All language subtitles for Were.Here.S02E05.TQ_English

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>> Shangela: HAPPY FOURTH

EVERYBODY!

>> Eureka: HELLO, INDIANA.

>> Bob: GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE

ME DEATH DROPS.

DOES ANYBODY WANT TO BUY

ME A SNOW CONE?

>> Shangela: HEY BABY.

WHO DO I LOOK LIKE?

>> BEYONCE.

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>> Shangela: HI, I'M SHANGELA.

>> Bob: BOB.

>> Shangela: NICE TO MEET YOU,

THIS IS BOB.

WE HAVE A SHOW FRIDAY NIGHT.

>> Bob: AT THE VETERANS

COLISEUM.

>> Shangela: THAT'S IT, IT'S

FREE SO YOU SHOULD COME AND

BRING EVERYBODY YOU KNOW.

>> WHAT THE HELL IS

GOING ON MAN?

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>> Shangela: YES.

>> Eureka: COME ON INDIANA.

>> Shangela: THEY LOVE FIREWORKS

IN EVANSVILLE.

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>> Shangela: WE ARE CURRENTLY IN

EVANSVILLE INDIANA.

>> Bob: I WOULD ASSUME THAT

INDIANA'S REALLY INTO PATRIOTISM

AND, AND I WAS NOT WRONG.

>> Eureka: THERE'S A LOT OF

AMERICAN FLAGS.

I MEAN I KNOW IT'S THE FOURTH OF

JULY, GIRL, BUT ONE EVERY

CORNER, MAMA.

>> Shangela: I MEAN DRIVING UP

AND DOWN THE STREET I'VE SEEN

THE TRUMP 2024.

NOT 2020, BUT THE TRUMP 2024,

THE HOPEFULS.

>> Eureka: IT FEELS

CONSERVATIVE, THEY PROBABLY LIKE

IT BY THE RULES.

>> Bob: THIS AREA IS BANANAS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA

COME OUT AND SUPPORT OR IF THE

KKK IS GONNA SHOW UP AND

PROTEST.

I HAVE NO CLUE.

ARE YOU GONNA BE THE PROUD BOYS

OR THE PRIDE BOYS.

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>> COME HERE.

YEAH, DO ONE MORE, OKAY.

DROP, DROP.

>> MY NAME IS CRAIG DUKE AND I

LIVE IN NEWBURG INDIANA.

IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.

>> OUR THEME OF THE DAY WHICH

WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT WHICH IS

AFFIRMATION VERSUS REJECTION.

AFFIRMATION IS SOMETHING WE ALL

LONG FOR, WE ALL LOOK FOR AND

NOT EVERYONE GETS THAT

EXPERIENCE ON A DAILY BASIS.

>> THE COMMUNITY OF NEWBURG

INFLUENCES MY PREACHING ALWAYS

BECAUSE THIS IS THE, THE

AUDIENCE THAT I'M TRYING TO

REACH AND CERTAINLY REGARDS TO

ACCEPTANCE.

>> BUT WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THE

FACT THAT MANY ARE REJECTED JUST

SIMPLY FOR THEIR SEXUAL

ORIENTATION.

>> FOR ME, IT HAS BEEN VERY

PAINFUL THAT I AM NOT PERMITTED

TO PERFORM A SAME SEX MARRIAGE

IN THE CHURCH.

OUR BOOK OF DISCIPLINE STILL

SAYS WHICH I VEHEMENTLY DISAGREE

WITH, HOMOSEXUALITY IS

INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE TEACHINGS

OF SCRIPTURE.

DO I BELIEVE THAT GOD WOULD

CREATE ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS

SINFUL?

NO.

THAT'S JUST NOT WHO GOD IS.

[PHONE RINGING]

>> HELLO, THIS IS CRAIG.

>> Eureka: YEAH, HI, THIS IS

EUREKA FROM WE'RE HERE.

>> WELL HI.

LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU

TODAY.

I'M SORRY YOU CAN'T MEET US HERE

ON THE CAMPGROUND.

>> Eureka: ARE WE HAVING

PROBLEMS?

WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?

>> WELL, UH, IT, THE FOLKS THAT

OWN THE CAMPGROUND WOULD NOT BE

AS EXCITED.

>> Eureka: OKAY.

>> NOT EVERYBODY IS WHERE I AM

IN REGARDS TO ACCEPTANCE AND

LOVE OF ALL PEOPLE SO.

UH, GOT A PLACE IN SANTA CLAUSE

WHERE WE CAN MEET I THINK IT'LL

WORK OUT SUPER.

>> Eureka: WAIT, SANTA CLAUSE?

>> SANTA CLAUSE, INDIANA.

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>> Eureka: WELL, HELLO.

>> EUREKA, I PRESUME?

>> Eureka: YES.

SO, HOW ARE YOU

TODAY?

>> YOU KNOW I'M GOOD.

I RAN OUT AND GET STUFF READY

FOR CHURCH CAMP.

I'M ONE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL

COUNSELORS.

>> Eureka: WELL, WHAT WAS GOING

ON WE COULDN'T MEET THERE?

>> WELL, I, I TELL YOU, A BOARD

THAT RUNS THIS THEY'RE ON

THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE OF

THINGS AND SO THEY WOULD NOT

SIGN THE ONE RELEASE WITH THIS

PARTICULAR SHOW.

IN THE COURSE OF MY MINISTRY

OVER TIME I'VE HAD THE

PERSECUTING EMAILS AND STUFF

WHEN PEOPLE WOULD LEARN THAT

THERE WERE GAY MEMBERS OF THE

CONGREGATION.

>> Eureka: IT'S SAD.

>> IT IS AT LEAST, AT THE VERY

LEAST, YES, IT'S AWFUL.

>> Eureka: AND I THINK THAT'S

WHERE MY NEXT QUESTION COMES

FROM IS LIKE IS THAT WHY YOU

WANT TO DO THIS?

>> YES, YES.

THERE IS A GAY CONSTITUENCY IN

MY COMMUNITY, AND I WANT TO

LEARN TO BE EMPATHETIC NOT JUST

SYMPATHETIC.

>> Eureka: I LOVE THAT.

>> AND ALSO, THIS IS A BIG DEAL

FOR MY DAUGHTER.

>> Eureka: REALLY?

>> A FEW YEARS AGO, LINDA AND I

WERE SITTING THERE, THAT'S MY

WIFE AND, AND TIFFANY SAID,

SAID DAD, I, I JUST WANT TO TELL

YOU SOMETHING, I SAID SURE.

AND SHE SAID I WANT YOU TO KNOW

THAT I IDENTIFY AS PANSEXUAL.

AND MY PROTECTIVE PART CAME OUT.

HOW WOULD PEOPLE TREAT MY

DAUGHTER DIFFERENTLY?

AND IT'S MY

WAY OF BEING ABLE TO DEFEND MY

DAUGHTER UH, IF PEOPLE WERE TO

COME AT HER WAY AND SAY LOOK

BACK OFF I'VE BEEN A DRAG QUEEN

FOR A DAY OR WHATEVER YOU KNOW,

YOU KNOW.

>> WHEN I REALIZED HOW MANY

PEOPLE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYONE OF

RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY SAY, GOD

REALLY DOES LOVE YOU.

>> Eureka: YEAH, I MEAN

LITERALLY I'M GETTING EMOTIONAL.

>> I, I, WELL I, I DO SOME TOO,

I JUST --

>> Eureka: AS QUEER PEOPLE

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GROW UP

RELIGIOUS, LIKE YOUR CHASTISED

IN SUCH A WAY WHERE IT BECOMES

ONE OF THE HARDEST PARTS OF

COMING OUT IS BECAUSE LIKE

YOU'RE RAISED TO BELIEVE

EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU IS YOU KNOW

AFFILIATED WITH DAMNATION.

THE WAY I WAS RAISED

YOU KNOW IT'S LIKE I HAD TO HIDE

THIS PART OF WHO I WAS.

>> OH, SURE.

>> Eureka: SO WHEN YOU'RE

EXPOSING THIS EMOTIONAL SIDE YOU

KNOW AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO

SUPPORT I'M SURE YOU'VE HAD A

LOT OF FLAK.

>> YEAH, WELL, IT'LL, IT'LL

PROBABLY GET WORSE BEFORE IT

GETS BETTER.

>> Eureka: WHAT COULD HAPPEN?

>> WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN

UNITED METHODISM, SOME ARE

AFRAID THAT I'LL LOSE MY, MY

ORDERS.

>> Eureka: DOES THAT BASICALLY

MEAN YOU WOULD LOSE YOUR JOB OR?

>> YEAH, LOSE A LOT OF THINGS.

WHAT THEY CAN DO IS FILE CHARGES

UH, AGAINST ME AND THE BOTTOM

LINE COULD BE TAKE AWAY MY

ORDINATION.

I WOULD REALLY HOPE THAT

WOULDN'T HAPPEN.

>> Eureka: HOW BRAVE OF YOU

THOUGH.

WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS, IS SPECIAL

AND IT'S GONNA MEAN A LOT TO A

LOT OF PEOPLE.

SO...

>> THANK YOU.

>> Eureka: BLESS YOU.

HE DON'T WANT TO GET

FIRED BECAUSE HE DID DRAG BUT I

THINK THAT IT'S POWERFUL THAT

CRAIG'S WILLING TO TAKE THE

RISK.

HEARING FROM A MAN OF GOD IN HIS

POSITION BE SO ACCEPTING IT

REALLY RESONATES WITH ME BECAUSE

I WISH I WOULD HAVE HAD THAT

GROWING UP.

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>> WE LIVE IN BOONEVILLE,

INDIANA.

>> I GREW UP HERE AND I'VE BEEN

LIVING HERE ALL MY LIFE.

I'VE DONE THINGS IN CIVIL

RIGHTS, FROM THE TIME I CAN

REMEMBER, EVEN GOING TO MARCHES

IN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE SIXTIES

AND THE SEVENTIES.

PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO EVEN SAY

THE WORD LESBIAN SO WE'VE COME A

LONG WAY.

>> HOW'S IT GOING?

CAN WE PUT A RAINBOW SIGN IN

THERE YET?

>> PROGRESS COMES HERE AND IT,

IT WILL COME BUT PROGRESS HERE

IS KIND OF LIKE A TURTLE ON

QUAALUDES IF YOU WANT TO BE UH,

HONEST ABOUT IT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

>> WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT PRIDE

FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE NEXT YEAR

I WANT A PARADE GUYS.

WE'RE STARTING NEW GROUPS,

WE'RE STARTING A TRANSGENDER

GROUP, WE'RE REVIVING A LESBIAN

GROUP.

THERE'S NOT A DAY THAT GOES BY

THAT I DON'T TRY TO THINK OF

SOMETHING THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE

BETTER.

>> WHEN THE SUPREME COURT SAID

WE COULD GET MARRIED, THAT WAS A

REMARKABLE THING, BUT IT WAS NOT

AN IMPORTANT THING TO US.

>> YEAH, I GREW UP IN THE

'50s AND '60s.

I'M A HIPPY, I'LL ALWAYS BE A

HIPPY.

>> BUT I THINK THE LAST FOUR

YEARS HAVE HAD AN EFFECT, THE

FACT THAT WE KNOW THE RIGHT IT

COULD BE TAKEN AWAY.

>> THE LAWS MAY CHANGE IN A

HEARTBEAT AND I WANT EVERYBODY

TO BE PROTECTED, THAT'S PART OF

IT AND OF COURSE I LOVE THIS

WOMAN SO YOU KNOW THAT'S A BIG

PART.

>> SO FOR ME, IF I'M GONNA GET

MARRIED HAVING A DRAG WEDDING IS

THE WAY TO GO.

>> HI.

COME IN.

>> Bob: HEY, HOW ARE YOU?

>> I'M BETTER NOW.

>> Bob: I LOVE THIS UH, THIS,

THIS LITTLE THING YOU ALL MADE

FOR US --

>> THAT'S FOR YOU.

>> Bob: THAT'S SO CUTE.

>> COME IN, THIS IS BARBARA.

>> Bob: BARBARA.

HOW ARE YOU?

>> NICE TO MEET YOU.

>> Bob: BOB THE DRAG QUEEN.

>> YES.

>> SHE MADE CUPCAKES.

THEY'RE CHOCOLATE WITH PEANUT

BUTTER.

>> Bob: WAIT, ARE THERE CUPCAKES

HERE?

>> YES.

>> AND WE MADE YOU A CAKE.

WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN HER.

>> Bob: WELL CAN I HAVE SOME

CAKE?

I'LL HAVE SOME.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> Bob: YEAH, HOW LONG HAVE YOU

ALL BEEN TOGETHER?

>> THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS.

>> Bob: AW, YOU ALL ARE SO

CUTE.

>> YEAH, WE'RE RUSHING TO GET

MARRIED YOU KNOW.

>> YEAH.

>> I MET YVON AT A CIVIL RIGHTS

MEETING SHE HAD STARTED A, A

CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS IN

EVANSVILLE.

>> Bob: OH, LIKE YOU'VE BEEN

DOING ACTIVISM FOR A REALLY LONG

TIME?

>> SHE'S, SHE'S THE ACTIVIST.

>> Bob: DO YOU EVER GET

OPPOSITION AROUND HERE?

>> WE HAD ONE FELLA AND HE UM,

SPRAY PAINTED SOMETHING ON THE

BACK IT WAS KIND OF FUNNY.

I DIDN'T RUN --

>> Bob: WHAT DID HE SPRAY PAINT?

>> LES, LESBO, LESBOES IT WAS

PLURAL.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

>> DID IT AFFECT ME?

A LITTLE BUT NOT AS MUCH AS,

>> Bob: WHY DO YOU SAY THAT?

>> BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ATTACKED,

YOU KNOW THIS IS NOTHING

COMPARED TO THAT.

THERE CERTAINLY ARE REDNECKS

HERE.

SOME OF THEM I KNOW WELL.

>> THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE,

ARE NOT LIBERAL AND THEY HAVE

OPINIONS, BUT I JUST THINK WE

HAVE TO COMBAT IT EVERY CHANCE

WE GET.

>> Bob: I'M CURIOUS, LIKE WHY IS

IT SO IMPORTANT TO GET MARRIED

NOW?

LIKE WHY NOW?

>> WE'VE BEEN THROUGH WHERE WHEN

YOU'RE IN THE HOSPITAL YOU CAN

BE BARRED FROM SEEING YOUR

PARTNER.

YOU DON'T GET TO MAKE HEALTHCARE

DECISIONS FOR YOUR PARTNER AND

SO THIS IS ONE WAY TO ENSURE

THAT, THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE THAT

ABILITY UH, TO MAKE THOSE

DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THE OTHER

PERSON.

>> Bob: AND WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR

THOUGHT PROCESS ON GETTING

MARRIED?

>> I'VE SAID THIS FOR DECADES,

IF YOU RENT THE STADIUM AND YOU

GET A DRAG QUEEN TO MARRY ME,

UH, I'LL GET MARRIED AND THIS

OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED ITSELF AND

I'M SO GLAD IT, YOU'RE HERE AND

YOU'RE GONNA MARRY US AND IT'S

JUST SO ROCKING.

>> IT IS HER DREAM COME TRUE.

>> IT REALLY IS.

>> LITERALLY, YES.

>> Bob: I'VE NEVER OFFICIATED IN

DRAG.

I'VE OFFICIATED ONE WEDDING BUT

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME DOING IT

IN DRAG WITH TWO DRAG QUEENS

RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AND I'M

REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

I THINK THEY'RE FINALLY GETTING

MARRIED AS A SYMBOL THAT PEOPLE

IN THE FUTURE WON'T HAVE TO GO

THROUGH WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH.

THEY WANT TO LET PEOPLE WHO MAY

OPPOSE IT SEE THAT IT'S JUST

LOVE.

>> Bob: IT MAKES A BIG IMPACT

FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE TO SEE

COUPLES LIKE YOU THAT'S WHY I'M

SO EXCITED TO LIKE CELEBRATE YOU

ALL AND LIKE LIFT YOU UP AND

MAKE YOU LIKE THE QUEENS AND

YOU'RE GONNA BE LIKE THE, IT'S

GONNA BE LIKE --

>> A RIDE.

>> Bob: OH,YEAH.

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>> I'M ORIGINALLY FROM TUNISIA.

I'VE ALWAYS IDENTIFIED AS

MUSLIM.

I FEEL LIKE PRAYERS HAS REALLY

HELPED ME IN SOME OF THOSE

TOUGHEST TIMES.

