We're Here (2020–…): Season 2, Episode 8 - Grand Junction, Colorado - full transcript
Bob, Eureka, and Shangela empower three members of Grand Junction, CO's trans community to share their most authentic selves, including Taylor, who is tired of limiting himself for others; Angie, who has shied away from her hometown since transitioning; and Dustin, who is beyond ready to dispel the misconceptions of people with disabilities.
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["ROYALS" BY LORDE]
>> Eureka: WOO, THE LANDSCAPE IS
NICE.
OH MY GOD, GIRL, THIS LIGHTING
HONEY, MAMA NEEDS A SELFIE.
>> Shangela: DON'T GET TOO CLOSE
TO THE EDGE?
>> Eureka: OH, OH, OH, OH!
>> Bob: OH, OH GOD.
>> Eureka: AHHHH!
>> Bob: OH, OH, OH!
OH.
>> Bob: AH!
>> Shangela: OKAY, COME ON.
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>> Bob: THAT'S WHAT YOU GET
TRYING TO TAKE A SELFIE.
>> Shangela: OKAY, GREAT LET'S
DO THIS.
THE GOLDEN GIRLS HAVE ARRIVED.
>> Eureka: HONEY, WE'RE HERE.
>> Shangela: OH, WE ARE
DEFINITELY HERE.
>> Eureka: I AM STARVING.
>> Shangela: I'D RATHER GET THIS
GALA GIRL, I'M SYNCHED.
>> Shangela: I'M LOOKING FOR THE
GAYS AND THE GALA SO WHERE IS
IT?
>> Eureka: WELL WE JUST GOT TO
GRAND JUNCTION, WHAT IS THERE TO
DO OUT HERE?
>> GREYHOUND STATION.
>> Bob: OH, SHE TOLD YOU TO
LEAVE.
SHE DONE TOLD YOU TO LEAVE.
>> Eureka: HI, HOW ARE YOU ALL?
>> Bob: DOES SHE KNOW WHERE
WE'RE GOING?
>> Shangela: YOU SHOULD ASK HER.
>> Eureka: YOU THINK SHE CAN
HEAR YOU GIRL?
>> Bob: MA'AM, OH!
>> Shangela: OH SHE TURNS.
>> Bob: OH YOU WANT TO; YOU WANT
TO COME FACE TO FACE?
>> OH, OH.
>> Bob: OH SHE IS SERVING.
>> Shangela: OH SHE HAS A NAME.
>> Bob: FELICIA.
>> Shangela: OH WELL BYE,
FELICIA.
>> Bob: BYE, FELICIA.
>> Bob: HI!
>> WE DON'T, WE DON'T' SEE
BIG GOLD FAIRIES IN GRAND
JUNCTION VERY OFTEN.
>> Bob: REALLY?
YOU ALL GO TO DRAG SHOWS OR
ANYTHING?
>> YOU'RE IN GRAND JUNCTION,
COLORADO.
>> Bob: YOU DON'T HAVE A DRAG
SHOW IN GRAND JUNCTION?
>> CAN I GET UNDER YOUR
DRESS AND WALK WITH YOU?
[LAUGHTER]
>> Shangela: YOU COME ON TO THE
SHOW, OKAY, WE'LL SEE YOU
TUESDAY NIGHT.
THANK YOU.
YOU ARE SO SWEET.
SHE SAID I WAS BEAUTIFUL,
YOU HAVE A LARGE DRESS, SO LET'S
GO.
>> Bob: THANK YOU, BABY.
>> Eureka: IT WAS YUMMY, THANK
YOU.
>> Shangela: HOLD UP!
YOU ALL BETTER.
A DRINK, WHERE'S MY DRINK?
>> Bob: I'M GOING, LET'S GO.
I'M COOKING.
>> Eureka: OH SHIT.
>> Bob: I'M BOOKING IT; OOH LOOK
AT ME GO.
>> Shangela: SHE AIN'T GOING
NOWHERE.
SHE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
DON'T WORRY.
>> Bob: WE'RE IN GRAND JUNCTION,
COLORADO.
APPARENTLY THESE
AREN'T MOUNTAINS THEY'RE MESAS.
>> Shangela: IT'S LIKE A SMALL
WESTERN TOWN IN A WAY.
IT'S LOVELY.
>> Eureka: IT IS LIKE DESERT,
HEALS, DUST AND DRY MAMA.
I'VE NEVER BEEN IN AN AREA THIS
DRY.
SORRY.
IT IS DRY IN THIS BITCH.
>> Bob: I'VE NEVER BEEN ANYWHERE
THAT WAS THIS BLUE LIVES MATTER.
>> Eureka: IT'S LIKE DEFINITELY
A LOT OF CONSERVATIVE PEOPLE
HERE, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S A PLACE
WHERE MEN ARE MEN AND WOMEN ARE
WOMEN, THEY'RE VERY COOKIE
CUTTER IN HOW THEY LIVE WITHIN
GENDER ROLES.
>> Bob: THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IN
THIS TOWN WHO ARE VERY VOCAL
ABOUT THEIR DISLIKE FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE DIFFERENT THAN THEM.
YOU KNOW AND I THINK THAT THERE
ARE ALSO PLENTY OF QUEER FOLKS
RIGHT HERE IN THIS TOWN TOO,
THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS SAY LIKE
WE'RE EVERYWHERE, YOU KNOW
QUEER PEOPLE POP UP ALL OVER
THE PLACE.
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>> MY NAME IS TAYLOR
PROPIER, I'M TWENTY-TWO YEARS
OLD.
I GO BY HE, THEY PRONOUNS.
WHEN I WAS LITTLE I WAS ASKED A
LOT FROM OTHER KIDS AT MY SCHOOL
IF I WAS A BOY, GIRL OR AN IT.
I WOULD GET FRUSTRATED
AND BE LIKE I'M A GIRL BUT IT
WASN'T WHO I WAS LIKE SAYING OR
HEARING.
I WOULD PRAY EVERY NIGHT TO WAKE
UP A BOY.
SORRY.
I WOULD WAKE UP TO BE A BOY AND
YOU KNOW THAT DOESN'T WORK LIKE
THAT.
SO I'D WAKE UP AND BE
DISAPPOINTED AND PRAY AGAIN.
I'M TRANSGENDER.
I BELIEVE GENDER ITSELF IS
LIMITLESS BUT I'VE DEFINITELY
BEEN LIVING UP TO OTHER PEOPLE'S
EXPECTATIONS.
HOW YOU LOOK, HOW YOU TALK,
HOW YOU DRESS.
>> THIS HAS BEEN MY OWN BATTLE
WITHIN LIFE, MY PATH AND I
DON'T WANT TO LOSE IT.
BUT NOTHING SHOULD BE STOPPING
ME ANYMORE BUT I'M JUST STOPPING
MYSELF.
>> Eureka: OH, HO, HO, HO!
HI.
HELLO, YOUNG SIR.
HI, I'M EUREKA.
>> OH MY GOD YOU GIVE
GREAT HUGS.
>> Eureka: I DO, SO DO YOU.
SO HOW ARE YOU?
>> I'M DOING GOOD.
GREAT NOW.
>> Eureka: WELL WE'RE GONNA HAVE
FUN THIS WEEK.
FOR SURE.
>> OH YEAH.
AND I'M EXCITED BUT VERY NERVOUS
BUT EXCITED.
>> Eureka: YEAH.
>> MY CHOSEN FATHER, I
LOVE HIM, HE'S A DRAG KING AND
YEAH.
>> Eureka: OH, OKAY.
>> HE'S BEEN TRYING TO GET
ME TO, OUT THERE AND DO DRAG
AND I'M JUST LIKE I DON'T' KNOW
WHAT I'M DOING.
>> Eureka: SO YOU'RE NOT A
PERFORMER?
>> I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE BUT I
HAVEN'T HAD THAT VALIDATION OF
LIKE DOING ME BASICALLY, YEAH.
>> Eureka: WHAT'S THE QUEER
COMMUNITY LIKE HERE?
>> IT'S BIGGER THAN WHAT PEOPLE
THINK BUT BECAUSE OF THE HEATED
POLITICAL CLIMATE OUT HERE,
IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE STAY IN
A LOT.
>> Eureka: SO IT'S VERY
CLOSETED, LIKE,?
>> YEAH, I WANT PEOPLE TO
FEEL MORE AT HOME CUZ IN SCHOOL
I WAS BULLIED SO BAD I COULDN'T
EVEN LEAVE MY BEDROOM.
GOT CALLED ALL THE NAMES AND
THEY EVEN SEXUALLY HARASSED ME
SO.
>> Eureka: THAT'S SO FUCKED UP,
YOU DIDN'T DESERVE THAT.
YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT?
YOU KNOW THAT?
OKAY.
YOU KNOW YOU DIDN'T DESERVE
THAT?
>> NO, I DIDN'T.
>> Eureka: HOW OLD ARE YOU NOW?
>> I'M TWENTY-TWO.
I DIDN'T COME OUT PUBLICLY UNTIL
I WAS EIGHTEEN.
>> Eureka: PUBLICLY AS TRANS OR
GAY?
>> UH, PUBLICLY AS TRANS
AND GAY.
>> Eureka: WOW.
>> I CAME OUT TO MY MOM AND I
WAS LIKE I'M TRANS, SHE WAS
CRYING AND I WAS LIKE
BUT I STILL LIKE MEN, SHE'S LIKE
YOU'RE GAY, I'M LIKE I DIDN'T
KNOW YOU WOULD KNOW BUT I
WOULDN'T WANT IT ANY OTHER WAY.
>> Eureka: SO DO YOU WANT TO DO
MASCULINE DRAG OR FEMININE
DRAG?
>> I DON'T REALLY NECESSARILY
BELIEVE IN GENDER AND WANT TO
BREAK AWAY FROM THAT LIKE I JUST
WANT TO DO WHATEVER I FEEL LIKE.
>> Eureka: I LOVE THAT, THAT'S
INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU ARE LIKE
FINDING A SAFE DISCOVERY OF
BEING LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M
NOT GONNA LIVE THE WAY YOU THINK
I SHOULD LIVE EVEN AS A TRANS
PERSON.
>> Eureka: THAT'S EXCITING.
>> IT'S REALLY ANDROGYNISTIC
LIKE NOW IF I SAID THAT RIGHT.
IT DOES NOW SO.
>> Eureka: ANDROGYNISTIC IS WHAT
WE'RE GONNA BE.
>> I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO GET
BACK INTO WEARING A DRESS BUT I
DON'T WANT TO CONFUSE PEOPLE.
>> Eureka: FUCK THAT, WHY?
>> IT'S LIKE BUT I THOUGHT
YOU'RE TRANSITIONING INTO A
MALE.
>> Eureka: SO YOU THINK PEOPLE
WILL TRY TO INVALIDATE YOUR
TRANSITION?
>> YEAH.
>> Eureka: THERE'S DEFINITELY A
LOT OF TAYLOR BEING HELD BACK.
HE'S BEEN TRAPPED IN THIS LITTLE
CAGE INSIDE OF HIS HEART, YOU
KNOW, JUST PRAYING FOR A MOMENT
WHERE HE CAN LET HIMSELF OUT SO
THE BIGGEST BATTLE FOR TAYLOR IS
GONNA BE BELIEVING THE FACT THAT
THAT PERSON IN THAT CAGE IS WHO
DESERVES TO BE ON THE FRONT
LINE.
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>> LET'S GO.
>> YEAH, I GREW UP HERE IN
GRAND JUNCTION, YOU KNOW I LIVE
UP HERE IN MESA SO THERE'S NOT A
LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND.
I HAVE MY PARTNER JAMIE AND MY
THREE DOGS.
WE'VE BEEN LIVING TOGETHER FOR
FOUR AND A HALF YEARS NOW.
>> COME ON, WOLF DOG.
COME ON, BUDDY.
LET'S GO.
>> MAN, JAMIE CAME INTO
MY LIFE WHEN I WAS IN PROBABLY
ONE OF THE LOWEST, DARKEST SPOTS
IN MY LIFE.
IT HAS BEEN SEVEN YEARS SINCE I
TRANSITIONED.
I GREW UP HUNTING, FISHING,
WORKING ON CARS, RIDING DIRT
BIKES.
I RACED MOTOCROSS AND SUPER
CROSS PRO CLASS FOR SO MANY
YEARS.
I GREW UP TO BE THAT MACHO
PERSON THAT EVERYBODY EXPECTED
ME TO BE I GUESS.
BUT I'VE ALWAYS HAD THIS PERSON
INSIDE OF ME YOU KNOW,I'VE
ALWAYS BEEN ANGIE.
FOR THE FIRST PART OF MY
TRANSITION MY, MY PARTNER THAT I
WAS WITH FOR SIXTEEN YEARS STUCK
AROUND BUT SHE, SHE MARRIED A
STRONG MAN NOT A GIRL.
YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHY SHE,
WHY SHE COULDN'T STAY AND THEN
AND MY FAMILY DOESN'T EXCEPT ME
AS ANGIE SO I HAVEN'T SEEN MY
PARENTS SINCE I TRANSITIONED.
LOSING EVERYBODY YOU LOVED AND
CARED FOR BECAUSE OF THIS,
THAT'S BEEN THE HARDEST THING
FOR ME.
>> Shangela: HELLO.
>> HELLO.
>> Shangela: NICE TO MEET YOU.
MISS ANGIE?
I LOVE THIS, I'VE NEVER BEEN IN
A REAL LOG CABIN, EVER.
>> YEAH, IT'S A COOL LITTLE
CABIN, HUH.
>> Shangela: HELLO.
I'M SHANGELA.
>> I'M JAMIE.
>> Shangela: IT IS SO NICE TO
MEET YOU ALL.
>> YEAH.
>> Shangela: THIS FEELS LIKE
REALLY FAR AWAY.
>> YEAH.
>> THE COWS OUTNUMBER THE
PEOPLE ABOUT A THOUSAND TO ONE
SO THERE'S NOT A...
>> Shangela: UP HERE?
>> YEAH.
>> OH, YEAH THAT'S WHY WE
MOVED UP HERE, I MEAN TO GET
AWAY FROM PEOPLE AND JUST NOT
HAVE TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE'S
BULLSHIT ANYMORE YOU KNOW.
>> Shangela: WHAT IS THE KIND OF
BULLSHIT THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL
WITH SOMETIMES?
>> WE ARE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST
A LOT.
TRY BEING TRANS AND GOING AND
GETTING A GOOD JOB SOMEWHERE,
NOT HIRING YOU BECAUSE OF WHO
YOU ARE.
I MEAN, FOR THE MOST PART IT'S
PEOPLE I DO KNOW THAT ARE
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH ME.
MY PARENTS AND SISTER
DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH
ME.
I MEAN I GO TO JUNCTION I
DEFINITELY FEEL NOT COMFORTABLE
GOING TO SOME PLACES CUZ I MAY
SEE OLD FRIENDS OR OLD FAMILY
FROM THE PAST.
THERE IS THAT PART OF ME THAT'S
ALWAYS LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER
HOPING THAT I DON'T SEE THEM.
I GO IN, DO WHAT I GOT TO DO AND
LET THEM SCURRY AND RUN AROUND
AND PRETEND LIKE THEY DON'T SEE
ME AND I'M NOT THERE.
EVERYBODY HAS IT HARD IN LIFE,
I'M NOT SAYING THAT A TRANS
WOMAN HAS IT ANY HARDER THAN
THE NEXT PERSON, BUT I MEAN IT'S
TAKEN ME A LONG TIME TO REALIZE
THAT AND SEE THAT I'M FINALLY
LIKE ... I WOULDN'T SAY I MADE IT
CUZ I'M NOT MAKING IT EVERY DAY
IS A PROCESS BUT I'M HERE.
