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Queer voices, Honest 
conversations, Big energy live 

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from the WM and F studios in 
Tampa. 

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It's time for the big gay radio 
show. 

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Welcome to the Big gay radio 
show. 

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My name is Chris Gorman. 
I'm your show twink here, joined

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by the electric trans queen of 
radio, Esme Russell. 

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I'm doing better today. 
Are you now? 

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You know, I wasn't doing well. 
I will. 

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We'll talk about it later. 
But I wasn't doing well as well.

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I started out bad, but then it 
got good. 

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Yeah. 
You know, when you're, when you 

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have attention deficit disorder 
and all the other disorders that

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I have is complicated. 
Well, I do have a a little 

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update that I want to go ahead 
and and share before we go ahead

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and go into our our show with 
regards to the the Hillsborough 

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County Public Schools teacher 
that allegedly hung the black 

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baby doll. 
The teacher has officially been 

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suspended and is currently under
investigation and removed from 

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her position. 
But I also want to go ahead and 

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point out the the child's 
mother, the child's name is 

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Noah, the child that recorded 
it. 

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And Noah's mother, Nina 
Williams, has gone ahead and 

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started a fundraiser because 
Noah had to miss his eighth 

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grade graduation celebration 
because he no longer felt safe 

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or comfortable returning to 
school. 

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How old is Noah? 
He's in 8th grade. 

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Yeah, so he's a kid. 
He's a kid. 

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And so she has started a 
GoFundMe and that's currently 

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on, you know, the Big Gay Radio 
Show's Facebook page is she says

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that the fundraiser will help 
the help for help for home 

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security, possible relocation 
costs, legal fees, counseling 

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and other living expensives. 
She actually reached out to me 

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and said that she's been 
experiencing hate mail and death

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threats. 
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who have experienced that. 
So let me get this correct, 

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'cause I, I gotta, I want to 
unravel the story. 

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So the teacher goes into the 
classroom and takes a black baby

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doll with no clothes on. 
By the way, the doll had no 

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clothes. 
She tied a phone cord around the

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doll's neck and hung it from the
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correct? 
And they and people are sending 

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this. 
And this little boy filmed it. 

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Yes, he filmed it because it was
a very bad thing. 

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Obviously he has his phone, 
access to a phone. 

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You could hear the children. 
You could see the children's 

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faces. 
Obviously they were disturbed by

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it. 
You can't really care what's 

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going on. 
So now this woman, this mom is 

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getting death, death threats, 
yes, for something that was done

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to her child by a teacher. 
I mean, what is wrong with you 

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people? 
Something we got to do better, 

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man. 
We got to do better. 

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I'm I'm serious. 
This is very disturbing to me. 

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Even the part about the 
investigation, it's on video. 

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I don't know what they're 
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I know that there are legalities
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legal thing, I know he's going 
to tell me there's legalese. 

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I get that part of it. 
I understand that. 

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But listen, it's on video. 
You got caught doing it. 

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You did it. 
You don't deserve to be a 

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teacher. 
Not just teaching black 

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students. 
You just shouldn't be teaching 

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any students. 
OK, you're a scary person. 

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That's a scary thing to do to. 
Something, and we're going to 

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talk about this in the in a 
little bit on the after the news

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segment, but there's also a 
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who was arrested after deputy 
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student to slap another student 
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These these teachers are crazy. 
These teachers are crazy. 

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So she shut the I heard she shut
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Yep. 
We'll talk, we'll give. 

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We'll go all into that after the
news segment. 

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We're going to do better, man. 
We got to do better, folks. 

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But first, we got a very special
guest in the studio. 

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We're joined by Lexi Long, 
Orlando Drag Race Season 10 

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winner. 
Welcome into the studio. 

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Hello, thank you so much for 
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Thank you so much for joining 
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So for those who do not know 
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what's Orlando Drag Race Live? 
So Orlando Drag Race Live is is 

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a competition that has been 
going on in Orlando for about 10

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years. 
This is season 10. 

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So it's a competition based off 
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then also your favorite TV show 
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RuPaul's Drag Race. 
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And there's challenges there 
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of works a little different. 
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four weeks, which was pretty 
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So we could condense it down to 
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focused on different things. 
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basically have a runway, a 
performance and a challenge. 

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And the challenge could be 
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challenge, 2 minutes or some 
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like making outfits out of a 
dollar store materials or IKEA 

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bags or, or all sorts of fun 
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So it's a very great way to 
challenge entertainers in a way 

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that I feel like a lot of 
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wouldn't really put an 
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so. 
Does that he right? 

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It's out-of-the-box. 
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It's very, it's, it's very left 
field and it kind of puts you in

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an uncomfortable situation, 
which is fun to watch, you know,

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so. 
Oh yeah, it's always stressful. 

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It's always fun to get out of. 
Your comfort zone, absolutely. 

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It really is. 
It really is. 

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It can be very stressful, but 
honestly those situations where 

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you're super and like learning 
those things about yourself is 

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where you really succeed and 
where you did. 

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You win. 
I did win. 

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You did win. 
You did? 

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Yeah. 
So how how many weeks were you 

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competing? 
It was 4 weeks. 

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Sometimes we would have two 
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So I went across like 2 months, 
but the first two weeks were 

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back-to-back, which that was 
probably the hardest, the 

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hardest of the weeks as it went 
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Then we had like 2 weeks in 
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to prepare and stuff. 
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actually is the money I mean. 
You're dragging cheap. 

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Yeah, drag is not good. 
Dragging. 

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Cheap. 
Good, that part good. 

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Drag is. 
Not cheap because you're young. 

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You can make it cheap. 
Goodwill exists. 

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Yeah, good. 
Whatever good drag is not. 

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Yeah, good. 
Drag is not cheap. 

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And if you want to really 
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go out there, not only is drag 
not cheap, but you need people 

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behind you. 
You know you need friends. 

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You need you 'cause you look 
about 12 years old. 

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I I just might be no, I'm 23, so
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A little kid. 
Very young, very, very well. 

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You're not very new. 
You're a young man, but you 

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look, but you, you, you look 
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Thank you. 
Which is good. 

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You know, very good. 
Yeah. 

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You won't look young forever. 
You're I right, Right. 

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Enjoy it while while I can, 
while it lasts. 

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Yeah, yeah, it's. 
Like Twink, death is right 

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around the corner. 
Right, that 30 is coming that 30

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is causing. 
Twink death. 

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I don't even understand what 
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He's like counting the numbers 
down. 

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Yeah, no, I I've said multiple 
times, twink death occurs at 26.

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That's what they all say. 
I am, but they really don't say 

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that. 
It's really more like 30. 

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It's right, Right. 
I, I can't tell you how many gay

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men over the course of my life, 
when I asked them their age and 

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they lower their I've seen them,
they lower their eyes, they 

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lower their head, they look 
around and go, what is it? 

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Well, I mean, I've heard 
outrageous things like I don't 

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want to say just tell me I'm 
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the it's so sad to me. 
I I really think my generation 

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is not like that. 
I hope not. 

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I know I'm truly excited to get 
older. 34 is not old. 

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I know 44 is not old, and let me
say 54 and 64 is not old. 

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It really is a matter of your 
energy level. 

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Do you feel good? 
Are you? 

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Are you moving and shaking? 
Are you out there doing stuff 

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till you're not an old person? 
Absolutely, Absolutely. 

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I know 80 year olds that are 
moving around like they're 40 

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year olds. 
Yeah, I know them. 

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I'm excited to get older because
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figure out those things about 
myself, figure out the things 

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that I'm confused about. 
So where was this event take 

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place at? 
Where did it take place? 

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It was. 
At Anthem in downtown Orlando, 

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which is actually a newer gay 
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Is it big? 
It's actually not too big. 

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It's a pretty small venue, I 
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But I mean, hey, I I'll take 
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We don't, we don't have many gay
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like we're losing them, 
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People keep saying that gay bars
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Dying, Yep, I, I, I see that 
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really unfortunate because it's 
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local entertainers and my local 
drag Queens, but it's so hard 

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now because it's like I even see
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clubs and bars aren't like I've 
been doing. 

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This a long time and I know, 
yeah, I know. 

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I've. 
I've 50 years, Yeah, I've been 

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doing this for 50 years. 
So in 50 years I've seen a lot 

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of changes. 
Yeah, you know, but I remember 

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when there were just two bars in
Tampa, that was it was nothing 

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else, just two bars. 
I know. 

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So you know. 
One of the things that I 

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remember, I've had this 
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people, especially older people,
is that some people, especially 

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my generation, feel a little bit
more comfortable just, you know,

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going to straight places. 
Do you feel as though that might

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be the case? 
Miss Esme? 

