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May 26th, 2026 - Lexi Long (Orlando Drag Race Live Season 10 Winner) · The Big Gay Radio Show

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My name is Chris Gorman. I'm your show twink here, joined
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by the electric trans queen of radio, Esme Russell.
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I'm doing better today. Are you now?
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You know, I wasn't doing well. I will.
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We'll talk about it later. But I wasn't doing well as well.
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I started out bad, but then it got good.
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Yeah. You know, when you're, when you
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have attention deficit disorder and all the other disorders that
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I have is complicated. Well, I do have a a little
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update that I want to go ahead and and share before we go ahead
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and go into our our show with regards to the the Hillsborough
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County Public Schools teacher that allegedly hung the black
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baby doll. The teacher has officially been
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suspended and is currently under investigation and removed from
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her position. But I also want to go ahead and
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point out the the child's mother, the child's name is
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Noah, the child that recorded it.
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And Noah's mother, Nina Williams, has gone ahead and
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started a fundraiser because Noah had to miss his eighth
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grade graduation celebration because he no longer felt safe
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or comfortable returning to school.
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How old is Noah? He's in 8th grade.
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Yeah, so he's a kid. He's a kid.
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And so she has started a GoFundMe and that's currently
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on, you know, the Big Gay Radio Show's Facebook page is she says
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that the fundraiser will help the help for help for home
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security, possible relocation costs, legal fees, counseling
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and other living expensives. She actually reached out to me
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and said that she's been experiencing hate mail and death
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threats. And as you know, 2 individuals
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who have experienced that. So let me get this correct,
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'cause I, I gotta, I want to unravel the story.
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So the teacher goes into the classroom and takes a black baby
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doll with no clothes on. By the way, the doll had no
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clothes. She tied a phone cord around the
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doll's neck and hung it from the TV set in the classroom,
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correct? And they and people are sending
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this. And this little boy filmed it.
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Yes, he filmed it because it was a very bad thing.
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Obviously he has his phone, access to a phone.
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You could hear the children. You could see the children's
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faces. Obviously they were disturbed by
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it. You can't really care what's
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going on. So now this woman, this mom is
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getting death, death threats, yes, for something that was done
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to her child by a teacher. I mean, what is wrong with you
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people? Something we got to do better,
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man. We got to do better.
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I'm I'm serious. This is very disturbing to me.
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Even the part about the investigation, it's on video.
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I don't know what they're investigating.
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I know that there are legalities involved because Chris and his
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legal thing, I know he's going to tell me there's legalese.
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I get that part of it. I understand that.
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But listen, it's on video. You got caught doing it.
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You did it. You don't deserve to be a
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teacher. Not just teaching black
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students. You just shouldn't be teaching
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any students. OK, you're a scary person.
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That's a scary thing to do to. Something, and we're going to
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talk about this in the in a little bit on the after the news
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segment, but there's also a Manatee County 6th grade teacher
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who was arrested after deputy said that she ordered one
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student to slap another student during class.
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These these teachers are crazy. These teachers are crazy.
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So she shut the I heard she shut the blinds.
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Yep. We'll talk, we'll give.
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We'll go all into that after the news segment.
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We're going to do better, man. We got to do better, folks.
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But first, we got a very special guest in the studio.
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We're joined by Lexi Long, Orlando Drag Race Season 10
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winner. Welcome into the studio.
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Hello, thank you so much for having me.
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Thank you so much for joining us.
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So for those who do not know what Orlando Drag Race Live is,
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what's Orlando Drag Race Live? So Orlando Drag Race Live is is
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a competition that has been going on in Orlando for about 10
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years. This is season 10.
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So it's a competition based off of a classic drag pageant and
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then also your favorite TV show or someone's favorite TV show,
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RuPaul's Drag Race. There are challenges.
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And there's challenges there each week, so every season kind
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of works a little different. This season worked and we had
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four weeks, which was pretty nice.
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So we could condense it down to four nights that we're super
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focused on different things. So the first each night would
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basically have a runway, a performance and a challenge.
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And the challenge could be anything from a stand up comedy
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challenge, 2 minutes or some sort of other years they've done
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like making outfits out of a dollar store materials or IKEA
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bags or, or all sorts of fun stuff.
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So it's a very great way to challenge entertainers in a way
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that I feel like a lot of classic competitions or pageants
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wouldn't really put an entertainer in that situation,
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so. Does that he right?
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It's out-of-the-box. Right.
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It's very, it's, it's very left field and it kind of puts you in
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an uncomfortable situation, which is fun to watch, you know,
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so. Oh yeah, it's always stressful.
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It's always fun to get out of. Your comfort zone, absolutely.
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It really is. It really is.
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It can be very stressful, but honestly those situations where
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you're super and like learning those things about yourself is
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where you really succeed and where you did.
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You win. I did win.
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You did win. You did?
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Yeah. So how how many weeks were you
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competing? It was 4 weeks.
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Sometimes we would have two weeks in between.
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So I went across like 2 months, but the first two weeks were
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back-to-back, which that was probably the hardest, the
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hardest of the weeks as it went on.
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Then we had like 2 weeks in between which gave you more time
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to prepare and stuff. The hardest part about drag
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actually is the money I mean. You're dragging cheap.
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Yeah, drag is not good. Dragging.
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Cheap. Good, that part good.
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Drag is. Not cheap because you're young.
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You can make it cheap. Goodwill exists.
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Yeah, good. Whatever good drag is not.
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Yeah, good. Drag is not cheap.
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And if you want to really represent yourself and, and and
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go out there, not only is drag not cheap, but you need people
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behind you. You know you need friends.
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You need you 'cause you look about 12 years old.
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I I just might be no, I'm 23, so you're.
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A little kid. Very young, very, very well.
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You're not very new. You're a young man, but you
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look, but you, you, you look young.
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Thank you. Which is good.
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You know, very good. Yeah.
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You won't look young forever. You're I right, Right.
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Enjoy it while while I can, while it lasts.
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Yeah, yeah, it's. Like Twink, death is right
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around the corner. Right, that 30 is coming that 30
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is causing. Twink death.
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I don't even understand what that is.
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He's like counting the numbers down.
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Yeah, no, I I've said multiple times, twink death occurs at 26.
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That's what they all say. I am, but they really don't say
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that. It's really more like 30.
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It's right, Right. I, I can't tell you how many gay
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men over the course of my life, when I asked them their age and
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they lower their I've seen them, they lower their eyes, they
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lower their head, they look around and go, what is it?
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Well, I mean, I've heard outrageous things like I don't
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want to say just tell me I'm 3434 and you're acting like it's
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the it's so sad to me. I I really think my generation
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is not like that. I hope not.
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I know I'm truly excited to get older. 34 is not old.
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I know 44 is not old, and let me say 54 and 64 is not old.
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It really is a matter of your energy level.
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Do you feel good? Are you?
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Are you moving and shaking? Are you out there doing stuff
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till you're not an old person? Absolutely, Absolutely.
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I know 80 year olds that are moving around like they're 40
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year olds. Yeah, I know them.