I'VE HAD A VERY MUSLIM

CONSERVATIVE FAMILY.

WE DIDN'T' KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT

THE OUTSIDE WORLD.

I, I NEVER KNEW WHAT, WHAT GAY

WAS.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS, AND

THEN I THOUGHT MAYBE I'M THE

ONLY ONE IN THIS ENTIRE WORLD

THAT LIKES GUYS AND ACTUALLY

TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT IT WAS NOT

A GOOD IDEA.

KIDS WOULD TURN AROUND ME AND

LIKE START LITERALLY STONING ME.

>> IT WAS EVERYBODY AGAINST YOU,

YOU KNOW I MISS MY CULTURE BUT I

JUST, I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I

BELONGED.

I GUESS I, I'M STILL LOOKING FOR

A PLACE WHERE I'LL, I'LL FEEL

LESS LONELY.

♪ ♪

>> Shangela: HI.

>> HI.

>> Shangela: OH, THIS IS SO

NICE.

LOOK AT THIS, YOU GOT SOME

AFFIRMATIONS OVER HERE, DO YOUR

THING, IF NOT NOW WHEN, I LOVE

THIS.

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

>> TUNISIA, GAFSA.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A VERY SMALL.

>> Shangela: GAFSA IN TUNISIA

AND TUNISIA IS LOCATED IN THE

NORTHERN PART OF AFRICA, YES?

>> YEAH.

WHERE I COME FROM, BEING GAY

IS NOT VERY, IS NOT ACCEPTED AT

ALL.

I'VE HAD TO NOT SPEAK FOR SO

MANY YEARS JUST BECAUSE I WAS

AFRAID.

>> Shangela: IS IT ILLEGAL TO BE

GAY?

FORGIVE ME IF I'M ASKING

QUESTIONS THAT KIND OF SOUND

STUPID.

I, I'M LEARNING SO.

>> UH, IT, IT IS, IT'S ILLEGAL

IF SOMEBODY LIKE REPORTS YOU GAY

OR UM, THEY, YOU PROB -- PRETTY

MUCH GONNA GET, GET ARRESTED AND

THERE'S --

>> Shangela: HOW DO THEY PROVE

IT?

>> WELL THERE'S THE, AN ANAL

TESTING THAT THEY DO.

>> Shangela: I, I'M SORRY?

>> THEY, THEY STICK THIS, THE

THING DOWN --

>> Shangela: THEY STICK

SOMETHING UP YOUR BUTT TO KNOW

IF YOU'RE HAVING SEX OR NOT?

>> UH-HUH.

>> Shangela: OKAY.

WOW, THAT'S A LOT.

>> IT'S, IT'S LIKE POLICEMAN

HAVE AN UH, LIKE SIGNS OF LIKE

IF YOU'RE A FAG, I'M GONNA SHOOT

YOU AND ALL THOSE KIND OF

THINGS.

IT'S UM, VERY BAD BUT I'VE, I'VE

ALWAYS BEEN ATTRACTED TO GUYS

AND I, I DIDN'T' UNDERSTAND LIKE

I HAD NO, LOOK WE DON'T TALK

ABOUT THIS.

>> Shangela: RIGHT.

>> I LOOKED IT UP ON SOME OF THE

INTERNET TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

WHAT'S GOING ON AND MY BROTHER

SAW THE, THE --

>> Shangela: THE HISTORY.

>> YEAH, AND HE, HE WASN'T JUST

NOT ACCEPT HE WAS A HARDCORE

HOMOPHOBIC.

IT WAS THAT DAY I KEEP

THINKING ABOUT ALL THE TIME AND

HE LITERALLY TOOK ME DOWN IN THE

BASEMENT AND BEAT ME UP AND LEFT

ME THERE I WAS CRYING, IT'S,

IT'S TERRIBLE.

AND EVERYTHING CHANGED THAT DAY,

SAME WITH MY MOM, SHE SAID EH,

IF YOUR DAD KNOWS HE'S, LIKE HE

PRETTY MUCH COULD LIKE KILL YOU.

>> UM, LITERALLY PEOPLE IF THEY

FIND OUT ABOUT IF YOU'RE GAY YOU

NEED TO EITHER FLEE THE COUNTRY

OR YOU GONNA DIE THERE.

AND THE FIRST PLACE IS, I GOT A

SCHOLARSHIP AT LIKE DURING MY

FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE IN UNITED

STATES AND WAS LIKE OKAY, I DID

NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT ASYLUM AT

THAT TIME, I DIDN'T' EVEN KNOW

IT WAS AN OPTION.

>> Shangela: SO THE ASYLUM KEEPS

YOU FROM HAVING TO GO BACK?

>> YEAH, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT

YOUR GOVERNMENT CANNOT PROTECT

YOU FROM, IT GRANTS YOU FIRST

SAFETY.

>> Shangela: OKAY, YOU MADE IT.

>> I MADE IT, YEAH, I, I

COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

>> Shangela: EVERYONE HAS THEIR

UNIQUE STRUGGLES BUT I THINK FOR

KAIS HIS STRUGGLES ARE ROOTED IN

NOT JUST FAMILY YOU KNOW TURNING

ON YOU, BUT ALSO KNOWING THAT

WHO YOU ARE IS A CRIMINAL

OFFENSE.

HE'S HAD TO EXIST IN THIS WORLD

OF FEAR.

WHAT MADE YOU WANT

TO DO DRAG HERE?

>> I DON'T WANT TO HIDE NO MORE,

I DON'T WANT TO CONCEAL NO MORE.

I WANT TO KEEP MY CULTURES.

I, I WANT TO KEEP MY IDENTITY,

I'M, I'M, I WANT TO KEEP MY

RELIGION.

>> Shangela: RIGHT.

>> I AM ARAB AND MUSLIM AND GAY

AND I, I WANT TO JUST SHARE IT

TO THE PEOPLE, SHOW IT TO THE

WORLD THAT THIS IS WHO I AM.

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>> Shangela: HAPPY FOURTH.

>> Bob: YES, OH, THIS PLACE IS

HOPPING.

>> Shangela: OH, WOW.

>> Eureka: YAY.

OH, MY GOSH.

>> Bob: THIS, THIS IS A LOT OF

FIREWORKS.

THIS IS A LOT.

>> THIS IS CALLED THE CYBER

CANNON.

>> Eureka: OOH.

>> IT'S ILLEGAL IN FORTY-EIGHT

STATES.

>> Eureka: IS IT?

>> Bob: ARE, ARE, ARE WE IN ONE

OF THE TWO THAT MAKES IT LEGAL.

>> I CAN'T TELL YOU.

>> Bob: SHELLS FROM --

>> SHELLS FROM HELL.

>> Bob: THIS IS SCARY SOUNDING.

>> Eureka: I MEAN HONESTLY, I'M

HERE FOR IT.

>> Bob: DOES SHE SPEAK TO YOU;

DOES IT SPEAK TO YOU?

>> Shangela: I'M NOT A BIG

FIREWORKS PERSON.

I'M ALWAYS SCARED MY HAIR IS

GONNA CATCH ON FIRE.

>> Eureka: WE'RE DOING A SHOW ON

THE NINTH IF YOU WANT TO COME.

WE'RE DOING A DRAG SHOW.

SO YOU SHOULD COME, IT'S FREE.

>> Eureka: WE'RE DOING A DRAG

SHOW.

>> SWEET, I, SOMEPLACE ELSE?

>> Bob: NO, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT,

RIGHT AT THE COLISEUM.

>> Eureka: YEAH.

>> Bob: I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T

KID YOU.

>> Eureka: YOU ALL SHOULD COME

TO OUR SHOW TOO.

WE'RE DOING IT ON JULY NINTH.

I'M READY TO BLOW SOME STUFF UP.

>> Bob: ALL RIGHT LET'S GO

EUREKA, LET'S GO, LET'S GO SHOOT

SOME FIREWORKS.

>> Eureka: DAD.

>> Shangela: WE'RE HAVING A HUGE

DRAG SHOW COMING UP ON FRIDAY.

>> Bob: AND IT'S FREE.

>> Shangela: AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.

YOU ALL ARE FREE TO COME.

NICE TO MEET YOU ALL, YOU ALL

TAKE CARE, BYE.

>> Eureka: HI.

>> YOU GOT A SECOND?

