Tuesday, December 20, 2016

'Why Chapel St is the perfect place for drag queens at Christmas'

This piece was originally published on SBS Sexuality, on the 19th of December 2016.

It talks about the Christmas weekends of 2016 which saw Melbourne's Chapel St Precinct replace their usual Santa parade with drag queens riding down the strip singing Christmas carols. Something that got conservatives and Christians in a frustrated tizzy.

And how, despite their complaints, Chapel St is actually the perfect place for drag queens at Christmas - because it's a gay district, a gay village, a gaybourhood. And those are of the utmost importance.

>> The piece, in full, is available online here. <<

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