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I'm excited to get older because I, I wanna, I wanna figure
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figure out those things about myself, figure out the things
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that I'm confused about. So where was this event take
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place at? Where did it take place?
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It was. At Anthem in downtown Orlando,
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which is actually a newer gay bar, which is pretty cool.
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Is it big? It's actually not too big.
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It's a pretty small venue, I will be honest.
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But I mean, hey, I I'll take what I can get with Orlando.
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We don't, we don't have many gay bars and we're actually, I feel
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like we're losing them, unfortunately so.
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People keep saying that gay bars are.
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Dying, Yep, I, I, I see that and, and it's, it's actually
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really unfortunate because it's like I've always looked up to my
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local entertainers and my local drag Queens, but it's so hard
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now because it's like I even see them seeing it, not like it was
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clubs and bars aren't like I've been doing.
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This a long time and I know, yeah, I know.
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I've. I've 50 years, Yeah, I've been
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doing this for 50 years. So in 50 years I've seen a lot
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of changes. Yeah, you know, but I remember
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when there were just two bars in Tampa, that was it was nothing
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else, just two bars. I know.
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So you know. One of the things that I
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remember, I've had this conversation with multiple
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people, especially older people, is that some people, especially
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my generation, feel a little bit more comfortable just, you know,
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going to straight places. Do you feel as though that might
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be the case? Miss Esme?
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So. I really feel so in Ebor.
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I do feel that way. So in Ebor, they're very
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accustomed to trans people and the drag.
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I could be in high drag and go to any straight bar or or or
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cigar shop 'cause I like to smoke cigar.
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Personally, I went to to Crowbar to see M the other week and I
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felt very, I felt very safe. I felt.
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Yeah, it's, I mean. That's a good.
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Thing that is a good thing. Yeah.
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Well, the, the, the, the Ebor crowd is very chill.
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They can't be bothered with you. I could.
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I could dress. Depends on when.
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What time? Yeah, depends on what time of
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day. I could be dressed up as a clown
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and they couldn't be bothered, which is, you know, magical
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because that's how it is in big cities.
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I remember going to New York and being on the subway in high drag
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after I'd worked at a gay club there in Las Quelita.
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And when I was coming home to the hotel in the subway at 3:00
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in the morning, the subway's packed with people at 3:00 in
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the morning. Nobody even looked at me.
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Nobody even blinked. And I had on a lot of drag
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making fun. And I'm thinking to myself,
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you'd think I'd be staring at, right.
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So it really is a situational. Some places, you know, it's a
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big deal. And I remember back in the 80s
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and in the late 70s and early 80s, it was, it really was like
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if you were in drag and you went anywhere, it was like an ordeal.
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Oh absolutely. I mean it.
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It still really is like that now if you go to a normal.
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Establishment like a. Target or a or a Walmart, right?
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You can't walk in there without being looked at sideways.
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Obviously, depending where you're at.
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I've. Never been in high drag inside
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of a Walmart or anything. You know what?
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Just like I just. Just an Esme drag, you know?
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Yeah, which Which is nothing I. I think that anybody would go if
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you're dressed to the nines, like if you're wearing a suit in
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the middle of like a target, you're going to get like people
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looking at you. I went to Pasco Pride after an
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event when I was interning for Michelle Rainer and I was in my
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suit and I was, you know, shaking hands with people,
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talking to people and everything like that.
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And people looked at me weird. So I think that, you know, it
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really depends on, you know, definite location.
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But I, I honestly feel like a lot of people will get looked
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at. We just can't look good these
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days. We can't look good.
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We can't go out and look good anymore.
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Well, we're in Florida and you know, Florida is a very chill
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state as far as how we dress people.
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This is really flip flops and jeans and shorts and this is how
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we dress here even in the winter time, right?
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So if anybody dresses up, it's like, where are you going?
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You know what I mean? What do you do with all this
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fabric on you? Is exactly correct.
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So, yeah. But you know, you know, I
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remember people used to back in the day.
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I remember people used to dress up to go to clubs.
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That is actually a very interesting topic because it's
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like now the dressing up is very like show skin, like, oh, I'm
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going out, you know, but like, but it's such a like I always
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see videos from back in the day, like thousands, like the polos
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and the yeah, it was dressing up to look good to go to the club.
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We've taken it too far. When we were off the air, I was
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telling you about these judges now that are cracking down on
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people showing up in their courtrooms right in shorts and
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flip flops. I mean, you know, you don't go
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before for a judge in shorts and AT shirt and flip flops.
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You, you're going to jail. That's the.
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That's the thing about. It you're going to jail,
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literally I'm. Serious, You really want to go
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to jail though? It's it's a matter of respect.
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If I'm going to go before a judge, I'm going to dress up.
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I'm going to be appropriately dressed with me.
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I have boob age, so I'm going to cover my business.
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I'm not going to go in there sexy with cleavage trying to
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work it in front of no judge. OK, 'cause you want to show
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respect, you know, Same thing with church.
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People that go to church. I, I have a friend of mine that
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says he's in his church. People wear flip flops.
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I'm like flip flops in church. Oh my God, I can't imagine.
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I'm sorry but I can't do that. And it's respecting yourself
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too. You know what I mean?
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Yourself and others. It's about like how you want to
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be put out in the world. I kept saying it earlier when we
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started the show. We gotta do better, man.
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Come on, we gotta do better. We all gotta do better all.
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Gotta do. All gotta do better.
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Meanwhile, last time I was in a church I wore a shirt that says
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I'm so gay I poop rainbows. Did you really?
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Wow. But it wasn't poop.
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It wasn't poop. It's a It's a different word
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that we can't say on air. Chris, I cannot believe you wore
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that smite me, Chris, I would have been I would first of all,
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I wouldn't have sat next to you, right?
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No, I'm a person of faith. I would have been like, if that
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light, you know, we're, we're in the lightning capital of the
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world. Here's.
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The Tampa Bay area he. Said don't say next to that you
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are. And I'm thinking to myself, if
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one of those lightning bolts comes through that window and
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hits, I'm not God might miss me. Miss him?
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That is too funny. Remember, there's a saying that
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you've heard it before. You're guilty by association.
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Oh, absolutely, my dad. Used to tell me.
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Tell me who he did. Tell me who you're hanging
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around with and I'll tell you who you are.
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That is so no. That is so good.
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That is so good. With his rainbow shirt that says
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he poops rainbows. Like I know who you're hanging.
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Around. I know you're joking.
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You didn't wear that to church. I have no comment anyways Lexi,
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so how did you get into drag? How I got into drag.
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So actually, funny enough, I started playing with drag back
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in my bedroom in Maryland where I grew up.
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It was one of those things where it was never really allowed.
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But as a kid, I always found myself sneaking into my sister's
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makeup and putting it on and, and feeling the fantasy in the
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mirror. And then as you grow older, you
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just realize you're like, wait, there's something in your body.
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Just, you just have to do it right.
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Like you. As I get older, I realize that
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like, I'm not happy unless I'm doing drag, unless I'm
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expressing myself in this way, you know, so.
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It's not just dressing and drag, you know.
