#nb drag

[beanburglar]

rocky horror trad goth vibes for today

[abhorr]

happy last day of class looks 🌤🏳️‍🌈

[turnupthefernk]

Electra Love 💙⚡

[lesbanim]

happy trans day of visibility!!! normally i’m in your dreams and amongst the clouds but on This Day Only you can see me on this mortal plane

here’s some happy stuff abt me recently

out and loud about using xe/xem or they/them

started t this month, after years of waiting! hooray!!!

trying to be more online on instagram on my @ stinkxaddy account and recieving love from fellow artists!!! also haha follow me if u want,, 🥺👉👈💖

reconciled with an old friend who i now have t tea dates with (where we do our t shot and drink tea and we have gay bandaids)

been able to continue volunteer with relief efforts online while practicing social distancing

rediscovered that i love cinnamon toast

anyway, hope y’all have a great tdov, sending all my love ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[clovericlare]

February 22, 2020 🤧🍭

[counterintuitivecomics]

VELOUR: The Drag Magazine is FREE to read this week!

Sasha Velour (Artistic Director) and Johnny Velour (Editorial Director) have put all three issues of @thedragmagazine up on their website to read for FREE for a limited time “to celebrate the entire community of drag”!

These are such amazing collaborative collections of art & writing celebrating drag in all forms, and I'm not just saying that because I have something in every issue :P The Velours are fantastic curators & hosts to a range of brilliant creators of all genders & backgrounds, and I’m truly honored to be a part of it. Each issue is packed with goodness: photography, illustrations, collaborative collage (with thread, gold leaf, plastic pony beads, sequins), poetry, interviews, essays, conversations, and comics (like mine!). Read more about each issue and the above photos under the cut, and... 

Update (2020): VELOUR is no longer available to read online for free, but you can learn more about the collected hardcover here. 

VELOUR #1 (fka VYM): What Is Drag?

For our inaugural issue, we asked over 20 of the most talented independent artists, performers, and writers around to define the indefinable: "What is Drag?" Their answers are as varied and valid as the art itself and their work reminds us that their is no "right way" to do, or to even define drag. VYM seeks to celebrate it all. Cover by John Lisle, book photos by Andrew Atiya, Hands by Miss Malice. Pictured pages by 1) Donald C. Shorter Jr, photos by Yuki Matsumura, 2) Sonnet by Wo Chan, illustration by Sasha Velour, and 3) Photos by Jesus Ward, embroidery by Ritsu Hirayama, drag designs by Sasha Velour, models Sydney (left) and Dionne (right).

VELOUR #2: Realness

For our second issue (newly re-named "Velour"), we explored the history and meaning of "realness" — from gender illusionists and the Harlem ball scene to the "real" and surreal drag arts of today. Drag, it seems, is both imitation and transformation, performance and truth. The diverse body of work, by over 25 artists, explores the ways in which drag utilizes "the real" for radical thought and self-expression. Cover by Sophie McMahan, book photos by Andrew Atiya, Hands by Miss Malice. Pictured pages by 1) Patrick Arias (photographer) and  Pearl Harbor (model), 2) Conversation by Miss Malice, Nyx Nocturne, Pearl Harbor, and Lady Quesa’Dilla, photos by Elisabeth Fuchsia and Roberto Rischmaui.

VELOUR #3: Sister

Velour's third issue is dedicated to drag families, specifically the powerful relationships that drag performers form with each other as they develop characters, style, and careers. Over 50 artists contributed to this issue, ranging from Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in Boston to the queens of Rupaul's Drag Race Season 9, from contemporary Art Drag in Chicago to Kansas City queens of the late 50s...and far beyond! This highly visual issue is a love letter to queer creativity, community, and the excellence of drag. Cover by David Ayllon, Kelsey Short, Rumi Hara, and Sasha Velour.

Go to Sasha’s website to learn more!