Drag Queens Stage Race And Celebration In Jerusalem

Drag Queens raced through the streets of Jerusalem in high heels and put on musical performances in an event sponsored by the LGBT student community and the City of Jerusalem.

 

Drag Queens Stage Race And Celebration In Jerusalem
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com

Drag Queens raced through the streets of Jerusalem in high heels and put on musical performances in an event sponsored by the LGBT student community and the City of Jerusalem, Reuters reported.

Among the drag queens participating were a man who is an Israeli soldier by day and a drag queen by night and an Orthodox Jew.

"(I am) very excited, very happy. I'm a native. I was born in Jerusalem. I still live in Jerusalem and it's so fun to see this happening in this city. It's about time," drag queen "Bella to die for," who works a day job at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, said.

Haredi and Zionist Orthodox political parties tried to stop the event from taking place, but failed.

You can watch the video here.

Comments

[Sarek]

Being a drag queen is one thing, but such immodest clothing! Gasp! How come the usual stone throwers were absent? And which side of the street would they have been made to walk on?

[BronxJew]

This display does nothing to further the cause of gay rights which I support. It is high time the arch-liberals and arch-conservatives start showing some class and ratchet down the tone of their respective points of view. A man swishing down the streets of Jerusalem in high heels and pantyhose is just as repugnant to me as a Charedi goon spitting in the face of young girls in Beit Shemesh. This is nothing but trendy adolescent antagonism.

[ruthie]

i lived in the village for many years. i know many drag queens. some of the nicest people on the planet.
they've been hurt so deeply that all they have left is to be kind.
incredible people. wish they would move up to monsey.
also....a lot of them are brilliant. off the radar brilliant and kind.

[surprised]

I support gay rights, but don't think this race done purposely in Jerusalem helps them in anything. It gives the impression that what they really want is to provocate this city instead of fighting for their rights.
Why not in Tel Aviv? Things would end up in a better mood for all parts involved.

[Devorah]

Bravo for them! They're proud and out and are hurting no one!

[Warren]

What the article does not mention is that a small number of idiots from "Lehava" (see over two pages other articles about them by entering the name in the search box) showed up with protest signs. I didn't stay to watch, I was on my way from one performance to another, and I don't know if they got bored after a while and left or were removed by the police.

The race was part of the "Winter Noise" (שאון חורף, the name is a pun, not a typo) festival that took place at about 20 different marked locations and a few bands were playing at places not marked on the event map. Last year, Lehava also protested part of the same festival, a sing-along for both Jews and Arabs at the Gerard Behar Theater because they were afraid it would lead to really mixed dancing. That might have been the first time I ran into them in real life (I had read about them before) and there were more people yelling back at them than they had brought both then and now.

This time I heard someone say they thought the protest was fake and part of the festival. I also read on Facebook that one of the protestors is out on bail after being arrested for the arson at the Bilingual School but I didn't verify that.

The festival is in its third or so year, it meets four times in February on the same night of the week each year (this year it's Mondays, maybe it has been each time, who remembers?) and is in a different part of the city each week. It's a mix of different forms of art with the occasional lecture thrown in and most people are there to have a good time.

Why not in Tel Aviv? Because there was an audience for it in Jerusalem. So much so that I couldn't get close enough to see the race, but then I couldn't get into some of the other events either, others were a tight fit (but if you carry a camera some people will let you squeeze past them) and when I left at 11 PM the line for the after-party was out into the street.

I'm putting a link to some photos I took in the Web Site field, although none of them are of the drag race or the protest.

[Melbourne Observer]

When the "two state solution" comes into effect, they'll be able to race through the streets of Palestine,just before they get beheaded.

[Heblew]

Was Yona Metzger there watching? If you didn't recognize him, it is likely because he dressed up like a woman to avoid being spotted.