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No, I always tell people that drag is a form of
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self-expression. Yes, but it's also very
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creative. Absolutely.
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It is it. Takes your brain to a place,
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nothing else. Can you have to get magically
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inclined? You have to create a makeup and
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costumes and yeah, it's it's not for everyone, obviously.
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Oh no, but that. But that's the point of art.
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There's there's so much there's art is a variety, right?
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And this is just one little spectrum of of art.
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So drag is drag is something that is I, I don't know, it's,
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it's very unique and it's something that I'm, I've always
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been so drawn to because it encapsulates everything I've
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always loved. I love hair, I love makeup.
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I love performing right. So in so during Shakespearean
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time, a young man of your age would play female roles.
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Right. Yeah, and, you know, we forget
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that today was very normal for men to get in drag.
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You'd be a good Juliet, huh? I.
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Said you'd be a good Juliet. First Juliet I love was a guy.
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A young boy isn't. That where the the name Drag
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comes from, right? Dressed as a girl 'cause
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they're. Dragging their there's several
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there's several definitions. One of them is dressed as a girl
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drag. Dressed as a.
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Girl, yeah. And the other one is is that the
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during the vaudevillian times, the drag Queens would they were
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very flamboyant, right? That's where the word queen came
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from. They carry themselves like they
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run the show, right? So, but the drag part was a
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drag. They would drag these big
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rolling like, what is it like cases like it's like a big like
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a big box. And they?
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Would put all their costumes in the box and then they drag it
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across the floor. It was before they had wheels on
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them, I guess, You know, so you could hear the sound of it being
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scraped across the. Yeah.
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A glorified drag queen suitcase A.
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Glorified drag. Yeah.
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So I love it. Yeah, so.
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I always thought it was like the way their their gowns would drag
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behind them or their outfits. Would drag behind another
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definition. There's so many definitions of
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it that we don't know, yeah. That is so.
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But yeah, yeah, I started drag in Maryland and I never really
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got out until he moved to Orlando because Orlando really
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is a a welcoming space for that and I found my I really found
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myself here or in Orlando. It'll.
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Be so interesting that that Florida would be that drag, sort
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of. It always has been.
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It always has been, and I find that the most conservative
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states have some of the best drag.
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Texas has great drag. It's a protest.
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It really is a. Protest.
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It is a protest. Yeah, Yeah.
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They've tried everything to ban it.
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And the drag Queens find a way. You know, even in communist
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countries where drag is illegal, like for a long time in Cuba, it
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was illegal to do drag back in the 70s and and 60s.
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And the drag Queens would just do.
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They would do private shows like in people's houses and invite
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all their friends. Yeah, it's not illegal now, but.
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But that's what I don't think people realize is like, no
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matter how how much you're gonna try to get rid of something,
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yeah, no one's gonna get rid of it.
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We're just gonna get, really. Good at hiding it.
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It's the same thing. You can make you.
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You can't police people into not existing.
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It just doesn't. That part it does not part.
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It doesn't. It just is not gonna work.
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It'll never. Happen.
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There's always been gay people. Yeah, there's always been dogs.
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There's. There always will be.
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Yes, yes, it is what it is. So Lexie, where do you, you're
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obviously really young, where do you want to go with drag?
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Do you have like a sort of plan that you want to do?
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I think with drag, it's one of those things where you kind of,
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I have to see where it takes you almost.
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But I, I, I want to continue furthering my furthering my
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career, continuing to meet people, continuing to learn from
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people. I, I do drag because I love
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drag. Really at the end of the day, I
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love going to drag shows. I love seeing drag and.
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Do the people at work know what you do?
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You know what some of them do? It's one of those things where I
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don't outwardly go and tell people, you know, But you know,
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if I have to give away a shift, I might be like, hey, you know,
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I have a gig I have to go to and This is why I can't be here.
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But for the most part, I'm not out here just like saying it
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because I, I do realize that some it's, it's actually funny
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because it can be two reactions, right?
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One person can be like, oh, okay.
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And then kind of like give you that reaction, which is like, I
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would rather just avoid that than even go there.
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And then the other one is almost like, Oh my gosh, like what do
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you do? What do you want to see it?
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That's so cool. And like they ask you all about
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it and then it can get, it can get a little, I don't know out
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there. And you're like, I have to
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explain everything. The fear of drag Queens is
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really weird. It's very, but it's it's a fear
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of femininity. It really is I.
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Or a or a rejection of masculinity.
19:59
Or a rejection of. Masculinity.
20:01
Yeah. I can't figure out which one it
20:02
is. It's, it's a very interesting
20:04
topic because it's like I, I don't, it's bred into men very
20:10
young to, to reject so much of what is feminine, right?
20:14
And sometimes it's not even if things are categorized feminine
20:17
that are barely even feminine, right?
20:20
And so it's really bizarre how they can they, they, they see
20:23
one thing and, and you run with it, right?
20:25
You see one thing and run. I say the same thing about drag
20:27
Queens that I say about gay marriage.
20:29
If you don't like gay marriage, just don't marry a gay person.
20:33
You would think that they would have gotten that by now.
20:35
Just don't marry a gay person you don't like.
20:38
Gay marriage? You're not.
20:39
And that's fine, because gay marriage and the and the drag
20:41
Queens is the same thing. If you don't like drag Queens,
20:43
just don't go to a Don't. Go to a drug show.
20:45
That's it. Just don't go and that's it.
20:47
Trust me, we're not out here everywhere.
20:49
No, no, no. And I'm not going to come to
20:50
your house and perform, No. And I know you're not either, so
20:53
you know what I'm saying. I can probably name about 5 or 6
20:56
venues that are in the area that actually go ahead and have drag
21:00
Queens. Everybody else is just they do
21:02
whatever the hell they want to do.
21:04
Yes. Well, Miss Esme, what are we
21:06
going to talk about when we come back?
21:07
Chris, you know that I had for the last two weeks, even though
21:11
we've been here alone, I've been a slacker about these topics.
21:15
But I do have a couple that I did write down.
21:17
I know you have a lot more than I do.
21:19
And one of them is this son. His parents are having family
21:25
guests over and he refuses to give up his bedroom to the
21:29
guests. Interesting, that's a good one.
21:31
Kid, he's a little kid. He's like a little.
21:33
Young, he's a laughing. Oh, I thought we were talking
21:35
about like. So I, I'm wondering what would
21:38
you do? How do you feel about that?
21:40
If you're a parent? Cause a lot of people say this
21:42
is about our house. You, you fought.
21:44
But I'm going to tell you this family is kind of, they're upset
21:46
with him 'cause I'll tell you the whole circumstances of it,
21:50
but I just wanted you to think about that.
21:52
What would you do 'cause I'm I'm on the kids side.
21:55
I'll tell you what happened, but I'm on the kids side.
21:57
Yeah, I want to hear more. That's exciting.
21:58
Also, I saw the movie The Mandalorian.
22:02
Yeah, I did. And and Grogu, by the way, you
22:04
got to say The Mandalorian and Grogu.
