Chicago’s Black Drag Community Calls Out Boystown Racism

Chicago’s Black Drag Community Calls Out Boystown Racism

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More than 50 of Chicago’s top drag performers signed an open letter demanding change for how Black performers are treated in Boystown. Two of the leaders of that movement discuss the history of the scene, their grievances with it, and the solutions they’d like to see.