing you
Right now.
>> Bob: generational impact that
These two have being outspoken
Rainbow people living in this
Town is that you get to be the
Next barbara and yvon wherever
You're going.
>> Shangela: we don't have
Enough of that cross
Generational conversation
Knowing that you guys are all
Such activists in the community
And him living in this community
For a number of years, but not
Being aware because there is no
Watering hole a lot of times for
All of us q*eer people to come
Together.
>> You've, you've hit on
Something very important to me
Cuz I remember a time when it
Was more of a mix, and I want to
See that again.
We all need to get together all
Different ages.
You know you need to be
Connected with different people
And different, I'd like to start
With what we got in common.
>> Shangela: halleloo.
>> Bob: can I say everyone looks
Good in a wedding dress?
>> Shangela: yes.
>> Queen.
>> Love it.
>> Bob: this is a lot of fabric.
♪ ♪
>> All right, here we go, here
We go.
>> We're open for business.
>> Eureka: this is marvin, our
Choreographer.
>> Hello.
>> Marvin, pleased to meet you.
>> Pleasure to meet you.
>> Bob: do you feel a little
More confident now?
>> I think we have the first
Part so but then we need
Instruction.
>> Yes.
>> Eureka: [laughs]
♪ ♪
>> Shangela: whoa, whoa, what
Was that?
>> I don't know.
>> Shangela: what in the late
Night saturday night grind party
Was that?
>> I was in the moment.
>> Shangela: well yeah you were
In the moment.
A moment sister.
>> From the top make it drop.
♪ ♪
>> Five, six, seven, eight.
>> Shangela: our challenge you
Got to feminine it up.
Don't think kah, kah, think ha,
Ha, you know.
Okay.
>> Eureka: yes.
You got to act like it's like
You're opening the curtain.
Open the curtain.
The ark of the covenant here
We go.
♪ ♪
>> Bob: well you, you seem to be
Feeling, that's, you're
Definitely feeling something.
What is it?
>> It's real.
>> Bob: yeah.
>> It's, it's like a real
Wedding.
>> Bob: it is a real wedding.
Oh, my,
>> Group hugs you guys.
>> We're getting married.
>> You're getting married, yes.
Yes.
♪ ♪
>> [Speaking non-english
Language]
>> I definitely think my home in
Tunisia was taken away from me.
I feel like everything was taken
Away from me my whole life.
I keep thinking of how long will
I just act, I'm searching for
Somewhere I can call home and be
Happy and be fully who I am.
>> I think we need to find a way
To support, equip, and empower
And we do that with
Unconditional love, we do that
With our presence, we do that
Not with our condemnation, but
With our love.
To do, uh, a show like this,
It makes me vulnerable to those
That are saying that I have
Crossed a line.
Thank you for your tolerance,
Thank you.
That I'm participating in
Something that is unbecoming to
The ministry.
I go back to so many of the g*y
Constituency that I've met who
Put themselves on the line every
Day just for being g*y.
I think I should be able to do
This for them.
>> It'll be one of the most
Memorable weddings in all of
Evansville.
>> If putting ourselves out
There does encourage other
People to say those are my
People, that's where I want to
Be, maybe that will give them
Some, some impetus or some
Courage to, to follow that
Dream.
>> I've had this within me for
So long and I'm so ready to just
You know finally put myself out
There.
I can be muslim and I can be
g*y, and you cannot do anything
About it.
♪ ♪
>> Shangela: ooh!
Hello.
She can't move she lips, you
Can't move.
Look at badhava is jumping out
b*tch.
>> The doll is ready.
>> Shangela: a lip.
Oh.
♪ ♪
>> Bob: and look at you all
Looking as stunning as you ever
Looked in your, well I don't
Know for at least for the last
Week.
>> Say it is.
Yes.
That's more makeup than she's
Ever had in her entire life
Altogether.
>> Bob: listen if we cry just
Lean into it.
Honestly.
>> I, I already asked layla if
This is waterproof.
>> Eureka: when you see yourself
In the mirror what did you
Think?
>> I said i, I hear my voice but
I don't see my face.
I'm gonna make the hipsters fall
In love.
>> Eureka: I think pastor craig
Like really wants to make a
Statement.
I can do this too.
Maybe it's time for change in
Our church.
So pastor craig is doing
Something important here.
>> Bob: hello, indiana how are
You?
Oh, my goodness this sounds like
A lot of people.
Are you ready for a fantastic
Show?
I said are you ready?
Please welcome, eureka o'hara!
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
>> Eureka: hi, indiana.
Oh, my goodness you all are
Beautiful.
What a couple years we've had,
Right?
Honestly, it's been insane but
Look at how beautiful you all
Look coming together where we
Can all just be who we are.
Celebrating ourselves.
>> For years I was suffocating
So I had to act differently,
Hiding my identity.
I'm in a point of my life where
I'm not gonna hide who I am just
To please somebody else.
>> Shangela: all right, you all.
Let's do this.