22:07
I didn't know this. And and I really, I have some
22:10
things thoughts on it because it's getting some negative press
22:13
a little bit and I'm going to share with what I think about
22:15
it. Well, I got also, of course,
22:17
that Tampa Bay teacher that was arrested after she made a one
22:22
student slap another student. We have Democratic candidates
22:25
arrested at the Florida governor's office.
22:28
There's a lawsuit targeting a whites only Arkansas community
22:32
after applicant claims that she was rejected for Jewish roots
22:35
and her black husband. And then also Trump gun.
22:38
And Trump says that the gunman who opened fire at the White
22:41
House checkpoint had a possible obsession with the executive
22:45
mansion. We got all that and more coming
22:47
up after the break. But first, let's go over and
22:49
throw it over to Claire Leeson from Project No Labels for our
22:52
LGBTQ news. And then over to Joanna Grasso
22:55
for Joe on the go. We'll be right back.
23:00
I'm Claire Leeson from Project No Labels and this is your LGBTQ
23:03
plus news from around the country and right here in Tampa
23:06
Bay in national news from Watermark Out News, the US House
23:10
of Representatives passed a federal don't say trans bill on
23:14
May 20th that critics say Wood forest teachers to out
23:16
transgender students to their parents.
23:18
The legislation would require schools to obtain parental
23:21
consent before allowing students to use their preferred name,
23:24
pronouns and gender markers and would restrict federal funding
23:27
for schools that teach concepts related to what the bill calls
23:30
gender ideology. Supporters argue parents should
23:33
direct conversations around gender identity, while opponents
23:37
warn the bill could place transgender students in in safe
23:40
situations at home and increase the risk of harassment, abuse or
23:44
conversion therapy. The measure passed mostly along
23:46
party lines, with eight Democrats joining Republicans in
23:49
support. In Winter Park from West Orange
23:52
County, deputies announced the arrest of Allen Chambers, a
23:55
former leader of the now defunct conversion therapy organization
23:58
Exodus International. Investigators say Chambers
24:01
believed he was communicating online with a 14 year old boy
24:04
who was an undercover detective. He now faces charges including
24:08
solicitation of a minor in of harmful material to a minor.
24:12
Chambers previously made national headlines in 2013 when
24:15
he apologized to the LGBTQ community for the harm caused by
24:18
Exodus International before the organization shut down in
24:21
Colorado. From PBS The state Supreme Court
24:24
has ordered Children's Hospital Colorado to resume gender
24:27
affirming medical care for transgender minors.
24:30
The hospital had paused treatments earlier this year
24:32
amid pressure and investigations tied to the Trump
24:35
administration's policies surrounding transgender health
24:37
care for transgender girls sued the the hospital, arguing the
24:41
suspension violated Colorado's anti discrimination laws and
24:44
place their mental health at risk.
24:45
In a 5 to 2 ruling, the court sided with the families, saying
24:49
that immediate harm faced by the patients outweighed potential
24:52
federal consequences for the hospital.
24:54
And finally, from The Associated Press Former Congressman Barney
24:57
Frank has died at the age of 86. Frank served in Congress for
25:01
more than three decades and became one of the nation's most
25:03
prominent openly gay political leaders.
25:05
Known for his sharp wit and outspoken advocacy, he helped
25:09
bring national his ability to LGBTQ rights while also playing
25:12
a major role in shaping financial reform legislation
25:15
following the 2008 economic crisis.
25:18
Frank is survived by his husband, Jim Reddy, along with
25:21
his siblings and extended family.
25:22
Please remember to stay safe and treat yourself and others with
25:25
kindness. This has been your LGBTQ plus
25:27
news for the Big Gay Radio show. I'm Claire Leeson on 88.5 WMNF
25:32
Tampa. Hey, hey Tampa Bay, it's Joanna
25:39
Grosso with Joe on the Go Tampa Bay, your weekly guide to what's
25:43
happening around the city. Here's what's happening this
25:45
week. Starting on Sunday, May 31st,
25:48
Cool Vibes Hub and Grub in Saint Pete is hosting a drag brunch
25:53
bingo benefiting the Never Say Never Foundation beginning at 11
25:57
AM. Expect bingo, drag performances,
26:00
brunch vibes and a fun afternoon supporting a great 'cause.
26:03
Then on Thursday, June 4th, the Royalty Pride Art Show opening
26:07
reception takes place at Saint Petersburg City Theatre from
26:11
5:00 to 8:00 PM. The event will feature local
26:14
artists like food and drinks in a night centered around
26:16
creativity, community, and a Pride season celebration.
26:19
And on Sunday, June 7th over in Ybor, Wigs and Witt returns to
26:23
Tampa Bay at the Commodore at 7:00 PM.
26:26
The show brings comedians and drag Queens head to head for a
26:30
live talent competition where the audience helps decide the
26:33
winner. For more information behind the
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26:39
on the Go Tampa Bay. Have a great week, Tampa Bay,
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and I'll see you out and about. Get social with us, Like us on
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Facebook. Just search for the big gay
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radio show. Welcome back to the Big Gay
26:59
Radio Show. My name is Chris Gorman.
27:01
I'm your show twink here, joined by Miss Esme Russell.
27:04
How you doing, Boo? God, you called me Boo.
27:08
You know, that is one of the things that I've never, I don't
27:11
get into that Boo thing. People say that's my Boo.
27:14
I always say, is that a ghost? Spooky.
27:17
Is that your ghost? Anyways, we're also joined by
27:20
Lexi Long, Orlando Drag Race Live Season 10 winner.
27:24
Welcome into the studio. Hello, hello, hello.
27:26
So happy to be here. We are so happy to have you.
27:29
Well, Miss Esme, wait, we teased this before a little bit before
27:34
on the on the beginning of the show.
27:36
But a Manatee County 6th grade teacher was arrested after
27:39
deputies said she ordered one student to slap another student
27:43
during class. Investigators say Judith Clark,
27:46
64, repeatedly asked the class who wants to slap him after a
27:50
student kept talking when no students volunteered.
27:54
Deputies say Clark told two students to close the classroom
27:57
blinds and directed another student to hit the boy.
28:00
Witnesses told investigators the student gently slapped the
28:02
classmate across the face with an open hand.
28:05
The student who carried out the slap later told detectives he
28:07
was afraid to disobey the teacher.
28:09
Happened on May 13th at Lee Middle School in Manatee County.
28:14
Interesting because my my kitchen's name is Lee.
28:16
Stand these people. How did they get these jobs?
28:21
And, and I could, I could already picture it.
28:23
We're having an investigation. So she district officials said
28:27
she began working at the school in 2019 and was already
28:30
scheduled to leave the job May 29th.
28:33
Well, she needs to go. Oh my gosh.
28:35
But I'm going to be honest with you, isn't there some legal
28:38
inciting minors? That's not just losing a job,
28:42
Yeah. I I, I kind of think like she
28:44
could be charged with something. So that's what that's sort of
28:47
what Nina the, the, the parent of the teacher that or parent of
28:51
the student with the, the teacher that hung the black baby
28:54
doll. That's sort of what she's trying
28:57
to fight for. And that's what she started the
28:59
GoFundMe was so that she can start more investigations into
29:02
what's been happening because she feels as though things like
29:05
this have been covered under the rug.
