-3- SM, or How I Met My Girlfriend in a Queer Theatre
––––––––
I figured she’d hate drag queens.
In university, I read a few feminist-lesbian papers that were pretty anti-drag. I can’t remember the reasoning. Something about drag performances being reductive and misogynistic, maybe?
Trans women didn’t seem to like drag queens much, either. I didn’t read that anywhere. It was just my impression from chatting with other queer people. So that’s another reason I figured Lisa wouldn’t be impressed by the drag show at Sisters in Sin Queer Theatre.
By training and profession, Lisa was a stage manager. People were always asking if she aspired to be an actor. She didn’t. Lisa liked the backstage bit, every aspect of it, from lighting to sound to last-minute prop repairs. That’s one reas