I GOT A FRICKEN DIRT BIKE
OUT THERE THAT I CAN RIDE AGAIN
AND THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW, I KNOW
WHEN I'M ON MY DIRT BIKE I'M
HAPPY SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.
>> Shangela: WELL, WE'RE GONNA
HAVE THAT FEELING UP ON THE
STAGE EVEN IF I HAVE TO BRING
THAT DIRT BIKE UP THERE MYSELF.
[LAUGHTER]
DO YOU HAVE RELATIONSHIP WITH
LIKE THE GAY COMMUNITY AT ALL
HERE?
>> NOT REALLY FOR ME, I
MEAN THERE IS A PRETTY BIG
COMMUNITY HERE AND WHEN I
GUESS I WAS TRYING TO MAKE
FRIENDS SO I WENT TO PROBABLY
FOUR DRAG SHOWS WHICH IS MY,
THE ONLY UM, EXPERIENCE I'VE
EVER HAD WITH A DRAG SHOWS.
>> Shangela: AND DID YOU LIKE
STAY IN THE BACK OR DID YOU GO
UP THERE AND TIP THE GIRLS?
WERE YOU NERVOUS?
>> DEFINITELY NERVOUS SO
YEAH, YEP I MEAN THIS IS SO OUT
OF MY REALM AND OUT OF ANYTHING
I WOULD HAVE EVER SAW MYSELF
DOING I GUESS.
>> Shangela: WE ALWAYS TAKE A
LOT OF PIECES OF WHO WE ARE AS A
PERSON INTO OUR DRAG.
WHAT IS YOUR IDEA OF, OR WHO
WANT TO BE ON THE STAGE?
>> IT DIDN'T REALLY HIT ME
UNTIL IT ACTUALLY STARTED
HAPPENING TODAY, SO NOW I'M
JUST LIKE IN AWE TRYING TO TAKE
IT ALL IN AND UM...
>> Shangela: ANGIE, YOU DESERVE
THIS MOMENT.
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>> HEY.
>> HI.
>> DO YOU WANT TO STAY LAYING
DOWN OR IS IT GONNA BE EASIER TO
SIT TO THE CHAIR?
>> IS THERE, JUST SIT RIGHT
HERE.
>> I WAS BORN WITH A
DISABILITY.
IT'S GOT A LOT OF CHALLENGES.
YOU KNOW I DEPEND ON SOMEBODY TO
HELP ME MOVE.
WHEN MOST PEOPLE SEE ME, THEY
HAVE THE PRECONCEIVED NOTION
THAT I AM NOT YOU KNOW ALL
THERE IN MY HEAD.
BEING A TRANS PERSON JUST KIND
OF AMPLIFIED THAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF MISCONCEPTIONS
AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS BOTH IN
THE GENDER NON-CONFORMING TRANS
WORLD AND LIKE THE DRAG WORLD
AND THE DIFFERENTLY-ABLED
PERSON'S WORLD.
SO MY AIM IS TO, EVEN THOUGH IT
STILL SCARES ME SOMETIMES, BE
OUT THERE.
>> ALRIGHTY.
>> I GOT IT, I'M GONNA TO GO.
>> I WANT PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND THAT WE AS DISABLED
TRANS PEOPLE DO EXIST TOO AND
WE'RE JUST LIKE YOU.
>> COME IN.
>> Bob: COME IN?
>> COME IN.
>> Bob: OH, COME IN?
>> YES, HI.
>> Bob: HI.
>> HOW ARE YOU?
>> Bob: PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
>> PLEASURE TO MEET YOU AS WELL.
>> Bob: I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE
DUSTIN.
>> YES.
IS THIS REAL?
>> Bob: IT'S REAL.
>> WAIT.
WAIT.
>> Bob: IT'S REAL.
>> IT'S REAL?
>> Bob: IT'S REAL, WE'RE
TOUCHING
EACH OTHER.
>> YOU'RE HERE.
>> Bob: I'M HERE.
>> YOU'RE HERE?
>> Bob: WE'RE HERE.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> Bob: SO WHO ALL LIVES HERE?
>> UM, IT'S ME, UM, BEST
FRIEND AND CAREGIVER, JT.
>> Bob: OH GOT IT.
I'M ASSUMING THIS IS JT?
>> YES.
THIS IS JT.
>> Bob: HI.
>> HI, NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> Bob: HOW ARE YOU, BOB THE
DRAG QUEEN.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
HOW DID YOU TWO
MEET EACH OTHER?
>> DRAG SHOW, ACTUALLY.
>> Bob: OH WORK.
>> YEAH, I SAW LIKE THE ENERGY
IN THE ROOM FROM HIM JUST
ENJOYING HIMSELF AND, AND THE
PEOPLE AROUND HIM.
>> THAT WAS BEFORE I
STARTED.
>> YEAH, BEFORE TRANSITION FOR
BOTH OF US.
>> AND BEFORE I STARTED
PERFORMING ACTUALLY, EVEN.
>> YEAH, RIGHT BEFORE.
>> Bob: YOU WERE A PERFORMER FOR
A LONG TIME?
>> YEAH, I'M USED TO GETTING
STARES FROM THE CHAIR AND BEING
DIFFERENT.
I ALWAYS WORRY ARE PEOPLE GONNA
ACCEPT ME, ARE PEOPLE GONNA TAKE
TO ME WELL BUT WHEN I AM ON
STAGE I CAN SHOW PEOPLE THAT
JUST BECAUSE I HAVE THIS
DISABILITY DOESN'T MEAN I'M NOT
CAPABLE.
>> Bob: SO IF YOU DON'T MIND ME
ASKING, WHAT IS YOUR UH, YOUR
DIAGNOSIS?
>> IT IS SPASTIC QUADRIPLEGIC
CEREBRAL PALSY.
>> Bob: GOT IT.
>> MY SPECIFIC CASE, MY LOWER
HALF OF MY BODY IS EFFECTED MORE
THAN THE UPPER HALF, LEFT SIDE
MORE THAN MY RIGHT SIDE.
GROWING UP I WAS TOLD A LOT THAT
I WOULD AMOUNT TO NOTHING, THAT
YOU'RE JUST GONNA BE A
VEGETABLE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE
ABLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TYPE
OF THING.
>> Bob: WHO WOULD TELL YOU THAT?
>> MY FATHER.
>> Bob: I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA
SAY LIKE KIDS AT SCHOOL.
THAT IS REALLY ROUGH.
DUSTIN IDENTIFIES AS QUEER, AS
TRANS AND AS DIFFERENTLY ABLED.
WHEN YOU ARE PART OF A
MARGINALIZED GROUP AND THEN A
MARGINALIZED GROUP AND THEN A
GROUP AND THEN A GROUP AND
THEN A GROUP UH, IT'S SO HARD TO
SEE PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF.
THERE'S NO MARVEL MOVIES WHERE
HE'S THE HERO.
SO PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE HIM DON'T
FEEL LIKE THEY'RE, THEY DON'T
GET TO BE HEROES THEY DON'T' GET
TO BE GAME CHANGER, THEY DON'T'
GET TO BE INSPIRATIONS.
>> Bob: WHY DO YOU WANT TO DO
THIS?
>> JUST TO SPREAD HOPE AND
AWARENESS THAT I EXIST, WE
DISABLED TRANS PEOPLE, WE EXIST
AND ESPECIALLY AFTER YOU KNOW
TRANSITION BE ABLE TO BE
RECOGNIZED AS MYSELF, RECOGNIZED
IN A POSITIVE WAY ... THAT'S,
I'VE NEEDED THAT SO MUCH.
SORRY.
>> Bob: IT'S OKAY.
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[NATIONAL ANTHEM]
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO RACING.
>> I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE FOR
YEARS.
>> Shangela: OH GOD.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT BEING
HERE NOW?
>> PRETTY FRICKEN NERVOUS.
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>> Shangela: THERE YOU GO,
THAT'S DRAG.
HOW ARE YOU ALL?
>> Eureka: DO YOU MIND IF WE
SHARE A FLYER WITH YOU?
>> Eureka: OH OKAY.
>> Shangela: DRAG QUEENS, GOOD
TIMES IF YOU EVER JUST NEED A
SHOW, EVERYONE TO COME TO ONE,
IT'S GONNA BE LOTS OF FUN, ALL
RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
YOU ALL TAKE CARE.
LET ME TELL YOU WE'RE HAVING A
SHOW ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
IT'S A BIG OLD DRAG SHOW THAT'S
HAPPENING AT THE OLD BUS CENTER.
OKAY, FABULOUS, TAKE CARE.
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT,
BYE, BYE.
>> [SIGHS]
>> Shangela: I KNOW.
SEE, I CAME BACK I STILL GOT MY
HEAD ON.
>> YEAH.
>> Shangela: OKAY.
>> THAT GUY WAS ABOUT
READY TO BITE IT OFF THOUGH.
>> Eureka: HAVE YOU HAD A LOT OF
HATRED IN THIS AREA?
>> MORE THE FEAR, YEAH.
>> Eureka: AFRAID OF IT.
YEAH, I UNDERSTAND.
>> Shangela: HELLO?
HI.
>> HI, FOLKS.
>> Eureka: HI.
>> Shangela: WE'RE HAVING OUR
OWN DRAG SHOW.
NOT CARS BUT DRAG QUEENS,
HALLELOO.
>> Eureka: CAN WE HANG ONE UP
IN HERE?
IS THAT POSSIBLE?
>> UH, YOU KNOW WHAT I
AM NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.
I WILL KEEP ONE AND IF WE CAN
THAT I WILL DEFINITELY DO THAT.
>> JUST DO IT?
>> I WILL ASK THE MANAGER.
>> OF COURSE.
>> DO YOU ALL HAVE PICKLES?
>> YES WE DO.
>> Shangela: I'M SHANGELA, THIS
IS EUREKA, THIS IS MY FRIEND
ANGIE RIGHT HERE AND WE HAVE A
BIG SHOW COMING UP.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE YOU ALL ON
TUESDAY NIGHT.
>> Eureka: YOU ALL DO THIS AS A
FAMILY ALL THE TIME?
>> EVERYBODY DOES THIS, THE
WHOLE TOWN DOES THIS.
>> Eureka: THIS IS FUN.
>> I'M DRAG RACING.
>> Eureka: REALLY?
>> I RACE DIRT BIKES SO...
>> OH, THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
I'M WAITING A COUPLE OF MINUTES,
JUST LETTING EVERYBODY LIKE GET
THEIR FIRST RUNS IN AND THEN I'M
GONNA GO.
>> Eureka: OH WOW.
>> Eureka: YOU THINK THIS IS
TURBO CHARGED, WAIT TILL YOU SEE
US IN A WIG.
TALK ABOUT TURBO CHARGED.
>> I'M BRINGING THESE TWO PLATES
OVER, MOM.
>> Bob: HI.
HEY.
>> HI, OH YES.
I AM LIVING FOR THIS.
>> Bob: THE DIVA HAS ARRIVED.
>> HI.
>> Bob: SO I'M BOB.
>> I'M KARA.
>> Bob: KARA?
>> YES.
>> Bob: PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
THANK YOU FOR LENDING ME YOUR
WONDERFUL SON, HE'S A REALLY
COOL CAT.
>> I AGREE.
>> Bob: SO WHAT, CAN I HELP, CAN
I SET THE TABLE, WHAT SHOULD I
DO?
>> I COME OVER AND COOK A LOT.
>> WHEN DUSTIN WAS ABOUT SEVEN
YEARS OLD, HE SAYS MOM, IF JESUS
COULD MAKE A BLIND MAN SEE AND
A CRIPPLE MAN WALK THEN WHY
WOULD HE MAKE ME THIS WAY?
AND I SAID I DON'T KNOW THE
ANSWER TO THAT BUT I WISH I DID.
AND HE SAID WELL IS IT
TRUE BECAUSE HIS DAD HAD TOLD
HIM THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF SIN
IN THE WORLD AND BECAUSE WE
WEREN'T MARRIED WHEN, WHEN
DUSTIN CAME ALONG, WE GOT
MARRIED.
>> Bob: INSINUATE THAT THEY
INSINUATED THAT.
>> THAT IS WAS OUR FAULT,
THAT HE WAS PUNISHING DUSTIN.
>> Bob: WHO SAID THIS?
>> HIS DAD AND, AND HIS
DAD'S MOM.
DUSTIN WAS BEING PUNISHED.
>> Bob: THAT DUSTIN HAS.
>> FOR, YEAH FOR OUR SINS.
>> Bob: WOW.
I WANT TO KNOW THAT LIKE,
TELL ME ABOUT DUSTIN'S
TRANSITION FOR YOU.
>> SO YEAH, IT WAS A, IT WAS
HARD AT FIRST AND.
>> Bob: WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY IT
WAS HARD?
>> UM, CUZ WHAT, WHEN
DUSTIN WAS GROWING UP I
ALWAYS, HE WAS ALWAYS VERY LIKE
PRINCESS LIKE, MAKEUP.
>> FEMININE, VERY GIRLY.
>> DRESSES AND YOU KNOW NO, NO
TOM BOY ANY.
>> Bob: SAME.
>> YEAH, HE JUST, IT WAS LIKE
A TOTAL SHOCK CUZ I HAD NEVER
SEEN ANYTHING EVEN GIVING ME A
CLUE THAT HE FELT THAT WAY
INSIDE.
SINCE HIS TRANSITION I'VE,
I'VE, I, I SEE A DIFFERENCE IN
HIS HAPPINESS AND HIS
SELFCONFIDENCE AND...
>> IT SAVED ME.
>> YEAH CUZ I, WELL I.
>> Bob: WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY IT
SAVED YOU?
>> I, I WOULDN'T HAVE
MADE IT TO WHERE I AM TODAY
HAD I NOT BEEN ABLE TO
TRANSITION, I KNOW THAT.
>> YEAH, I AGREE, I AGREE
THAT IT.
>> I WOULD NOT BE HERE.
>> YOU KNOW I CAN'T SAY THAT
IT'S, THAT YOU, IT WAS A WRONG
DECISION OR THAT IT'S NOT WHO
YOU ARE OR AT FIRST IT WAS A
SHOCK AND IT, YEAH IF YOU, IF
THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.
WITH HER DAD I WOULD HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO ACCEPT IT AND MOVE WITH
IT A LOT EASIER THAN IF.
>> THAN THE WAY THEY WERE
I GUESS.
BUT UM...
>> I'M GONNA BOUNCE BACK FOR A
MINUTE, I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING AND
I APPRECIATE THAT, PRONOUNS.
>> I'M SORRY.
>> Bob: NO, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T,
>> I DIDN'T CATCH IT EITHER.
HE'S GOOD AT CATCHING IT.
>> I KNOW YOU DON'T, I'M
GOOD AT CATCHING IT.
>> Bob: AND IT, AND IT'S A GOOD
THING TO DO, IT, IT REALLY UP,
HELPS PEOPLE.
>> YEAH, I TOLD HIM I SAID
YOU GOT TO, SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO
REMIND ME CUZ I WON'T REMEMBER.
FOR THE LONGEST TIME I WASN'T
EVEN, I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME
EVEN GOING WITH THE DUSTIN THING
CUZ I WAS LIKE I GAVE YOU THAT
NAME AND NOW YOU DON'T WANT THAT
NAME.