29:06
And obviously, you know, she might not be too far off on.
29:09
That seeing with the black baby doll this, which is a separate
29:12
incident with a teacher, OK, we're dealing here with a
29:16
history in this country of black people being hung.
29:23
This is absolutely horrific. Right.
29:26
And that behavior should be punished on some level.
29:30
We got to do something. People just can't do these
29:32
things and get away with it. And it was done in front of
29:35
minors. I don't even understand where
29:38
one operators brain even go to that I.
29:40
Like I don't need I, I got chills from head to toe just
29:43
even talking about it. I got so upset last week after I
29:46
left this show that when I thought about talking about I'm
29:49
getting upset again, it's like I'm I'm.
29:51
It's so upsetting to me. You know what's wrong with
29:55
these? People, I don't, I, I, I
29:57
personally don't even understand how one's brain would even go to
30:00
that place to even make those actions, to do that in front of
30:03
children. But I think that there's gotta
30:05
be some kind of legal something, something that we could do.
30:09
Is it is it AI don't know if is it a form of well, it's like a
30:12
threat if I take. Oh.
30:14
Absolutely. It's a, it's a threat.
30:15
I'm. Endangering children almost.
30:18
I mean, like, yeah. It's a racial threat.
30:21
Yeah, right. Yeah.
30:22
So, and she, the mom was saying that the kids traumatized.
30:26
Of course the kid is traumatized.
30:28
I'm, I wasn't there. I just saw it on video and I'm
30:31
traumatized and I'm upset about it, you know, 'cause I try to
30:35
revert myself to being that age. And you're an adult.
30:38
And I'm an adult and I'm thinking, wow, when I was that
30:41
age, I looked up to my teachers so much.
30:43
And you know, even the ones that I was kind of scared of 'cause
30:45
they were like disciplinarians, right, 'cause I, I like to talk
30:48
a lot, 'cause I would always get in trouble that would get.
30:51
No, really. Yeah, that would get in trouble.
30:53
Don't get in trouble for talking, you know.
30:54
But but I had such respect for my teachers that to have a
30:58
teacher do something so horrific and then this other one.
31:01
Now with the slapping, what is wrong with you?
31:03
Slapping is wild. Well, another story to go ahead
31:06
and ruffle your feathers, Miss Esme.
31:09
A federal lawsuit says an Arkansas group promoting a
31:12
whites only community rejected a white Christian woman because
31:16
she had Jewish ancestry, a black husband and biracial children.
31:20
The woman, Michelle Walker, says the group's an application asked
31:24
the detailed questions about ancestry, religion and race
31:27
before ultimately telling her she was not an ideal fit for the
31:30
community. The lawsuit targets Returned to
31:32
the Land, a white nationalist group based in rural Ravenden,
31:36
Arkansas, where members say they want to preserve white American
31:41
culture. Walker says she was interested
31:43
in buying land in the Ozarks because prices were low and she
31:46
vacationed in the area. According to the complaint, she
31:48
disclosed that part of her family were Russian Jewish
31:51
immigrants and that her husband is of Irish and African descent.
31:55
The suit says members of the group later asked whether she
31:58
belonged to any other white nationalist organization.
32:01
So Esme well. I I was thinking I couldn't be a
32:07
part of that group. Here's why not only am I I am of
32:10
of of of of Latino descent. My mother and father were born
32:14
in in Cuba. So I'm of Cuban.
32:15
I'm, I am American, but my parents were born in Cuba.
32:18
But so, but also I have so many black friends, Chinese friends,
32:23
Muslim friends. You know, I would be a hypocrite
32:27
if I joined that those people. Absolutely.
32:30
Let's say that I was white. Let's say that I wasn't a brown
32:33
skin person. Let's say that I was white and I
32:35
went there and I joined a bit was a part of that group, but I
32:37
could slip in. I would feel terrible guilt
32:40
because all my friends are ethnic.
32:44
It's, it's also one of those things where it's like, how
32:45
could you even feel comfortable in that space ever expressing
32:49
something different about yourself or if you're ever
32:50
feeling, how are you feeling welcome to say anything about
32:54
who you are like. I'll be honest, I don't want to
32:56
be a part of a group like that, right?
32:58
It isn't even, it isn't like I'm going to even think about it.
33:02
I just, this is 2026 and I feel like sometimes we've taken some
33:07
steps backwards in some situations.
33:10
People are, people are. So they're surrounded by these
33:14
little communities of people and that's just the world they're
33:16
in. And they don't even sometimes
33:18
realize, like how wild their mindset is on these things.
33:23
I like, I like looking at my friends and seeing the colors of
33:26
the rainbow. Yes, I think I have such
33:29
fascinating friends. I have gay friends, I have
33:31
straight friends, I have trans friends.
33:33
Isn't. That the point of friends I
33:35
have. Muslim, Arabic.
33:37
I have so many different guys. I really have a cool smorgasbord
33:40
of friends, yes, like I really do, and I love that.
33:43
But that's the point of having friends, is having variety.
33:45
Why would you want to be stagnant and be the same, the
33:48
same, same, same? What's the how?
33:50
How can you grow? We are, we are a multicultural
33:53
society. I know there are people that
33:56
want us not to be, but it's too late for that.
33:59
We're a melting pot, baby. It's.
34:01
Too late. Yeah, we've always been.
34:03
There, intermingled with each other.
34:06
You know what I'm saying? It's it's too late.
34:08
But we've always been that, you know what I mean?
34:10
It's. Like we're really that now.
34:11
Yeah, exactly. Exactly.
34:13
I was just speaking to have an Indian friend that she made me,
34:16
oh she made me some a lamb with Curry.
34:18
So Oh my God, it was so good. And you would have never had
34:20
that if you weren't her friends. Absolutely not, because I don't
34:23
know how to make that stuff exactly.
34:24
Yeah, yeah. So yeah, I don't know we.
34:28
That's why I like doing this show so much, is that we have so
34:30
many different unique voices. We have you as a trans Cuban
34:34
woman, myself, obviously white, black, white, white man.
34:37
We have Brian, who's a black man.
34:40
We've got Joanna, who's a, a cisgender woman.
34:43
We've got a very diverse group. Vin is a yeah, an Asian trans
34:47
man. It's very important to go ahead
34:51
and showcase the diversity of, you know, the, our culture.
34:55
We are, we are very diverse culture.
34:57
Clearly you know. Our diversity is a strength.
35:01
That's really what's really saved.
35:03
Not a weakness. Yes, yes, absolutely.
35:05
What? Bothers me most about this story
35:07
is if white people wanted to preserve white American culture,
35:11
why did you bring black people here in the first freaking
35:13
place? For slavery, of course.
35:17
But. Jesus Christ, you are the reason
35:21
why that's, that's the American culture, right there is slavery
35:24
and discrimination. That is American culture, Yeah.