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So. 
I really feel so in Ebor. 

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I do feel that way. 
So in Ebor, they're very 

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accustomed to trans people and 
the drag. 

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I could be in high drag and go 
to any straight bar or or or 

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cigar shop 'cause I like to 
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Personally, I went to to Crowbar
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felt very, I felt very safe. 
I felt. 

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Yeah, it's, I mean. 
That's a good. 

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Thing that is a good thing. 
Yeah. 

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Well, the, the, the, the Ebor 
crowd is very chill. 

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They can't be bothered with you.
I could. 

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I could dress. 
Depends on when. 

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What time? 
Yeah, depends on what time of 

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day. 
I could be dressed up as a clown

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and they couldn't be bothered, 
which is, you know, magical 

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because that's how it is in big 
cities. 

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I remember going to New York and
being on the subway in high drag

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after I'd worked at a gay club 
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And when I was coming home to 
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in the morning, the subway's 
packed with people at 3:00 in 

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the morning. 
Nobody even looked at me. 

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Nobody even blinked. 
And I had on a lot of drag 

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making fun. 
And I'm thinking to myself, 

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you'd think I'd be staring at, 
right. 

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So it really is a situational. 
Some places, you know, it's a 

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big deal. 
And I remember back in the 80s 

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and in the late 70s and early 
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if you were in drag and you went
anywhere, it was like an ordeal.

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Oh absolutely. 
I mean it. 

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It still really is like that now
if you go to a normal. 

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Establishment like a. 
Target or a or a Walmart, right?

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You can't walk in there without 
being looked at sideways. 

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Obviously, depending where 
you're at. 

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I've. 
Never been in high drag inside 

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of a Walmart or anything. 
You know what? 

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Just like I just. 
Just an Esme drag, you know? 

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Yeah, which Which is nothing I. 
I think that anybody would go if

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you're dressed to the nines, 
like if you're wearing a suit in

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the middle of like a target, 
you're going to get like people 

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looking at you. 
I went to Pasco Pride after an 

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event when I was interning for 
Michelle Rainer and I was in my 

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suit and I was, you know, 
shaking hands with people, 

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talking to people and everything
like that. 

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And people looked at me weird. 
So I think that, you know, it 

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really depends on, you know, 
definite location. 

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But I, I honestly feel like a 
lot of people will get looked 

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at. 
We just can't look good these 

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days. 
We can't look good. 

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We can't go out and look good 
anymore. 

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Well, we're in Florida and you 
know, Florida is a very chill 

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state as far as how we dress 
people. 

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This is really flip flops and 
jeans and shorts and this is how

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we dress here even in the winter
time, right? 

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So if anybody dresses up, it's 
like, where are you going? 

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You know what I mean? 
What do you do with all this 

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fabric on you? 
Is exactly correct. 

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So, yeah. 
But you know, you know, I 

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remember people used to back in 
the day. 

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I remember people used to dress 
up to go to clubs. 

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That is actually a very 
interesting topic because it's 

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like now the dressing up is very
like show skin, like, oh, I'm 

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going out, you know, but like, 
but it's such a like I always 

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see videos from back in the day,
like thousands, like the polos 

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and the yeah, it was dressing up
to look good to go to the club. 

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We've taken it too far. 
When we were off the air, I was 

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telling you about these judges 
now that are cracking down on 

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people showing up in their 
courtrooms right in shorts and 

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flip flops. 
I mean, you know, you don't go 

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before for a judge in shorts and
AT shirt and flip flops. 

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You, you're going to jail. 
That's the. 

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That's the thing about. 
It you're going to jail, 

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literally I'm. 
Serious, You really want to go 

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to jail though? 
It's it's a matter of respect. 

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If I'm going to go before a 
judge, I'm going to dress up. 

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I'm going to be appropriately 
dressed with me. 

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I have boob age, so I'm going to
cover my business. 

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I'm not going to go in there 
sexy with cleavage trying to 

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work it in front of no judge. 
OK, 'cause you want to show 

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respect, you know, Same thing 
with church. 

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People that go to church. 
I, I have a friend of mine that 

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says he's in his church. 
People wear flip flops. 

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I'm like flip flops in church. 
Oh my God, I can't imagine. 

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I'm sorry but I can't do that. 
And it's respecting yourself 

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too. 
You know what I mean? 

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Yourself and others. 
It's about like how you want to 

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be put out in the world. 
I kept saying it earlier when we

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started the show. 
We gotta do better, man. 

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Come on, we gotta do better. 
We all gotta do better all. 

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Gotta do. 
All gotta do better. 

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Meanwhile, last time I was in a 
church I wore a shirt that says 

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I'm so gay I poop rainbows. 
Did you really? 

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Wow. 
But it wasn't poop. 

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It wasn't poop. 
It's a It's a different word 

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that we can't say on air. 
Chris, I cannot believe you wore

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that smite me, Chris, I would 
have been I would first of all, 

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I wouldn't have sat next to you,
right? 

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No, I'm a person of faith. 
I would have been like, if that 

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light, you know, we're, we're in
the lightning capital of the 

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world. 
Here's. 

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The Tampa Bay area he. 
Said don't say next to that you 

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are. 
And I'm thinking to myself, if 

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one of those lightning bolts 
comes through that window and 

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hits, I'm not God might miss me.
Miss him? 

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That is too funny. 
Remember, there's a saying that 

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you've heard it before. 
You're guilty by association. 

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Oh, absolutely, my dad. 
Used to tell me. 

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Tell me who he did. 
Tell me who you're hanging 

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around with and I'll tell you 
who you are. 

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That is so no. 
That is so good. 

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That is so good. 
With his rainbow shirt that says

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he poops rainbows. 
Like I know who you're hanging. 

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Around. 
I know you're joking. 

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You didn't wear that to church. 
I have no comment anyways Lexi, 

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so how did you get into drag? 
How I got into drag. 

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So actually, funny enough, I 
started playing with drag back 

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in my bedroom in Maryland where 
I grew up. 

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It was one of those things where
it was never really allowed. 

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But as a kid, I always found 
myself sneaking into my sister's

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makeup and putting it on and, 
and feeling the fantasy in the 

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mirror. 
And then as you grow older, you 

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just realize you're like, wait, 
there's something in your body. 

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Just, you just have to do it 
right. 

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Like you. 
As I get older, I realize that 

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like, I'm not happy unless I'm 
doing drag, unless I'm 

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expressing myself in this way, 
you know, so. 

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It's not just dressing and drag,
you know. 

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No, I always tell people that 
drag is a form of 

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self-expression. 
Yes, but it's also very 

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creative. 
Absolutely. 

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It is it. 
Takes your brain to a place, 

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nothing else. 
Can you have to get magically 

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inclined? 
You have to create a makeup and 

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costumes and yeah, it's it's not
for everyone, obviously. 

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Oh no, but that. 
But that's the point of art. 

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There's there's so much there's 
art is a variety, right? 

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And this is just one little 
spectrum of of art. 

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So drag is drag is something 
that is I, I don't know, it's, 

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it's very unique and it's 
something that I'm, I've always 

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been so drawn to because it 
encapsulates everything I've 

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always loved. 
I love hair, I love makeup. 

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I love performing right. 
So in so during Shakespearean 

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time, a young man of your age 
would play female roles. 

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Right. 
Yeah, and, you know, we forget 

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that today was very normal for 
men to get in drag. 

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You'd be a good Juliet, huh? 
I. 

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Said you'd be a good Juliet. 
First Juliet I love was a guy. 

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A young boy isn't. 
That where the the name Drag 

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comes from, right? 
Dressed as a girl 'cause 

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they're. 
Dragging their there's several 

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there's several definitions. 
One of them is dressed as a girl

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drag. 
Dressed as a. 

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Girl, yeah. 
And the other one is is that the

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during the vaudevillian times, 
the drag Queens would they were 

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very flamboyant, right? 
That's where the word queen came

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from. 
They carry themselves like they 

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run the show, right? 
So, but the drag part was a 

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drag. 
They would drag these big 

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rolling like, what is it like 
cases like it's like a big like 

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a big box. 
And they? 

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Would put all their costumes in 
the box and then they drag it 

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across the floor. 
It was before they had wheels on

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them, I guess, You know, so you 
could hear the sound of it being

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scraped across the. 
Yeah. 

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A glorified drag queen suitcase 
A. 

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Glorified drag. 
Yeah. 

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So I love it. 
Yeah, so. 

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I always thought it was like the
way their their gowns would drag

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behind them or their outfits. 
Would drag behind another 

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definition. 
There's so many definitions of 

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it that we don't know, yeah. 
That is so. 