YOU KNOW IT MADE ME FEEL SO BAD
LIKE.
>> Bob: WELL I THINK A LOT OF
TIMES PARENTS FEEL LIKE, CUZ I
HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS WHO DON'T
HAVE THE NAMES THEY GREW UP
WITH, THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR,
THEIR DEAD NAMES AS WE REFER TO
AS AND UM, A LOT OF TIMES THE
PARENT FEELS LIKE IT IS A THING
ABOUT THEM AND IT, IT SAYS
SOMETHING ABOUT THEM AND IT
REALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
THE ... IT'S JUST SOMEONE TRYING
TO LIVE AND WANT TO MAKE TO THE
NEXT DAY.
I WANT TO ALSO JUST UH, LIKE
APPLAUD THE WAY YOU DIDN'T FIGHT
BACK AND YOU CORRECTED, THAT
SAYS A LOT, I THINK THAT'S
REALLY FIERCE.
>> YEAH, I THINK IT, IN THE
BEGINNING IT WAS JUST, IT WAS,
LIKE I SAID BEFORE IT WAS SUCH A
SHOCK.
>> Bob: WHAT CHANGED FOR YOU
THAT MADE YOU WANT TO START
CALLING HIM BY HIS REAL NAME
DUSTIN?
>> WHAT IT ALL BOILED DOWN
TO IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
TO ME IS THAT HE'S HAPPY AND
THAT HE'S HEALTHY YOU KNOW AND
I WANT HIM TO BE WHO HE IS.
THERE'S A PURPOSE, YOU KNOW
YOU HAVE A PURPOSE, A, A, A
SPECIAL REASON TO BE HERE MORE
SO THAN MAYBE ANY OF THE REST
OF US.
>> I KNOW THAT IT'S SOMEHOW,
SOME WAY I'M GONNA END UP
LEAVING A LEGACY AND A MARK ON
THIS WORLD.
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>> Bob: WE'RE GOING TO THE TRAIN
STATION.
>> THIS SPACE IS AMAZING.
>> Shangela: ANGIE IS A
FANTASTIC AND ACCOMPLISHED
MOTOCROSS RIDER.
SHE'S ALSO SUPER LIKE BAD
ASS AS WELL AND THAT'S WHAT I
REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN HARNESS
IN THE SHOW.
>> THERE'S FEW THINGS IN THE
WORLD THAT I LOVE MORE THAN A
BAD ASS WOMAN.
>> Eureka: SO ME AND TAYLOR
HAVE COME UP WITH THIS
PERFORMANCE WHERE IT'S LIKE,
REALLY ABOUT GENDER BENDING, HE
HAS A REALLY COOL TERM CALLED
FUTURE NEUTRAL.
>> Bob: WE'RE GOING FOR THIS FEM
BOY TYPE DRAG.
>> EMBRACING WHAT'S INSIDE,
BRINGING IT OUTSIDE.
>> Bob: EXACTLY, EXACTLY.
>> YES.
>> WHAT I'M ENVISIONING FOR YOU
IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY COOL
AND EDGY.
>> I WOULD BE HAPPY IF MY
HAIR WAS LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME.
>> Bob: OH, BY THE WAY, WE ARE
GONNA BE DOING A SONG BY MY
CHEMICAL ROMANCE.
>> YEAH!
I WOULD JUMP OUT OF MY CHAIR IF
I COULD, BUT I CAN'T.
>> Bob: OH YEAH, THIS IS GONNA
BE EPIC.
>> YOU KNOW BECAUSE OF FACING A
LOT OF ADVERSITY I'M NERVOUS BUT
I FEEL SUPER COMFORTABLE.
YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN VERY
UNDERSTANDING AND LIKE WILLING
TO WORK AROUND WHAT I HAVE TO
WORK AROUND, OBVIOUSLY.
>> Bob: I DON'T THINK IT'S
WORKING AROUND, IT'S WORKING
WITH.
>> WITH.
>> YEAH.
>> Eureka: HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN
SINCE YOU HAVE LONG HAIR?
>> SEVEN YEARS.
I'VE NEVER HAD A WIG ON BEFORE.
>> Eureka: OH MY GOD, WE
POPPED YOUR WIG CHERRY.
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>> Bob: SO WHICH, WHICH ONE OF
THESE FEELS SPEAKS TO YOU?
>> I THINK THIS ONE SPEAKS TO ME
A LITTLE MORE AND LIKE IF WE DID
LIKE THE BLUE STREAKS IN IT
LIKE I THINK THAT WOULD BE LIKE
A LITTLE GERARD MOMENT BUT
GENDER BEND GERARD.
>> Bob: GERARD IS FROM,?
>> HE'S THE SINGER IN MY
CHEMICAL ROMANCE.
>> Bob: THE, OBVIOUSLY.
>> THE LEAD SINGER, YES.
GERARD BROKE GENDER
NORMS WHERE I COULD RELATE JUST
BEING ABLE TO BE COMFORTABLE IN
BEING MYSELF.
GERARD.
>> Bob: I'M GONNA BE WEARING
EXCLUSIVELY BLACK EYELINER BY
THE TIME THIS IS DONE.
>> YEP, YEP HERE WE GO.
>> Eureka: DO YOU STILL FEEL
LIKE A MAN OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE A
GENDER NON-CONFORMING HUMAN
FUTURE NEUTRAL.
HYBRID, NEW AND IMPROVED.
>> ARE YOU NERVOUS ABOUT BEING
FRONT OF THAT MANY PEOPLE?
>> OH YEAH.
I HAVE NEVER LIKE BEEN IN FRONT
OF PEOPLE AND LIKE LET MYSELF
GO.
>> Eureka: AFRAID THEY'RE NOT
GONNA ACCEPT IT OR THEY'RE
GONNA RESPOND NEGATIVELY?
>> YEAH.
>> WELL THAT BRAVERY AND THE
VULNERABILITY THAT YOU SHOW IS
GONNA BE SO CONTAGIOUS AND
YOU'RE GONNA INSPIRE SO MANY
PEOPLE IT'S GONNA BE...
>> Eureka: YEAH, I AGREE.
WHAT YOU ARE SHOWING THEM IS
SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE NEVER
SEEN BEFORE AND WHEN SOMEBODY'S
NEVER SEEN SOMETHING BEFORE AND
YOU'RE THE FIRST INTRODUCTION
THAT THEY HAVE TO IT, IT'S
PRETTY POWERFUL.
>> Shangela: OH MY GOD I LOVE
YOUR HAIR PULLED BACK.
WOW, THAT JUST TOTALLY JUST GAVE
ME, RIGHT SHE HAS SUCH A PRETTY
FACE.
GIRL!
>> BUT SEE I, I, I DON'T
THINK SO, SO I WEAR MY HAIR
DOWN SO I CAN HIDE MY FACE SO.
>> Shangela: OH LOOK AT THAT, I
LOVE YOU AND I LOVE YOUR HAIR
PULLED BACK, YOU HAVE A
BEAUTIFUL FACE.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
>> YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA LOOK
GOOD UP THERE.
>> Shangela: SORRY I HAD SUCH A
BIG REACTION BUT I LOVE IT, IT'S
BEAUTIFUL, SO BEAUTIFUL.
WOW.
I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT
ABOUT YOURSELF.
WE THINK YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL.
>> WHEN YOU HAVE A SELFHATE
PROBLEMS IT'S HARD TO FEEL
LIKE YOU'RE SOMEBODY'S ROLE
MODEL, YOU KNOW.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN
DEALING WITH SINCE I GUESS SINCE
I BECAME ANGIE YOU KNOW IT
KIND OF, AT FIRST IT FELT
SELFISH THAT I HAD TO LIKE, THAT
I HAD TO BE ME.
AND I GUESS I'VE BEEN, I'VE
BEEN UM, I GUESS PUNISHING
MYSELF FOR IT FOR A LONG TIME.
>> Shangela: YOU GOT, WE TALKED
ABOUT THIS, ABOUT BEING KIND TO
OURSELVES, WE'RE GONNA WORK ON
THAT OKAY.
WE'RE GONNA WORK ON THAT.
COMMUNITY HAVE MOVED
>> SO MANY PEOPLE WITHIN OUR
COMMUNITY HAVE MOVED OUT, THEY
LEAVE BECAUSE IT'S SO HOSTILE
HERE.
I STARTED A COFFEE MEET UP FOR
LGBTQ PEOPLE SO WE CONNECT.
THEY ARE DEFINITELY SCARED TO BE
OUT AND PROUD.
>> WHEN I MOVED HERE I HAD
PEOPLE THROWING BEER BOTTLES AT
ME AS THEY DRIVE BY ON THE, ON
THE ROAD.
>> WE'RE HAVING QUEER YOUTH YOU
KNOW TAKE THEIR LIVES BECAUSE
THEY DON'T FEEL ACCEPTED.
>> WE HAVE A COUNTY COMMISSIONER
RIGHT WHO EQUATED HOMOSEXUALITY
TO BESTIALITY ON THE RECORD IN A
CAMPAIGN.
>> A LOCAL BAR HAD SIGN
SHEETS IN THE RESTROOMS FOR THE
KKK.
>> YOU KNOW WE WERE DOING A LOT
OF WORK IN THE WAKE OF GEORGE
FLOYD AND THAT KIND OF VISIBLE
ACTIVISM WAS MET BY LIKE MEN
WITH RIFLES AND TRUCKS LIKE
SURROUNDING PEOPLE.
>> Eureka: THAT'S TERRIFYING.
>> SO THE MORE THAT WE PUT
OURSELVES OUT HERE AND LET THEM
KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALONE YOU KNOW
AND FIGHT TO BE THERE AND CREATE
THAT SAFE SPACE YOU KNOW UM, IS
HUGELY IMPORTANT.
>> REALLY I'M TRYING TO EXPAND
THE COMMUNITY OUT HERE.
WE NEED TO BE HERE.
>> Eureka: YEAH.
>> WE ARE THE WARRIORS.
I WANT PEOPLE TO HEAR US.
>> AND I'LL SAY THAT MUCH IS
FOR HAVING GROWN UP IN THIS AREA
AND SEEING WHAT IT WAS FIFTEEN
YEARS AGO, TEN YEARS AGO THE
FACT THAT THERE IS A PRIDE
PARADE IN JUNCTION AT ALL IS,
IS SUCH A MONUMENTAL
ACHIEVEMENT.
>> Bob: HI.
>> HELLO, HOW ARE YOU?
>> Bob: IS IT DOWN HERE?
>> YES, SIR.
>> Bob: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Eureka: HI.
>> Bob: I'M REALLY SHOCKED THAT
GRAND JUNCTION HAS A, A PRIDE
EVENT BUT IT'S BEING HELD AT THE
BOTTOM LEVEL OF A PARKING
GARAGE.
OH, BOY.
>> Eureka: COME ON PRIDE.
COME ON LOWER LEVEL PRIDE.
>> Eureka: THIS PRIDE IT'S
HIDDEN AWAY FROM THE WORLD.
I COULD WALK TWO BLOCKS OVER AND
NOT EVEN KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW.
>> Bob: I'M GAGGED.
>> Eureka: ME TOO, BITCH.
THIS IS ACTUALLY REALLY CUTE.
>> Bob: IT'S VERY CUTE.
IS THERE A DRAG SHOW?
ALL THE SEATS ARE TAKEN.
>> Eureka: FIND A GOOD SEAT.
>> HAPPY PRIDE.
ARE YOU ALL READY FOR A SHOW?
I'M YOUR CO-HOST XAVIER VAN DYKE
AND THE FOUNDER OF DELTA PRIDE
AND A PROMOTER FOR GRAND VALLEY
SHINING STAR.
>> JAVE, HE'S DONE A LOT FOR
PERFORMERS LIKE US.
GIVING US A PLACE TO BE
THEMSELVES AND BE OPEN.
>> PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS
TOGETHER.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT
TECHNICALLY ANY RELATION TO ME
HE IS WHO I CONSIDER MY DAD.
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I FEEL LIKE I WOULD BE EXTREMELY
LOST WITHOUT HIM.
>> SO OUR NEXT PERFORMER, WE'VE
DOING SOME AMAZING THINGS WITH
THIS YOUNG MAN, DON'T LET THE
CHAIR FOOL YOU, HE'S GOT MORE
POWER THAN IT DOES.
SO PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS
TOGETHER FOR MY DRAG SON, DUSTIN
VAN DYKE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Eureka: PRIDE IN GRAND
JUNCTION IS SMALL.
YOU CAN TELL THAT THE SUPPORT IN
THIS COMMUNITY IS ALL OVER THE
PLACE.
SO IT IS A SMALL LITTLE PRIDE
BUT IT IS MIGHTY.
BECAUSE IF YOU COULD JUST SEE
SOMEONE OUT THERE BEING STRONG
AND POWERFUL IT'S GONNA MAKE YOU
FEEL LIKE YOU CAN BE STRONG AND
POWERFUL TOO.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> EVERYBODY GIVE UP FOR DUSTIN
VAN DYKE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bob: I CRIED.
>> I'M CRYING RIGHT NOW, GIRL.
>> Bob: I WAS CRYING.
OH.
>> IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET
YOU.
>> Bob: WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN
THIS TOWN I DON'T NEED TO TELL
YOU HOW IMPACTFUL IT IS.
YOU GOT TO FUCKING WORK, THAT
WAS SO GOOD.
>> I TRY.
>> Bob: BE WELL, BE SAFE.
I'LL SEE YOU VERY SOON.
VERY, VERY SOON.
>> WAS IT GOOD?
>> YEAH, YEAH.
IT'S EMOTIONAL.
I'M GONNA CRY AGAIN.
>> SO CRY.
LET IT GO.
>> IT'S OKAY?
>> IT'S OKAY.
IT'S ALWAYS OKAY.
JUST CRY, BABY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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>> I STARTED RACING DIRT BIKES
IN FIFTH GRADE.
I WAS ALWAYS THAT SHY PERSON IN
THE CORNER THEN I'D PUT ON MY
HELMET AND I'D BECOME A
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON.
IT WAS AFTER I TRANSITIONED,
DIDN'T RIDE FOR FIVE YEARS I
GUESS I THOUGHT THAT IT COULDN'T
BE A PART OF MY LIFE, THAT
COULDN'T BE A PART OF MY NEW
LIFE I GUESS.
YOU KNOW I GET ON MY BIKE AND
I'M, I DON'T KNOW I'M JUST FREE
ON MY BIKE.
I DO ALL THE OLD SAME THINGS
I'VE ALWAYS DID EXCEPT FOR NOW I
GET TO DO ALL OF THIS AND I GET
TO BE ME WHEN I'M DOING IT.
>> Shangela: OH!
WOO!
GO ANGIE!
OH, OH, OH, COME ON, TRICKS.
HI.
OH, OH, WHOA, WHOA,
WHOA, SISTER.
HEY.
HEY.
WHAT'S UP?
OH MY GOSH, YOU ARE PHENOMENAL.
>> THANKS.
>> Shangela: YOU WERE IN FULL ON
ANGIE ELEMENT HUH?
>> EXACTLY.
YEP.
RIGHT WHERE I BELONG.
>> Shangela: WOO!
>> SO THAT'S MY FRIEND ALLISON.
>> Shangela: OH HEY, ALLISON!
>> YEAH, STARTED RIDING
TOGETHER A YEAR AGO TODAY.
>> Shangela: IT'S ALWAYS GREAT
TO HAVE FRIENDS OUT ON A TRACK
RIGHT?
>> OH YEAH.
