UJulia ucofe kwicala labo lobudoda ukuze abe nguRoy L Highness, ukumkani orhuqayo ophethe ibinzana elifana nelo ligoba phantsi! Kwaye abakhweli Jasmine Rice LaBeija kwaye UMarti Gould Cummings babevuya ngakumbi ukukhupha ubukhosi bangaphakathi bukaJulia kwesi siqendu sika-Dragged .
Ndingumntu omkhulu, umlandeli omkhulu wokutsala, utshilo uJulia. Kwaye njengomntu ongeyo-binary, queer, ndiyakuthanda ukubonisa isini sam ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo. Ndichulumancile kakhulu ngethuba lokubonisa ubudoda bam.
Isini sisakhiwo sentlalo kwaye sele siza kuyichitha, uMarti wabhengeza.
Kwaye akukho ndlela ingcono yokwenza oko ngaphandle kokutsala i-makeover.
Ndicinga njengeNkosana, ngathi, kakhulu, yasebukhosini, uJulia wathetha nge-alter-ego yabo uRoy L Highness.
Ngelixa i-drag queen makeovers ithande ukuba malunga nemivimbo yobuxoki, imilebe emikhulu kunye ne-bold eye makeup, inkangeleko yenkosi yokutsala yahlukile. UJulia wafumana ibhrawunzi zebushier, ibhokhwe yobuxoki kunye nezidlele ezichotshoziweyo.
Ndiziva ngathi ndifana nomntakwethu, utshilo uJulia. Ndiziva ndimangalisa. Ndiziva ndizithembile. Ndiziva ndimhle. Ndiziva ngathi umhlathi wam unoku, ngathi, ukusika iphetshana lephepha. Ndiziva ndonwabile.
Kwimpahla, uJasmine noMarti banika uJulia unyango lwasebukhosini. Ookumkanikazi bakhetha isithsaba segolide, ibhatyi yomkhosi wasebukhosini kunye neelofu zevelvet. UJulia naye washukumisa iwigi efana neNkosana kunye nezacholo ezimbalwa ze-spikey ukongeza ilitye kunye nomphetho wokujonga.
Yile nto kanye bendiyifakile. Ndifumene isithsaba, utshilo uJulia. Ndiziva ndithembeke kakhulu kwaye ndifana nje sisityebi kwisinxibo sam.
UJasmine wabuza uJulia ukuba baziva bengamadoda njengoRoy L Highness.
Ndiziva njengobukhosi, uJulia waphendula. Ndivakalelwa kukuba le yindlela entsha yokuba ndibonakalise ubudoda bam phezu kobukumkani bam.
Ukuba uyonwabele eli bali, bukela lo mtsalane wokuqala uphila ngentelekelelo yakhe ekhazimlayo ekhazimlayo .
