The Tea In Tennessee
What A Day
What A Day
4.6 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
This week marks the anniversary of the Stonewall riots — the very reason we celebrate Pride in June every year. In honor of the drag queens that have always been on the front lines of the fight for equality before, during, and after Stonewall, we dive deep into the troubling saga of Tennessee’s first-in-the-nation attempt to ban public drag performances.
Memphis-based drag queen and Tennessee native Bella DuBalle joins us to discuss the impact the legislation has had on local performers ever since was introduced, the community’s resilience that ultimately led to the law being overturned, and why the world needs drag.
Show notes:
- Bella DuBalle – https://www.instagram.com/belladuballe/?hl=en
- PBS: Drag performers on what Tennessee’s ban on public performances means to them – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVmi95tZ8Hk
- What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast
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| 0:00.0 | It's Saturday, July 1st. |
| 0:08.4 | I'm Trevelle Anderson. |
| 0:09.9 | And I'm Priyanka Erebindee and this is What A Day. |
| 0:13.2 | On today's show, we're shaking things up a little bit. |
| 0:16.2 | Now I know it's the weekend and you're like, why the hell is What A Day in my feed? |
| 0:20.5 | You're also probably very over the news and have had enough after the firestorm of a |
| 0:26.1 | week we have had with all of this Supreme Court foolishness, but you're not alone. |
| 0:31.9 | You're not alone. |
| 0:32.9 | You're not alone. |
| 0:33.9 | But we couldn't let Pride Month just come and go without circling back to the very |
| 0:38.6 | reason we celebrate Pride in June in the first place, especially given that the High |
| 0:43.6 | Court took up a case about gay rights this year. |
| 0:47.0 | Yes, this is so important. |
| 0:48.6 | I'm very glad we are going to get into it today. |
| 0:50.8 | The floor is entirely yours. |
| 0:53.3 | So take it away Trevelle. |
| 0:54.8 | Love this for me. |
| 0:55.8 | So for those of you who don't know your gay history, this week marks the 54th anniversary |
| 1:02.3 | of the Stonewall riots on June 28th, 1969, New York City police raided the Stonewall |
| 1:09.4 | in a gay bar in Lower Manhattan. |
| 1:12.4 | Now back in the day, cops would often raid gay bars, inviscously enforce a law that prohibited |
| 1:17.4 | people from wearing clothes that didn't align with the sex on their IDs. |
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