>> Shangela: HEY.
>> HELLO.
>> Shangela: BEING YOU KNOW
AMONG A FEW WOMEN WHO RIDE
BIKES LIKE THIS, HOW IMPORTANT
DO YOU FEEL IT IS FOR THE
REPRESENTATION OUT HERE?
>> PRETTY IMPORTANT I MEAN
I LOVE GOING OUT AND SHOWING
THE GUYS UP ON THE TRACK SO...
>> Shangela: YES, AND DO YOU
SHOW THEM UP?
>> OH HELL YEAH.
>> Shangela: OH, LOOK AT BOTH OF
YOU ALL, YEAH.
YEAH.
>> TO ME, RIDING MEANS LIFE
I MEAN IT'S EVERYTHING.
I FELT LIKE BEFORE I
HELMET ON I WAS ANGIE SO I
COULD BE MYSELF AND JUST DO, DO
MY THING.
THIS LAST YEAR BEING BACK ON A
BIKE IT'S UH, IT'S GIVEN ME MY
LIFE BACK.
>> Shangela: WHEN I SEE YOU OUT
HERE, I SEE THE CONFIDENCE AND
THE EXCITEMENT AND JUST TOTAL
BAD ASSNESS OF YOU.
I WANT TO TAKE ALL OF THIS
CONFIDENCE AND STRENGTH THAT YOU
HAVE AS A RIDER OUT HERE AND NOW
PUT IT ON TO THE DRAG STAGE.
YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE A HELMET ON
BUT I WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE YOU
HAVE THAT HELMET OF CONFIDENCE
ON WHEN YOU PUT IT ON.
>> BEING PRETTY CONSERVATIVE AND
GROWING UP IN A PRETTY
CONSERVATIVE TOWN, I ALWAYS
JUDGE DRAG.
I KNOW IT'S NEVER ANYTHING IN A
MILLION YEARS THAT I WOULD HAVE
EVER THOUGHT ABOUT DOING, THIS
SHOW IS PUSHING ME SO FAR BEYOND
MY COMFORT ZONE.
I'M REALLY ANXIOUS ABOUT IT.
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>> Eureka: YES, HI, MARVIN.
>> HELLO.
>> Eureka: THIS IS TAYLOR.
>> Bob: DUSTIN, THIS IS MARVIN.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> Bob: ME AND MARVIN HAVE
QUADRUPLED THE BLACK POPULATION
IN GRAND JUNCTION.
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>> RIGHT, LEFT, AROUND, WE GO
DOWN.
>> WHAT'S YOUR GO TO MOVE, SHOW
ME.
>> Eureka: WORK.
OOH, OH, OOH, WORK.
I'M HERE FOR IT.
>> Bob: THEN GO BACK A LITTLE
BIT, GO BACKWARDS.
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>> Shangela: YOU GOT PEOPLE
EVERYWHERE, GOT THEM OVER
HERE, GOT THEM OVER HERE, GOT
THEM IN THE BACK, GOT THEM
RIGHT HERE.
DELIVER.
>> THE TURN IS, I, THAT'S AS
FAST AS I CAN GO.
>> Bob: LOOKS REALLY GOOD
THOUGH.
>> I LOVE THAT THOUGH, WE
SHOULD ADD A TURN IN.
>> Eureka: BOOM, BOOM.
>> YEAH, MAKE THAT BOOM, BOOM
REAL BIG.
>> Bob: I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TRY
TO DO THE CARRY ON PART WITH A
LITTLE BIT OF ASL, I KNOW YOU
LIKE TO THROW IN A LITTLE ASL IN
THERE.
>> YOU PUT YOUR CARRY ON.
>> Bob: I IMAGINE BEING
DIFFERENTLY ABLED MAKES YOU MORE
AWARE OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE
ALSO DIFFERENTLY ABLED?
>> OH, OH YEAH.
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>> FUCK YES.
>> Shangela: THAT'S IT GIRL!
>> FUCK YES.
>> YES!
♪ ♪
>> THERE WE GO.
>> Bob: THAT'S GREAT.
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>> Eureka: IT'S ON IT THOUGH.
>> YOU GOT IT, IT'S EASY.
>> Eureka: DAMN, DADDY.
OKAY.
UH, OH DADDY.
>> Shangela: HELLO.
CHEERS.
>> OH YEAH YOU GOT YOUR WINE.
>> Bob: WHO WANTS SOME CIDER?
>> Shangela: OH, YOU BOUGHT
CIDER?
>> Bob: I DID.
>> Shangela: ARE WE IN A
DIFFERENT CITY RIGHT NOW?
>> YES, WE'RE IN A NEXT DOOR
NEIGHBOR CITY WITH JUNCTION.
>> Bob: IS THE VIBE HERE VERY
DIFFERENT THAN THE VIBE IN GRAND
JUNCTION?
>> YES.
>> Bob: I'LL SAY FLAT OUT I FEEL
LESS SCARED HERE.
IT'S SO INTERESTING BETWEEN THE
FOUR OF YOU REALLY GETTING
GENERATIONAL EXPERIENCES WITH
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A TRANS
PERSON IN THIS AREA.
I MEAN, DUSTIN HAS BEEN A
DRAG QUEEN, HAS BEEN A DRAG
KING, HAS BEEN A, AN
ANDROGYNOUS DRAG PERSON.
SO DUSTIN HAS LIKE DONE IT ALL.
>> IN DRAG I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT
YOU HAD TO PORTRAY THE OPPOSITE
SEX YOU KNOW SO I'M SITTING HERE
THINKING OKAY, SO WHAT I'M GONNA
DRESS UP LIKE A MAN ON STAGE, I
RAN MY WHOLE LIFE TRYING TO GET
AWAY FROM THAT PERSON WHY DO,
WHY WOULD I EVER WANT TO DO
THAT?
>> IT'S GENDER EXPANSIVE AND
THAT'S THE WORD I'M TRYING TO
LEARN NOW BECAUSE THERE'S
TRANSGENDER, WHO'S DEFINITELY
ANGIE AND I, YOU KNOW COME
FROM THAT OLD SCHOOL, MAN,
WOMAN THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY IT
FEELS, AND THEN YOU GOT THESE
KIDS THAT ARE TEACHING US SO
MUCH.
GENDER'S A SPECTRUM AND WE'RE
ALL ON IT.
>> Bob: A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL PUT
EXPECTATIONS ON TRANS PEOPLE
BASED ON WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT
BEING A MAN OR A WOMAN.
FEMININITY DOES NOT BELONG TO
WOMEN AND MASCULINITY DOES NOT
BELONG TO MEN, THEY'RE NOT
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
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>> IT'S BEEN A LONG, HARD
JOURNEY TO GET CONFIDENT BEING
MYSELF.
LOTS OF LOSS BUT ALSO LOTS OF
HAPPINESS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL NEVER GET
TO FEEL WHAT IT'S LIKE TO
ACTUALLY LIVE AS THEIR TRUE
SELF.
I FEEL LIKE THAT'S PART OF
THE REASON WHY I AM STILL HERE
IS TO, TO MAKE PEOPLE RETHINK OF
HOW THEY LOOK AT, AT TRANS
WOMEN.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M CHANGING
THE, THE MINDS OF PEOPLE BUT I
HOPE I AM.
>> PEOPLE IN GRAND JUNCTION
THEY'RE SO AGGRESSIVE TOWARDS
ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
THEM.
WITH MY DRAG, I FINALLY DON'T
HAVE TO FIT PEOPLE'S
EXPECTATIONS, I CAN JUST BE ME.
>> I HAVE AN OBVIOUS PHYSICAL
DIFFERENCE.
ADDING THE TRANSNESS ON TOP OF
THAT YOU HAVE SO MANY JUDGEMENTS
BEING ABLE TO GET UP ON STAGE IT
GIVES ME LIKE THIS FEELING OF
FREEDOM BECAUSE FOR A MINUTE
IT'S LIKE THE CHAIR ALL GOES
AWAY.
IT'S A FREEDOM FOR ME.
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>> HEY.
>> Bob: WELL, OH HEY YOU, YOU
CAME ROLLING DEEP.
[LAUGHTER]
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>> Eureka: OOH!
HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL,
THOUGH?
>> I FEEL LIKE I CAN RUIN
PEOPLE'S LIVES.
>> YES!
>> Eureka: PERFECT.
>> Bob: DUSTIN.
YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE WHAT, SO
SOMEONE JUST SENT ME, THIS IS
CRAZY.
>> OH NO, WHAT, OH MY GOD?
>> Bob: NO, IT'S REALLY COOL.
>> HEY DUSTIN IT'S GERARD
UM, SOME FRIENDS HAD TOLD ME
THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO DO
SOMETHING REALLY AMAZING AND
SING UH, "WELCOME TO THE BLACK
PARADE," I FOUND YOUR STORY TO
BE SO INSPIRING AND I'M SO PROUD
OF YOU.
UM, AND I KNOW YOU'RE
GONNA DO A GREAT JOB AND I CAN'T
WAIT TO SEE IT.
HAVE FUN AND UH, YEAH GIVE IT
EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT.
>> OH, MY GOD!
>> Bob: ISN'T THAT CRAZY?
>> HOLY SHIT!
HOLY SHIT!
HOLY SHIT!
AHHH!
>> Bob: [LAUGHS]
SO LISTEN, IF ANYONE EVER TELLS
YOU THAT YOU CANNOT INSPIRE
PEOPLE, YOU LITERALLY INSPIRED
YOUR HERO.
HE LITERALLY SAID IT THAT YOUR
STORY IS INSPIRING.
>> FUCK, FUCK!
>> Bob: YOU WANT TO WATCH IT
AGAIN?
>> YES.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Bob: BY FINDING YOUR CHOSEN
FAMILY, UPLIFTING EACH OTHER,
SHOWING EACH OTHER THE LOVE
THEY HAVE ON THE STAGE IN FRONT
OF THEIR WHOLE COMMUNITY, I, I
WOULD BE SHOCKED IF IT DIDN'T
HELP SOMEBODY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> ALL RIGHT, HOW'S EVERYBODY
DOING?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
OH COME ON ARE YOU SLEEPING, I
CAN'T HEAR YOU.
>> THIS LAST YEAR I HAVE GROWN
SO MUCH AS A PERSON.
WHEN I PERFORM ON MY DIRT BIKE
IT DRIVES ME, IT PUSHES ME, IT'S
A WHOLE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE
SHOWING IT TO THE WORLD.
>> ARE YOU READY FOR A SHOW
GRAND JUNCTION?
ALL RIGHT, WELL LET'S DO IT
THEN BABY.
COMING TO THE STAGE
MYSELF, SHANGELA AND THE
BADASS HERSELF, MISS ALONZA
WADLEY.
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>> Shangela: DID YOU EVER THINK
THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN?
>> NEVER.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I WASN'T EVEN SURE I WAS GONNA
GET UP HERE.
>> Shangela: AND HOW DO YOU FEEL
NOW?
>> PRETTY FUCKING AMAZING.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS THOUGHT
I WOULD SEE THIS IN GRAND
JUNCTION.
>> I PUT TAYLOR AWAY FOR A LONG
TIME.
I'VE GONE FROM A REALLY BAD
PLACE TO LIKE THE EXIT OF THE
CAVE WHERE I CAN ACTUALLY KEEP
ON GOING ABOUT FINALLY MEET
TAYLOR.
>> Shangela: COMING TO THE STAGE
RIGHT NOW GIVE A LOVELY GRAND
JUNCTION WELCOME TO MY SISTER
MISS EUREKA O'HARA AND HER
NEWEST DRAG DAUGHTER
ANDROGYNISTIC ROTHEL.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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>> HELLO, GRAND JUNCTION.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING OUT
HERE AND BEING A PART OF THE
COMMUNITY.
IT REALLY MEANS A LOT NOT ONLY
TO THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU RIGHT
NOW BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA
SEE THIS.
I HAVE SO MANY NEPHEWS AND
NIECES THAT DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO
THEY ARE YET, WE DON'T KNOW IF
THEY'RE GONNA BE CIS OR TRANS OR
JUST QUEER.
AND I WANT THEM TO SEE ME AND
TO SEE ALL OF YOU AND KNOW IT
DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> FOR ME IN DRAG IS FREEDOM.
DRAG IS EMPOWERMENT AND DRAG IS
HOPE.
I'VE STARTED TO SEE MYSELF MORE
AS A LEADER BUT I HOPE TO BECOME
A BETTER LEADER.
I WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE OF
IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU CAN DO
THIS BUT YOU WANT TO TRY, TRY.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
>> Eureka: WELCOME OUR NEXT
ENTERTAINER TO THE STAGE.
DUSTIN VAN DYKE AND BOB THE DRAG
QUEEN.
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>> THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE HAS
BEEN EYE-OPENING AND AMAZING AND
SHOWN ME MORE THAN I ALREADY
KNEW ABOUT MYSELF.
I DON'T HAVE WORDS TO LIKE
EXPLAIN THIS.
I FEEL FREE, I FEEL EMPOWERED, I
FEEL STRONG.
THERE'S A LOT OF EMOTIONS.
I KNOW THAT I'M IMPORTANT AND I
KNOW THAT I CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE AND I FELT GREAT OUT
THERE.
>> I DON'T THINK YOU COULD HAVE
MADE IT THROUGH THIS A WEEK AGO.
>> I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT A
WEEK AGO.
I'VE GROWN SO MUCH THIS WEEK.
SO MUCH.
>> KEEP TELLING YOU, YOU GOT
THIS.
YOU GOT THIS AND YOU GOT
EVERYTHING.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
GROUP HUG, BRING IT IN.
>> Eureka: WHEN A TRANS
INDIVIDUAL DECIDES TO TAKE THE
SPOTLIGHT IT'S REALLY POWERFUL
BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE GET TO SEE
PEOPLE LIKE THEM.
THAT'S WHAT'S MAKING TRANS
VISIBILITY SO PREVALENT RIGHT
NOW IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALL
TIRED OF IT, YOU KNOW WE FINALLY
GOT TO SEE A PIECE OF IT AND
PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO SEE MORE.
>> THAT IS AMAZING WHAT YOU DID.
LIKE, YOUR LIFE, HOW YOU CHOSE
TO BE AND THAT IS REALLY
AMAZING.
>> THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT.
>> YEAH.
>> AND YOU KNOW THAT, LOOK AT
YOU, LOOK AT YOU.
YOU ARE STUNNING.
>> YEAH.
THANK YOU.
>> COME HERE.
I'M DOING THIS FOR YOU OKAY, AND
I EXPECT YOU TO DO THE SAME
RIGHT.
MORE OF US OUT HERE, THEY'LL
KNOW, THEY'LL KNOW.
SO MANY PEOPLE FEEL SO LEFT OUT
AND ALONE OUT HERE THAT THEY
DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AND I WANT
THEM TO KNOW THAT WHILE YOU'RE
HERE IT'S OKAY, YOU HAVE A WHOLE
COMMUNITY OUT HERE FOR YOU.
♪ ♪
>> WHEN YOU'RE DIFFERENT, IT'S
REALLY EASY TO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE
BY YOURSELF, BUT YOU'RE NOT.
SEE, I BELIEVE THERE'S MORE LOVE
IN THE WORLD AND HATE.
IN THE MATTER WHERE YOU ARE OR
WHAT YOU BELIEVE, IT DOESN'T
CHANGE THE FACT THAT WE ARE HER
HERE.
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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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["ROYALS" BY LORDE]
>> Eureka: WOO, THE LANDSCAPE IS
NICE.