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But yeah, yeah, I started drag 
in Maryland and I never really 

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got out until he moved to 
Orlando because Orlando really 

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is a a welcoming space for that 
and I found my I really found 

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myself here or in Orlando. 
It'll. 

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Be so interesting that that 
Florida would be that drag, sort

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of. 
It always has been. 

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It always has been, and I find 
that the most conservative 

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states have some of the best 
drag. 

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Texas has great drag. 
It's a protest. 

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It really is a. 
Protest. 

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It is a protest. 
Yeah, Yeah. 

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They've tried everything to ban 
it. 

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And the drag Queens find a way. 
You know, even in communist 

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countries where drag is illegal,
like for a long time in Cuba, it

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was illegal to do drag back in 
the 70s and and 60s. 

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And the drag Queens would just 
do. 

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They would do private shows like
in people's houses and invite 

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all their friends. 
Yeah, it's not illegal now, but.

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But that's what I don't think 
people realize is like, no 

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matter how how much you're gonna
try to get rid of something, 

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yeah, no one's gonna get rid of 
it. 

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We're just gonna get, really. 
Good at hiding it. 

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It's the same thing. 
You can make you. 

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You can't police people into not
existing. 

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It just doesn't. 
That part it does not part. 

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It doesn't. 
It just is not gonna work. 

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It'll never. 
Happen. 

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There's always been gay people. 
Yeah, there's always been dogs. 

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There's. 
There always will be. 

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Yes, yes, it is what it is. 
So Lexie, where do you, you're 

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obviously really young, where do
you want to go with drag? 

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Do you have like a sort of plan 
that you want to do? 

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I think with drag, it's one of 
those things where you kind of, 

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I have to see where it takes you
almost. 

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But I, I, I want to continue 
furthering my furthering my 

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career, continuing to meet 
people, continuing to learn from

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people. 
I, I do drag because I love 

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drag. 
Really at the end of the day, I 

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love going to drag shows. 
I love seeing drag and. 

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Do the people at work know what 
you do? 

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You know what some of them do? 
It's one of those things where I

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don't outwardly go and tell 
people, you know, But you know, 

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if I have to give away a shift, 
I might be like, hey, you know, 

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I have a gig I have to go to and
This is why I can't be here. 

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But for the most part, I'm not 
out here just like saying it 

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because I, I do realize that 
some it's, it's actually funny 

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because it can be two reactions,
right? 

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One person can be like, oh, 
okay. 

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And then kind of like give you 
that reaction, which is like, I 

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would rather just avoid that 
than even go there. 

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And then the other one is almost
like, Oh my gosh, like what do 

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you do? 
What do you want to see it? 

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That's so cool. 
And like they ask you all about 

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it and then it can get, it can 
get a little, I don't know out 

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there. 
And you're like, I have to 

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explain everything. 
The fear of drag Queens is 

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really weird. 
It's very, but it's it's a fear 

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of femininity. 
It really is I. 

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Or a or a rejection of 
masculinity. 

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Or a rejection of. 
Masculinity. 

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Yeah. 
I can't figure out which one it 

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is. 
It's, it's a very interesting 

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topic because it's like I, I 
don't, it's bred into men very 

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young to, to reject so much of 
what is feminine, right? 

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And sometimes it's not even if 
things are categorized feminine 

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that are barely even feminine, 
right? 

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And so it's really bizarre how 
they can they, they, they see 

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one thing and, and you run with 
it, right? 

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You see one thing and run. 
I say the same thing about drag 

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Queens that I say about gay 
marriage. 

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If you don't like gay marriage, 
just don't marry a gay person. 

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You would think that they would 
have gotten that by now. 

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Just don't marry a gay person 
you don't like. 

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Gay marriage? 
You're not. 

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And that's fine, because gay 
marriage and the and the drag 

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Queens is the same thing. 
If you don't like drag Queens, 

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just don't go to a Don't. 
Go to a drug show. 

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That's it. 
Just don't go and that's it. 

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Trust me, we're not out here 
everywhere. 

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No, no, no. 
And I'm not going to come to 

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your house and perform, No. 
And I know you're not either, so

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you know what I'm saying. 
I can probably name about 5 or 6

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venues that are in the area that
actually go ahead and have drag 

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Queens. 
Everybody else is just they do 

453
00:21:02,040 --> 00:21:03,440
whatever the hell they want to 
do. 

454
00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:06,400
Yes. 
Well, Miss Esme, what are we 

455
00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:07,760
going to talk about when we come
back? 

456
00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:11,440
Chris, you know that I had for 
the last two weeks, even though 

457
00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:15,760
we've been here alone, I've been
a slacker about these topics. 

458
00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:17,760
But I do have a couple that I 
did write down. 

459
00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:19,240
I know you have a lot more than 
I do. 

460
00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:25,160
And one of them is this son. 
His parents are having family 

461
00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:29,480
guests over and he refuses to 
give up his bedroom to the 

462
00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:31,880
guests. 
Interesting, that's a good one. 

463
00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:33,200
Kid, he's a little kid. 
He's like a little. 

464
00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:35,720
Young, he's a laughing. 
Oh, I thought we were talking 

465
00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,560
about like. 
So I, I'm wondering what would 

466
00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:40,120
you do? 
How do you feel about that? 

467
00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:42,720
If you're a parent? 
Cause a lot of people say this 

468
00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:44,400
is about our house. 
You, you fought. 

469
00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:46,960
But I'm going to tell you this 
family is kind of, they're upset

470
00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:50,320
with him 'cause I'll tell you 
the whole circumstances of it, 

471
00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,240
but I just wanted you to think 
about that. 

472
00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:54,800
What would you do 'cause I'm I'm
on the kids side. 

473
00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,200
I'll tell you what happened, but
I'm on the kids side. 

474
00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:58,880
Yeah, I want to hear more. 
That's exciting. 

475
00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:00,960
Also, I saw the movie The 
Mandalorian. 

476
00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:04,640
Yeah, I did. 
And and Grogu, by the way, you 

477
00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:06,880
got to say The Mandalorian and 
Grogu. 

478
00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:10,320
I didn't know this. 
And and I really, I have some 

479
00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:13,360
things thoughts on it because 
it's getting some negative press

480
00:22:13,360 --> 00:22:15,760
a little bit and I'm going to 
share with what I think about 

481
00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:17,600
it. 
Well, I got also, of course, 

482
00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:22,360
that Tampa Bay teacher that was 
arrested after she made a one 

483
00:22:22,360 --> 00:22:25,360
student slap another student. 
We have Democratic candidates 

484
00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:27,840
arrested at the Florida 
governor's office. 

485
00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:32,200
There's a lawsuit targeting a 
whites only Arkansas community 

486
00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,320
after applicant claims that she 
was rejected for Jewish roots 

487
00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,840
and her black husband. 
And then also Trump gun. 

488
00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,400
And Trump says that the gunman 
who opened fire at the White 

489
00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:45,160
House checkpoint had a possible 
obsession with the executive 

490
00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:47,400
mansion. 
We got all that and more coming 

491
00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,320
up after the break. 
But first, let's go over and 

492
00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:52,200
throw it over to Claire Leeson 
from Project No Labels for our 

493
00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:55,000
LGBTQ news. 
And then over to Joanna Grasso 

494
00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,640
for Joe on the go. 
We'll be right back. 

495
00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:03,480
I'm Claire Leeson from Project 
No Labels and this is your LGBTQ

496
00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:06,200
plus news from around the 
country and right here in Tampa 

497
00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:10,600
Bay in national news from 
Watermark Out News, the US House

498
00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:14,000
of Representatives passed a 
federal don't say trans bill on 

499
00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,640
May 20th that critics say Wood 
forest teachers to out 

500
00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:18,400
transgender students to their 
parents. 

501
00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,320
The legislation would require 
schools to obtain parental 

502
00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,440
consent before allowing students
to use their preferred name, 

503
00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:27,840
pronouns and gender markers and 
would restrict federal funding 

504
00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:30,840
for schools that teach concepts 
related to what the bill calls 

505
00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:33,960
gender ideology. 
Supporters argue parents should 

506
00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:37,120
direct conversations around 
gender identity, while opponents

507
00:23:37,120 --> 00:23:40,160
warn the bill could place 
transgender students in in safe 

508
00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:44,000
situations at home and increase 
the risk of harassment, abuse or

509
00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,520
conversion therapy. 
The measure passed mostly along 

510
00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:49,360
party lines, with eight 
Democrats joining Republicans in

511
00:23:49,360 --> 00:23:52,160
support. 
In Winter Park from West Orange 

512
00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:55,200
County, deputies announced the 
arrest of Allen Chambers, a 

513
00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,520
former leader of the now defunct
conversion therapy organization 

514
00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,520
Exodus International. 
Investigators say Chambers 

515
00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:04,560
believed he was communicating 
online with a 14 year old boy 

516
00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:08,200
who was an undercover detective.
He now faces charges including 

517
00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,960
solicitation of a minor in of 
harmful material to a minor. 