35:27
Unfortunately, our history. So that's what they're trying to
35:30
preserve. I keep saying it all through the
35:32
shows as we started today, and I think I'm just gonna we gotta do
35:35
better. We gotta do better.
35:36
We gotta do. Better.
35:37
Oh my goodness. But they'll, but they'll never
35:39
hear that. They'll never hear that because
35:41
that's why they're stuck where they are, because they don't
35:43
want change. That's actually a big problem.
35:44
They don't want change. I don't want to be a part of
35:46
anybody that just wants white people.
35:49
Oh absolutely. I don't want to be a part of
35:50
that. Don't get me wrong, I love my
35:52
white friends, right? You know?
35:53
But we're all children of God. At least that's what I was
35:57
taught when I was. We're one human family, one
35:59
human family. We just got that text message
36:01
and from from a person who does not signing his last whose name
36:05
it is, but we just got that. We are one human family and we
36:08
need to embrace that. And I'll continue to say this,
36:11
our diversity is our strength. That is something that when we
36:15
were doing all this stuff, we recently went to space, right?
36:17
And we went, we went around the moon.
36:19
It was one of the things that the astronauts said they were
36:21
looking back at Earth and they were like, I've never felt so
36:24
unified. You're looking at this Earth and
36:26
you're just like, we're all just here on this Earth, you know,
36:28
it's really that simple. It's really that simple, so.
36:32
We are, and as a little kid, where was that?
36:35
Jesus loves a little children. He used to sing that to that one
36:39
lady. Red and yellow, black and white,
36:42
they are precious in his sight. Jesus.
36:44
Anyways, as maybe it's not Bible study.
36:48
My point is that even from a little kid, we were told our
36:51
diversity is our strange. Oh my goodness, I don't know
36:54
where. Little children, We're not going
36:56
to change the rules now, folks. Anyways, a Florida State
36:59
Representative Angie Nixon and a Democratic U.S.
37:02
Senate candidate was arrested after taking part in a sit in
37:06
protest at Governor Ron DeSantis office for office over Florida's
37:10
congressional maps. Nixon and several other
37:12
protesters were later released after the demonstration.
37:15
The protests focused on claims that the Florida's new
37:18
congressional districts aren't unfairly drawn to favor
37:20
Republicans. Nixon called the maps rigged and
37:23
accused DeSantis and the Republican LED legislator of
37:26
playing politics with people's lies.
37:29
I agree and. That's called good trouble.
37:32
Yes, oh absolutely, it is causing good trouble right
37:35
there. Right.
37:36
Yeah, it's a modern, modern saying for.
37:41
Oh, it was so the person who's been texting in is Jackie over
37:45
in Clearwater. She's been a teacher for over 35
37:47
years for for 35 years and she agrees.
37:50
We are all children of God. We I completely agree.
37:54
I'm. So glad that we got a teacher
37:55
out there that's doing her job and she knows that.
37:58
I'm a son of a teacher, but that's.
38:00
What I want I want a teacher that when she looks at her
38:02
classroom, she sees all her students equally.
38:06
All of them are children of God. Yes.
38:08
Even if you don't believe in God, you can still see them as
38:11
equal to each other. These are all children.
38:13
They're just we're people. That's.
38:15
It we're people, we're. Just people, that's it.
38:17
People. All right, well, Pinellas County
38:19
Commissioner Kathleen Peters says she wants to stop data
38:22
centers from being built in the county, citing concerns about
38:25
rising demand for water and electricity.
38:27
This is over in Pinellas County. Peters say the said county staff
38:31
have been approached about a possible data center project
38:34
somewhere along Gandy Blvd. though no formal proposal has
38:37
been submitted. The proposed location would give
38:40
developers easy access to water for evaporative cooling systems,
38:43
which could require millions of gallons of water a day.
38:47
Peters argued data centers do not create enough jobs to
38:49
justify their impact, saying data centers are not a job
38:53
creator. She said Florida should focus
38:55
instead on workforce development, low taxes and
38:57
maintaining a business business friendly climate.
39:01
I agree. I and and and and the if as long
39:07
as it's an AI data center, I think that there are medical
39:11
data centers are absolutely necessary.
39:13
You can, can, you can't, you can't have a medical field
39:17
without going ahead and having the data center.
39:19
You have to have that. But if it's for something as
39:21
simple as AI, then I don't, I don't, I don't think there's a
39:25
need for it. I, I, I've seen people go ahead
39:29
and start using AI for like good various Flyers and stuff like
39:32
that. And I, I just, I don't like the
39:36
idea that I'm making something just to go ahead and waste the
39:42
water when I can go ahead and just simply make the flyer
39:44
myself. Like I I if I wanted to
39:46
wastewater I'll just drink a gallon of water a day.
39:48
I fully agree. It's been ruining communities.
39:51
These like giant plants. It's it's very sad to see.
39:55
It's also sad to see because it's like we're almost losing
39:57
faith in each other as as we're just talking about we're just
40:00
humans, right? And now we're losing faith in
40:02
each other and putting so much weight in this technology that's
40:05
separating us. Even the Pope is sending he's
40:08
just this week. So the Pope sent out of a.
40:10
Warning about AI, you know, it's a little scary.
40:13
I talked about it last week and I always say the same thing
40:15
because you know, I'm a sci-fi nut, right?
40:18
So I always say, why hasn't anybody watched any of the James
40:22
Cameron Terminator movies? It doesn't end well, folks.
40:26
There's only. One ending here, when AI is
40:30
infiltrated into the computer system, the ending is always the
40:34
same. We are removed from the
40:36
equation. They don't see they're so
40:38
addicted to the convenience. Everyone's so addicted to the
40:40
convenience right now. Even in the even the movie 2001,
40:43
which was a movie I couldn't last week I couldn't name, and
40:46
we figured it out this week that it was the computer how on board
40:49
the ship saw humans as a virus. See, this is where we are
40:55
getting scary. This is where we're.
40:57
Getting scary threat to its existence so it became
41:01
uncooperative. See, this is scary.
41:04
No, that's very scary. This is very scary.
41:06
It. Is scary it is scary because AI,
41:08
once it becomes self aware then we're talking about it starts to
41:12
make plans yeah you know what I'm saying you don't need a
41:15
computer making plans about us because.
41:19
Are y'all not scared? That is so scary.
41:21
I just, I just don't like the the, I mean, where, where we're
41:24
currently standing in it with AI, at least just using it just
41:28
to make a flyer or using it to enhance your photos or something
41:32
along those lines. I mean, what you knowing that
41:35
it's costing water? I mean, it, it's an it's a fact.
41:39
It's a fact. It's.
41:40
Causing water shortage in this place.
41:42
It is a massive water shortage happening now.
41:44
I know we're surrounded by water.
41:46
And but it's not drinkable water, but it's.
41:48
Not drinkable water. Yeah.
41:49
So it's we got a problem here. Absolutely.
41:53
We got a. Problem and we're just not.
41:54
But again, in all these movies, sci-fi movies, if you watch the
41:58
human race is warned over and over and over and but nobody
42:03
listens. No one listens.
42:04
Oh, it won't happen. It'll be another 100 years
42:06
before that happens. Watch Wally.
