Sasha Velour and Joe E. Jeffreys: Drag Manifesto | LIVE from NYPL

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Sasha Velour is an iconic queen. Turns out she’s also a historian! Her new book is a treasure trove of revelations about radical queer expressions throughout time. The revered entertainer weaves together gender theory, politics, and memoir to tell the story of drag. She recalls her own journey, from the women who inspired and raised her to how she learned the craft of an artist (creating and styling her costumes out of nothing). Velour redefines drag for a new generation while uncovering the history of queer life that made it all possible.

Velour speaks with drag historian Joe E. Jeffreys about the infinite ways in which gender, good taste, and art can be lived and embodied through drag.


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Joe E. Jeffreys is a drag historian. He has published on the subject of male and female impersonation in encyclopedias, academic journals and essay anthologies. He has also video documented these communities for over a dozen years and this work has screened internationally at festivals, galleries and museums including the Tate Modern. Jeffreys teaches theatre and LGBTQ+ studies at New York University and The New School including a course, “RuPaul's Drag Race and Its Impact.” See some of his drag happy videos at https://vimeo.com/joejeffreys

Sasha Velour is a drag and performance artist, entrepreneur, visual artist and author. She has blazed a trail of unparalleled authenticity and impeccable stardom amongst the drag and LGBTQ+ community. As the winner of season nine of RuPaul’s Drag Race known for one of the greatest reveals of all time, Velour’s inventive and intriguing artistic endeavors have placed her in the upper echelon of today’s top drag performers with top media coverage in national publications such as VOGUE, Forbes, ELLE, The New York Times and Rolling Stone to name a few.


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