518
00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:15,520
Chambers previously made 
national headlines in 2013 when 

519
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,800
he apologized to the LGBTQ 
community for the harm caused by

520
00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:21,960
Exodus International before the 
organization shut down in 

521
00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,760
Colorado. 
From PBS The state Supreme Court

522
00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,640
has ordered Children's Hospital 
Colorado to resume gender 

523
00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,960
affirming medical care for 
transgender minors. 

524
00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:32,640
The hospital had paused 
treatments earlier this year 

525
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,240
amid pressure and investigations
tied to the Trump 

526
00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,800
administration's policies 
surrounding transgender health 

527
00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:41,040
care for transgender girls sued 
the the hospital, arguing the 

528
00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:44,480
suspension violated Colorado's 
anti discrimination laws and 

529
00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:45,880
place their mental health at 
risk. 

530
00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:49,200
In a 5 to 2 ruling, the court 
sided with the families, saying 

531
00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,440
that immediate harm faced by the
patients outweighed potential 

532
00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:54,320
federal consequences for the 
hospital. 

533
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,840
And finally, from The Associated
Press Former Congressman Barney 

534
00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:01,160
Frank has died at the age of 86.
Frank served in Congress for 

535
00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,680
more than three decades and 
became one of the nation's most 

536
00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:05,840
prominent openly gay political 
leaders. 

537
00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:09,120
Known for his sharp wit and 
outspoken advocacy, he helped 

538
00:25:09,120 --> 00:25:12,600
bring national his ability to 
LGBTQ rights while also playing 

539
00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,480
a major role in shaping 
financial reform legislation 

540
00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:18,240
following the 2008 economic 
crisis. 

541
00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,040
Frank is survived by his 
husband, Jim Reddy, along with 

542
00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:22,560
his siblings and extended 
family. 

543
00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,280
Please remember to stay safe and
treat yourself and others with 

544
00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:27,400
kindness. 
This has been your LGBTQ plus 

545
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:31,960
news for the Big Gay Radio show.
I'm Claire Leeson on 88.5 WMNF 

546
00:25:32,120 --> 00:25:39,480
Tampa. 
Hey, hey Tampa Bay, it's Joanna 

547
00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:43,000
Grosso with Joe on the Go Tampa 
Bay, your weekly guide to what's

548
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,640
happening around the city. 
Here's what's happening this 

549
00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,520
week. 
Starting on Sunday, May 31st, 

550
00:25:48,520 --> 00:25:53,080
Cool Vibes Hub and Grub in Saint
Pete is hosting a drag brunch 

551
00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:57,200
bingo benefiting the Never Say 
Never Foundation beginning at 11

552
00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:00,000
AM. 
Expect bingo, drag performances,

553
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:03,200
brunch vibes and a fun afternoon
supporting a great 'cause. 

554
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:07,160
Then on Thursday, June 4th, the 
Royalty Pride Art Show opening 

555
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:11,120
reception takes place at Saint 
Petersburg City Theatre from 

556
00:26:11,120 --> 00:26:14,080
5:00 to 8:00 PM. 
The event will feature local 

557
00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:16,800
artists like food and drinks in 
a night centered around 

558
00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,680
creativity, community, and a 
Pride season celebration. 

559
00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:23,880
And on Sunday, June 7th over in 
Ybor, Wigs and Witt returns to 

560
00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,400
Tampa Bay at the Commodore at 
7:00 PM. 

561
00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:30,320
The show brings comedians and 
drag Queens head to head for a 

562
00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,920
live talent competition where 
the audience helps decide the 

563
00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:35,960
winner. 
For more information behind the 

564
00:26:35,960 --> 00:26:39,800
scenes and weekly updates, 
follow along on Instagram at Joe

565
00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,320
on the Go Tampa Bay. 
Have a great week, Tampa Bay, 

566
00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:52,880
and I'll see you out and about. 
Get social with us, Like us on 

567
00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,360
Facebook. 
Just search for the big gay 

568
00:26:55,360 --> 00:26:59,560
radio show. 
Welcome back to the Big Gay 

569
00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:01,320
Radio Show. 
My name is Chris Gorman. 

570
00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:04,320
I'm your show twink here, joined
by Miss Esme Russell. 

571
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:08,440
How you doing, Boo? 
God, you called me Boo. 

572
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,600
You know, that is one of the 
things that I've never, I don't 

573
00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,440
get into that Boo thing. 
People say that's my Boo. 

574
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:16,600
I always say, is that a ghost? 
Spooky. 

575
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:20,600
Is that your ghost? 
Anyways, we're also joined by 

576
00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:24,000
Lexi Long, Orlando Drag Race 
Live Season 10 winner. 

577
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,680
Welcome into the studio. 
Hello, hello, hello. 

578
00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,280
So happy to be here. 
We are so happy to have you. 

579
00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:34,880
Well, Miss Esme, wait, we teased
this before a little bit before 

580
00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:36,600
on the on the beginning of the 
show. 

581
00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:39,960
But a Manatee County 6th grade 
teacher was arrested after 

582
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:43,760
deputies said she ordered one 
student to slap another student 

583
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,560
during class. 
Investigators say Judith Clark, 

584
00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:50,520
64, repeatedly asked the class 
who wants to slap him after a 

585
00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:53,760
student kept talking when no 
students volunteered. 

586
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:57,320
Deputies say Clark told two 
students to close the classroom 

587
00:27:57,320 --> 00:27:59,960
blinds and directed another 
student to hit the boy. 

588
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,760
Witnesses told investigators the
student gently slapped the 

589
00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,000
classmate across the face with 
an open hand. 

590
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,680
The student who carried out the 
slap later told detectives he 

591
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:09,560
was afraid to disobey the 
teacher. 

592
00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:13,360
Happened on May 13th at Lee 
Middle School in Manatee County.

593
00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:16,680
Interesting because my my 
kitchen's name is Lee. 

594
00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:20,360
Stand these people. 
How did they get these jobs? 

595
00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:23,080
And, and I could, I could 
already picture it. 

596
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:27,960
We're having an investigation. 
So she district officials said 

597
00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,880
she began working at the school 
in 2019 and was already 

598
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,000
scheduled to leave the job May 
29th. 

599
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:35,880
Well, she needs to go. 
Oh my gosh. 

600
00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,200
But I'm going to be honest with 
you, isn't there some legal 

601
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:42,560
inciting minors? 
That's not just losing a job, 

602
00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:44,840
Yeah. 
I I, I kind of think like she 

603
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,680
could be charged with something.
So that's what that's sort of 

604
00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:51,880
what Nina the, the, the parent 
of the teacher that or parent of

605
00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:54,840
the student with the, the 
teacher that hung the black baby

606
00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:57,000
doll. 
That's sort of what she's trying

607
00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,000
to fight for. 
And that's what she started the 

608
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,720
GoFundMe was so that she can 
start more investigations into 

609
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,320
what's been happening because 
she feels as though things like 

610
00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:06,600
this have been covered under the
rug. 

611
00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,840
And obviously, you know, she 
might not be too far off on. 

612
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:12,920
That seeing with the black baby 
doll this, which is a separate 

613
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:16,000
incident with a teacher, OK, 
we're dealing here with a 

614
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:21,640
history in this country of black
people being hung. 

615
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,480
This is absolutely horrific. 
Right. 

616
00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:30,080
And that behavior should be 
punished on some level. 

617
00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:32,680
We got to do something. 
People just can't do these 

618
00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:35,320
things and get away with it. 
And it was done in front of 

619
00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:38,320
minors. 
I don't even understand where 

620
00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:40,720
one operators brain even go to 
that I. 

621
00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:43,320
Like I don't need I, I got 
chills from head to toe just 

622
00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:46,560
even talking about it. 
I got so upset last week after I

623
00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:49,680
left this show that when I 
thought about talking about I'm 

624
00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:51,360
getting upset again, it's like 
I'm I'm. 

625
00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:55,960
It's so upsetting to me. 
You know what's wrong with 

626
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:57,600
these? 
People, I don't, I, I, I 

627
00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:00,960
personally don't even understand
how one's brain would even go to

628
00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:03,720
that place to even make those 
actions, to do that in front of 

629
00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:05,200
children. 
But I think that there's gotta 

630
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:09,000
be some kind of legal something,
something that we could do. 