Have a great show my love, it's
Gonna be brilliant.
>> My heart is gonna come out of
My fake boob.
>> Bob: give it up for shangela
And mohava habibi.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
>> Shangela: mohava is sometimes
A very shy, doesn't speak a lot
Sometimes in groups but tonight
We want to hear you speak.
I want to tell you how has this
Week been for you baby?
>> Let me tell you something um,
My entire life I have been
Discriminated against, hated for
Being arab, being muslim, being
Brown, being a refugee, a diva
Once came into my life, you
Don't know her, and she taught
Me how to love myself.
Prioritize yourself!
Thank you so much.
>> You can't do up a drag show
Like this in southern indiana
And not offend someone.
I'm hoping it's a bridge for my
Daughter, for the church I
Serve, for the denomination I
Love, and for me, and I'm hoping
That my voice will become
Stronger.
Welcome to church.
>> Shangela: please welcome to
The stage my good sister, eureka
O'hara and her newest daughter
Miss jonah ark o'hara.
♪ ♪
>> Are you listening?
I've got something important to
Tell you.
Love the lord your god with all
Your heart with all your mind
With all your soul and with all
Your strength.
For jesus said, I did not come
Into the world to condemn it but
To save it.
And finally hear this, this is
My commandment that you love one
Another, not hate one another.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
>> Eureka: you all give it up
For miss noah of ark o'hara.
>> I've never been more welcomed
Ever in my life than I have by
This group of drag queens, their
Crew, and their people.
I just want to say this, if
You're a person here tonight and
You're wondering if there's a
Hope and a future and a god who
Loves you, oh,yes there is.
Don't wait until you have
Permission to do what you were
Made to do.
Go out and love everybody.
Go love everybody.
>> We have a responsibility to
The lgbtq people.
I think we, we owe it to them to
Also tell our story so they
Understand what we went through
Because it wasn't always easy.
We, we have to just keep making
It better.
>> We are definitely at the edge
Of our seats.
>> You all ready to get married?
>> Yes.
>> Shangela: please welcome bob
The drag queen and family.
♪ ♪
>> I'm really nervous to hear
What mary berry is going to
Think about my victoria sponge
Cake.
>> And that was the day I
Realized I'd never see my wife
Again.
>> Bob: are you slowly poisoning
Your family, find out after the
Break.
>> Bob: this just in, in a
Monumentous civil rights
Decision the supreme court has
Ruled that same sex marriages
Must now be recognized in all
Fifty states.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
>> Bob: dearly beloved, friends,
Family and friends to come thank
You for bearing witness to the
Remarkable union of barbara
Snyder and yvon lauren.
[Cheers and applause]
>> Bob: now I know there's a
Young barbara and yvon somewhere
Out there wondering if you will
Ever find this kind of love,
Community, and acceptance and
Let this union be proof that you
Are worthy of compassion,
Community, rights, friendship
And respect and most importantly
You are worthy of love.
[Cheers and applause]
>> Bob: and now for the vows.
Yvon.
>> I promise to help create a
Life for us full of exploration
And connection with spirit, I
Promise to inspire us to venture
Into new territory, to be
Curious and inquisitive as we
Continue our journey together.
I promise to keep our life
Together interesting, to take
You to concerts and drag shows
And on grand adventures and in
The words of tina turner, you're
Simply the best.
[Cheers and applause]
>> Who would have thought when I
Met you at your civil rights
Meeting 38 years ago
That we'd be standing here today
Looking like this.
To say it's not a typical
Wedding would be a bit of an
Understatement, but we've
Already lived the vows that most
People make on their wedding
Day.
We've been through better and
Worse, we've been richer, we've
Been poorer, we've had sickness,
We've had health, and we've
Supported each other through
Crisis and celebration, and now
As, and now in the immortal
Words of your favorite leon
Russel song, I say to you, I
Love you in a place where
There's no space or time, I love
You for all my life you are a
Friend of mine.
[Cheers and applause]
>> Bob: and with that I now
Pronounce you married!
You may kiss!
[Cheers and applause]
>> I feel so much love.
I was looking for home and
Somewhere to feel like I belong.
But to be honest i, that feeling
Has kind of faded away.
This is amazing, just all this
Love.
It makes me feel safe.
>> Oh, thank you so much.
>> Hello, my lovelies.
Hello.
>> Shangela: love is so special.
So we have this.
>> You make a beautiful woman.
>> Well, oh, I never thought I'd
Hear that from my daughter.
>> Eureka: there's just
Something about drag that makes
You feel special and beautiful
And like a queen and celebrated.
That's the point.
>> Eureka: it's just a way to be
Seen as q*eer people.
You know what, when I see all
These people that showed up in
My town, maybe my town's not so
Bad after all.
>> Bob: they grow up so fast.
Oh, my babies are gone!
>> Shangela: it's all right,
Baby.
>> Bob: oh!
>> Eureka: it's okay, baby.
It's okay.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
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02x05 - Evansville, Indiana
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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.