OH MY GOD, GIRL, THIS LIGHTING
HONEY, MAMA NEEDS A SELFIE.
>> Shangela: DON'T GET TOO CLOSE
TO THE EDGE?
>> Eureka: OH, OH, OH, OH!
>> Bob: OH, OH GOD.
>> Eureka: AHHHH!
>> Bob: OH, OH, OH!
OH.
>> Bob: AH!
>> Shangela: OKAY, COME ON.
♪ ♪
>> Bob: THAT'S WHAT YOU GET
TRYING TO TAKE A SELFIE.
>> Shangela: OKAY, GREAT LET'S
DO THIS.
THE GOLDEN GIRLS HAVE ARRIVED.
>> Eureka: HONEY, WE'RE HERE.
>> Shangela: OH, WE ARE
DEFINITELY HERE.
>> Eureka: I AM STARVING.
>> Shangela: I'D RATHER GET THIS
GALA GIRL, I'M SYNCHED.
>> Shangela: I'M LOOKING FOR THE
GAYS AND THE GALA SO WHERE IS
IT?
>> Eureka: WELL WE JUST GOT TO
GRAND JUNCTION, WHAT IS THERE TO
DO OUT HERE?
>> GREYHOUND STATION.
>> Bob: OH, SHE TOLD YOU TO
LEAVE.
SHE DONE TOLD YOU TO LEAVE.
>> Eureka: HI, HOW ARE YOU ALL?
>> Bob: DOES SHE KNOW WHERE
WE'RE GOING?
>> Shangela: YOU SHOULD ASK HER.
>> Eureka: YOU THINK SHE CAN
HEAR YOU GIRL?
>> Bob: MA'AM, OH!
>> Shangela: OH SHE TURNS.
>> Bob: OH YOU WANT TO; YOU WANT
TO COME FACE TO FACE?
>> OH, OH.
>> Bob: OH SHE IS SERVING.
>> Shangela: OH SHE HAS A NAME.
>> Bob: FELICIA.
>> Shangela: OH WELL BYE,
FELICIA.
>> Bob: BYE, FELICIA.
>> Bob: HI!
>> WE DON'T, WE DON'T' SEE
BIG GOLD FAIRIES IN GRAND
JUNCTION VERY OFTEN.
>> Bob: REALLY?
YOU ALL GO TO DRAG SHOWS OR
ANYTHING?
>> YOU'RE IN GRAND JUNCTION,
COLORADO.
>> Bob: YOU DON'T HAVE A DRAG
SHOW IN GRAND JUNCTION?
>> CAN I GET UNDER YOUR
DRESS AND WALK WITH YOU?
[LAUGHTER]
>> Shangela: YOU COME ON TO THE
SHOW, OKAY, WE'LL SEE YOU
TUESDAY NIGHT.
THANK YOU.
YOU ARE SO SWEET.
SHE SAID I WAS BEAUTIFUL,
YOU HAVE A LARGE DRESS, SO LET'S
GO.
>> Bob: THANK YOU, BABY.
>> Eureka: IT WAS YUMMY, THANK
YOU.
>> Shangela: HOLD UP!
YOU ALL BETTER.
A DRINK, WHERE'S MY DRINK?
>> Bob: I'M GOING, LET'S GO.
I'M COOKING.
>> Eureka: OH SHIT.
>> Bob: I'M BOOKING IT; OOH LOOK
AT ME GO.
>> Shangela: SHE AIN'T GOING
NOWHERE.
SHE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
DON'T WORRY.
>> Bob: WE'RE IN GRAND JUNCTION,
COLORADO.
APPARENTLY THESE
AREN'T MOUNTAINS THEY'RE MESAS.
>> Shangela: IT'S LIKE A SMALL
WESTERN TOWN IN A WAY.
IT'S LOVELY.
>> Eureka: IT IS LIKE DESERT,
HEALS, DUST AND DRY MAMA.
I'VE NEVER BEEN IN AN AREA THIS
DRY.
SORRY.
IT IS DRY IN THIS BITCH.
>> Bob: I'VE NEVER BEEN ANYWHERE
THAT WAS THIS BLUE LIVES MATTER.
>> Eureka: IT'S LIKE DEFINITELY
A LOT OF CONSERVATIVE PEOPLE
HERE, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S A PLACE
WHERE MEN ARE MEN AND WOMEN ARE
WOMEN, THEY'RE VERY COOKIE
CUTTER IN HOW THEY LIVE WITHIN
GENDER ROLES.
>> Bob: THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE IN
THIS TOWN WHO ARE VERY VOCAL
ABOUT THEIR DISLIKE FOR PEOPLE
WHO ARE DIFFERENT THAN THEM.
YOU KNOW AND I THINK THAT THERE
ARE ALSO PLENTY OF QUEER FOLKS
RIGHT HERE IN THIS TOWN TOO,
THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS SAY LIKE
WE'RE EVERYWHERE, YOU KNOW
QUEER PEOPLE POP UP ALL OVER
THE PLACE.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
>> MY NAME IS TAYLOR
PROPIER, I'M TWENTY-TWO YEARS
OLD.
I GO BY HE, THEY PRONOUNS.
WHEN I WAS LITTLE I WAS ASKED A
LOT FROM OTHER KIDS AT MY SCHOOL
IF I WAS A BOY, GIRL OR AN IT.
I WOULD GET FRUSTRATED
AND BE LIKE I'M A GIRL BUT IT
WASN'T WHO I WAS LIKE SAYING OR
HEARING.
I WOULD PRAY EVERY NIGHT TO WAKE
UP A BOY.
SORRY.
I WOULD WAKE UP TO BE A BOY AND
YOU KNOW THAT DOESN'T WORK LIKE
THAT.
SO I'D WAKE UP AND BE
DISAPPOINTED AND PRAY AGAIN.
I'M TRANSGENDER.
I BELIEVE GENDER ITSELF IS
LIMITLESS BUT I'VE DEFINITELY
BEEN LIVING UP TO OTHER PEOPLE'S
EXPECTATIONS.
HOW YOU LOOK, HOW YOU TALK,
HOW YOU DRESS.
>> THIS HAS BEEN MY OWN BATTLE
WITHIN LIFE, MY PATH AND I
DON'T WANT TO LOSE IT.
BUT NOTHING SHOULD BE STOPPING
ME ANYMORE BUT I'M JUST STOPPING
MYSELF.
>> Eureka: OH, HO, HO, HO!
HI.
HELLO, YOUNG SIR.
HI, I'M EUREKA.
>> OH MY GOD YOU GIVE
GREAT HUGS.
>> Eureka: I DO, SO DO YOU.
SO HOW ARE YOU?
>> I'M DOING GOOD.
GREAT NOW.
>> Eureka: WELL WE'RE GONNA HAVE
FUN THIS WEEK.
FOR SURE.
>> OH YEAH.
AND I'M EXCITED BUT VERY NERVOUS
BUT EXCITED.
>> Eureka: YEAH.
>> MY CHOSEN FATHER, I
LOVE HIM, HE'S A DRAG KING AND
YEAH.
>> Eureka: OH, OKAY.
>> HE'S BEEN TRYING TO GET
ME TO, OUT THERE AND DO DRAG
AND I'M JUST LIKE I DON'T' KNOW
WHAT I'M DOING.
>> Eureka: SO YOU'RE NOT A
PERFORMER?
>> I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE BUT I
HAVEN'T HAD THAT VALIDATION OF
LIKE DOING ME BASICALLY, YEAH.
>> Eureka: WHAT'S THE QUEER
COMMUNITY LIKE HERE?
>> IT'S BIGGER THAN WHAT PEOPLE
THINK BUT BECAUSE OF THE HEATED
POLITICAL CLIMATE OUT HERE,
IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE STAY IN
A LOT.
>> Eureka: SO IT'S VERY
CLOSETED, LIKE,?
>> YEAH, I WANT PEOPLE TO
FEEL MORE AT HOME CUZ IN SCHOOL
I WAS BULLIED SO BAD I COULDN'T
EVEN LEAVE MY BEDROOM.
GOT CALLED ALL THE NAMES AND
THEY EVEN SEXUALLY HARASSED ME
SO.
>> Eureka: THAT'S SO FUCKED UP,
YOU DIDN'T DESERVE THAT.
YOU KNOW THAT, RIGHT?
YOU KNOW THAT?
OKAY.
YOU KNOW YOU DIDN'T DESERVE
THAT?
>> NO, I DIDN'T.
>> Eureka: HOW OLD ARE YOU NOW?
>> I'M TWENTY-TWO.
I DIDN'T COME OUT PUBLICLY UNTIL
I WAS EIGHTEEN.
>> Eureka: PUBLICLY AS TRANS OR
GAY?
>> UH, PUBLICLY AS TRANS
AND GAY.
>> Eureka: WOW.
>> I CAME OUT TO MY MOM AND I
WAS LIKE I'M TRANS, SHE WAS
CRYING AND I WAS LIKE
BUT I STILL LIKE MEN, SHE'S LIKE
YOU'RE GAY, I'M LIKE I DIDN'T
KNOW YOU WOULD KNOW BUT I
WOULDN'T WANT IT ANY OTHER WAY.
>> Eureka: SO DO YOU WANT TO DO
MASCULINE DRAG OR FEMININE
DRAG?
>> I DON'T REALLY NECESSARILY
BELIEVE IN GENDER AND WANT TO
BREAK AWAY FROM THAT LIKE I JUST
WANT TO DO WHATEVER I FEEL LIKE.
>> Eureka: I LOVE THAT, THAT'S
INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU ARE LIKE
FINDING A SAFE DISCOVERY OF
BEING LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M
NOT GONNA LIVE THE WAY YOU THINK
I SHOULD LIVE EVEN AS A TRANS
PERSON.
>> Eureka: THAT'S EXCITING.
>> IT'S REALLY ANDROGYNISTIC
LIKE NOW IF I SAID THAT RIGHT.
IT DOES NOW SO.
>> Eureka: ANDROGYNISTIC IS WHAT
WE'RE GONNA BE.
>> I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO GET
BACK INTO WEARING A DRESS BUT I
DON'T WANT TO CONFUSE PEOPLE.
>> Eureka: FUCK THAT, WHY?
>> IT'S LIKE BUT I THOUGHT
YOU'RE TRANSITIONING INTO A
MALE.
>> Eureka: SO YOU THINK PEOPLE
WILL TRY TO INVALIDATE YOUR
TRANSITION?
>> YEAH.
>> Eureka: THERE'S DEFINITELY A
LOT OF TAYLOR BEING HELD BACK.
HE'S BEEN TRAPPED IN THIS LITTLE
CAGE INSIDE OF HIS HEART, YOU
KNOW, JUST PRAYING FOR A MOMENT
WHERE HE CAN LET HIMSELF OUT SO
THE BIGGEST BATTLE FOR TAYLOR IS
GONNA BE BELIEVING THE FACT THAT
THAT PERSON IN THAT CAGE IS WHO
DESERVES TO BE ON THE FRONT
LINE.
♪ ♪
>> LET'S GO.
>> YEAH, I GREW UP HERE IN
GRAND JUNCTION, YOU KNOW I LIVE
UP HERE IN MESA SO THERE'S NOT A
LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND.
I HAVE MY PARTNER JAMIE AND MY
THREE DOGS.
WE'VE BEEN LIVING TOGETHER FOR
FOUR AND A HALF YEARS NOW.
>> COME ON, WOLF DOG.
COME ON, BUDDY.
LET'S GO.
>> MAN, JAMIE CAME INTO
MY LIFE WHEN I WAS IN PROBABLY
ONE OF THE LOWEST, DARKEST SPOTS
IN MY LIFE.
IT HAS BEEN SEVEN YEARS SINCE I
TRANSITIONED.
I GREW UP HUNTING, FISHING,
WORKING ON CARS, RIDING DIRT
BIKES.
I RACED MOTOCROSS AND SUPER
CROSS PRO CLASS FOR SO MANY
YEARS.
I GREW UP TO BE THAT MACHO
PERSON THAT EVERYBODY EXPECTED
ME TO BE I GUESS.
BUT I'VE ALWAYS HAD THIS PERSON
INSIDE OF ME YOU KNOW,I'VE
ALWAYS BEEN ANGIE.
FOR THE FIRST PART OF MY
TRANSITION MY, MY PARTNER THAT I
WAS WITH FOR SIXTEEN YEARS STUCK
AROUND BUT SHE, SHE MARRIED A
STRONG MAN NOT A GIRL.
YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND WHY SHE,
WHY SHE COULDN'T STAY AND THEN
AND MY FAMILY DOESN'T EXCEPT ME
AS ANGIE SO I HAVEN'T SEEN MY
PARENTS SINCE I TRANSITIONED.
LOSING EVERYBODY YOU LOVED AND
CARED FOR BECAUSE OF THIS,
THAT'S BEEN THE HARDEST THING
FOR ME.
>> Shangela: HELLO.
>> HELLO.
>> Shangela: NICE TO MEET YOU.
MISS ANGIE?
I LOVE THIS, I'VE NEVER BEEN IN
A REAL LOG CABIN, EVER.
>> YEAH, IT'S A COOL LITTLE
CABIN, HUH.
>> Shangela: HELLO.
I'M SHANGELA.
>> I'M JAMIE.
>> Shangela: IT IS SO NICE TO
MEET YOU ALL.
>> YEAH.
>> Shangela: THIS FEELS LIKE
REALLY FAR AWAY.
>> YEAH.
>> THE COWS OUTNUMBER THE
PEOPLE ABOUT A THOUSAND TO ONE
SO THERE'S NOT A...
>> Shangela: UP HERE?
>> YEAH.
>> OH, YEAH THAT'S WHY WE
MOVED UP HERE, I MEAN TO GET
AWAY FROM PEOPLE AND JUST NOT
HAVE TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE'S
BULLSHIT ANYMORE YOU KNOW.
>> Shangela: WHAT IS THE KIND OF
BULLSHIT THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL
WITH SOMETIMES?
>> WE ARE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST
A LOT.
TRY BEING TRANS AND GOING AND
GETTING A GOOD JOB SOMEWHERE,
NOT HIRING YOU BECAUSE OF WHO
YOU ARE.
I MEAN, FOR THE MOST PART IT'S
PEOPLE I DO KNOW THAT ARE
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH ME.
MY PARENTS AND SISTER
DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH
ME.
I MEAN I GO TO JUNCTION I
DEFINITELY FEEL NOT COMFORTABLE
GOING TO SOME PLACES CUZ I MAY
SEE OLD FRIENDS OR OLD FAMILY
FROM THE PAST.
THERE IS THAT PART OF ME THAT'S
ALWAYS LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER
HOPING THAT I DON'T SEE THEM.
I GO IN, DO WHAT I GOT TO DO AND
LET THEM SCURRY AND RUN AROUND
AND PRETEND LIKE THEY DON'T SEE
ME AND I'M NOT THERE.
EVERYBODY HAS IT HARD IN LIFE,
I'M NOT SAYING THAT A TRANS
WOMAN HAS IT ANY HARDER THAN
THE NEXT PERSON, BUT I MEAN IT'S
TAKEN ME A LONG TIME TO REALIZE
THAT AND SEE THAT I'M FINALLY
LIKE ... I WOULDN'T SAY I MADE IT
CUZ I'M NOT MAKING IT EVERY DAY
IS A PROCESS BUT I'M HERE.
I GOT A FRICKEN DIRT BIKE
OUT THERE THAT I CAN RIDE AGAIN
AND THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW, I KNOW
WHEN I'M ON MY DIRT BIKE I'M
HAPPY SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.