631
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:12,120
Is it is it AI don't know if is 
it a form of well, it's like a 

632
00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:13,880
threat if I take. 
Oh. 

633
00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:15,680
Absolutely. 
It's a, it's a threat. 

634
00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:18,400
I'm. 
Endangering children almost. 

635
00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:21,160
I mean, like, yeah. 
It's a racial threat. 

636
00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:22,080
Yeah, right. 
Yeah. 

637
00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:26,480
So, and she, the mom was saying 
that the kids traumatized. 

638
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:28,200
Of course the kid is 
traumatized. 

639
00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:31,560
I'm, I wasn't there. 
I just saw it on video and I'm 

640
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:35,080
traumatized and I'm upset about 
it, you know, 'cause I try to 

641
00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:38,800
revert myself to being that age.
And you're an adult. 

642
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:41,000
And I'm an adult and I'm 
thinking, wow, when I was that 

643
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,080
age, I looked up to my teachers 
so much. 

644
00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:45,880
And you know, even the ones that
I was kind of scared of 'cause 

645
00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,680
they were like disciplinarians, 
right, 'cause I, I like to talk 

646
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:51,120
a lot, 'cause I would always get
in trouble that would get. 

647
00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:53,320
No, really. 
Yeah, that would get in trouble.

648
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:54,880
Don't get in trouble for 
talking, you know. 

649
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:58,720
But but I had such respect for 
my teachers that to have a 

650
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,240
teacher do something so horrific
and then this other one. 

651
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:03,520
Now with the slapping, what is 
wrong with you? 

652
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:06,920
Slapping is wild. 
Well, another story to go ahead 

653
00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:08,640
and ruffle your feathers, Miss 
Esme. 

654
00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:12,240
A federal lawsuit says an 
Arkansas group promoting a 

655
00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:16,480
whites only community rejected a
white Christian woman because 

656
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:20,400
she had Jewish ancestry, a black
husband and biracial children. 

657
00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:24,080
The woman, Michelle Walker, says
the group's an application asked

658
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:27,680
the detailed questions about 
ancestry, religion and race 

659
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:30,560
before ultimately telling her 
she was not an ideal fit for the

660
00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:32,880
community. 
The lawsuit targets Returned to 

661
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:36,640
the Land, a white nationalist 
group based in rural Ravenden, 

662
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:41,040
Arkansas, where members say they
want to preserve white American 

663
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,240
culture. 
Walker says she was interested 

664
00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:46,440
in buying land in the Ozarks 
because prices were low and she 

665
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:48,960
vacationed in the area. 
According to the complaint, she 

666
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:51,560
disclosed that part of her 
family were Russian Jewish 

667
00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:55,240
immigrants and that her husband 
is of Irish and African descent.

668
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:58,080
The suit says members of the 
group later asked whether she 

669
00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:01,120
belonged to any other white 
nationalist organization. 

670
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:07,000
So Esme well. 
I I was thinking I couldn't be a

671
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:10,280
part of that group. 
Here's why not only am I I am of

672
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:14,160
of of of of Latino descent. 
My mother and father were born 

673
00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:15,640
in in Cuba. 
So I'm of Cuban. 

674
00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:18,080
I'm, I am American, but my 
parents were born in Cuba. 

675
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:23,760
But so, but also I have so many 
black friends, Chinese friends, 

676
00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:27,400
Muslim friends. 
You know, I would be a hypocrite

677
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,880
if I joined that those people. 
Absolutely. 

678
00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:33,040
Let's say that I was white. 
Let's say that I wasn't a brown 

679
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,160
skin person. 
Let's say that I was white and I

680
00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:37,960
went there and I joined a bit 
was a part of that group, but I 

681
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,720
could slip in. 
I would feel terrible guilt 

682
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:44,080
because all my friends are 
ethnic. 

683
00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:45,920
It's, it's also one of those 
things where it's like, how 

684
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:49,080
could you even feel comfortable 
in that space ever expressing 

685
00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:50,880
something different about 
yourself or if you're ever 

686
00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:54,280
feeling, how are you feeling 
welcome to say anything about 

687
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,360
who you are like. 
I'll be honest, I don't want to 

688
00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,160
be a part of a group like that, 
right? 

689
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:02,200
It isn't even, it isn't like I'm
going to even think about it. 

690
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:07,760
I just, this is 2026 and I feel 
like sometimes we've taken some 

691
00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:10,440
steps backwards in some 
situations. 

692
00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:14,000
People are, people are. 
So they're surrounded by these 

693
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,880
little communities of people and
that's just the world they're 

694
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:18,160
in. 
And they don't even sometimes 

695
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:23,120
realize, like how wild their 
mindset is on these things. 

696
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:26,360
I like, I like looking at my 
friends and seeing the colors of

697
00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:29,240
the rainbow. 
Yes, I think I have such 

698
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,600
fascinating friends. 
I have gay friends, I have 

699
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:33,400
straight friends, I have trans 
friends. 

700
00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:35,080
Isn't. 
That the point of friends I 

701
00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:37,480
have. 
Muslim, Arabic. 

702
00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,880
I have so many different guys. 
I really have a cool smorgasbord

703
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:43,600
of friends, yes, like I really 
do, and I love that. 

704
00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:45,800
But that's the point of having 
friends, is having variety. 

705
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,080
Why would you want to be 
stagnant and be the same, the 

706
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,960
same, same, same? 
What's the how? 

707
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:53,920
How can you grow? 
We are, we are a multicultural 

708
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,720
society. 
I know there are people that 

709
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,720
want us not to be, but it's too 
late for that. 

710
00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:01,240
We're a melting pot, baby. 
It's. 

711
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,480
Too late. 
Yeah, we've always been. 

712
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:06,240
There, intermingled with each 
other. 

713
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,239
You know what I'm saying? 
It's it's too late. 

714
00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:10,040
But we've always been that, you 
know what I mean? 

715
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:11,679
It's. 
Like we're really that now. 

716
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:13,080
Yeah, exactly. 
Exactly. 

717
00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:16,520
I was just speaking to have an 
Indian friend that she made me, 

718
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:18,320
oh she made me some a lamb with 
Curry. 

719
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,600
So Oh my God, it was so good. 
And you would have never had 

720
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,239
that if you weren't her friends.
Absolutely not, because I don't 

721
00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:24,840
know how to make that stuff 
exactly. 

722
00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:27,920
Yeah, yeah. 
So yeah, I don't know we. 

723
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,760
That's why I like doing this 
show so much, is that we have so

724
00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:34,800
many different unique voices. 
We have you as a trans Cuban 

725
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:37,920
woman, myself, obviously white, 
black, white, white man. 

726
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:40,080
We have Brian, who's a black 
man. 

727
00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:43,639
We've got Joanna, who's a, a 
cisgender woman. 

728
00:34:43,639 --> 00:34:47,840
We've got a very diverse group. 
Vin is a yeah, an Asian trans 

729
00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:51,480
man. 
It's very important to go ahead 

730
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:55,280
and showcase the diversity of, 
you know, the, our culture. 

731
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:57,240
We are, we are very diverse 
culture. 

732
00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:01,360
Clearly you know. 
Our diversity is a strength. 

733
00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:03,160
That's really what's really 
saved. 

734
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:05,640
Not a weakness. 
Yes, yes, absolutely. 

735
00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:07,280
What? 
Bothers me most about this story

736
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:11,280
is if white people wanted to 
preserve white American culture,

737
00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:13,840
why did you bring black people 
here in the first freaking 

738
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:17,280
place? 
For slavery, of course. 

739
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:21,200
But. 
Jesus Christ, you are the reason

740
00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:24,600
why that's, that's the American 
culture, right there is slavery 

741
00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:27,680
and discrimination. 
That is American culture, Yeah. 

742
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,680
Unfortunately, our history. 
So that's what they're trying to

743
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:32,560
preserve. 
I keep saying it all through the

744
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,440
shows as we started today, and I
think I'm just gonna we gotta do

745
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:36,400
better. 
We gotta do better. 

746
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:37,480
We gotta do. 
Better. 

747
00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:39,520
Oh my goodness. 
But they'll, but they'll never 

748
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:41,200
hear that. 
They'll never hear that because 

749
00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:43,120
that's why they're stuck where 
they are, because they don't 

750
00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:44,960
want change. 
That's actually a big problem. 

751
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:46,680
They don't want change. 
I don't want to be a part of 

752
00:35:46,720 --> 00:35:49,160
anybody that just wants white 
people. 

