“Drag is happiness, however it’s under attack. Our extremely presence, our self-expression, our art — all of it is being threatened. And we’ve had enough.”
That’s the opening salvo of Qommittee, a group of drag entertainers banding together to secure and promote their art type, as it revealed its development ahead of June’s LGBTQ+ Pride Month.
“We’ve constantly had to battle tooth and nail for our location in this world,” the group stated in a news release Wednesday. “But now, we’re likewise fighting a tidal wave of hate — doxxing, harassment, death risks, armed demonstrations, battles, and even shootings.”
Qommittee consists of about 10 drag entertainers acrossthecountry who have skilled, straight or indirectly, hazards, harassment or violence associated to their art type. One had a place firebombed in Ohio; one carriedout at Club Q in Colorado Springs and assisted victims the night of the shooting there that eliminated 5 individuals; and one worked at Club Q and at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, where a shooter eliminated 49 individuals in 2016.
Qommittee states it hopes, amongst other things, to link drag entertainers and neighborhoods doingnothave in regional assistance to resources consistingof legal help and treatment. It might likewise assistance entertainers and locations browse the service.
The group is