>> Shangela: WELL, WE'RE GONNA
HAVE THAT FEELING UP ON THE
STAGE EVEN IF I HAVE TO BRING
THAT DIRT BIKE UP THERE MYSELF.
[LAUGHTER]
DO YOU HAVE RELATIONSHIP WITH
LIKE THE GAY COMMUNITY AT ALL
HERE?
>> NOT REALLY FOR ME, I
MEAN THERE IS A PRETTY BIG
COMMUNITY HERE AND WHEN I
GUESS I WAS TRYING TO MAKE
FRIENDS SO I WENT TO PROBABLY
FOUR DRAG SHOWS WHICH IS MY,
THE ONLY UM, EXPERIENCE I'VE
EVER HAD WITH A DRAG SHOWS.
>> Shangela: AND DID YOU LIKE
STAY IN THE BACK OR DID YOU GO
UP THERE AND TIP THE GIRLS?
WERE YOU NERVOUS?
>> DEFINITELY NERVOUS SO
YEAH, YEP I MEAN THIS IS SO OUT
OF MY REALM AND OUT OF ANYTHING
I WOULD HAVE EVER SAW MYSELF
DOING I GUESS.
>> Shangela: WE ALWAYS TAKE A
LOT OF PIECES OF WHO WE ARE AS A
PERSON INTO OUR DRAG.
WHAT IS YOUR IDEA OF, OR WHO
WANT TO BE ON THE STAGE?
>> IT DIDN'T REALLY HIT ME
UNTIL IT ACTUALLY STARTED
HAPPENING TODAY, SO NOW I'M
JUST LIKE IN AWE TRYING TO TAKE
IT ALL IN AND UM...
>> Shangela: ANGIE, YOU DESERVE
THIS MOMENT.
♪ ♪
>> HEY.
>> HI.
>> DO YOU WANT TO STAY LAYING
DOWN OR IS IT GONNA BE EASIER TO
SIT TO THE CHAIR?
>> IS THERE, JUST SIT RIGHT
HERE.
>> I WAS BORN WITH A
DISABILITY.
IT'S GOT A LOT OF CHALLENGES.
YOU KNOW I DEPEND ON SOMEBODY TO
HELP ME MOVE.
WHEN MOST PEOPLE SEE ME, THEY
HAVE THE PRECONCEIVED NOTION
THAT I AM NOT YOU KNOW ALL
THERE IN MY HEAD.
BEING A TRANS PERSON JUST KIND
OF AMPLIFIED THAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF MISCONCEPTIONS
AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS BOTH IN
THE GENDER NON-CONFORMING TRANS
WORLD AND LIKE THE DRAG WORLD
AND THE DIFFERENTLY-ABLED
PERSON'S WORLD.
SO MY AIM IS TO, EVEN THOUGH IT
STILL SCARES ME SOMETIMES, BE
OUT THERE.
>> ALRIGHTY.
>> I GOT IT, I'M GONNA TO GO.
>> I WANT PEOPLE TO
UNDERSTAND THAT WE AS DISABLED
TRANS PEOPLE DO EXIST TOO AND
WE'RE JUST LIKE YOU.
>> COME IN.
>> Bob: COME IN?
>> COME IN.
>> Bob: OH, COME IN?
>> YES, HI.
>> Bob: HI.
>> HOW ARE YOU?
>> Bob: PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
>> PLEASURE TO MEET YOU AS WELL.
>> Bob: I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE
DUSTIN.
>> YES.
IS THIS REAL?
>> Bob: IT'S REAL.
>> WAIT.
WAIT.
>> Bob: IT'S REAL.
>> IT'S REAL?
>> Bob: IT'S REAL, WE'RE
TOUCHING
EACH OTHER.
>> YOU'RE HERE.
>> Bob: I'M HERE.
>> YOU'RE HERE?
>> Bob: WE'RE HERE.
>> OH, MY GOD.
>> Bob: SO WHO ALL LIVES HERE?
>> UM, IT'S ME, UM, BEST
FRIEND AND CAREGIVER, JT.
>> Bob: OH GOT IT.
I'M ASSUMING THIS IS JT?
>> YES.
THIS IS JT.
>> Bob: HI.
>> HI, NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> Bob: HOW ARE YOU, BOB THE
DRAG QUEEN.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
HOW DID YOU TWO
MEET EACH OTHER?
>> DRAG SHOW, ACTUALLY.
>> Bob: OH WORK.
>> YEAH, I SAW LIKE THE ENERGY
IN THE ROOM FROM HIM JUST
ENJOYING HIMSELF AND, AND THE
PEOPLE AROUND HIM.
>> THAT WAS BEFORE I
STARTED.
>> YEAH, BEFORE TRANSITION FOR
BOTH OF US.
>> AND BEFORE I STARTED
PERFORMING ACTUALLY, EVEN.
>> YEAH, RIGHT BEFORE.
>> Bob: YOU WERE A PERFORMER FOR
A LONG TIME?
>> YEAH, I'M USED TO GETTING
STARES FROM THE CHAIR AND BEING
DIFFERENT.
I ALWAYS WORRY ARE PEOPLE GONNA
ACCEPT ME, ARE PEOPLE GONNA TAKE
TO ME WELL BUT WHEN I AM ON
STAGE I CAN SHOW PEOPLE THAT
JUST BECAUSE I HAVE THIS
DISABILITY DOESN'T MEAN I'M NOT
CAPABLE.
>> Bob: SO IF YOU DON'T MIND ME
ASKING, WHAT IS YOUR UH, YOUR
DIAGNOSIS?
>> IT IS SPASTIC QUADRIPLEGIC
CEREBRAL PALSY.
>> Bob: GOT IT.
>> MY SPECIFIC CASE, MY LOWER
HALF OF MY BODY IS EFFECTED MORE
THAN THE UPPER HALF, LEFT SIDE
MORE THAN MY RIGHT SIDE.
GROWING UP I WAS TOLD A LOT THAT
I WOULD AMOUNT TO NOTHING, THAT
YOU'RE JUST GONNA BE A
VEGETABLE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE
ABLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TYPE
OF THING.
>> Bob: WHO WOULD TELL YOU THAT?
>> MY FATHER.
>> Bob: I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA
SAY LIKE KIDS AT SCHOOL.
THAT IS REALLY ROUGH.
DUSTIN IDENTIFIES AS QUEER, AS
TRANS AND AS DIFFERENTLY ABLED.
WHEN YOU ARE PART OF A
MARGINALIZED GROUP AND THEN A
MARGINALIZED GROUP AND THEN A
GROUP AND THEN A GROUP AND
THEN A GROUP UH, IT'S SO HARD TO
SEE PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF.
THERE'S NO MARVEL MOVIES WHERE
HE'S THE HERO.
SO PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE HIM DON'T
FEEL LIKE THEY'RE, THEY DON'T
GET TO BE HEROES THEY DON'T' GET
TO BE GAME CHANGER, THEY DON'T'
GET TO BE INSPIRATIONS.
>> Bob: WHY DO YOU WANT TO DO
THIS?
>> JUST TO SPREAD HOPE AND
AWARENESS THAT I EXIST, WE
DISABLED TRANS PEOPLE, WE EXIST
AND ESPECIALLY AFTER YOU KNOW
TRANSITION BE ABLE TO BE
RECOGNIZED AS MYSELF, RECOGNIZED
IN A POSITIVE WAY ... THAT'S,
I'VE NEEDED THAT SO MUCH.
SORRY.
>> Bob: IT'S OKAY.
♪ ♪
[NATIONAL ANTHEM]
>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO RACING.
>> I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE FOR
YEARS.
>> Shangela: OH GOD.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT BEING
HERE NOW?
>> PRETTY FRICKEN NERVOUS.
♪ ♪
>> Shangela: THERE YOU GO,
THAT'S DRAG.
HOW ARE YOU ALL?
>> Eureka: DO YOU MIND IF WE
SHARE A FLYER WITH YOU?
>> Eureka: OH OKAY.
>> Shangela: DRAG QUEENS, GOOD
TIMES IF YOU EVER JUST NEED A
SHOW, EVERYONE TO COME TO ONE,
IT'S GONNA BE LOTS OF FUN, ALL
RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
YOU ALL TAKE CARE.
LET ME TELL YOU WE'RE HAVING A
SHOW ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
IT'S A BIG OLD DRAG SHOW THAT'S
HAPPENING AT THE OLD BUS CENTER.
OKAY, FABULOUS, TAKE CARE.
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT,
BYE, BYE.
>> [SIGHS]
>> Shangela: I KNOW.
SEE, I CAME BACK I STILL GOT MY
HEAD ON.
>> YEAH.
>> Shangela: OKAY.
>> THAT GUY WAS ABOUT
READY TO BITE IT OFF THOUGH.
>> Eureka: HAVE YOU HAD A LOT OF
HATRED IN THIS AREA?
>> MORE THE FEAR, YEAH.
>> Eureka: AFRAID OF IT.
YEAH, I UNDERSTAND.
>> Shangela: HELLO?
HI.
>> HI, FOLKS.
>> Eureka: HI.
>> Shangela: WE'RE HAVING OUR
OWN DRAG SHOW.
NOT CARS BUT DRAG QUEENS,
HALLELOO.
>> Eureka: CAN WE HANG ONE UP
IN HERE?
IS THAT POSSIBLE?
>> UH, YOU KNOW WHAT I
AM NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.
I WILL KEEP ONE AND IF WE CAN
THAT I WILL DEFINITELY DO THAT.
>> JUST DO IT?
>> I WILL ASK THE MANAGER.
>> OF COURSE.
>> DO YOU ALL HAVE PICKLES?
>> YES WE DO.
>> Shangela: I'M SHANGELA, THIS
IS EUREKA, THIS IS MY FRIEND
ANGIE RIGHT HERE AND WE HAVE A
BIG SHOW COMING UP.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE YOU ALL ON
TUESDAY NIGHT.
>> Eureka: YOU ALL DO THIS AS A
FAMILY ALL THE TIME?
>> EVERYBODY DOES THIS, THE
WHOLE TOWN DOES THIS.
>> Eureka: THIS IS FUN.
>> I'M DRAG RACING.
>> Eureka: REALLY?
>> I RACE DIRT BIKES SO...
>> OH, THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
I'M WAITING A COUPLE OF MINUTES,
JUST LETTING EVERYBODY LIKE GET
THEIR FIRST RUNS IN AND THEN I'M
GONNA GO.
>> Eureka: OH WOW.
>> Eureka: YOU THINK THIS IS
TURBO CHARGED, WAIT TILL YOU SEE
US IN A WIG.
TALK ABOUT TURBO CHARGED.
>> I'M BRINGING THESE TWO PLATES
OVER, MOM.
>> Bob: HI.
HEY.
>> HI, OH YES.
I AM LIVING FOR THIS.
>> Bob: THE DIVA HAS ARRIVED.
>> HI.
>> Bob: SO I'M BOB.
>> I'M KARA.
>> Bob: KARA?
>> YES.
>> Bob: PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
THANK YOU FOR LENDING ME YOUR
WONDERFUL SON, HE'S A REALLY
COOL CAT.
>> I AGREE.
>> Bob: SO WHAT, CAN I HELP, CAN
I SET THE TABLE, WHAT SHOULD I
DO?
>> I COME OVER AND COOK A LOT.
>> WHEN DUSTIN WAS ABOUT SEVEN
YEARS OLD, HE SAYS MOM, IF JESUS
COULD MAKE A BLIND MAN SEE AND
A CRIPPLE MAN WALK THEN WHY
WOULD HE MAKE ME THIS WAY?
AND I SAID I DON'T KNOW THE
ANSWER TO THAT BUT I WISH I DID.
AND HE SAID WELL IS IT
TRUE BECAUSE HIS DAD HAD TOLD
HIM THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF SIN
IN THE WORLD AND BECAUSE WE
WEREN'T MARRIED WHEN, WHEN
DUSTIN CAME ALONG, WE GOT
MARRIED.
>> Bob: INSINUATE THAT THEY
INSINUATED THAT.
>> THAT IS WAS OUR FAULT,
THAT HE WAS PUNISHING DUSTIN.
>> Bob: WHO SAID THIS?
>> HIS DAD AND, AND HIS
DAD'S MOM.
DUSTIN WAS BEING PUNISHED.
>> Bob: THAT DUSTIN HAS.
>> FOR, YEAH FOR OUR SINS.
>> Bob: WOW.
I WANT TO KNOW THAT LIKE,
TELL ME ABOUT DUSTIN'S
TRANSITION FOR YOU.
>> SO YEAH, IT WAS A, IT WAS
HARD AT FIRST AND.
>> Bob: WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY IT
WAS HARD?
>> UM, CUZ WHAT, WHEN
DUSTIN WAS GROWING UP I
ALWAYS, HE WAS ALWAYS VERY LIKE
PRINCESS LIKE, MAKEUP.
>> FEMININE, VERY GIRLY.
>> DRESSES AND YOU KNOW NO, NO
TOM BOY ANY.
>> Bob: SAME.
>> YEAH, HE JUST, IT WAS LIKE
A TOTAL SHOCK CUZ I HAD NEVER
SEEN ANYTHING EVEN GIVING ME A
CLUE THAT HE FELT THAT WAY
INSIDE.
SINCE HIS TRANSITION I'VE,
I'VE, I, I SEE A DIFFERENCE IN
HIS HAPPINESS AND HIS
SELFCONFIDENCE AND...
>> IT SAVED ME.
>> YEAH CUZ I, WELL I.
>> Bob: WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY IT
SAVED YOU?
>> I, I WOULDN'T HAVE
MADE IT TO WHERE I AM TODAY
HAD I NOT BEEN ABLE TO
TRANSITION, I KNOW THAT.
>> YEAH, I AGREE, I AGREE
THAT IT.
>> I WOULD NOT BE HERE.
>> YOU KNOW I CAN'T SAY THAT
IT'S, THAT YOU, IT WAS A WRONG
DECISION OR THAT IT'S NOT WHO
YOU ARE OR AT FIRST IT WAS A
SHOCK AND IT, YEAH IF YOU, IF
THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING IT
WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.
WITH HER DAD I WOULD HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO ACCEPT IT AND MOVE WITH
IT A LOT EASIER THAN IF.
>> THAN THE WAY THEY WERE
I GUESS.
BUT UM...
>> I'M GONNA BOUNCE BACK FOR A
MINUTE, I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING AND
I APPRECIATE THAT, PRONOUNS.
>> I'M SORRY.
>> Bob: NO, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T,
>> I DIDN'T CATCH IT EITHER.
HE'S GOOD AT CATCHING IT.
>> I KNOW YOU DON'T, I'M
GOOD AT CATCHING IT.
>> Bob: AND IT, AND IT'S A GOOD
THING TO DO, IT, IT REALLY UP,
HELPS PEOPLE.
>> YEAH, I TOLD HIM I SAID
YOU GOT TO, SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO
REMIND ME CUZ I WON'T REMEMBER.
FOR THE LONGEST TIME I WASN'T
EVEN, I WAS HAVING A HARD TIME
EVEN GOING WITH THE DUSTIN THING
CUZ I WAS LIKE I GAVE YOU THAT
NAME AND NOW YOU DON'T WANT THAT
NAME.
YOU KNOW IT MADE ME FEEL SO BAD
LIKE.