>> Eureka: YEAH.

>> Bob: YEAH.

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY, THANK

YOU.

>> Eureka: OH, REALLY?

>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR WHAT

YOU GUYS ARE BRINGING TO THIS

TOWN.

EVANSVILLE, INDIANA NEEDS THIS.

HOPEFULLY, WITH THESE THINGS

COMING HERE, IT WILL START TO

OPEN PEOPLE'S EYES THAT YOU

DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF THIS.

>> Eureka: YES.

>> THIS IS WHAT I ENJOY, EVERY

YEAR HALLOWEEN I'VE BEEN EVERY

PRINCESS IN THE BOOK.

>> Eureka: OH, REALLY?

OH, GIVE ME A HUG.

YOU'RE SO SWEET.

>> LIKE I LOVE IT, I LOVE BEING

MYSELF AND BEING FREE, THAT'S

WHERE ALL THIS CAME FROM.

THIS COUNTRY NEEDS TO GET

THEIR HEAD OUT OF THEIR BUTT AND

FIGURE OUT THAT WE'RE ALL EQUAL.

>> Eureka: OKAY.

>> Shangela: COME ON NOW.

>> Eureka: SO, WAIT, HOW DO YOU

IDENTIFY?

MAY I ASK, SEXUALLY WHAT'S YOUR

ORIENTATION?

>> BI.

>> Eureka: BISEXUAL?

>> YES.

>> Eureka: CONGRATULATIONS.

>> BI.

>> Bob: THIS TOWN IS ECLECTIC,

THERE IS A QUEER PRESENCE IN

THIS TOWN.

BUT THEN NOT ALL QUEER PEOPLE

ARE THE SAME.

THIS MAN COMES UP TO US AND

TELLS US THAT HE'S BI WITH HIS

GUN AND WE'RE BUYING FIREWORKS.

OOH, CHILD, THIS TOWN HAS GOT ME

ON MY TOES.

>> I WILL SEE YOU GUYS.

PINKY SWEARS.

>> Eureka: OKAY DEAL.

>> Bob: OH, YEAH WE'LL BE THERE,

YEAH.

WE'LL, WE'LL BE THERE.

>> I WILL BE THERE.

>> Shangela: PINKY SWEAR.

OH, SHIT.

>> Bob: TELL ME YOU FROM THE

HOOD WITHOUT TELLING ME YOU FROM

THE HOOD.

TELL ME YOU FROM THE HOOD.

>> Shangela: HAPPY FOURTH.

>> Eureka: YES!

OH, MY GOSH SOMETHING IN MY EYE

BITCH.

>> Bob: IT SMELLS LIKE A METH

LAB.

♪ ♪

>> DID YOU GET THE BREAD?

>> WHENEVER I FIRST CAME HERE WE

KIND OF MADE OUR BIG GROUP OF

FRIENDS THEY ALL FROM COLLEGE.

MY FRIENDS ARE A BIG DEAL IN

MY LIFE.

>> Shangela: HI, EVERYBODY.

>> HI.

>> HI, I'M SHERIDAN.

>> Shangela: ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE

NOT KAIS, CUZ I JUST SAW THE

SWEATER AND I WAS LIKE, HANG ON

A SECOND.

>> I WAS LIKE WHERE DID YOU GET

THAT FROM, THAT'S SO CUTE.

>> Shangela: VERY CONNECTED I

LOVE THIS.

>> JUST SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE

PEOPLE AROUND THAT YOU CAN TALK

TO ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GOT

NOBODY ELSE.

>> Shangela: NOW, HAVE YOU TOLD

SHERIDAN THAT YOU'RE DOING A

DRAG SHOW WITH US.

>> MM-HMM.

SHE'S ACTUALLY VERY EXCITED.

>> Shangela: HOW LONG HAVE YOU

GUYS BEEN FRIENDS?

>> SINCE THE VERY, VERY

BEGINNING.

SINCE I, SINCE I VERY FIRST CAME

HERE.

>> HOW LONG?

FOUR YEARS?

>> YEAH, FOUR YEARS.

>> HE'S PRETTY SHY, GETS REALLY

HARD TO COME OUT AFTER ALL THAT

TIME YOU KNOW PRETENDING TO BE

SOMEONE ELSE.

WE HAD OTHER PEOPLE LIKE IN OUR

GROUP TOO THAT WENT BACK TO LIKE

THEIR HOME COUNTRIES AND

EVERYTHING, BUT HE STAYED, I

REMEMBER THINKING LIKE HE WAS

SUPPOSED TO GET ON THE PLANE AND

THEN HE'S LIKE I'M STAYING.

>> THE, THAT DAY OH, IT WAS

TERRIFYING.

>> Shangela: TELL ME ABOUT IT,

WHAT WAS THAT DAY?

>> I KNEW LIKE I HAD A PLANE

GOING BACK TO TUNISIA AND I WAS

SUPPOSED TO BE ON THAT PLANE BUT

I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T GO, IT WAS

LIKE THE LAST CHANCE I CAN TAKE

LIKE GET ASYLUM AND GO WITH IT

AND FOR THE FIRST TIME I WAS, I

FELT LIKE WAS GONNA BREAK THE

RULES.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE YOUR

FAMILY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE

YOUR COUNTRY, LIKE ALL OF THAT

IS GONE.

IT, IT WAS SO SCARY.

THAT'S THE BIGGEST DECISION I'VE

EVER MADE IN MY LIFE.

I KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE SO HARD.

>> Shangela: CUZ YOU FELT LIKE

YOU WERE GONNA BE ALL ON YOUR

OWN?

>> YEAH, AND IT, AND I'M SO

SCARED TO BE MYSELF AROUND OTHER

PEOPLE.

>> THERE WAS A LONG TIME THAT HE

WAS LIKE THAT WITH ME EVEN.

LIKE BEFORE WE GOT CLOSER AND

WHEN HE JUST, I FELT LIKE A

DISTANCE FROM HIM ALWAYS.

BUT I UNDERSTAND WHY.

>> BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS SCARED OF

THE ABANDONMENT.

I FEEL LIKE SO SCARED THAT

SOMEBODY'S GONNA SAY SOMETHING

OR DO SOMETHING.

UH, IF I, IF I WAS MYSELF OR ACT

A CERTAIN WAY OR EVEN TALK ABOUT

BEING GAY IN PUBLIC JUST ALWAYS

FEEL LIKE SOMEBODY'S GONNA LIKE

DO SOMETHING TO ME.

I GUESS IT'S UH, THE LONG

TERM TRAUMA EFFECT, MY BRAIN IS

LIKE, WELL WHAT DO YOU MEAN LIKE

NOBODY'S GONNA ATTACK YOU LIKE

WHY, WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID FROM,

WHAT ARE YOU SCARED OF BUT I

ALWAYS HAVE THAT FEELING I --

>> Shangela: IT HAS TO BE

DIFFICULT WHEN YOU, YOU KNOW

WHEN YOU GROW UP AND YOU FIND

THAT ONE OF THE WAYS THAT YOU'RE

GONNA PROTECT YOURSELF IS JUST

TO NOT BE YOURSELF.

BUT IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS

TO BE SURROUNDED BY PAIN AND

TRAUMA, IT CAN ACTUALLY BE A

BEAUTIFUL THING.

YOU GOT TO BE PROUD OF YOU.

I'M GONNA CHOOSE TO GO OUT THERE

AND I'M GONNA SAY GAY, GAY,

HOMOSEXUALS, DRAG, ONE DAY

YOU'LL START THINKING THOSE

WORDS ARE JUST AS KNOWN AS

T-SHIRT, LEAF, FROG, HOMOSEXUAL,

DRAG QUEEN, GAY KISS.

COME ON, TRY IT

WITH ME.

DRAG QUEEN.

>> DRAG QUEEN.

>> Shangela: YES, HOMOSEXUALS.

>> HOMOSEXUALS.

>> Shangela: AND NOBODY CAME.

>> SHE'S TRIGGERED.

>> Shangela: YEAH, THAT LADY IS

LIKE WHAT IS GOING ON?

I THOUGHT PRIDE MONTH WAS OVER.

♪ ♪

>> Eureka: THE FAMILY.

>> YES, PLEASE.

THIS IS MY WIFE, LINDA.

>> HI, NICE TO MEET YOU.

>> Eureka: NICE TO MEET YOU TOO.

