#mesospecial

[vivslyrics]

Post performance selfie. A "Lady" and her cookie! Cookie Monster hit the ABurlyQ stage last night. Last performance as reigning International Burlypicks Master of Singing. #ladysapphirenoir #cookiemonster #burlesque #aburlyq #burlesquesinger #bluehair #cookies #googlyeyes #mesospecial #poc #abqburlesque #burlypicks2016 #awardwinning #misspinupperfection2017 #royalblue #bluesequins (at African American Performing Arts Center and Exhibit Hall)

[abeliansnowflake]

"Effeminate" behaviours are used as code-switching for some gay men, as a tribe signal. I resent that something that already exists in me as an expression of self may come to be used as an affectation, a performance to show belonging.