>> Bob: WELL I THINK A LOT OF
TIMES PARENTS FEEL LIKE, CUZ I
HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS WHO DON'T
HAVE THE NAMES THEY GREW UP
WITH, THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR,
THEIR DEAD NAMES AS WE REFER TO
AS AND UM, A LOT OF TIMES THE
PARENT FEELS LIKE IT IS A THING
ABOUT THEM AND IT, IT SAYS
SOMETHING ABOUT THEM AND IT
REALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH
THE ... IT'S JUST SOMEONE TRYING
TO LIVE AND WANT TO MAKE TO THE
NEXT DAY.
I WANT TO ALSO JUST UH, LIKE
APPLAUD THE WAY YOU DIDN'T FIGHT
BACK AND YOU CORRECTED, THAT
SAYS A LOT, I THINK THAT'S
REALLY FIERCE.
>> YEAH, I THINK IT, IN THE
BEGINNING IT WAS JUST, IT WAS,
LIKE I SAID BEFORE IT WAS SUCH A
SHOCK.
>> Bob: WHAT CHANGED FOR YOU
THAT MADE YOU WANT TO START
CALLING HIM BY HIS REAL NAME
DUSTIN?
>> WHAT IT ALL BOILED DOWN
TO IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
TO ME IS THAT HE'S HAPPY AND
THAT HE'S HEALTHY YOU KNOW AND
I WANT HIM TO BE WHO HE IS.
THERE'S A PURPOSE, YOU KNOW
YOU HAVE A PURPOSE, A, A, A
SPECIAL REASON TO BE HERE MORE
SO THAN MAYBE ANY OF THE REST
OF US.
>> I KNOW THAT IT'S SOMEHOW,
SOME WAY I'M GONNA END UP
LEAVING A LEGACY AND A MARK ON
THIS WORLD.
♪ ♪
>> Bob: WE'RE GOING TO THE TRAIN
STATION.
>> THIS SPACE IS AMAZING.
>> Shangela: ANGIE IS A
FANTASTIC AND ACCOMPLISHED
MOTOCROSS RIDER.
SHE'S ALSO SUPER LIKE BAD
ASS AS WELL AND THAT'S WHAT I
REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN HARNESS
IN THE SHOW.
>> THERE'S FEW THINGS IN THE
WORLD THAT I LOVE MORE THAN A
BAD ASS WOMAN.
>> Eureka: SO ME AND TAYLOR
HAVE COME UP WITH THIS
PERFORMANCE WHERE IT'S LIKE,
REALLY ABOUT GENDER BENDING, HE
HAS A REALLY COOL TERM CALLED
FUTURE NEUTRAL.
>> Bob: WE'RE GOING FOR THIS FEM
BOY TYPE DRAG.
>> EMBRACING WHAT'S INSIDE,
BRINGING IT OUTSIDE.
>> Bob: EXACTLY, EXACTLY.
>> YES.
>> WHAT I'M ENVISIONING FOR YOU
IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY COOL
AND EDGY.
>> I WOULD BE HAPPY IF MY
HAIR WAS LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME.
>> Bob: OH, BY THE WAY, WE ARE
GONNA BE DOING A SONG BY MY
CHEMICAL ROMANCE.
>> YEAH!
I WOULD JUMP OUT OF MY CHAIR IF
I COULD, BUT I CAN'T.
>> Bob: OH YEAH, THIS IS GONNA
BE EPIC.
>> YOU KNOW BECAUSE OF FACING A
LOT OF ADVERSITY I'M NERVOUS BUT
I FEEL SUPER COMFORTABLE.
YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN VERY
UNDERSTANDING AND LIKE WILLING
TO WORK AROUND WHAT I HAVE TO
WORK AROUND, OBVIOUSLY.
>> Bob: I DON'T THINK IT'S
WORKING AROUND, IT'S WORKING
WITH.
>> WITH.
>> YEAH.
>> Eureka: HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN
SINCE YOU HAVE LONG HAIR?
>> SEVEN YEARS.
I'VE NEVER HAD A WIG ON BEFORE.
>> Eureka: OH MY GOD, WE
POPPED YOUR WIG CHERRY.
♪ ♪
>> Bob: SO WHICH, WHICH ONE OF
THESE FEELS SPEAKS TO YOU?
>> I THINK THIS ONE SPEAKS TO ME
A LITTLE MORE AND LIKE IF WE DID
LIKE THE BLUE STREAKS IN IT
LIKE I THINK THAT WOULD BE LIKE
A LITTLE GERARD MOMENT BUT
GENDER BEND GERARD.
>> Bob: GERARD IS FROM,?
>> HE'S THE SINGER IN MY
CHEMICAL ROMANCE.
>> Bob: THE, OBVIOUSLY.
>> THE LEAD SINGER, YES.
GERARD BROKE GENDER
NORMS WHERE I COULD RELATE JUST
BEING ABLE TO BE COMFORTABLE IN
BEING MYSELF.
GERARD.
>> Bob: I'M GONNA BE WEARING
EXCLUSIVELY BLACK EYELINER BY
THE TIME THIS IS DONE.
>> YEP, YEP HERE WE GO.
>> Eureka: DO YOU STILL FEEL
LIKE A MAN OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE A
GENDER NON-CONFORMING HUMAN
FUTURE NEUTRAL.
HYBRID, NEW AND IMPROVED.
>> ARE YOU NERVOUS ABOUT BEING
FRONT OF THAT MANY PEOPLE?
>> OH YEAH.
I HAVE NEVER LIKE BEEN IN FRONT
OF PEOPLE AND LIKE LET MYSELF
GO.
>> Eureka: AFRAID THEY'RE NOT
GONNA ACCEPT IT OR THEY'RE
GONNA RESPOND NEGATIVELY?
>> YEAH.
>> WELL THAT BRAVERY AND THE
VULNERABILITY THAT YOU SHOW IS
GONNA BE SO CONTAGIOUS AND
YOU'RE GONNA INSPIRE SO MANY
PEOPLE IT'S GONNA BE...
>> Eureka: YEAH, I AGREE.
WHAT YOU ARE SHOWING THEM IS
SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE NEVER
SEEN BEFORE AND WHEN SOMEBODY'S
NEVER SEEN SOMETHING BEFORE AND
YOU'RE THE FIRST INTRODUCTION
THAT THEY HAVE TO IT, IT'S
PRETTY POWERFUL.
>> Shangela: OH MY GOD I LOVE
YOUR HAIR PULLED BACK.
WOW, THAT JUST TOTALLY JUST GAVE
ME, RIGHT SHE HAS SUCH A PRETTY
FACE.
GIRL!
>> BUT SEE I, I, I DON'T
THINK SO, SO I WEAR MY HAIR
DOWN SO I CAN HIDE MY FACE SO.
>> Shangela: OH LOOK AT THAT, I
LOVE YOU AND I LOVE YOUR HAIR
PULLED BACK, YOU HAVE A
BEAUTIFUL FACE.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
>> YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA LOOK
GOOD UP THERE.
>> Shangela: SORRY I HAD SUCH A
BIG REACTION BUT I LOVE IT, IT'S
BEAUTIFUL, SO BEAUTIFUL.
WOW.
I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER THAT
ABOUT YOURSELF.
WE THINK YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL.
>> WHEN YOU HAVE A SELFHATE
PROBLEMS IT'S HARD TO FEEL
LIKE YOU'RE SOMEBODY'S ROLE
MODEL, YOU KNOW.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN
DEALING WITH SINCE I GUESS SINCE
I BECAME ANGIE YOU KNOW IT
KIND OF, AT FIRST IT FELT
SELFISH THAT I HAD TO LIKE, THAT
I HAD TO BE ME.
AND I GUESS I'VE BEEN, I'VE
BEEN UM, I GUESS PUNISHING
MYSELF FOR IT FOR A LONG TIME.
>> Shangela: YOU GOT, WE TALKED
ABOUT THIS, ABOUT BEING KIND TO
OURSELVES, WE'RE GONNA WORK ON
THAT OKAY.
WE'RE GONNA WORK ON THAT.
COMMUNITY HAVE MOVED
>> SO MANY PEOPLE WITHIN OUR
COMMUNITY HAVE MOVED OUT, THEY
LEAVE BECAUSE IT'S SO HOSTILE
HERE.
I STARTED A COFFEE MEET UP FOR
LGBTQ PEOPLE SO WE CONNECT.
THEY ARE DEFINITELY SCARED TO BE
OUT AND PROUD.
>> WHEN I MOVED HERE I HAD
PEOPLE THROWING BEER BOTTLES AT
ME AS THEY DRIVE BY ON THE, ON
THE ROAD.
>> WE'RE HAVING QUEER YOUTH YOU
KNOW TAKE THEIR LIVES BECAUSE
THEY DON'T FEEL ACCEPTED.
>> WE HAVE A COUNTY COMMISSIONER
RIGHT WHO EQUATED HOMOSEXUALITY
TO BESTIALITY ON THE RECORD IN A
CAMPAIGN.
>> A LOCAL BAR HAD SIGN
SHEETS IN THE RESTROOMS FOR THE
KKK.
>> YOU KNOW WE WERE DOING A LOT
OF WORK IN THE WAKE OF GEORGE
FLOYD AND THAT KIND OF VISIBLE
ACTIVISM WAS MET BY LIKE MEN
WITH RIFLES AND TRUCKS LIKE
SURROUNDING PEOPLE.
>> Eureka: THAT'S TERRIFYING.
>> SO THE MORE THAT WE PUT
OURSELVES OUT HERE AND LET THEM
KNOW YOU'RE NOT ALONE YOU KNOW
AND FIGHT TO BE THERE AND CREATE
THAT SAFE SPACE YOU KNOW UM, IS
HUGELY IMPORTANT.
>> REALLY I'M TRYING TO EXPAND
THE COMMUNITY OUT HERE.
WE NEED TO BE HERE.
>> Eureka: YEAH.
>> WE ARE THE WARRIORS.
I WANT PEOPLE TO HEAR US.
>> AND I'LL SAY THAT MUCH IS
FOR HAVING GROWN UP IN THIS AREA
AND SEEING WHAT IT WAS FIFTEEN
YEARS AGO, TEN YEARS AGO THE
FACT THAT THERE IS A PRIDE
PARADE IN JUNCTION AT ALL IS,
IS SUCH A MONUMENTAL
ACHIEVEMENT.
>> Bob: HI.
>> HELLO, HOW ARE YOU?
>> Bob: IS IT DOWN HERE?
>> YES, SIR.
>> Bob: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> Eureka: HI.
>> Bob: I'M REALLY SHOCKED THAT
GRAND JUNCTION HAS A, A PRIDE
EVENT BUT IT'S BEING HELD AT THE
BOTTOM LEVEL OF A PARKING
GARAGE.
OH, BOY.
>> Eureka: COME ON PRIDE.
COME ON LOWER LEVEL PRIDE.
>> Eureka: THIS PRIDE IT'S
HIDDEN AWAY FROM THE WORLD.
I COULD WALK TWO BLOCKS OVER AND
NOT EVEN KNOW THIS IS HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW.
>> Bob: I'M GAGGED.
>> Eureka: ME TOO, BITCH.
THIS IS ACTUALLY REALLY CUTE.
>> Bob: IT'S VERY CUTE.
IS THERE A DRAG SHOW?
ALL THE SEATS ARE TAKEN.
>> Eureka: FIND A GOOD SEAT.
>> HAPPY PRIDE.
ARE YOU ALL READY FOR A SHOW?
I'M YOUR CO-HOST XAVIER VAN DYKE
AND THE FOUNDER OF DELTA PRIDE
AND A PROMOTER FOR GRAND VALLEY
SHINING STAR.
>> JAVE, HE'S DONE A LOT FOR
PERFORMERS LIKE US.
GIVING US A PLACE TO BE
THEMSELVES AND BE OPEN.
>> PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS
TOGETHER.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT
TECHNICALLY ANY RELATION TO ME
HE IS WHO I CONSIDER MY DAD.
♪ ♪
I FEEL LIKE I WOULD BE EXTREMELY
LOST WITHOUT HIM.
>> SO OUR NEXT PERFORMER, WE'VE
DOING SOME AMAZING THINGS WITH
THIS YOUNG MAN, DON'T LET THE
CHAIR FOOL YOU, HE'S GOT MORE
POWER THAN IT DOES.
SO PLEASE PUT YOUR HANDS
TOGETHER FOR MY DRAG SON, DUSTIN
VAN DYKE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Eureka: PRIDE IN GRAND
JUNCTION IS SMALL.
YOU CAN TELL THAT THE SUPPORT IN
THIS COMMUNITY IS ALL OVER THE
PLACE.
SO IT IS A SMALL LITTLE PRIDE
BUT IT IS MIGHTY.
BECAUSE IF YOU COULD JUST SEE
SOMEONE OUT THERE BEING STRONG
AND POWERFUL IT'S GONNA MAKE YOU
FEEL LIKE YOU CAN BE STRONG AND
POWERFUL TOO.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> EVERYBODY GIVE UP FOR DUSTIN
VAN DYKE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Bob: I CRIED.
>> I'M CRYING RIGHT NOW, GIRL.
>> Bob: I WAS CRYING.
OH.
>> IT'S A PLEASURE TO MEET
YOU.
>> Bob: WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN
THIS TOWN I DON'T NEED TO TELL
YOU HOW IMPACTFUL IT IS.
YOU GOT TO FUCKING WORK, THAT
WAS SO GOOD.
>> I TRY.
>> Bob: BE WELL, BE SAFE.
I'LL SEE YOU VERY SOON.
VERY, VERY SOON.
>> WAS IT GOOD?
>> YEAH, YEAH.
IT'S EMOTIONAL.
I'M GONNA CRY AGAIN.
>> SO CRY.
LET IT GO.
>> IT'S OKAY?
>> IT'S OKAY.
IT'S ALWAYS OKAY.
JUST CRY, BABY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
♪ ♪
>> I STARTED RACING DIRT BIKES
IN FIFTH GRADE.
I WAS ALWAYS THAT SHY PERSON IN
THE CORNER THEN I'D PUT ON MY
HELMET AND I'D BECOME A
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSON.
IT WAS AFTER I TRANSITIONED,
DIDN'T RIDE FOR FIVE YEARS I
GUESS I THOUGHT THAT IT COULDN'T
BE A PART OF MY LIFE, THAT
COULDN'T BE A PART OF MY NEW
LIFE I GUESS.
YOU KNOW I GET ON MY BIKE AND
I'M, I DON'T KNOW I'M JUST FREE
ON MY BIKE.
I DO ALL THE OLD SAME THINGS
I'VE ALWAYS DID EXCEPT FOR NOW I
GET TO DO ALL OF THIS AND I GET
TO BE ME WHEN I'M DOING IT.
>> Shangela: OH!
WOO!
GO ANGIE!
OH, OH, OH, COME ON, TRICKS.
HI.
OH, OH, WHOA, WHOA,
WHOA, SISTER.
HEY.
HEY.
WHAT'S UP?
OH MY GOSH, YOU ARE PHENOMENAL.
>> THANKS.
>> Shangela: YOU WERE IN FULL ON
ANGIE ELEMENT HUH?
>> EXACTLY.
YEP.
RIGHT WHERE I BELONG.
>> Shangela: WOO!
>> SO THAT'S MY FRIEND ALLISON.
>> Shangela: OH HEY, ALLISON!
>> YEAH, STARTED RIDING
TOGETHER A YEAR AGO TODAY.
>> Shangela: IT'S ALWAYS GREAT
TO HAVE FRIENDS OUT ON A TRACK
RIGHT?
>> OH YEAH.
>> Shangela: HEY.