>> THIS IS BEN, TIFFANY'S

BOYFRIEND.

>> Eureka: HI BEN.

>> AND THIS IS OUR DAUGHTER

TIFFANY.

>> HI.

>> Eureka: OH,MY GOSH, TIFFANY.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

>> MAKE YOURSELF TO HOME.

>> Eureka: THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL

HOME.

>> WELL THE CHURCH PROVIDES THIS

FOR US AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE.

I HAVE TO ADMIT THEY'VE BEEN SO

EXCITED TO MEET YOU.

>> Eureka: OH, MY GOSH, I'M

EXCITED TOO.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M PUTTING YOUR

DAD INTO DRAG THIS WEEK?

>> YES, IT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR

ME TO BE ABLE TO SHOW LIKE OUR

CHURCH IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT

LIKE YES, HE'S PASTOR BUT HE CAN

BE SUPPORTIVE AND HE CAN BE IN

DRAG.

IT'S SOME REALLY GOOD ALLY SHIP.

>> Eureka: WHAT, HOW DOES THAT

RESONATE WITH YOU?

>> IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO FIGURE

OUT WHAT I SPECIFICALLY

IDENTIFIED UNDER, I JUST WAS

LIKE I'M SOMETHING BUT I, NOT

STRAIGHT AND I HAD ALWAYS KNOWN

THAT BUT I'M PANSEXUAL.

UM, FOR ME WHAT THAT MEANS, IT

FIRST FOR ME IS USUALLY LIKE THE

EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL CONNECTION

AND THEN IF I FIND THEM

ATTRACTIVE FROM THERE THAT'S

GREAT BUT UM --

THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE WORKED

AT.

THE ONLY REASON THAT I EVER HAD

LIKE A TRUE COMING OUT WAS

BECAUSE WE HAD A CHURCH UM,

EVENT AND YOU HAD TO MARK WHAT

YOUR SEXUALITY WAS IN IT BECAUSE

THEY WANTED QUEER AND UM, PEOPLE

OF COLOR TO ALL GET TO SPEAK

THEIR OPINIONS.

>> Eureka: WELL, SO YOU TOOK A

STEP IN MAKING SURE THAT YOUR

VOICE WAS HEARD RIGHT?

>> YES.

>> Eureka: BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY

THERE'S PROBABLY NOT A LOT OF

PEOPLE THAT ARE SPEAKING OUT.

>> NO.

>> Eureka: ESPECIALLY IN

RELIGIOUS CIRCLES.

I MEAN IT SEEMS LIKE YOU TAKE A

FEATHER FROM YOUR FATHER A

LITTLE BIT ON THE LIKE, YOU KNOW

WANTING TO HELP MINISTER TO

PEOPLE.

>> Eureka: WELL, HOW ACCEPTING

AND RECEPTIVE YOU ALL WERE,

THAT'S EXCITING.

>> AS MY DAUGHTER I WANT TO

SUPPORT HER PERSON-HOOD YOU KNOW

WHETHER I UNDERSTAND IT FULLY OR

NOT.

>> Eureka: HOW DO YOU THINK

PEOPLE ARE GONNA REACT TO YOUR

DAD DOING DRAG?

>> WE, WE'LL HAVE THAT SELECT

FEW THAT ARE LIKE, THIS IS NOT

OKAY, WHY IS HE DOING THIS.

>> Eureka: THERE'S GONNA BE A

LOT OF OPINIONS I'M SURE.

>> YES.

>> Eureka: I THINK WHAT IS

SPECIAL TO TIFFANY IS THAT

CRAIG'S WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK

OF LOSING THEIR HOUSE AND THEIR

POSITION IN THE CHURCH, JUST TO

SHOW HIS DAUGHTER LIKE I'LL

SUPPORT YOU, I'LL SUPPORT THE

COMMUNITY THAT YOU'RE A PART OF

BECAUSE GOD LOVES ALL OF US.

>> COME ON.

NOW THIS IS OUR BASE CAMP.

IT'S A SAFE SPACE FOR ALL OF OUR

DRAG KIDS TO COME AND HANG OUT.

HAVE A SEAT WHY DON'T YOU.

♪ ♪

>> Shangela: DO YOU FEEL LIKE AT

HOME HERE IN EVANSVILLE WHERE

YOU WANT TO CELEBRATE LIKE

FOURTH OF JULY OR HOLIDAYS CUZ

YOU'RE SO FAR AWAY FROM HOME?

>> YEAH.

>> I FEEL LIKE I'M AN OUTSIDER

ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY

AROUND HERE.

SO YEAH I'M, I'M STILL KIND OF

SEARCHING FOR A PLACE WHERE I'LL

JUST FIT IN.

>> Shangela: WHEN YOU THINK

ABOUT, LIKE WHERE WILL I BE

HAPPIEST WHERE DOES YOUR MIND

GO, WHERE DO YOU THINK THAT IS?

>> I FEEL LIKE IT'S IN MY MIND,

LIKE I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT IT

THAT I'LL NEVER REALLY BE HAPPY

BECAUSE I'M NEVER GONNA BE UM,

WITH MY FAMILY AND GAY IN THE

SAME TIME.

I'LL NEVER BE I GUESS IN A GOOD

PLACE.

WELL I'LL, I'LL JUST SPEND THE

REST OF MY LIFE JUST SPEAKING

OUT LOUD FOR THOSE NEXT

GENERATIONS MAYBE THINGS WILL

CHANGE.

>> Shangela: I'M GONNA SAY NO.

AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.

I'M SAYING NO, BECAUSE FIRST

BEFORE YOU SPEAK OUT FOR ANYBODY

ELSE WE GOT TO WORK HERE.

THERE IS A WAY TO BE HAPPY EVEN

IF IT DOESN'T COME IN THE DREAM

TO GET A CALL FROM EVERYBODY IN

MY FAMILY SAYING WE LOVE YOU, WE

WERE WRONG, WE APOLOGIZE, WE'RE

SORRY.

THAT'D BE BEAUTIFUL BUT IT MIGHT

NOT HAPPEN SO YOU GONNA HAVE TO

CHANGE WHAT YOU THINK HAPPINESS

IS.

OKAY?

>> OKAY.

>> Shangela: KAIS REALLY NEEDS

TO CELEBRATE WHO HE HAS BECOME.

I'M LIVING AS AN OUT LOUD AND

PROUD MUSLIM TUNISIAN GAY MAN.

I WANT HIM TO BE ABLE TO SAY,

IT'S OKAY TO BE ME.

♪ ♪

>> Shangela: THIS IS THE TEAM

THAT IS GOING TO BRING YOUR DRAG

PERSONA TO LIFE.

>> YOU KEEP TELLING ME YOU'LL

MAKE ME BEAUTIFUL.

I'M HOLDING YOU TO IT, THAT'S

ALL I'M SAYING, I JUST,

>> Eureka: I PROMISE YOU I AM

GOING TO DO EVERYTHING IN MY

POWER AND MY ENTIRE TEAM IS.

>> Bob: SO I'M LOOKING FOR THIS

LIKE HIPPY HIGH PRIESTESS

FLOWER --

>> THAT WORKS FOR ME.

>> Bob: POWER MOMENT.

>> Shangela: THE IDEA FOR THIS

NUMBER IS TO EMBRACE UM, YOUR

TUNISIAN HERITAGE.

>> I THINK RED IS IMPORTANT

COLOR, IT'S IN THE FLAG AND IT'S

GONNA BE KIND OF A SIMPLE OUTFIT

BUT VERY CRYSTAL SHINY, UM, CAT

SUIT.

>> Eureka: YOU'LL REVEAL INTO

LIKE A LITTLE FRINGE DRESS

MOMENT.

>> SO FIRST I'VE GOT YOU BARBARA

AND GOING A LITTLE BIT MORE

SEVENTIES.

SOMEWHERE IN AN ANDROGYNOUS

WORLD.

>> OOH, OOH I LOVE THAT.

>> I PICTURE THE BEAUTIFUL

TUNISIAN WOMEN, IT'S ALWAYS LIKE

THIS LONG, BLACK, BEAUTIFUL

HAIR.

>> WE'VE GOT SOMETHING KIND OF

'60s, A LITTLE BIT STEVIE

KNICKS A LITTLE BIT,

>> WHOA.

>> OKAY, OKAY, GOOD.

