Interaction From Allies to Minorities: Recognition of Privilege
Recently,
a school-sponsored promotion was being organized on my campus for a “drag
show.” Notice the quotations. This alleged “drag show” was to allow
volunteers from anywhere get up on stage to perform under the ever-so-elegant
premise of “boys dress as girl” and “girls dress as boys.” The gender essentialism alive here is enough
to make a trans* activist vomit, and factoring in the negative attitude in my
community doesn’t make it better.
