🐱 Inside the UK's first Down's syndrome drag night

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http://www.itv.com/news/2018-06-07/drag-syndrome-inside-the-uks-first-downs-syndrome-drag-night/

The UK's first drag event featuring performers with Down's syndrome will pave the way for more inclusivity in the arts, organisers say.

"Drag Syndrome" welcomed five newcomers to the drag scene, one of them being Otto Baxter, 30, an award-winning actor and filmmaker.

The Shakespearean actor is no stranger to the stage, but believes the act has helped improve his confidence and self-esteem.

"I've really enjoyed being a drag - I definitely got more confident and I'm more comfortable."

He added: "Being a drag is actually dazzling, darlings."

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Daniel Vais, the event's creative director, believes the project has challenged stereotypes and allowed many people with Down's syndrome to express themselves through a new style of performance.

While London's drag scene has warmly welcomed the event, they are aware they may face criticism.

"I think some people will find it uncomfortable because they feel uncomfortable with a different sex wearing the opposite sex's outfit in general, so it's not because they are Down's syndrome," he told ITV News.

"But you saw the artists are really up for it and this is part of their artistic practice, so this is what we focus on - on ourselves, not the outside."

About 750 babies with Down's syndrome are born in the UK each year and it is a condition that affects people of all ages and ethnicities.

According to the Down's syndrome Association, there are approximately 40,000 peoplewith Down's syndrome living in the UK.

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Otto's mother Lucy revealed her pride at seeing her son - along with his three brothers - channeling their creativity through drag.

"The reason that I adopted four people with Down's syndrome was because I used to go to an old Victorian hospital where people with Down's syndrome were just shut away," she said.

"I recognised that they were very, very talented and very interesting people who we had just shunned - so actually seeing them doing this is just what I dreamed of back then."

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Daniel now plans to take Drag Syndrome to a global audience, with numerous clubs across the world making offers to host the night.

"I think it's new for contemporary culture to include people with learning disabilities in avant-garde culture or in high culture - or in high fashion. It's quite new to everyone, but from what I see - it works really well, really, really well actually."
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Maggots on a Train v2 said:
ACLU unintentionally makes large donation to previously unknown Republican's election campaign. :semperfidelis:
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The entirety of leftist/progressive/"woke"/socialist/etc. groups have been literally nothing but a giant recruitment poster for the Republican Party. Yeah there are kooks and loonies in that party too, but I challenge you to turn your entire platform into a literal laugh a minute extravaganza.
 
Duke Nukem said:
The entirety of leftist/progressive/"woke"/socialist/etc. groups have been literally nothing but a giant recruitment poster for the Republican Party. Yeah there are kooks and loonies in that party too, but I challenge you to turn your entire platform into a literal laugh a minute extravaganza.
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Like Trump did?

:P
 
edboy said:
Haha, what the fuck? Nobody wants to see that shit let alone host it.
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The only people who’d show up to this are there to make fun of retards.

Miles Peterson said:
It's not "these days". The ACLU's always been like this, for every actually important and notable case they take, there's like a dozen examples of them suing towns because they put up a natativity display at christmas but didn't put up an inflatable santa as well, or something like that.
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Milwaukee used to have an unofficial rule that they wouldn’t process evictions around Christmas. Some landlord didn’t like that and got the ACLU to go to court on his behalf on First Amendment grounds. I’m not even Christian, and I think that’s beyond shitty. Most of the U.S., even some people who aren’t Christian, celebrates that holiday. That asshole landlord could have waited a week, and the ACLU is fucking heartless.
 
queue-anon said:
The only people who’d show up to this are there to make fun of exceptional individuals.



Milwaukee used to have an unofficial rule that they wouldn’t process evictions around Christmas. Some landlord didn’t like that and got the ACLU to go to court on his behalf on First Amendment grounds. I’m not even Christian, and I think that’s beyond shitty. Most of the U.S., even some people who aren’t Christian, celebrates that holiday. That asshole landlord could have waited a week, and the ACLU is fucking heartless.
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Hur dur but da Founding Father's were atheists, that's why they forbade the establishment of an official religion! Having Christmas off is paramount to forcing religion on people!

I have no religion and even I think this is fucking stupid, I can only imagine what anyone else thinks.
 
Smarty Pants said:
https://www.dragsyndrome.com/gallery
This is the stuff of nightmares.
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More on their Instagram if you're looking for something to talk about with your therapist.

This is the guy behind the scenes - the artistic director.
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Wonder what his problem is.
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Seeing these pictures actually breaks my heart. How is this NOT exploitation?

I'm glad the "artistic director" is out in the open. Now we know who to point fingers at and judge accordingly. That guy is a twisted piece of shit, and I'm not at all sorry to say it.
 
StarkRavingMad said:
Seeing these pictures actually breaks my heart. How is this NOT exploitation?

I'm glad the "artistic director" is out in the open. Now we know who to point fingers at and judge accordingly. That guy is a twisted piece of shit, and I'm not at all sorry to say it.
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You think that sexualizing the mentally ill and coercing them into performing is exploitation? Cool it with the Nazi talk.
 
Smarty Pants said:
You think that sexualizing the mentally ill and coercing them into performing is exploitation? Cool it with the Nazi talk.
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I also think that it's tragic how over 90% of Down Syndrome babies are aborted in the United States. It genuinely makes me sad to know that mothers are capable of instantly loving their children less once they find out that they may not be "perfect" or that their lives aren't worth living (even though many special needs people end up having more jobs, collecting more paychecks, and contributing more to society than many of those "normal ones" on welfare. OH WELL!).

Anti-sexual exploitation of the underage and/or special needs individuals, and anti-eugenics. UGH. I'm such a Nazi, though.

"aT lEaSt We DoN't SaY tHe 'R' wOrD," says the left ...
 
Smarty Pants said:
https://www.dragsyndrome.com/gallery
This is the stuff of nightmares.
View attachment 927678View attachment 927681
More on their Instagram if you're looking for something to talk about with your therapist.

This is the guy behind the scenes - the artistic director.
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Wonder what his problem is.
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It's a modern day freak show without all the stigma so ppl can feel good about it because it's progressive this time and I love it. Just another day in clown world 2019.
 
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