>> NOW WE'VE MENTIONED SOME

OTHER PADDING AND PIECES THAT

I'M NOT IN THE FULL THING SO

WE'LL JUST --

>> Eureka: THE TUCKING?

>> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT YEAH.

>> Eureka: TUCKING MAKES EVERY

GUY NERVOUS THE FIRST TIME --

>> TUCKING IS JUST BASICALLY

THROWING THE BITS THAT YOU WERE

GIVEN BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME

FROM.

>> OKAY.

>> THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE

DO.

♪ ♪

>> Shangela: OH, LORD JESUS.

>> DRAG IS DANGEROUS.

WE'RE GONNA NEED SOME WORKMAN'S

COMP.

>> Shangela: FIRST TIME IN A

HOOKER HEEL?

YOU DID THAT.

>> Eureka: PUSH, PUSH, PUSH,

PUSH, OKAY, YOU TRY.

YOU GOT IT.

THE HIPS ARE NOT LYING RIGHT

NOW.

>> SHE AIN'T COME TO PLAY.

>> Eureka: SHE CAME TO SLAY.

>> TO SLAY MAMA.

>> Bob: WHAT'S YOUR NORMAL

MAKEUP ROUTINE?

>> WELL, IT TAKES WORK TO STAY

THIS WHITE.

AND UH --

>> SO LET ME TALK TO YOU ABOUT

THE HAIR.

>> YEAH.

>> IT'S BASICALLY A VERY HIGH

PONY WITH A LOT OF STRUCTURE.

YOU KNOW THE BIGGER THE HAIR THE

DAINTIER YOU LOOK.

>> Eureka: EXACTLY, IT'S GONNA

BE A NICE PULL UP.

>> SOME SERIOUS HAIR, THAT'LL BE

HILARIOUS.

>> CRAIG YOU KEEP SAYING, WHEN

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS YOU

KEEP SAYING THAT EVERYTHING'S

GONNA BE HILARIOUS.

THAT'S GONNA BE HYSTERICAL.

>> OH, YEAH, YEAH.

WELL, I MEAN WE LIKE TO HAVE

FUN WHILE WE'RE DOING IT BUT THE

ENERGY THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO

THE STAGE IS FIERCENESS.

>> Eureka: I THINK PEOPLE IN

THEIR NERVOUSNESS AND WHEN

THEY'RE NOT USED TO SOMETHING

IT'S EASIER TO LAUGH AND TO GAWK

AT THAN TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY BUT

TO SO MANY PEOPLE WHAT YOU'RE

DOING IS NOT FUNNY.

>> YOU KNOW DRAG FOR ME AND, AND

FOR EUREKA IT, IT SAVED OUR

LIVES IN MULTIPLE AREAS.

>> Eureka: AND THE STORY BEHIND

YOU DOING THIS IS NOT A JOKE.

IT'S VERY SERIOUS WHAT YOU'RE

DOING IS VERY POWERFUL FOR A LOT

OF PEOPLE AND EVEN FOR ME I MEAN

YOU TOUCHED MY HEART.

>> I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT

WITH ME BY THE WAY BECAUSE THIS

NOT A WORLD I HAVE BEEN IN

BEFORE.

IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE WELCOMED

AND TO LEARN MORE AND EXPERIENCE

MORE AND ONE OF THE DRIVING

FORCES IS, IS TO, TO MAKE YOU

AND ALL THOSE THAT ARE A PART OF

THIS PROUD.

>> Eureka: I ALSO WANT YOU TO BE

PROUD OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

SO IT'S OUR JOB AS QUEER PEOPLE

TO INVITE PEOPLE OF DIFFERENCE

IN, WHETHER THEY'RE

HETERONORMATIVE OR NOT, AND SHOW

THEM THE KINDNESS THAT WE WISH

WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN.

♪ ♪

>> Bob: ONE OF THE REASONS, I'M

EXCITED TO BE JOINING HERE AT

THIS BRIDAL SHOP IS BECAUSE THIS

WEEK I AM GOING TO BE MARRYING

BARBARA AND YVON.

[EVERYONE CHEERS]

>> Shangela: YAY.

>> Bob: SO I THINK THAT TODAY WE

CAN ALL LIKE PLAY THE BRIDE AND

GET, JUST GET A LITTLE --

>> Eureka: MAKE OVER TIME.

♪ ♪

ALL RIGHT, HONEY, ARE

YOU READY?

>> I AM READY.

>> Eureka: OOH, LOOK AT YOU.

MAMA IS SNATCH.

I'M HERE FOR MY WEDDING DATE,

MAMA.

>> Shangela: NOW ANNOUNCING

MARHAVO WADLEY AND, AND THE

MOTHER OF THE BRIDE WHO ALSO

DECIDED TO WEAR A GOWN.

>> Eureka: OH, YES.

>> Bob: I CAN'T WAIT TO

INTRODUCE YOU.

[OVERLAPPING PRAISES]

>> Bob: YOU HAVE TO GET ON THE

PEDESTAL.

>> THERE SHE IS.

[OVERLAPPING PRAISES]

>> Eureka: HOW DO YOU FEEL?

>> UNUSUAL.

>> Bob: I'M PUTTING ALL OF MY

HEART AND EFFORT INTO THIS

WEDDING.

EVERYONE HERE IS SO GRATEFUL FOR

ALL THE WORK THAT BARBARA AND

YVON HAVE BEEN DOING THEIR WHOLE

LIVES.

>> Shangela: COME, OH, SHE GOT

THE GIRLS OUT.

>> THE GIRLS ARE NEARLY ALL THE

WAY OUT.

>> Bob: AND WHENEVER YOU TRY TO

GIVE THEM THE CREDIT THEY TRY TO

DEFLECT IT, THEY TRY TO MAKE IT

LIKE WELL YOU ALL ARE HERE IT'S

LIKE, GIRL, NOT US HONEY I JUST

GOT HERE LIKE FIVE DAYS AGO,

LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN HERE FOR

ALMOST 70 YEARS.

LIKE YOU GONNA HAVE TO TAKE SOME

CREDIT.

>> Shangela: YOU'RE ON YOUR

WEDDING EVE RIGHT NOW.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, OUR WEDDING

EVE.

>> THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT FOR

ME.

AND WE HAD PRACTICED AT HOME AND

WHEN WE, YESTERDAY ALL OF A

SUDDEN THEY SAID NOW TURN AND

LOOK AT THE AUDIENCE I WENT

OH, MY, YES, WE'RE GOING TO DO

THIS.

>> Bob: IT'S A WEDDING

38 YEARS IN THE

MAKING.

>> Shangela: WOW.

>> IT NEVER MATTERS HOW LONG A

COUPLE'S KNOWN EACH OTHER WHEN I

DO THEIR SERVICE THEY ALWAYS

HAVE THOSE CHILLS AND STUFF

BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A POIGNANT

TIME.

THAT'S REALLY AWESOME THAT

YOU'RE LETTING US BEING A PART

OF THIS.

AND I GET TO BE ON STAGE WITH

IT.

>> AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR OUR

DENOMINATION.

>> Eureka: PASTOR CRAIG ONE OF

THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING

ABOUT, CRAIG CAN'T YOU KNOW

MARRY SAME SEX PEOPLE BECAUSE

THE METHODIST CHURCH DOESN'T

ALLOW IT.

IT'S EXCITING THAT WE STILL GET

TO BE A PART OF SOMETHING LIKE

THAT.

>> WELL I'M THRILLED TO BE A

PART OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

ARE YOU KIDDING.

IT, IT'S ME STANDING WITNESS,

POSITIVE WITNESS TO SAY THIS IS

OKAY.

>> Shangela: AND BEAUTIFUL, YES.

>> YES, IT'S OKAY.

>> Shangela: THIS IS A SHOWCASE

OF LOVE AND SOMETHING THAT THIS

COMMUNITY MAY NOT HAVE HAD EVER

BEFORE IN THIS TYPE OF WAY.

>> Bob: THESE ARE ALL LIKE REAL

LIKE HARDCORE ACTIVISTS.

YVON'S BEEN ARRESTED LIKE NINE

TIMES FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISM.

THEY ARE REALLY INTO LIKE MAKING

SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THEIR

RIGHTS.

>> THAT LITERALLY LIKE SPARKS AT

MY HEART.