42:08
Yeah, Wally's alone. I loved Wally too.
42:11
Wally's another one. These movies are very
42:15
foretelling, right? And we just.
42:18
Oh, it's just a movie. Well, you know, Flip Bones were
42:21
just a movie. And now we've had, we've had, we
42:23
had them, you know, it's just crazy.
42:25
I don't know. I don't know.
42:28
God help us. Well, Senate Republicans are
42:32
expected to drop a $1 billion White House security proposal
42:35
tied to President Donald Trump's planned ballroom after pushback
42:38
from members of their own party. The proposal had been folded
42:41
into a roughly $70 billion bill to restore funding for ICE and
42:46
the Border Patrol, but several GOP lawmakers questioned the
42:48
timing, price tag and use of taxpayer money.
42:51
About $220 million of the request was tied directly to
42:55
security upgrades connected to the ballroom project, with the
42:58
rest aimed at visitor screening, training and other Secret
43:01
Service needs. Senate Majority Leader John
43:03
Thune said that there were ongoing vote issues as
43:06
Republicans struggled to lock down, support and navigate
43:09
Senate rules. Senator John Kennedy said the
43:11
bill was back to square one once it became clear the votes for
43:14
the security funding were not there.
43:17
So I guess that's that's good news for you, Miss Esme I.
43:19
Know, but I'm going to tell you the truth, these people are
43:23
desperately, and I mean the administration is desperately
43:26
coming up with the arch and the fountain and the statue and let
43:31
me put my name on everything. You know, listen, regular folks
43:35
out here are struggling. Yes.
43:38
Go to the grocery store. I don't want to hear.
43:40
I don't want to hear nothing about no Trump.
43:42
Forget Trump. Go to the grocery store.
43:45
We got a problem. It's not even about politics,
43:47
it's about what's happening in front of us.
43:49
This is regular people. Regular people got to feed
43:52
themselves. We got the kids got to eat,
43:55
right. People got to eat.
43:56
It is so crazy. Gasoline prices.
43:59
Oh my goodness, that is a whole nother.
44:02
Up and up and it doesn't stop. There's no end insight.
44:05
And it seems like they just don't care.
44:06
And he says, he said the other day on the White House lawn, he
44:08
goes, I don't even think about the prices and stuff.
44:11
That's not that's not something I worry about.
44:13
I. Saw that?
44:14
Well, that's. Because you're a billionaire.
44:16
But the rest of us do have to worry about it.
44:18
Right, right. You're not in our shoes.
44:20
I get it, you don't think about it 'cause it's not your problem.
44:22
But he should be thinking about it.
44:24
Created this problem. But he should be thinking about
44:27
it. Bringing up Biden, I said
44:29
Biden's not in office, folks, right?
44:31
I ain't seen Biden in that office in a good minute.
44:35
You're the only one making these decisions.
44:37
Why are you trying to deflect? Why are you trying to deflect?
44:40
I don't it is so wild. We got a problem.
44:42
I'm going to tell you the price of food is really bad and it's
44:45
getting super bad and regular people cannot, you know, regular
44:49
people are struggling the. Price of survival, actually,
44:52
yeah, survival. It's great.
44:53
The rent prices every. I don't know, the prices of food
44:56
keeps going up, but my hunger doesn't go down.
44:59
That. Part.
45:00
You know what I'm saying? Oh my God, my.
45:01
Hunger ain't going down. Like right now.
45:03
I'm sitting here thinking, man, I would like me a good good old
45:05
meatball sub. I'd like a good old juicy
45:09
meatball sub right now. I know you like your balls.
45:12
Anyways. WWE wrestler Ludwig Ludwig
45:15
Kaiser, whose real name is Marcel Barthel, was arrested
45:19
after Orlando police say he attacked a neighbor following a
45:21
confrontation in an apartment elevator near Lake Eola.
45:25
Eola Police say the victim complained after seeing Barthel
45:30
and a woman aggressively kissing and act on acting uncontrollably
45:35
intimate inside the elevator. According to the arrest
45:38
affidavit, the the victim told the couple to please have some
45:42
manners after getting off the elevator.
45:44
Investigators say Barthel then punched the man several times,
45:48
pushed him to the ground outside of the elevator on the 12th
45:51
floor of the building. Officers reported seeing fresh
45:54
scratches and redness on the back of the victim's head that
45:56
match the account of a physical fight as may Have you ever been
46:00
uncontrollably intimate inside of an elevator?
46:05
No, but I, I can understand that when you're so physically
46:11
attracted to someone. When I was really young, I
46:14
remember being, you know, being with men that I was very
46:17
physically attracted to and we'd be making out.
46:20
And sometimes you just can't stop yourself, you know what I
46:22
mean? It just.
46:23
I can understand it. I, I just, yeah.
46:25
But I but we, we gotta act like adults, folks.
46:28
Right. You know, it's, it's back to
46:29
that. What's wrong with people?
46:31
I was literally thinking that as we're as he's reading you like
46:33
what's wrong with you? I understand you're hot for each
46:37
other, but come on man. Respect for others.
46:40
Respect for others. So I get it.
46:43
But but, but I'm not now who, who, who caused the act of
46:46
violence the guy did. Yeah, the guy said to have some
46:50
manners and then you attacked him and then the wrestler
46:52
attacked. Him.
46:53
OK, so I'm gonna tell you now, folks, you know, I have a line
46:56
and I'm gonna, and I say it all the time and I, and I say this,
46:59
keep your hands to yourself. Don't put your hands on folks,
47:04
'cause I'm telling you, these folks are carrying guns.
47:07
These folks will fight back. People are not playing anymore.
47:10
Leave folks alone. I understand that you don't like
47:13
what they're doing. I get it.
47:15
It's very uncomfortable. Report them.
47:17
There's gotta be enough, but keep your hands.
47:20
What happened to just like a dirty look or just like like a
47:23
side eye or? Like or just say or 'cause I
47:26
would have said ladies, y'all really need to get a room.
47:28
Or that part. Yes, seriously honest and
47:30
seriously. This is this is uncalled for in
47:33
a public place. Yeah, you know, I can see that.
47:35
I I was speaking to an Uber driver the other day, but he was
47:39
telling me that he can't count the times that people have
47:43
attempted to have sex in the back seat of his car.
47:46
Oh my goodness. And I thought to myself, really?
47:49
He goes yeah, he said, yeah, I said male and female goes male
47:55
and female, sometimes two women, sometimes two men and.
47:59
We talked about this last week. Oh yeah.
48:01
Oh wow, this is the hot topic. I mean, come on, I don't know.
48:06
I'd never even thought of a thing.
48:07
I never even thought people were people were trying to get get a
48:10
room. Seriously.
48:13
Like an adult be. Respectful.
48:15
I want to go ahead and make sure to give a special shout out to
48:17
Deborah Brown who's over in it doesn't say anyways, she's goes
48:23
to Allendale United Methodist Church and they have a drag
48:27
service every 5th Sunday. And they said it is fabulous and
48:30
that Pastor Andy Oliver will marry gay couples and that they
48:36
are a church for everyone. And I love Pastor Andy.