>> HELLO.
>> Shangela: BEING YOU KNOW
AMONG A FEW WOMEN WHO RIDE
BIKES LIKE THIS, HOW IMPORTANT
DO YOU FEEL IT IS FOR THE
REPRESENTATION OUT HERE?
>> PRETTY IMPORTANT I MEAN
I LOVE GOING OUT AND SHOWING
THE GUYS UP ON THE TRACK SO...
>> Shangela: YES, AND DO YOU
SHOW THEM UP?
>> OH HELL YEAH.
>> Shangela: OH, LOOK AT BOTH OF
YOU ALL, YEAH.
YEAH.
>> TO ME, RIDING MEANS LIFE
I MEAN IT'S EVERYTHING.
I FELT LIKE BEFORE I
HELMET ON I WAS ANGIE SO I
COULD BE MYSELF AND JUST DO, DO
MY THING.
THIS LAST YEAR BEING BACK ON A
BIKE IT'S UH, IT'S GIVEN ME MY
LIFE BACK.
>> Shangela: WHEN I SEE YOU OUT
HERE, I SEE THE CONFIDENCE AND
THE EXCITEMENT AND JUST TOTAL
BAD ASSNESS OF YOU.
I WANT TO TAKE ALL OF THIS
CONFIDENCE AND STRENGTH THAT YOU
HAVE AS A RIDER OUT HERE AND NOW
PUT IT ON TO THE DRAG STAGE.
YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE A HELMET ON
BUT I WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE YOU
HAVE THAT HELMET OF CONFIDENCE
ON WHEN YOU PUT IT ON.
>> BEING PRETTY CONSERVATIVE AND
GROWING UP IN A PRETTY
CONSERVATIVE TOWN, I ALWAYS
JUDGE DRAG.
I KNOW IT'S NEVER ANYTHING IN A
MILLION YEARS THAT I WOULD HAVE
EVER THOUGHT ABOUT DOING, THIS
SHOW IS PUSHING ME SO FAR BEYOND
MY COMFORT ZONE.
I'M REALLY ANXIOUS ABOUT IT.
♪ ♪
>> Eureka: YES, HI, MARVIN.
>> HELLO.
>> Eureka: THIS IS TAYLOR.
>> Bob: DUSTIN, THIS IS MARVIN.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> Bob: ME AND MARVIN HAVE
QUADRUPLED THE BLACK POPULATION
IN GRAND JUNCTION.
♪ ♪
>> RIGHT, LEFT, AROUND, WE GO
DOWN.
>> WHAT'S YOUR GO TO MOVE, SHOW
ME.
>> Eureka: WORK.
OOH, OH, OOH, WORK.
I'M HERE FOR IT.
>> Bob: THEN GO BACK A LITTLE
BIT, GO BACKWARDS.
♪ ♪
>> Shangela: YOU GOT PEOPLE
EVERYWHERE, GOT THEM OVER
HERE, GOT THEM OVER HERE, GOT
THEM IN THE BACK, GOT THEM
RIGHT HERE.
DELIVER.
>> THE TURN IS, I, THAT'S AS
FAST AS I CAN GO.
>> Bob: LOOKS REALLY GOOD
THOUGH.
>> I LOVE THAT THOUGH, WE
SHOULD ADD A TURN IN.
>> Eureka: BOOM, BOOM.
>> YEAH, MAKE THAT BOOM, BOOM
REAL BIG.
>> Bob: I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TRY
TO DO THE CARRY ON PART WITH A
LITTLE BIT OF ASL, I KNOW YOU
LIKE TO THROW IN A LITTLE ASL IN
THERE.
>> YOU PUT YOUR CARRY ON.
>> Bob: I IMAGINE BEING
DIFFERENTLY ABLED MAKES YOU MORE
AWARE OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE
ALSO DIFFERENTLY ABLED?
>> OH, OH YEAH.
♪ ♪
>> FUCK YES.
>> Shangela: THAT'S IT GIRL!
>> FUCK YES.
>> YES!
♪ ♪
>> THERE WE GO.
>> Bob: THAT'S GREAT.
♪ ♪
>> Eureka: IT'S ON IT THOUGH.
>> YOU GOT IT, IT'S EASY.
>> Eureka: DAMN, DADDY.
OKAY.
UH, OH DADDY.
>> Shangela: HELLO.
CHEERS.
>> OH YEAH YOU GOT YOUR WINE.
>> Bob: WHO WANTS SOME CIDER?
>> Shangela: OH, YOU BOUGHT
CIDER?
>> Bob: I DID.
>> Shangela: ARE WE IN A
DIFFERENT CITY RIGHT NOW?
>> YES, WE'RE IN A NEXT DOOR
NEIGHBOR CITY WITH JUNCTION.
>> Bob: IS THE VIBE HERE VERY
DIFFERENT THAN THE VIBE IN GRAND
JUNCTION?
>> YES.
>> Bob: I'LL SAY FLAT OUT I FEEL
LESS SCARED HERE.
IT'S SO INTERESTING BETWEEN THE
FOUR OF YOU REALLY GETTING
GENERATIONAL EXPERIENCES WITH
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A TRANS
PERSON IN THIS AREA.
I MEAN, DUSTIN HAS BEEN A
DRAG QUEEN, HAS BEEN A DRAG
KING, HAS BEEN A, AN
ANDROGYNOUS DRAG PERSON.
SO DUSTIN HAS LIKE DONE IT ALL.
>> IN DRAG I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT
YOU HAD TO PORTRAY THE OPPOSITE
SEX YOU KNOW SO I'M SITTING HERE
THINKING OKAY, SO WHAT I'M GONNA
DRESS UP LIKE A MAN ON STAGE, I
RAN MY WHOLE LIFE TRYING TO GET
AWAY FROM THAT PERSON WHY DO,
WHY WOULD I EVER WANT TO DO
THAT?
>> IT'S GENDER EXPANSIVE AND
THAT'S THE WORD I'M TRYING TO
LEARN NOW BECAUSE THERE'S
TRANSGENDER, WHO'S DEFINITELY
ANGIE AND I, YOU KNOW COME
FROM THAT OLD SCHOOL, MAN,
WOMAN THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY IT
FEELS, AND THEN YOU GOT THESE
KIDS THAT ARE TEACHING US SO
MUCH.
GENDER'S A SPECTRUM AND WE'RE
ALL ON IT.
>> Bob: A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL PUT
EXPECTATIONS ON TRANS PEOPLE
BASED ON WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT
BEING A MAN OR A WOMAN.
FEMININITY DOES NOT BELONG TO
WOMEN AND MASCULINITY DOES NOT
BELONG TO MEN, THEY'RE NOT
MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.
♪ ♪
>> IT'S BEEN A LONG, HARD
JOURNEY TO GET CONFIDENT BEING
MYSELF.
LOTS OF LOSS BUT ALSO LOTS OF
HAPPINESS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL NEVER GET
TO FEEL WHAT IT'S LIKE TO
ACTUALLY LIVE AS THEIR TRUE
SELF.
I FEEL LIKE THAT'S PART OF
THE REASON WHY I AM STILL HERE
IS TO, TO MAKE PEOPLE RETHINK OF
HOW THEY LOOK AT, AT TRANS
WOMEN.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M CHANGING
THE, THE MINDS OF PEOPLE BUT I
HOPE I AM.
>> PEOPLE IN GRAND JUNCTION
THEY'RE SO AGGRESSIVE TOWARDS
ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
THEM.
WITH MY DRAG, I FINALLY DON'T
HAVE TO FIT PEOPLE'S
EXPECTATIONS, I CAN JUST BE ME.
>> I HAVE AN OBVIOUS PHYSICAL
DIFFERENCE.
ADDING THE TRANSNESS ON TOP OF
THAT YOU HAVE SO MANY JUDGEMENTS
BEING ABLE TO GET UP ON STAGE IT
GIVES ME LIKE THIS FEELING OF
FREEDOM BECAUSE FOR A MINUTE
IT'S LIKE THE CHAIR ALL GOES
AWAY.
IT'S A FREEDOM FOR ME.
♪ ♪
>> HEY.
>> Bob: WELL, OH HEY YOU, YOU
CAME ROLLING DEEP.
[LAUGHTER]
♪ ♪
>> Eureka: OOH!
HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL,
THOUGH?
>> I FEEL LIKE I CAN RUIN
PEOPLE'S LIVES.
>> YES!
>> Eureka: PERFECT.
>> Bob: DUSTIN.
YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE WHAT, SO
SOMEONE JUST SENT ME, THIS IS
CRAZY.
>> OH NO, WHAT, OH MY GOD?
>> Bob: NO, IT'S REALLY COOL.
>> HEY DUSTIN IT'S GERARD
UM, SOME FRIENDS HAD TOLD ME
THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO DO
SOMETHING REALLY AMAZING AND
SING UH, "WELCOME TO THE BLACK
PARADE," I FOUND YOUR STORY TO
BE SO INSPIRING AND I'M SO PROUD
OF YOU.
UM, AND I KNOW YOU'RE
GONNA DO A GREAT JOB AND I CAN'T
WAIT TO SEE IT.
HAVE FUN AND UH, YEAH GIVE IT
EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT.
>> OH, MY GOD!
>> Bob: ISN'T THAT CRAZY?
>> HOLY SHIT!
HOLY SHIT!
HOLY SHIT!
AHHH!
>> Bob: [LAUGHS]
SO LISTEN, IF ANYONE EVER TELLS
YOU THAT YOU CANNOT INSPIRE
PEOPLE, YOU LITERALLY INSPIRED
YOUR HERO.
HE LITERALLY SAID IT THAT YOUR
STORY IS INSPIRING.
>> FUCK, FUCK!
>> Bob: YOU WANT TO WATCH IT
AGAIN?
>> YES.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Bob: BY FINDING YOUR CHOSEN
FAMILY, UPLIFTING EACH OTHER,
SHOWING EACH OTHER THE LOVE
THEY HAVE ON THE STAGE IN FRONT
OF THEIR WHOLE COMMUNITY, I, I
WOULD BE SHOCKED IF IT DIDN'T
HELP SOMEBODY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> ALL RIGHT, HOW'S EVERYBODY
DOING?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
OH COME ON ARE YOU SLEEPING, I
CAN'T HEAR YOU.
>> THIS LAST YEAR I HAVE GROWN
SO MUCH AS A PERSON.
WHEN I PERFORM ON MY DIRT BIKE
IT DRIVES ME, IT PUSHES ME, IT'S
A WHOLE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE
SHOWING IT TO THE WORLD.
>> ARE YOU READY FOR A SHOW
GRAND JUNCTION?
ALL RIGHT, WELL LET'S DO IT
THEN BABY.
COMING TO THE STAGE
MYSELF, SHANGELA AND THE
BADASS HERSELF, MISS ALONZA
WADLEY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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>> Shangela: DID YOU EVER THINK
THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN?
>> NEVER.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I WASN'T EVEN SURE I WAS GONNA
GET UP HERE.
>> Shangela: AND HOW DO YOU FEEL
NOW?
>> PRETTY FUCKING AMAZING.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS THOUGHT
I WOULD SEE THIS IN GRAND
JUNCTION.
>> I PUT TAYLOR AWAY FOR A LONG
TIME.
I'VE GONE FROM A REALLY BAD
PLACE TO LIKE THE EXIT OF THE
CAVE WHERE I CAN ACTUALLY KEEP
ON GOING ABOUT FINALLY MEET
TAYLOR.
>> Shangela: COMING TO THE STAGE
RIGHT NOW GIVE A LOVELY GRAND
JUNCTION WELCOME TO MY SISTER
MISS EUREKA O'HARA AND HER
NEWEST DRAG DAUGHTER
ANDROGYNISTIC ROTHEL.
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>> HELLO, GRAND JUNCTION.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING OUT
HERE AND BEING A PART OF THE
COMMUNITY.
IT REALLY MEANS A LOT NOT ONLY
TO THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU RIGHT
NOW BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA
SEE THIS.
I HAVE SO MANY NEPHEWS AND
NIECES THAT DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO
THEY ARE YET, WE DON'T KNOW IF
THEY'RE GONNA BE CIS OR TRANS OR
JUST QUEER.
AND I WANT THEM TO SEE ME AND
TO SEE ALL OF YOU AND KNOW IT
DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER.
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>> FOR ME IN DRAG IS FREEDOM.
DRAG IS EMPOWERMENT AND DRAG IS
HOPE.
I'VE STARTED TO SEE MYSELF MORE
AS A LEADER BUT I HOPE TO BECOME
A BETTER LEADER.
I WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE OF
IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU CAN DO
THIS BUT YOU WANT TO TRY, TRY.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
>> Eureka: WELCOME OUR NEXT
ENTERTAINER TO THE STAGE.
DUSTIN VAN DYKE AND BOB THE DRAG
QUEEN.
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>> THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE HAS
BEEN EYE-OPENING AND AMAZING AND
SHOWN ME MORE THAN I ALREADY
KNEW ABOUT MYSELF.
I DON'T HAVE WORDS TO LIKE
EXPLAIN THIS.
I FEEL FREE, I FEEL EMPOWERED, I
FEEL STRONG.
THERE'S A LOT OF EMOTIONS.
I KNOW THAT I'M IMPORTANT AND I
KNOW THAT I CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE AND I FELT GREAT OUT
THERE.
>> I DON'T THINK YOU COULD HAVE
MADE IT THROUGH THIS A WEEK AGO.
>> I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT A
WEEK AGO.
I'VE GROWN SO MUCH THIS WEEK.
SO MUCH.
>> KEEP TELLING YOU, YOU GOT
THIS.
YOU GOT THIS AND YOU GOT
EVERYTHING.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> OH, MY GOSH.
GROUP HUG, BRING IT IN.
>> Eureka: WHEN A TRANS
INDIVIDUAL DECIDES TO TAKE THE
SPOTLIGHT IT'S REALLY POWERFUL
BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE GET TO SEE
PEOPLE LIKE THEM.
THAT'S WHAT'S MAKING TRANS
VISIBILITY SO PREVALENT RIGHT
NOW IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALL
TIRED OF IT, YOU KNOW WE FINALLY
GOT TO SEE A PIECE OF IT AND
PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO SEE MORE.
>> THAT IS AMAZING WHAT YOU DID.
LIKE, YOUR LIFE, HOW YOU CHOSE
TO BE AND THAT IS REALLY
AMAZING.
>> THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT.
>> YEAH.
>> AND YOU KNOW THAT, LOOK AT
YOU, LOOK AT YOU.
YOU ARE STUNNING.
>> YEAH.
THANK YOU.
>> COME HERE.
I'M DOING THIS FOR YOU OKAY, AND
I EXPECT YOU TO DO THE SAME
RIGHT.
MORE OF US OUT HERE, THEY'LL
KNOW, THEY'LL KNOW.
SO MANY PEOPLE FEEL SO LEFT OUT
AND ALONE OUT HERE THAT THEY
DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AND I WANT
THEM TO KNOW THAT WHILE YOU'RE
HERE IT'S OKAY, YOU HAVE A WHOLE
COMMUNITY OUT HERE FOR YOU.
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>> WHEN YOU'RE DIFFERENT, IT'S
REALLY EASY TO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE
BY YOURSELF, BUT YOU'RE NOT.
SEE, I BELIEVE THERE'S MORE LOVE
IN THE WORLD AND HATE.
IN THE MATTER WHERE YOU ARE OR
WHAT YOU BELIEVE, IT DOESN'T
CHANGE THE FACT THAT WE ARE HER
HERE.
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