/tags/drag Drag en-US Copyright Mon, 25 Sep 2023 22:14:05 GMT /arts-culture/2023-09-25/durham-pride-pilipinx-tori-grace-nichols-drag-g-clef As Pride reached its sixth year in Durham, Tori Grace Nichols, one of the few Asian American drag performers in the Triangle, shares how they connect drag to their Pilipinx identity. Mon, 25 Sep 2023 22:14:05 GMT /arts-culture/2023-09-25/durham-pride-pilipinx-tori-grace-nichols-drag-g-clef Eli Chen /politics/2023-06-28/new-nc-bill-could-restrict-public-drag-performances GOP state representatives introduced legislation Wednesday to ban adult entertainment on public property, and it could restrict drag shows. Wed, 28 Jun 2023 18:44:30 GMT /politics/2023-06-28/new-nc-bill-could-restrict-public-drag-performances Colin Campbell /show/embodied-radio-show/2023-02-17/drag-beyond-the-binary-gender-performance Go to a drag show, and you’ll likely encounter big hair, incredible lip syncs and tons of glitter. But those who engage in this gender-bending art form know that it’s just as much about activism as it is about entertainment. Fri, 17 Feb 2023 17:00:00 GMT /show/embodied-radio-show/2023-02-17/drag-beyond-the-binary-gender-performance Audrey Smith, Anita Rao /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-02-17/slayed-gender-performance-beyond-the-binary-gender-performance-artist After not seeing a drag show for the first 30 years of her life, Anita now dives in. She explores the history and evolution of the artform with a drag scholar-turned-performer; meets a non-binary drag 'thing' pushing boundaries through performance; and talks with a Durham-based drag artist who speaks out against anti-drag violence. Fri, 17 Feb 2023 14:30:00 GMT /podcast/embodied-podcast/2023-02-17/slayed-gender-performance-beyond-the-binary-gender-performance-artist Audrey Smith, Anita Rao /news/2021-06-25/small-north-carolina-drag-brunches-fight-challenge-conservative-community-views-gray For ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾, photographer Madeline Gray documented a drag brunch in Kinston. Gray spent time with some of the performers in this rural North Carolina town to see how they're striving to build an inclusive space in this traditionally conservative community. Fri, 25 Jun 2021 11:12:34 GMT /news/2021-06-25/small-north-carolina-drag-brunches-fight-challenge-conservative-community-views-gray Madeline Gray /race-demographics/2019-09-13/theseus-and-the-minotaur-the-black-queer-version When I started the summer, I wanted to write about the struggle of black LGBT youth in churches that didn’t approve of their lifestyle and persecuted them… Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:15:16 GMT /race-demographics/2019-09-13/theseus-and-the-minotaur-the-black-queer-version Kayla Beckett /youth-radio/2019-08-08/youth-reporters-tackle-hard-issues-through-personal-stories-2019 ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøվ’s Youth Reporting Institute wraps up its summer program this week and the offerings from this year’s cohort reflect many of the complex problems our… Thu, 08 Aug 2019 16:09:34 GMT /youth-radio/2019-08-08/youth-reporters-tackle-hard-issues-through-personal-stories-2019 Dana Terry, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2016-08-01/becoming-miss-gay-north-carolina-america-meet-justin-natvig-aka-vivian-vaughn Justin Natvig has had a flair for performance most of his life. As a young kid, he often snuck into his grandparents’ attic and dug through his… Mon, 01 Aug 2016 15:55:00 GMT /arts-culture/2016-08-01/becoming-miss-gay-north-carolina-america-meet-justin-natvig-aka-vivian-vaughn Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2016-08-01/becoming-miss-gay-north-carolina-america-meet-justin-natvig-aka-vivian-vaughn Justin Natvig has had a flair for performance most of his life. As a young kid, he often snuck into his grandparents’ attic and dug through his… Mon, 01 Aug 2016 15:55:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-08-01/becoming-miss-gay-north-carolina-america-meet-justin-natvig-aka-vivian-vaughn Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-08-08/youth-reporters-tackle-hard-issues-through-personal-stories ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøվ’s Youth Reporting Institute wraps up its summer program this week and the offerings from this year’s cohort reflect many of the complex problems our… /show/the-state-of-things/2019-08-08/youth-reporters-tackle-hard-issues-through-personal-stories Dana Terry, Frank Stasio