753
00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:50,880
Oh absolutely. 
I don't want to be a part of 

754
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:52,000
that. 
Don't get me wrong, I love my 

755
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:53,680
white friends, right? 
You know? 

756
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:57,200
But we're all children of God. 
At least that's what I was 

757
00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:59,560
taught when I was. 
We're one human family, one 

758
00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:01,440
human family. 
We just got that text message 

759
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:05,080
and from from a person who does 
not signing his last whose name 

760
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:08,720
it is, but we just got that. 
We are one human family and we 

761
00:36:08,720 --> 00:36:11,440
need to embrace that. 
And I'll continue to say this, 

762
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:15,280
our diversity is our strength. 
That is something that when we 

763
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:17,400
were doing all this stuff, we 
recently went to space, right? 

764
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:18,800
And we went, we went around the 
moon. 

765
00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:21,280
It was one of the things that 
the astronauts said they were 

766
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:24,440
looking back at Earth and they 
were like, I've never felt so 

767
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:26,440
unified. 
You're looking at this Earth and

768
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:28,760
you're just like, we're all just
here on this Earth, you know, 

769
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:32,000
it's really that simple. 
It's really that simple, so. 

770
00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:34,560
We are, and as a little kid, 
where was that? 

771
00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:39,600
Jesus loves a little children. 
He used to sing that to that one

772
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:42,400
lady. 
Red and yellow, black and white,

773
00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:44,920
they are precious in his sight. 
Jesus. 

774
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:47,920
Anyways, as maybe it's not Bible
study. 

775
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:51,560
My point is that even from a 
little kid, we were told our 

776
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:54,560
diversity is our strange. 
Oh my goodness, I don't know 

777
00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:56,160
where. 
Little children, We're not going

778
00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:59,360
to change the rules now, folks. 
Anyways, a Florida State 

779
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:02,880
Representative Angie Nixon and a
Democratic U.S. 

780
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:06,200
Senate candidate was arrested 
after taking part in a sit in 

781
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:10,240
protest at Governor Ron DeSantis
office for office over Florida's

782
00:37:10,240 --> 00:37:12,840
congressional maps. 
Nixon and several other 

783
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,640
protesters were later released 
after the demonstration. 

784
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:18,240
The protests focused on claims 
that the Florida's new 

785
00:37:18,240 --> 00:37:20,960
congressional districts aren't 
unfairly drawn to favor 

786
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,680
Republicans. 
Nixon called the maps rigged and

787
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,320
accused DeSantis and the 
Republican LED legislator of 

788
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:28,440
playing politics with people's 
lies. 

789
00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:32,160
I agree and. 
That's called good trouble. 

790
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:35,000
Yes, oh absolutely, it is 
causing good trouble right 

791
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:35,840
there. 
Right. 

792
00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:40,280
Yeah, it's a modern, modern 
saying for. 

793
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:45,480
Oh, it was so the person who's 
been texting in is Jackie over 

794
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,920
in Clearwater. 
She's been a teacher for over 35

795
00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:50,760
years for for 35 years and she 
agrees. 

796
00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:54,400
We are all children of God. 
We I completely agree. 

797
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:55,920
I'm. 
So glad that we got a teacher 

798
00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,280
out there that's doing her job 
and she knows that. 

799
00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:00,240
I'm a son of a teacher, but 
that's. 

800
00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:02,640
What I want I want a teacher 
that when she looks at her 

801
00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:06,000
classroom, she sees all her 
students equally. 

802
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,000
All of them are children of God.
Yes. 

803
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:11,000
Even if you don't believe in 
God, you can still see them as 

804
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:13,440
equal to each other. 
These are all children. 

805
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:15,200
They're just we're people. 
That's. 

806
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:17,280
It we're people, we're. 
Just people, that's it. 

807
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:19,560
People. 
All right, well, Pinellas County

808
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:22,320
Commissioner Kathleen Peters 
says she wants to stop data 

809
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:25,480
centers from being built in the 
county, citing concerns about 

810
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:27,680
rising demand for water and 
electricity. 

811
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:31,160
This is over in Pinellas County.
Peters say the said county staff

812
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:34,000
have been approached about a 
possible data center project 

813
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:37,440
somewhere along Gandy Blvd. 
though no formal proposal has 

814
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:40,120
been submitted. 
The proposed location would give

815
00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:43,920
developers easy access to water 
for evaporative cooling systems,

816
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:46,640
which could require millions of 
gallons of water a day. 

817
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:49,840
Peters argued data centers do 
not create enough jobs to 

818
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:53,000
justify their impact, saying 
data centers are not a job 

819
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,440
creator. 
She said Florida should focus 

820
00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:57,960
instead on workforce 
development, low taxes and 

821
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:00,880
maintaining a business business 
friendly climate. 

822
00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:07,440
I agree. 
I and and and and the if as long

823
00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:11,280
as it's an AI data center, I 
think that there are medical 

824
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:13,400
data centers are absolutely 
necessary. 

825
00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:17,640
You can, can, you can't, you 
can't have a medical field 

826
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:19,680
without going ahead and having 
the data center. 

827
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:21,960
You have to have that. 
But if it's for something as 

828
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:25,400
simple as AI, then I don't, I 
don't, I don't think there's a 

829
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:29,160
need for it. 
I, I, I've seen people go ahead 

830
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:32,560
and start using AI for like good
various Flyers and stuff like 

831
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:36,720
that. 
And I, I just, I don't like the 

832
00:39:36,720 --> 00:39:42,000
idea that I'm making something 
just to go ahead and waste the 

833
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,520
water when I can go ahead and 
just simply make the flyer 

834
00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:46,800
myself. 
Like I I if I wanted to 

835
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:48,960
wastewater I'll just drink a 
gallon of water a day. 

836
00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:51,280
I fully agree. 
It's been ruining communities. 

837
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:55,040
These like giant plants. 
It's it's very sad to see. 

838
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:57,760
It's also sad to see because 
it's like we're almost losing 

839
00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:00,440
faith in each other as as we're 
just talking about we're just 

840
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:02,440
humans, right? 
And now we're losing faith in 

841
00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:05,600
each other and putting so much 
weight in this technology that's

842
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:08,280
separating us. 
Even the Pope is sending he's 

843
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:10,240
just this week. 
So the Pope sent out of a. 

844
00:40:10,240 --> 00:40:13,480
Warning about AI, you know, it's
a little scary. 

845
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:15,960
I talked about it last week and 
I always say the same thing 

846
00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:17,840
because you know, I'm a sci-fi 
nut, right? 

847
00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:22,640
So I always say, why hasn't 
anybody watched any of the James

848
00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:26,680
Cameron Terminator movies? 
It doesn't end well, folks. 

849
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:30,200
There's only. 
One ending here, when AI is 

850
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:34,240
infiltrated into the computer 
system, the ending is always the

851
00:40:34,240 --> 00:40:36,480
same. 
We are removed from the 

852
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:38,120
equation. 
They don't see they're so 

853
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:40,600
addicted to the convenience. 
Everyone's so addicted to the 

854
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:43,800
convenience right now. 
Even in the even the movie 2001,

855
00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:46,000
which was a movie I couldn't 
last week I couldn't name, and 

856
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,440
we figured it out this week that
it was the computer how on board

857
00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:55,840
the ship saw humans as a virus. 
See, this is where we are 

858
00:40:55,840 --> 00:40:57,480
getting scary. 
This is where we're. 

859
00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:01,160
Getting scary threat to its 
existence so it became 

860
00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:04,000
uncooperative. 
See, this is scary. 

861
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,280
No, that's very scary. 
This is very scary. 

862
00:41:06,280 --> 00:41:08,440
It. 
Is scary it is scary because AI,

863
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:12,200
once it becomes self aware then 
we're talking about it starts to

864
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:15,680
make plans yeah you know what 
I'm saying you don't need a 

865
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:18,880
computer making plans about us 
because. 

866
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:21,080
Are y'all not scared? 
That is so scary. 

867
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:24,760
I just, I just don't like the 
the, I mean, where, where we're 

868
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:28,120
currently standing in it with 
AI, at least just using it just 

869
00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:32,360
to make a flyer or using it to 
enhance your photos or something

870
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:35,680
along those lines. 
I mean, what you knowing that 

871
00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:39,560
it's costing water? 
I mean, it, it's an it's a fact.

872
00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:40,320
It's a fact. 
It's. 

873
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:42,040
Causing water shortage in this 
place. 

874
00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:44,280
It is a massive water shortage 
happening now. 

875
00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:46,160
I know we're surrounded by 
water. 

876
00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:48,160
And but it's not drinkable 
water, but it's. 

877
00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:49,720
Not drinkable water. 
Yeah. 