48:39
We've had him on the show. We it was, I think it was during
48:41
Christmas. And no, I completely agree.
48:47
Yes, it's a nice demeanor about him.
48:50
Very intelligent voice too. Very intelligent.
48:52
I'm so loud and boisterous and he was so calm and reassured.
48:55
I'm happy to hear from someone in the church though, you know?
48:58
Yeah, that's, I love that. I love that.
49:00
Yeah, I think I I love that. I love that.
49:02
But we got one more time. I got time.
49:04
Forget that to do the review on The Mandalorian.
49:06
Do you want to do that? Well, we've only got 6 minutes.
49:09
Well, let me do The Mandalorian right now.
49:10
Yeah, The Mandalorian and Grogu, which is just the cutest little
49:14
movie. It's almost like a kids movie.
49:16
Is it in theaters right now? Yeah, it is.
49:18
I know that people are have they're saying that it should.
49:21
It's almost like a it's not TVI think it's it's a good movie.
49:24
I liked it. And you can take the kids to go
49:27
see it. That's good to know.
49:28
It is. I haven't seen is there are
49:30
there more of these or? There's like ATV show, right?
49:33
OK, OK. But I'm gonna tell you, Grogu is
49:35
just adorable. He's just a little tiny Yoda
49:37
like figure, but he's just so listen, Disney does a great job
49:42
with these characters. I.
49:44
They give them the eyes, and they put the little glimmer in
49:46
their eyes. And their little hand and the
49:48
little purry, he goes, he's a little sound that he makes.
49:52
And he said, oh, he kind of hops around.
49:54
And when he walks, he walks with a little shuffle.
49:57
It's endearing, his. Little legs are so short, you
49:59
know, but he tries his little spaceship and he's just so cute.
50:04
I saw man, I'm telling you, that little character is just so
50:07
loving and adorable and and the Mandalorian is a is a great
50:11
character. He's brave and he's loyal and
50:15
he's a little bit of a rebel and a little bit rebellious.
50:18
You know, I, I enjoyed it a lot. I thought it was a great escape
50:21
movie. Definitely go see it.
50:24
And by the way, that movie that I reviewed last week, Obsession,
50:27
it's doing really good in the movie theaters.
50:31
But we still got time for what this last topic, and it is
50:33
because a quick one. The TSA has quietly updated its
50:36
policy to allow passengers to travel with doctor prescribed
50:40
medical marijuana in both carry on and checked bags.
50:43
The change matters because marijuana is still illegal under
50:45
federal law, even though medical cannabis is legal in 40 States
50:49
and Washington, DC. TSA says its officers are
50:52
focused on security threats, not searching for drugs during
50:55
screenings. But if agents find what they
50:57
believe is an illegal substance or evidence of a crime, they can
51:00
still refer travellers to law enforcement.
51:03
This policy comes as the Trump administration moved to
51:06
reclassify marijuana as a Schedule 3 drug.
51:09
Excuse me, Schedule 3 drug recognizing accepted medical
51:12
uses. I actually, I went up to, I, I'm
51:16
not going to do it. I would never do it.
51:17
I am not getting on no plane. I wouldn't get on a plane with
51:21
aspirin at this point. I wouldn't do it either.
51:23
I wouldn't do it either. Nope.
51:25
Nope. But when I went up to Ohio, I
51:27
did consider bringing a vape, but I didn't, I didn't, I'll put
51:32
that up. I'm.
51:32
Not even bringing cough medicine, but I will.
51:34
Since it is legal, I will say when I went up to Ohio and then
51:39
when I came back, I was unpacking my suitcase and there
51:43
was a vape that I left in my suitcase that went through TSA
51:48
both ways, both ways, both ways. And yeah, so I was very
51:52
surprised that I didn't get stopped.
51:55
And it was actually in one of the pockets of a backpack, like
51:58
one of the side cup holder pockets.
52:01
So you would think that they would have checked it.
52:02
You know what they? Didn't care when I flew to Saint
52:04
Louis a few years, not Saint Louis, Kentucky a few years
52:06
back. You know, they put me to that
52:08
search thing and they had to search me twice because they
52:13
thought I had an object. Well, they they also they had.
52:16
An an object. An object, I can't say what it
52:19
is on the air, but you have to figure it out.
52:21
But yeah. They also had to search me as
52:23
well, but they didn't search me for the weed, which was really
52:25
strange. And by the way, I want to put
52:27
this out there medical marijuana patient just letting everybody
52:29
know. But yeah, no, they they, they
52:33
searched me both ways and patted me down, but it they didn't
52:38
check my bag. Yeah.
52:40
And this is from state to state like.
52:41
From here to Ohio From here to Ohio, I'm.
52:44
Just going to tell you when you're unsure about something,
52:46
just don't do. It don't do it.
52:48
I wouldn't bring cough medicine on a damn up like.
52:51
Wake it up, I'm. Telling you I wouldn't do it.
52:52
I just wouldn't. I'm not risking nothing.
52:54
You know, things right now are so crazy in this country that I
52:58
don't want to. We don't need attention on us
53:00
that we don't. Need.
53:00
I don't want to create any problems for myself that I don't
53:02
need to. Well Esme, what?
53:03
What topics are we going to talk about on the after show?
53:06
Well, I don't have any topics for the after.
53:09
Show no I got. You're the one.
53:11
Oh, he's got plenty. I got plenty.
53:13
I got a man arrested after calling 911 to report zombies,
53:17
ghosts and UFOs. I also have a family accusing
53:22
Amazon that is saying that the urn that they were sent may have
53:26
had somebody else's ashes in. It.
53:30
We're going to talk about that. We have Southwest Airlines doing
53:34
something that Esme would like them to continue to do, which is
53:36
banning human like robots. No, I robot here.
53:43
And we also got we got Miley Cyrus receiving a a star on the
53:47
Hollywood Walk of Fame. Love it.
53:49
But Lexi, thank you so much for coming into the studio.
53:53
Where can people find more information about you and your
53:56
social media? Having me yes, I am the Lexi
53:58
long on Instagram, all my social medias.
54:01
I have a Facebook. She's actually not funny enough.
54:06
I never even knew about Tasha long until I moved here because
54:10
my my name I just made because I loved the name.
54:12
But yeah, I would love to meet her.
54:14
I would love to meet her. Tasha is an amazing.
54:15
Person. I wonder if she would approve of
54:17
me. She would.
54:18
She would. Oh, she would.
54:20
She seems lovely. Well, we got all that and more
54:22
coming up on the Big Gay After Show.
54:24
But if first, if you haven't heard it already, you are loved,
54:27
you are appreciated and we thank you so much for your support of
54:30
WMNF Tampa and the Big Gay Radio Show.
54:32
Esme, I love you. Thank you so much for joining us
54:35
and we hope you have a wonderful rest of your day.
54:37
We'll see you next time. Bye.
54:42
This has been the big gay radio show on 88.5 WMNF Tampa.
54:47
Remember to stay kind and prideful, Tampa Bay.