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| pronouns=[[they/them]]<ref name="wear_Life">{{Cite web |title=Life Stories: ShayShay – Co-founder, The Bitten Peach Collective |author= |work=Wearecolourfull |date= |access-date=6 May 2020 |url= https://www.wearecolourfull.com/post/life-stories-shayshay-co-founder-the-bitten-peach-collective}}</ref> | | pronouns=[[they/them]]<ref name="wear_Life">{{Cite web |title=Life Stories: ShayShay – Co-founder, The Bitten Peach Collective |author= |work=Wearecolourfull |date= |access-date=6 May 2020 |url= https://www.wearecolourfull.com/post/life-stories-shayshay-co-founder-the-bitten-peach-collective}}</ref> | ||
| gender=[[genderfluid]]<ref name="Heathcote">{{Cite web |title=Beyond the Margins {{!}} SHAY {{!}} Gender fluidity |last=Heathcote |first=Craig |work=Vimeo |date=18 November 2018 |access-date=6 May 2020 |url= https://vimeo.com/301486674}}</ref><ref name=" | | gender=[[genderfluid]]<ref name="Heathcote">{{Cite web |title=Beyond the Margins {{!}} SHAY {{!}} Gender fluidity |last=Heathcote |first=Craig |work=Vimeo |date=18 November 2018 |access-date=6 May 2020 |url= https://vimeo.com/301486674}}</ref><ref name="funk">{{Cite web |title=Drag Artist "ShayShay" Highlights Four Essentials To Understanding Drag |author= |work=REFORM THE FUNK |date=6 May 2019 |access-date=6 May 2020 |url= https://www.reformthefunk.com/features/drag-artist-shayshay-highlights-four-essentials-to-understanding-drag}}</ref> | ||
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Drag is inherently political because it is a huge middle finger at all notions of gender norms. And in that way, it is a powerful tool for exploring one’s gender. There is a huge amount of trans people in the drag scene. Some started doing drag before coming out as trans, and for many, doing drag is part of their transition process. | Drag is inherently political because it is a huge middle finger at all notions of gender norms. And in that way, it is a powerful tool for exploring one’s gender. There is a huge amount of trans people in the drag scene. Some started doing drag before coming out as trans, and for many, doing drag is part of their transition process. | ||
All drag performers, and fans of drag, should be fighting for trans rights. Not only because we owe the early drag scene and inception of the Stonewall riots to transwomen, specifically transwomen of colour, but also because trans people, especially trans people of colour (POC), who have been dealt a challenging hand that sadly comes with so much unjust hate and violence. }} | All drag performers, and fans of drag, should be fighting for trans rights. Not only because we owe the early drag scene and inception of the Stonewall riots to transwomen, specifically transwomen of colour, but also because trans people, especially trans people of colour (POC), who have been dealt a challenging hand that sadly comes with so much unjust hate and violence.<ref name="funk" />}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||