This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss how RuPaul made drag mainstream, the legend of problematic queen Sharon Needles, and the Pittsburgh drag bar caught in an accidental blackface scandal. Plus, a fond farewell to the Last Ditch.
Village Underground with Jeff Maurer
Next In Line Comedy with Jeff Maurer
RuPaul Apologizes for Drag Race “She-Male” Segment in Response to Transphobia Criticisms—Slate
Dragged Into Debate: Reality-TV Fame Puts Spotlight on Sharon Needles’ Controversial Act—Pittsburgh City Paper
Sharon Needles’ Racist Aftermath—HuffPost
World of Wonder: Get Sharon Needles’ Title Revoked—Change.org
Something Wicked This Way Comes: The Sharon Needles Controversy—Queer Space Magazine
Queer/Bar Re-Opens This Weekend With Sapphira Cristal—Seattle Gay Scene
After Blackface at Blue Moon, black Performers Are Asking Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ Community to Do More Than Be Outraged—QBurgh
Hexxus “Toxic Love” Open Stage Performance—Facebook
$20 Million Suit Says Bay Area School Forced Boys Out Over Face Mask Photo—San Francisco Chronicle
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