878
00:41:49,720 --> 00:41:53,040
So it's we got a problem here. 
Absolutely. 

879
00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:54,800
We got a. 
Problem and we're just not. 

880
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:58,920
But again, in all these movies, 
sci-fi movies, if you watch the 

881
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:03,320
human race is warned over and 
over and over and but nobody 

882
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:04,400
listens. 
No one listens. 

883
00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:06,680
Oh, it won't happen. 
It'll be another 100 years 

884
00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:08,720
before that happens. 
Watch Wally. 

885
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:11,560
Yeah, Wally's alone. 
I loved Wally too. 

886
00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:14,880
Wally's another one. 
These movies are very 

887
00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:18,160
foretelling, right? 
And we just. 

888
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:21,880
Oh, it's just a movie. 
Well, you know, Flip Bones were 

889
00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:23,760
just a movie. 
And now we've had, we've had, we

890
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:25,880
had them, you know, it's just 
crazy. 

891
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:28,680
I don't know. 
I don't know. 

892
00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:32,320
God help us. 
Well, Senate Republicans are 

893
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:35,960
expected to drop a $1 billion 
White House security proposal 

894
00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:38,880
tied to President Donald Trump's
planned ballroom after pushback 

895
00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:41,920
from members of their own party.
The proposal had been folded 

896
00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:46,240
into a roughly $70 billion bill 
to restore funding for ICE and 

897
00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:48,920
the Border Patrol, but several 
GOP lawmakers questioned the 

898
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:51,440
timing, price tag and use of 
taxpayer money. 

899
00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:55,320
About $220 million of the 
request was tied directly to 

900
00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:58,400
security upgrades connected to 
the ballroom project, with the 

901
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:01,120
rest aimed at visitor screening,
training and other Secret 

902
00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:03,920
Service needs. 
Senate Majority Leader John 

903
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:06,760
Thune said that there were 
ongoing vote issues as 

904
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:09,280
Republicans struggled to lock 
down, support and navigate 

905
00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:11,600
Senate rules. 
Senator John Kennedy said the 

906
00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:14,520
bill was back to square one once
it became clear the votes for 

907
00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:16,360
the security funding were not 
there. 

908
00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:19,880
So I guess that's that's good 
news for you, Miss Esme I. 

909
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:23,400
Know, but I'm going to tell you 
the truth, these people are 

910
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:26,680
desperately, and I mean the 
administration is desperately 

911
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:31,760
coming up with the arch and the 
fountain and the statue and let 

912
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:35,760
me put my name on everything. 
You know, listen, regular folks 

913
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:38,400
out here are struggling. 
Yes. 

914
00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:40,960
Go to the grocery store. 
I don't want to hear. 

915
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:42,520
I don't want to hear nothing 
about no Trump. 

916
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:45,000
Forget Trump. 
Go to the grocery store. 

917
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:47,960
We got a problem. 
It's not even about politics, 

918
00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:49,400
it's about what's happening in 
front of us. 

919
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:52,400
This is regular people. 
Regular people got to feed 

920
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:55,200
themselves. 
We got the kids got to eat, 

921
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:56,760
right. 
People got to eat. 

922
00:43:56,880 --> 00:43:59,240
It is so crazy. 
Gasoline prices. 

923
00:43:59,240 --> 00:44:01,960
Oh my goodness, that is a whole 
nother. 

924
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:05,000
Up and up and it doesn't stop. 
There's no end insight. 

925
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:06,680
And it seems like they just 
don't care. 

926
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:08,880
And he says, he said the other 
day on the White House lawn, he 

927
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:11,360
goes, I don't even think about 
the prices and stuff. 

928
00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:13,480
That's not that's not something 
I worry about. 

929
00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:14,280
I. 
Saw that? 

930
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:16,120
Well, that's. 
Because you're a billionaire. 

931
00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:18,960
But the rest of us do have to 
worry about it. 

932
00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:20,800
Right, right. 
You're not in our shoes. 

933
00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:22,920
I get it, you don't think about 
it 'cause it's not your problem.

934
00:44:22,920 --> 00:44:24,440
But he should be thinking about 
it. 

935
00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:27,880
Created this problem. 
But he should be thinking about 

936
00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:29,400
it. 
Bringing up Biden, I said 

937
00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:31,920
Biden's not in office, folks, 
right? 

938
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:34,320
I ain't seen Biden in that 
office in a good minute. 

939
00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:37,560
You're the only one making these
decisions. 

940
00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:40,160
Why are you trying to deflect? 
Why are you trying to deflect? 

941
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:42,240
I don't it is so wild. 
We got a problem. 

942
00:44:42,240 --> 00:44:45,920
I'm going to tell you the price 
of food is really bad and it's 

943
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:49,200
getting super bad and regular 
people cannot, you know, regular

944
00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:52,240
people are struggling the. 
Price of survival, actually, 

945
00:44:52,240 --> 00:44:53,520
yeah, survival. 
It's great. 

946
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:56,320
The rent prices every. 
I don't know, the prices of food

947
00:44:56,320 --> 00:44:58,600
keeps going up, but my hunger 
doesn't go down. 

948
00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:00,040
That. 
Part. 

949
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:01,840
You know what I'm saying? 
Oh my God, my. 

950
00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:03,840
Hunger ain't going down. 
Like right now. 

951
00:45:03,840 --> 00:45:05,960
I'm sitting here thinking, man, 
I would like me a good good old 

952
00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:09,280
meatball sub. 
I'd like a good old juicy 

953
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:12,280
meatball sub right now. 
I know you like your balls. 

954
00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:15,600
Anyways. 
WWE wrestler Ludwig Ludwig 

955
00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:19,080
Kaiser, whose real name is 
Marcel Barthel, was arrested 

956
00:45:19,080 --> 00:45:21,800
after Orlando police say he 
attacked a neighbor following a 

957
00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:25,800
confrontation in an apartment 
elevator near Lake Eola. 

958
00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:30,040
Eola Police say the victim 
complained after seeing Barthel 

959
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:35,320
and a woman aggressively kissing
and act on acting uncontrollably

960
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:38,880
intimate inside the elevator. 
According to the arrest 

961
00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:42,200
affidavit, the the victim told 
the couple to please have some 

962
00:45:42,200 --> 00:45:44,600
manners after getting off the 
elevator. 

963
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:48,040
Investigators say Barthel then 
punched the man several times, 

964
00:45:48,240 --> 00:45:51,360
pushed him to the ground outside
of the elevator on the 12th 

965
00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:54,280
floor of the building. 
Officers reported seeing fresh 

966
00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:56,800
scratches and redness on the 
back of the victim's head that 

967
00:45:56,880 --> 00:46:00,960
match the account of a physical 
fight as may Have you ever been 

968
00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:03,920
uncontrollably intimate inside 
of an elevator? 

969
00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:11,360
No, but I, I can understand that
when you're so physically 

970
00:46:11,360 --> 00:46:14,440
attracted to someone. 
When I was really young, I 

971
00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:17,080
remember being, you know, being 
with men that I was very 

972
00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:20,000
physically attracted to and we'd
be making out. 

973
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:22,920
And sometimes you just can't 
stop yourself, you know what I 

974
00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:23,480
mean? 
It just. 

975
00:46:23,560 --> 00:46:25,440
I can understand it. 
I, I just, yeah. 

976
00:46:25,640 --> 00:46:28,120
But I but we, we gotta act like 
adults, folks. 

977
00:46:28,120 --> 00:46:29,760
Right. 
You know, it's, it's back to 

978
00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:31,280
that. 
What's wrong with people? 

979
00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:33,840
I was literally thinking that as
we're as he's reading you like 

980
00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:37,000
what's wrong with you? 
I understand you're hot for each

981
00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:40,960
other, but come on man. 
Respect for others. 

982
00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:43,280
Respect for others. 
So I get it. 

983
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:46,800
But but, but I'm not now who, 
who, who caused the act of 

984
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:50,440
violence the guy did. 
Yeah, the guy said to have some 

985
00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:52,960
manners and then you attacked 
him and then the wrestler 

986
00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:53,360
attacked. 
Him. 

987
00:46:53,400 --> 00:46:56,040
OK, so I'm gonna tell you now, 
folks, you know, I have a line 

988
00:46:56,040 --> 00:46:59,400
and I'm gonna, and I say it all 
the time and I, and I say this, 

989
00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:04,080
keep your hands to yourself. 
Don't put your hands on folks, 

990
00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:07,160
'cause I'm telling you, these 
folks are carrying guns. 

991
00:47:07,160 --> 00:47:10,320
These folks will fight back. 
People are not playing anymore. 

