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Please see Important Facts about BIKTARVY, including important warnings, on the previous page and visit BIKTARVY.com. ‘Pride is the People’ Bob The Drag Queen on Creating Connection During Pride in Era of COVID-19 Photo by Jacob Ritts BY EVE KUCHARSKI in the age of COVID-19, the importance of performers of drag to really educate themselves aggression against myself or my tribe. And increased visibility for black queer performers on the culture? online it happens a lot [italics]. People feel aintaining a packed schedule can be and the deep personal connections people I mean, I think it would give you a more online to say potentially whatever they want tricky for drag queens at the best of create through drag. fruitful experience in terms of celebrating to say because they don’t actually have to see times, but for Bob the Drag Queen, M Pride. Of course, it’s not my job to tell anyone your face. And if I think there’s a moment of even a global pandemic can’t keep her down. What does it feel like to be a drag queen going what their job is. But I think if you want to have growth, then I’ll address it. If not, especially Despite heading into a Pride season illed with into a June that celebrates Pride virtually this a fruitful experience with Pride, a fully well- if it’s online, I’ll just let it ly over my head nearly across-the-board event cancellations and year? rounded experience to know what it is you’re because, you know, some people online are postponements due to the novel coronavirus, Well, I mean, I’m not saddened by it. I think celebrating, then yeah, do your research, just trolling. You know, looking to elicit a the season eight winner of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” that it is going to be diferent. I also think which, by the way, is not even hard. Like, it’s response. is regularly making appearances across the that part of it is going to be diferent not not 1999 where you have to go down to the virtual stage everywhere. Fans can catch Bob Now more than ever it seems that performers only because of COVID-19 but because of library or get an Encyclopedia Britannica or in the HBO series “We’re Here,” a brand-new the Black Lives Matter Movement, and I’m something.