Life's A Drag... Pinoy Pride, Marsha P. Johnson & An Orange Order!

Show your 'Pinoy Pride' because Drag Race finally welcomed a whole new, Filipino serving! Pay it no mind! I wanted to roll things right back to the original civil rights ambassador, everybody say love! The queens from the 'North' served us with another 'FIERCE' season! Oops, Canada did it again! Orange Order, what? Hold on, things are about to get tangerine up in here! Yes, B!

Saying 'Mabu-hey' to the world, it was time for the Philippines to breakout onto the Drag Race 'Main-stage' without any 'Ru-pologises' to make! My knowledge of Pinoy Drag was horrible, I really wasn't familiar with the line-up when those Filipina queens were introduced for Drag Race Philippines, Season One! Knowing who 'Jiggly Caliente' was from 'RuPaul's Drag Race. Season Four' but other than that it was a new experience! 'TV Personality' extraordinaire, 'Paolo Ballesteros' hosted with the most, one woman wonder 'Kalad Karen' took the role as one of the two 'Trans' judging panelists alongside the 'RuGirl from Laguna!' Those challenges had me learning a respectable serving of Filipino culture, you know I already knew what 'Chinese Garter' was because I am cultured like that! The judges comments definitely stirred the pot, quoting 'Fashionista' 'Rajo Laurel', he best finesse his constructed critiques for Season Two! You already know that 'Photographer', 'BJ Pascual' can return for every season, he's so sweet! Salamat, PO! 

'Prince' became the 'Pinoy Porkchop', those 'SHOOZ!' Chicken wire she did! 'Corazon' incorporated her own elements, seeing her exit second. OFW queen 'Gigi Era' stunned the judges with her 'Tiyanak' vampire child look, sashaying away third. Following on from the successes of 'Pop Off Ate', 'Turing' tried her best impersonating one of the greats during the 'OPM Divas: The Rusical'. Bestowing her final 'Dalaygon', 'Miss Shutacca Queen Beauty Pageant' saw 'Lady Morgana' sashay away fifth! Snatch Game had me laughing so hard, no elimination took place! Serving 'Shopulence', 'Viñas DeLuxe' proclaimed she wanted to have fun! 'Twinning' for their lives, that makeover challenge was like no other! Forever the 'Dyosa', 'Brigiding' soared! Representing 'Team Champion', it was clear to see that 'Minty Fresh' served! Finale ready, both 'Xilhouete' and 'Eva Le Queen' claimed joint 3rd place! 'Marina Summers' slayed hard, a worthy runner-up! Victorious, 'Precious Paula Nicole' took the PH crown with kindness and humility! 

'Darling, I want my Gay Rights now!' 'Marsha P. Johnson' didn't come to play, she wanted those civil rights for the whole LGBTQ+ Community and then some! Remembered as the 'Rosa Parks' of the 'LGBTQ+ Community', Marsha's turf was the streets of NYC's Greenwich Village, taking her place at the front of every NYC Gay Pride March her short life snatched! Marsha P. Johnson stayed ready, when the 'Stonewall Riot' kicked off, she was not going to let her people get pushed around my those dirty cops! June 28th 1969 wasn't going to be a quiet day for Marsha's first steps towards what become the 'Gay Liberation Front'. Radiating love throughout her life, her unapologetic nature soared above the hate, adorned in her best get up! You know that Marsha wore Christmas lights in her hair! Her sister and comrade, 'Sylvia Rivera' stood by Marsha's side as they fronted marches, parade and protests of all kinds! Demanding their civil rights, Marsha and her Trans sisters refused to take any back seats, they made it up front! Come on, Marsha P! 

June 28th in 1969 wasn't any normal summer night, Judy Garland had just been buried and as 'Friends of Dorothy' those patrons at the Stonewall Inn weren't going to be messed with! With previous raids many of the 'Queer' customers would surrender to the wishes of the invading police and law enforcement, no more would they kowtow to that form of oppression! Marsha was the first to provoke a reaction, throwing something directly at the mirror that was behind the bar! A revolution broke out that night and nobody would be surrendering! In her 46 years of life, Marsha put her fiercest foot forwards with a whole lot of love to give at the same time. Her life on the streets had not been kind to her but her love for her community and humankind shone through her troubles. Hailing from Elizabeth, New Jersey, you already know that 'Garden State' connection fills my heart with pride! Visiting Christopher Street Pier during 2019, I paid my respects to Marsha. The activism and strength of Marsha P. Johnson will last forever! Yes!

