In this case, Debbie Downer equals The Advocate, which recently published a nice piece about the fall of 'mo Halloween events.
Apparently, the EVIL HETEROSEKSHULS are taking over our queer events, including the D.C. Drag Race. I had no idea that Halloween was such a big 'mo event, which: what? I hate not knowing stuff.
Still, there's a nice 'graph on the history of the Drag Race:
Most of these Halloween parties began as a trickle in the ’70s and ’80s, back when gay ghettoization felt practical. D.C.’s High Heel Race was founded by accident 21 years ago when a few guys in drag ran from JR’s, a gay bar on 17th Street, to Annie’s Steak House a few blocks away, did a shot, and ran back. (The race’s present route is the same; JR’s is the unofficial sponsor.)
Yay! I wish I could go ...