LIKE I'M FEELING SO HAPPY, TO

LIKE MEET YOU, I CAN SEE YOU IN

PERSON, THAT'S, YOU'RE SO KIND,

THAT'S LIKE WONDERFUL.

I'M LIKE, I'M IDOLIZING YOU

RIGHT NOW.

>> Bob: GENERATIONAL IMPACT THAT

THESE TWO HAVE BEING OUTSPOKEN

RAINBOW PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS

TOWN IS THAT YOU GET TO BE THE

NEXT BARBARA AND YVON WHEREVER

YOU'RE GOING.

>> Shangela: WE DON'T HAVE

ENOUGH OF THAT CROSS

GENERATIONAL CONVERSATION

KNOWING THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL

SUCH ACTIVISTS IN THE COMMUNITY

AND HIM LIVING IN THIS COMMUNITY

FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT NOT

BEING AWARE BECAUSE THERE IS NO

WATERING HOLE A LOT OF TIMES FOR

ALL OF US QUEER PEOPLE TO COME

TOGETHER.

>> YOU'VE, YOU'VE HIT ON

SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO ME

CUZ I REMEMBER A TIME WHEN IT

WAS MORE OF A MIX, AND I WANT TO

SEE THAT AGAIN.

WE ALL NEED TO GET TOGETHER ALL

DIFFERENT AGES.

YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO BE

CONNECTED WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE

AND DIFFERENT, I'D LIKE TO START

WITH WHAT WE GOT IN COMMON.

>> Shangela: HALLELOO.

>> Bob: CAN I SAY EVERYONE LOOKS

GOOD IN A WEDDING DRESS?

>> Shangela: YES.

>> QUEEN.

>> LOVE IT.

>> Bob: THIS IS A LOT OF FABRIC.

♪ ♪

>> ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO, HERE

WE GO.

>> WE'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS.

>> Eureka: THIS IS MARVIN, OUR

CHOREOGRAPHER.

>> HELLO.

>> MARVIN, PLEASED TO MEET YOU.

>> PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.

>> Bob: DO YOU FEEL A LITTLE

MORE CONFIDENT NOW?

>> I THINK WE HAVE THE FIRST

PART SO BUT THEN WE NEED

INSTRUCTION.

>> YES.

>> Eureka: [LAUGHS]

♪ ♪

>> Shangela: WHOA, WHOA, WHAT

WAS THAT?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

>> Shangela: WHAT IN THE LATE

NIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT GRIND PARTY

WAS THAT?

>> I WAS IN THE MOMENT.

>> Shangela: WELL YEAH YOU WERE

IN THE MOMENT.

A MOMENT SISTER.

>> FROM THE TOP MAKE IT DROP.

♪ ♪

>> FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.

>> Shangela: OUR CHALLENGE YOU

GOT TO FEMININE IT UP.

DON'T THINK KAH, KAH, THINK HA,

HA, YOU KNOW.

OKAY.

>> Eureka: YES.

YOU GOT TO ACT LIKE IT'S LIKE

YOU'RE OPENING THE CURTAIN.

OPEN THE CURTAIN.

THE ARK OF THE COVENANT HERE

WE GO.

♪ ♪

>> Bob: WELL YOU, YOU SEEM TO BE

FEELING, THAT'S, YOU'RE

DEFINITELY FEELING SOMETHING.

WHAT IS IT?

>> IT'S REAL.

>> Bob: YEAH.

>> IT'S, IT'S LIKE A REAL

WEDDING.

>> Bob: IT IS A REAL WEDDING.

OH, MY,

>> GROUP HUGS YOU GUYS.

>> WE'RE GETTING MARRIED.

>> YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED, YES.

YES.

♪ ♪

>> [SPEAKING NON-ENGLISH

LANGUAGE]

>> I DEFINITELY THINK MY HOME IN

TUNISIA WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM ME.

I FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING WAS TAKEN

AWAY FROM ME MY WHOLE LIFE.

I KEEP THINKING OF HOW LONG WILL

I JUST ACT, I'M SEARCHING FOR

SOMEWHERE I CAN CALL HOME AND BE

HAPPY AND BE FULLY WHO I AM.

>> I THINK WE NEED TO FIND A WAY

TO SUPPORT, EQUIP, AND EMPOWER

AND WE DO THAT WITH

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, WE DO THAT

WITH OUR PRESENCE, WE DO THAT

NOT WITH OUR CONDEMNATION, BUT

WITH OUR LOVE.

TO DO, UH, A SHOW LIKE THIS,

IT MAKES ME VULNERABLE TO THOSE

THAT ARE SAYING THAT I HAVE

CROSSED A LINE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TOLERANCE,

THANK YOU.

THAT I'M PARTICIPATING IN

SOMETHING THAT IS UNBECOMING TO

THE MINISTRY.

I GO BACK TO SO MANY OF THE GAY

CONSTITUENCY THAT I'VE MET WHO

PUT THEMSELVES ON THE LINE EVERY

DAY JUST FOR BEING GAY.

I THINK I SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO

THIS FOR THEM.

>> IT'LL BE ONE OF THE MOST

MEMORABLE WEDDINGS IN ALL OF

EVANSVILLE.

>> IF PUTTING OURSELVES OUT

THERE DOES ENCOURAGE OTHER

PEOPLE TO SAY THOSE ARE MY

PEOPLE, THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO

BE, MAYBE THAT WILL GIVE THEM

SOME, SOME IMPETUS OR SOME

COURAGE TO, TO FOLLOW THAT

DREAM.

>> I'VE HAD THIS WITHIN ME FOR

SO LONG AND I'M SO READY TO JUST

YOU KNOW FINALLY PUT MYSELF OUT

THERE.

I CAN BE MUSLIM AND I CAN BE

GAY, AND YOU CANNOT DO ANYTHING

ABOUT IT.

♪ ♪

>> Shangela: OOH!

HELLO.

SHE CAN'T MOVE SHE LIPS, YOU

CAN'T MOVE.

LOOK AT BADHAVA IS JUMPING OUT

BITCH.

>> THE DOLL IS READY.

>> Shangela: A LIP.

OH.

♪ ♪

>> Bob: AND LOOK AT YOU ALL

LOOKING AS STUNNING AS YOU EVER

LOOKED IN YOUR, WELL I DON'T

KNOW FOR AT LEAST FOR THE LAST

WEEK.

>> SAY IT IS.

YES.

THAT'S MORE MAKEUP THAN SHE'S

EVER HAD IN HER ENTIRE LIFE

ALTOGETHER.

>> Bob: LISTEN IF WE CRY JUST

LEAN INTO IT.

HONESTLY.

>> I, I ALREADY ASKED LAYLA IF

THIS IS WATERPROOF.

>> Eureka: WHEN YOU SEE YOURSELF

IN THE MIRROR WHAT DID YOU

THINK?

>> I SAID I, I HEAR MY VOICE BUT

I DON'T SEE MY FACE.

I'M GONNA MAKE THE HIPSTERS FALL

IN LOVE.

>> Eureka: I THINK PASTOR CRAIG

LIKE REALLY WANTS TO MAKE A

STATEMENT.

I CAN DO THIS TOO.

MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR CHANGE IN

OUR CHURCH.

SO PASTOR CRAIG IS DOING

SOMETHING IMPORTANT HERE.

>> Bob: HELLO, INDIANA HOW ARE

YOU?

OH, MY GOODNESS THIS SOUNDS LIKE

A LOT OF PEOPLE.

ARE YOU READY FOR A FANTASTIC

SHOW?

I SAID ARE YOU READY?

PLEASE WELCOME, EUREKA O'HARA!

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

>> Eureka: HI, INDIANA.

OH, MY GOODNESS YOU ALL ARE

BEAUTIFUL.

WHAT A COUPLE YEARS WE'VE HAD,

RIGHT?

HONESTLY, IT'S BEEN INSANE BUT

LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ALL

LOOK COMING TOGETHER WHERE WE

CAN ALL JUST BE WHO WE ARE.

CELEBRATING OURSELVES.

>> FOR YEARS I WAS SUFFOCATING

SO I HAD TO ACT DIFFERENTLY,

HIDING MY IDENTITY.

I'M IN A POINT OF MY LIFE WHERE

I'M NOT GONNA HIDE WHO I AM JUST

TO PLEASE SOMEBODY ELSE.

>> Shangela: ALL RIGHT, YOU ALL.