Back so soon? Brooklyn Hytes ushered in another season of the drama filled 'Canada's Drag Race' machine, would this third season really have the juice? Corona seemed to impact the season a lot less with less because things didn't look so distant, S2 served Pandemic control drama! What was really cooking? Casting for S3 felt like it had been released the moment Season 2 had wrapped up! Yes, whispers of a 'Vs The World' incarnation were whirling around the rumour mill, for sure! 'Halal Bae' had their cards dealt to them after the quick-change catwalk/design challenge, Middle Eastern representation was really done dirty! Not cool! Hosting like the most, 'Miss Moço' didn't impress the panel with her presenting skills! Third to sashay away was Two Spirit queen, 'Chelazon La Roux' as she danced alongside her fellow Indigenous sister, 'Kaos'. Exiting third, Aunty left a 'Deadly' legacy on that third Canadian race! I genuinely loved this third season, overall things were looking and feeling less frantic. Finally, C! 

Snatch Game didn't see the 'Asian Curse' persist, 'Jada Shada Hudson' served 'Material Gworl' Realness just like 'Saucy Santana!' Representing French Canada, 'Lady Boom Boom' bowed out of the contest placing fifth. Selling it like a 'Cat Mom' is meant to, I was living for those cosmetic commercials and then some! 'Bomb Bae' exited the 'Main-stage' with her head held higher! The 'Rusical' required a 'Squirrels Trip' and girl did those Canadian queens serve it up, those post-holiday blues saw 'Irma Gerd' get gone! Keeping it fierce, I noticed that a certain 'SABOTAGE' had taken place! 'Fierce' knew where her camera was located! With another 'Ball' coming to throw one queen under the bus, it was time for 'Vivian Vanderpuss' to 'Cat Mom' her way out of CDR, S3. The passing of 'HRH Queen Elizabeth II' tried to delay my finale viewing but I switched my VPN on like a ninja! BBC, acting the fool! 'Fierce' and 'Kimmy' claimed joint third place with 'Jada' as runner up! Une gagneur Francophone? Oui, 'Gisèle Lullaby!' Okay, Québec! 

Ulster, look how Orange you look! Northern Ireland's Orange Order calls the shots on July 12th throughout those Protestant believing communities. Cool down, simmer because I don't want to celebrate their cause but purely want to highlight the commitment to their Drag. It's staggering for me to see the precision applied to those 'King William' loving displays serve some kind of controversial pageantry, banging their drums to a certain UK focused beat! Groomed within an act of their lives, those Orange Men adorn themselves with their sash-like orange, white and purple colours like they are majorette twirling dancers. Camp or what? I do think! Drag or what? Yes! These decorated flute tooting Northern Irish Orange Order marchers do what they do to commemorate their kings stance at the end of Boyne's own bloody battle. The Catholic residents along those marching routes don't care for these Orange looking celebrations, there's something more to this frontal display if you ask me! 1690 was a real long time, category next! N.I, for real! 

From the sidelines the colour scheme serves 'Red, White & Blue' with a familiar 'Union Jack' adorned on everything in sight! I am British and I really see this display of the flag as something extra, something tells me this section of the Northern Irish population are feeling threatened as they profess their 'culture' is being diminished as the opposition party sweeps those votes at the polls. I am all for expression but this display of a contested 'heritage' looks pretty full-frontal to me! I don't get why Gay Pride is so taboo but the Orange Men parade themselves as if they are Drag Queens on their flamboyant floats because those elaborately painted drums and banners make me chuckle. I don't support the cause but the fashion within which they walk and those support on the sidelines, well it serves a certain fanatic appreciation. If you ask me, they've been taking notes from those Gay Pride marches because their get-up is Drag! I don't care for orange nor the Union's colours, bring on 'St. Patrick's Day!' Don't come for their culture! U.K, Hun? Oh!

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