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Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show

Saxon for Mayor

Feast of Fun: Gay Talk Show

Fausto Fernós

Comedy Interviews, Tv & Film, Comedy, Tv Reviews, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.4831 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Even though it does get pretty breezy here, Chicago got the nickname “The Windy City'' from its boisterous politicians who have a lot to say. Over the years, we’ve had many unusual folks run for political office, like the ACT-UP drag queen performance artist Joan Jett-Blakk who ran for Mayor of the Second City and then later tried to “Lick Bush'' in a run for the presidency.

Following that great tradition, Chicago performance artist and drag queen Jezebel À GoGo, now known as J Saxon joins us today to talk about their foray into the race to become Chicago’s next Mayor as a progressive who wants to abolish the police.

You may remember J Saxon whose first appearance ten years ago on this show “Why I became a drag queen” looked at the rising tide in favor of young people dressing up in drag to define and express themselves.

SAXON FOR MAYOR: https://saxonformayor.com

Plus-- A look into the Beyoncé and Kellis controversy, and how past betrayals rob us of future better relationships.

Episode #3044

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0:00.0

Even though it gets pretty breezy here, Chicago got the nickname the Windy City from its boisterous politicians who have a lot to say.

0:13.0

Over the years, we've had many interesting folks run for political office, like Actup's drag queen performance artist Joan Jet Black, who ran for

0:23.0

mayor of the second city and then later tried to lick Bush in a run for the presidency.

0:29.7

Following that great tradition, Chicago performance artist and drag queen Jezebela Gogo,

0:34.9

now known as Jay Saxon, joins us today to talk about their foray into the race to

0:39.6

become Chicago's next mayor as a progressive who wants to abolish the police.

0:45.0

Well, what about abolishing bad contouring or shoes that don't match dresses?

0:50.0

You may remember Jay Saxon, whose first appearance 10 years ago on this show,

0:54.4

why I became a drag queen, looked at the rising tide in favor of young people dressing up in drag to define and express themselves.

1:02.7

Plus, a look into Beyonce and Kellyssey's controversy and how past betrayals rob us of future better relationships.

1:12.5

I'm Fausto Furnos.

1:13.9

I'm Mark Fillion.

1:15.1

And this is Feast of Fun.

1:27.2

Our guest today was well known a decade ago in Chicago's drag scene as

1:32.2

Jezebel Agogo, whose first appearance on Feast of Fun was titled Why I Became a Drag Queen.

1:39.5

Jezebel looked at the rising tide in favor of young people dressing up in drag to define and express themselves.

1:46.8

Now, a decade later, Jezebel is back as Jay Saxon, the first gender queer Bolivian American

1:53.7

running for mayor of the windy city. Chicago, welcome.

1:59.7

Thank you guys so much for having me back. Of course. Welcome,

2:02.2

Mayor-elect for a soon-to-be-elect. Yeah, it's great to be here at a very different time

2:09.2

in my life and a very different place of being because back in the day, I lived on the south

2:14.5

side on Hyde Park and now I lived on the street from you guys. I walked over here today.

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