LET'S DO THIS.

HAVE A GREAT SHOW MY LOVE, IT'S

GONNA BE BRILLIANT.

>> MY HEART IS GONNA COME OUT OF

MY FAKE BOOB.

>> Bob: GIVE IT UP FOR SHANGELA

AND MOHAVA HABIBI.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

>> Shangela: MOHAVA IS SOMETIMES

A VERY SHY, DOESN'T SPEAK A LOT

SOMETIMES IN GROUPS BUT TONIGHT

WE WANT TO HEAR YOU SPEAK.

I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW HAS THIS

WEEK BEEN FOR YOU BABY?

>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING UM,

MY ENTIRE LIFE I HAVE BEEN

DISCRIMINATED AGAINST, HATED FOR

BEING ARAB, BEING MUSLIM, BEING

BROWN, BEING A REFUGEE, A DIVA

ONCE CAME INTO MY LIFE, YOU

DON'T KNOW HER, AND SHE TAUGHT

ME HOW TO LOVE MYSELF.

PRIORITIZE YOURSELF!

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> YOU CAN'T DO UP A DRAG SHOW

LIKE THIS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA

AND NOT OFFEND SOMEONE.

I'M HOPING IT'S A BRIDGE FOR MY

DAUGHTER, FOR THE CHURCH I

SERVE, FOR THE DENOMINATION I

LOVE, AND FOR ME, AND I'M HOPING

THAT MY VOICE WILL BECOME

STRONGER.

WELCOME TO CHURCH.

>> Shangela: PLEASE WELCOME TO

THE STAGE MY GOOD SISTER, EUREKA

O'HARA AND HER NEWEST DAUGHTER

MISS JONAH ARK O'HARA.

♪ ♪

>> ARE YOU LISTENING?

I'VE GOT SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO

TELL YOU.

LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL

YOUR HEART WITH ALL YOUR MIND

WITH ALL YOUR SOUL AND WITH ALL

YOUR STRENGTH.

FOR JESUS SAID, I DID NOT COME

INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN IT BUT

TO SAVE IT.

AND FINALLY HEAR THIS, THIS IS

MY COMMANDMENT THAT YOU LOVE ONE

ANOTHER, NOT HATE ONE ANOTHER.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

>> Eureka: YOU ALL GIVE IT UP

FOR MISS NOAH OF ARK O'HARA.

>> I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE WELCOMED

EVER IN MY LIFE THAN I HAVE BY

THIS GROUP OF DRAG QUEENS, THEIR

CREW, AND THEIR PEOPLE.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS, IF

YOU'RE A PERSON HERE TONIGHT AND

YOU'RE WONDERING IF THERE'S A

HOPE AND A FUTURE AND A GOD WHO

LOVES YOU, OH,YES THERE IS.

DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU HAVE

PERMISSION TO DO WHAT YOU WERE

MADE TO DO.

GO OUT AND LOVE EVERYBODY.

GO LOVE EVERYBODY.

>> WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO

THE LGBTQ PEOPLE.

I THINK WE, WE OWE IT TO THEM TO

ALSO TELL OUR STORY SO THEY

UNDERSTAND WHAT WE WENT THROUGH

BECAUSE IT WASN'T ALWAYS EASY.

WE, WE HAVE TO JUST KEEP MAKING

IT BETTER.

>> WE ARE DEFINITELY AT THE EDGE

OF OUR SEATS.

>> YOU ALL READY TO GET MARRIED?

>> YES.

>> Shangela: PLEASE WELCOME BOB

THE DRAG QUEEN AND FAMILY.

♪ ♪

>> I'M REALLY NERVOUS TO HEAR

WHAT MARY BERRY IS GOING TO

THINK ABOUT MY VICTORIA SPONGE

CAKE.

>> AND THAT WAS THE DAY I

REALIZED I'D NEVER SEE MY WIFE

AGAIN.

>> Bob: ARE YOU SLOWLY POISONING

YOUR FAMILY, FIND OUT AFTER THE

BREAK.

>> Bob: THIS JUST IN, IN A

MONUMENTOUS CIVIL RIGHTS

DECISION THE SUPREME COURT HAS

RULED THAT SAME SEX MARRIAGES

MUST NOW BE RECOGNIZED IN ALL

FIFTY STATES.

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>> Bob: DEARLY BELOVED, FRIENDS,

FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO COME THANK

YOU FOR BEARING WITNESS TO THE

REMARKABLE UNION OF BARBARA

SNYDER AND YVON LAUREN.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> Bob: NOW I KNOW THERE'S A

YOUNG BARBARA AND YVON SOMEWHERE

OUT THERE WONDERING IF YOU WILL

EVER FIND THIS KIND OF LOVE,

COMMUNITY, AND ACCEPTANCE AND

LET THIS UNION BE PROOF THAT YOU

ARE WORTHY OF COMPASSION,

COMMUNITY, RIGHTS, FRIENDSHIP

AND RESPECT AND MOST IMPORTANTLY

YOU ARE WORTHY OF LOVE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> Bob: AND NOW FOR THE VOWS.

YVON.

>> I PROMISE TO HELP CREATE A

LIFE FOR US FULL OF EXPLORATION

AND CONNECTION WITH SPIRIT, I

PROMISE TO INSPIRE US TO VENTURE

INTO NEW TERRITORY, TO BE

CURIOUS AND INQUISITIVE AS WE

CONTINUE OUR JOURNEY TOGETHER.

I PROMISE TO KEEP OUR LIFE

TOGETHER INTERESTING, TO TAKE

YOU TO CONCERTS AND DRAG SHOWS

AND ON GRAND ADVENTURES AND IN

THE WORDS OF TINA TURNER, YOU'RE

SIMPLY THE BEST.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WHEN I

MET YOU AT YOUR CIVIL RIGHTS

MEETING 38 YEARS AGO

THAT WE'D BE STANDING HERE TODAY

LOOKING LIKE THIS.

TO SAY IT'S NOT A TYPICAL

WEDDING WOULD BE A BIT OF AN

UNDERSTATEMENT, BUT WE'VE

ALREADY LIVED THE VOWS THAT MOST

PEOPLE MAKE ON THEIR WEDDING

DAY.

WE'VE BEEN THROUGH BETTER AND

WORSE, WE'VE BEEN RICHER, WE'VE

BEEN POORER, WE'VE HAD SICKNESS,

WE'VE HAD HEALTH, AND WE'VE

SUPPORTED EACH OTHER THROUGH

CRISIS AND CELEBRATION, AND NOW

AS, AND NOW IN THE IMMORTAL

WORDS OF YOUR FAVORITE LEON

RUSSEL SONG, I SAY TO YOU, I

LOVE YOU IN A PLACE WHERE

THERE'S NO SPACE OR TIME, I LOVE

YOU FOR ALL MY LIFE YOU ARE A

FRIEND OF MINE.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> Bob: AND WITH THAT I NOW

PRONOUNCE YOU MARRIED!

YOU MAY KISS!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> I FEEL SO MUCH LOVE.

I WAS LOOKING FOR HOME AND

SOMEWHERE TO FEEL LIKE I BELONG.

BUT TO BE HONEST I, THAT FEELING

HAS KIND OF FADED AWAY.

THIS IS AMAZING, JUST ALL THIS

LOVE.

IT MAKES ME FEEL SAFE.

>> OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> HELLO, MY LOVELIES.

HELLO.

>> Shangela: LOVE IS SO SPECIAL.

SO WE HAVE THIS.

>> YOU MAKE A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

>> WELL, OH, I NEVER THOUGHT I'D

HEAR THAT FROM MY DAUGHTER.

>> Eureka: THERE'S JUST

SOMETHING ABOUT DRAG THAT MAKES

YOU FEEL SPECIAL AND BEAUTIFUL

AND LIKE A QUEEN AND CELEBRATED.

THAT'S THE POINT.

>> Eureka: IT'S JUST A WAY TO BE

SEEN AS QUEER PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW WHAT, WHEN I SEE ALL

THESE PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP IN

MY TOWN, MAYBE MY TOWN'S NOT SO

BAD AFTER ALL.

>> Bob: THEY GROW UP SO FAST.

OH, MY BABIES ARE GONE!

>> Shangela: IT'S ALL RIGHT,

BABY.

>> Bob: OH!

>> Eureka: IT'S OKAY, BABY.

IT'S OKAY.

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