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NON-STOP QUEENS My friend Sharon and I hopped into a taxi and headed to the opening of Bushwig 2017, Brooklyn's weekend-long explosion of drag, music and love. I unfolded the three-page line-up of the 120+ performers I'd printed out in advance. Sharon and I reviewed it in the car, circling the shows we were most eager to see, based on our past Bushwig adventures. It became obvious we'd be traveling back-and-forth between the catwalk at the main stage and the outdoor music venue in the back. Mz. Amber Alert (above), aka my drag artist kid Harry, was hosting that first day...
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The big outdoor sign greeted me last Sunday with “Hi Queen!” And my smile opened as wide as the Bushwig logo. Gal pal Sharon and I dodged a few raindrops and darted inside the giant tent centered on a block-long field at Onerdonk House in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. Hundreds of happy people were already inside where the late-afternoon energy of celebration was electric. Wigstock, the outdoor drag and music festival created by drag icon Lady Bunny in the 1980s, inspired Bushwig, that launched its annual fun-filled...
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My kid Harry – aka drag artist Amber Alert – flies home tomorrow from Berlin, Germany. Amber performed Saturday night at Bushwig Berlin, the drag festival held during Christopher Street Day Berlin, one of the biggest LGBTQ gatherings in Europe. And I realized that exactly one month ago, five million people and I took to the streets of New York City. We marked the 50th anniversary of the uprising at the Stonewall Inn, celebrated WorldPride 2019 and joined the NYC Pride March or the inaugural Queer Liberation March. (I so wanted to be in two places at once!) In the weeks...
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A PRIDE PARTY WITH A VIEW My last week of Pride Month reached some new heights, starting with a Penthouse Pride celebration to benefit It Gets Better. Photographer Levi Foster, actor Joslyn DeFreece and celeb EJ Johnson hosted the beautiful Saturday afternoon event atop The Standard Hotel in New York City's East Village. In welcoming everyone, each of the three hosts spoke from the heart about what their life was like as an LGBTQ youth and how it got better for them....
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Mistie Bonet, Miss Toto, Tarah Cards, and Kimberly Clark were among the fabulous drag royalty I cheered at the inaugural Bushwig South festival of queer culture, experimental music and love in New Orleans over my long Mother’s Day weekend trip with Harry. I promised in my last post to share pictures of the outfit my kid Harry (aka drag artist Amber Alert) styled for me, and Amber’s awesome look, too. So have a look below and keep scrolling, because there are a few more fave photos from the fest, including one of the queen who triggered a remarkable little convo between...
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No Mother’s Day brunch for me this year. Nope. My day will start literally at the stroke of midnight, where the NYC drag explosion known as Bushwig will be in the throes of heating up New Orleans, LA. And I'm so excited! I’ll be at that party of queer performance, music and love with my kid Harry, aka drag artist Mz. Amber Alert. Even though Amber won't be taking the stage -- this is a vacation for her as well, I know my kid will be dressed in an utterly fabulous look. Or, knowing him, maybe even two looks. I’ll...
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NOT BATTING AN EYELASH My friend Sharon and I arrived at Bushwig 2016 last month soon after the doors opened. The “biggest, queerest & most fabulous festival of drag, music & love in the world” had moved to the 5000-person capacity Knockdown Center, and we wanted to take in the food, live music, retail vendors, and outdoor music before our favorite performers sashayed out onto the stage. Electrifying the crowd that night was the one and only, “large & in charge” Queen Latrice Royale of RuPaul’s Drag Race fame. One of my most fun, love-filled moments of the evening didn’t take place...
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I appreciate you so much for reading my book, talking about it, and sharing the news of its release on social media. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I started this journey in 1992, when little two-year-old Harry told me, “Inside my head I’m a girl.” I know there are thousands of parents who are just now beginning a similar journey, learning about and struggling with their child’s gender identity. I'm sure many aren't even sure what "gender identity" means, like I didn't at the...
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I might feel differently if I were a kid who’d been told last January that I needed braces on my teeth for a year, but the months of 2014 just flew by for me. And after seeing Chris Rock’s comedy flick Top Five last night, I wanted to do my own top five. But instead of rappers, I chose the year's top five most popular posts on My Son Wears Heels. So in case you missed any, here they are: 1. Baby gifts: My double whammy of gender stereotyping. [caption id="attachment_2440" align="aligncenter"...
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(This piece also appears on HuffPost.) “Where’re you headed?” the cabbie asked Harry, who glanced back at me from the front seat. “We’re going to Lucky Cheng’s Restaurant,” I said. Our driver hesitated. “So you’re in the mood for a little Chinese food, huh?” “No,” I replied. “It’s a dinner-theater drag show.” “Oh, I know that,” he said, looking at me into the rear view mirror. “Just wanted to make sure you did. Some people go there expecting something else.” I didn’t know what to expect, but I was up for anything. This was Las Vegas in 2008. And a drag...
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