992
00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:13,560
Leave folks alone. 
I understand that you don't like

993
00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:14,920
what they're doing. 
I get it. 

994
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:17,800
It's very uncomfortable. 
Report them. 

995
00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:20,200
There's gotta be enough, but 
keep your hands. 

996
00:47:20,320 --> 00:47:23,400
What happened to just like a 
dirty look or just like like a 

997
00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:26,480
side eye or? 
Like or just say or 'cause I 

998
00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:28,360
would have said ladies, y'all 
really need to get a room. 

999
00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:30,440
Or that part. 
Yes, seriously honest and 

1000
00:47:30,440 --> 00:47:33,200
seriously. 
This is this is uncalled for in 

1001
00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:35,440
a public place. 
Yeah, you know, I can see that. 

1002
00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:39,600
I I was speaking to an Uber 
driver the other day, but he was

1003
00:47:39,600 --> 00:47:43,360
telling me that he can't count 
the times that people have 

1004
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:45,600
attempted to have sex in the 
back seat of his car. 

1005
00:47:46,040 --> 00:47:49,440
Oh my goodness. 
And I thought to myself, really?

1006
00:47:49,640 --> 00:47:55,040
He goes yeah, he said, yeah, I 
said male and female goes male 

1007
00:47:55,040 --> 00:47:59,200
and female, sometimes two women,
sometimes two men and. 

1008
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:01,120
We talked about this last week. 
Oh yeah. 

1009
00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:06,760
Oh wow, this is the hot topic. 
I mean, come on, I don't know. 

1010
00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:07,960
I'd never even thought of a 
thing. 

1011
00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:10,800
I never even thought people were
people were trying to get get a 

1012
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:11,360
room. 
Seriously. 

1013
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:15,120
Like an adult be. 
Respectful. 

1014
00:48:15,320 --> 00:48:17,600
I want to go ahead and make sure
to give a special shout out to 

1015
00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:23,840
Deborah Brown who's over in it 
doesn't say anyways, she's goes 

1016
00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:27,000
to Allendale United Methodist 
Church and they have a drag 

1017
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:30,920
service every 5th Sunday. 
And they said it is fabulous and

1018
00:48:30,920 --> 00:48:36,040
that Pastor Andy Oliver will 
marry gay couples and that they 

1019
00:48:36,040 --> 00:48:39,200
are a church for everyone. 
And I love Pastor Andy. 

1020
00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:41,920
We've had him on the show. 
We it was, I think it was during

1021
00:48:41,920 --> 00:48:44,720
Christmas. 
And no, I completely agree. 

1022
00:48:47,600 --> 00:48:50,120
Yes, it's a nice demeanor about 
him. 

1023
00:48:50,120 --> 00:48:52,720
Very intelligent voice too. 
Very intelligent. 

1024
00:48:52,720 --> 00:48:55,640
I'm so loud and boisterous and 
he was so calm and reassured. 

1025
00:48:55,640 --> 00:48:58,040
I'm happy to hear from someone 
in the church though, you know? 

1026
00:48:58,040 --> 00:48:59,800
Yeah, that's, I love that. 
I love that. 

1027
00:49:00,040 --> 00:49:02,720
Yeah, I think I I love that. 
I love that. 

1028
00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:04,560
But we got one more time. 
I got time. 

1029
00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:06,560
Forget that to do the review on 
The Mandalorian. 

1030
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:09,080
Do you want to do that? 
Well, we've only got 6 minutes. 

1031
00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:10,600
Well, let me do The Mandalorian 
right now. 

1032
00:49:10,640 --> 00:49:14,200
Yeah, The Mandalorian and Grogu,
which is just the cutest little 

1033
00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:16,400
movie. 
It's almost like a kids movie. 

1034
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:18,160
Is it in theaters right now? 
Yeah, it is. 

1035
00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:21,000
I know that people are have 
they're saying that it should. 

1036
00:49:21,240 --> 00:49:24,520
It's almost like a it's not TVI 
think it's it's a good movie. 

1037
00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:27,000
I liked it. 
And you can take the kids to go 

1038
00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:28,720
see it. 
That's good to know. 

1039
00:49:28,720 --> 00:49:30,280
It is. 
I haven't seen is there are 

1040
00:49:30,280 --> 00:49:33,240
there more of these or? 
There's like ATV show, right? 

1041
00:49:33,240 --> 00:49:35,400
OK, OK. 
But I'm gonna tell you, Grogu is

1042
00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:37,960
just adorable. 
He's just a little tiny Yoda 

1043
00:49:37,960 --> 00:49:42,360
like figure, but he's just so 
listen, Disney does a great job 

1044
00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:44,080
with these characters. 
I. 

1045
00:49:44,200 --> 00:49:46,880
They give them the eyes, and 
they put the little glimmer in 

1046
00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:48,640
their eyes. 
And their little hand and the 

1047
00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:52,200
little purry, he goes, he's a 
little sound that he makes. 

1048
00:49:52,600 --> 00:49:54,640
And he said, oh, he kind of hops
around. 

1049
00:49:54,840 --> 00:49:56,920
And when he walks, he walks with
a little shuffle. 

1050
00:49:57,040 --> 00:49:59,520
It's endearing, his. 
Little legs are so short, you 

1051
00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:03,560
know, but he tries his little 
spaceship and he's just so cute.

1052
00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:07,840
I saw man, I'm telling you, that
little character is just so 

1053
00:50:07,840 --> 00:50:11,600
loving and adorable and and the 
Mandalorian is a is a great 

1054
00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:15,120
character. 
He's brave and he's loyal and 

1055
00:50:15,120 --> 00:50:18,520
he's a little bit of a rebel and
a little bit rebellious. 

1056
00:50:18,520 --> 00:50:21,840
You know, I, I enjoyed it a lot.
I thought it was a great escape 

1057
00:50:21,840 --> 00:50:23,400
movie. 
Definitely go see it. 

1058
00:50:24,080 --> 00:50:27,480
And by the way, that movie that 
I reviewed last week, Obsession,

1059
00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:29,800
it's doing really good in the 
movie theaters. 

1060
00:50:31,240 --> 00:50:33,640
But we still got time for what 
this last topic, and it is 

1061
00:50:33,640 --> 00:50:36,600
because a quick one. 
The TSA has quietly updated its 

1062
00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:40,040
policy to allow passengers to 
travel with doctor prescribed 

1063
00:50:40,040 --> 00:50:42,960
medical marijuana in both carry 
on and checked bags. 

1064
00:50:43,160 --> 00:50:45,920
The change matters because 
marijuana is still illegal under

1065
00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:49,160
federal law, even though medical
cannabis is legal in 40 States 

1066
00:50:49,160 --> 00:50:52,440
and Washington, DC. 
TSA says its officers are 

1067
00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:55,200
focused on security threats, not
searching for drugs during 

1068
00:50:55,200 --> 00:50:57,280
screenings. 
But if agents find what they 

1069
00:50:57,280 --> 00:51:00,320
believe is an illegal substance 
or evidence of a crime, they can

1070
00:51:00,320 --> 00:51:03,080
still refer travellers to law 
enforcement. 

1071
00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:06,720
This policy comes as the Trump 
administration moved to 

1072
00:51:06,720 --> 00:51:09,160
reclassify marijuana as a 
Schedule 3 drug. 

1073
00:51:09,160 --> 00:51:12,960
Excuse me, Schedule 3 drug 
recognizing accepted medical 

1074
00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:16,440
uses. 
I actually, I went up to, I, I'm

1075
00:51:16,440 --> 00:51:17,920
not going to do it. 
I would never do it. 

1076
00:51:17,920 --> 00:51:21,640
I am not getting on no plane. 
I wouldn't get on a plane with 

1077
00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:23,760
aspirin at this point. 
I wouldn't do it either. 

1078
00:51:23,760 --> 00:51:25,480
I wouldn't do it either. 
Nope. 

1079
00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:27,480
Nope. 
But when I went up to Ohio, I 

1080
00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:32,040
did consider bringing a vape, 
but I didn't, I didn't, I'll put

1081
00:51:32,040 --> 00:51:32,400
that up. 
I'm. 

1082
00:51:32,680 --> 00:51:34,200
Not even bringing cough 
medicine, but I will. 

1083
00:51:34,520 --> 00:51:39,800
Since it is legal, I will say 
when I went up to Ohio and then 

1084
00:51:39,800 --> 00:51:43,320
when I came back, I was 
unpacking my suitcase and there 

1085
00:51:43,320 --> 00:51:47,920
was a vape that I left in my 
suitcase that went through TSA 

1086
00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:52,680
both ways, both ways, both ways.
And yeah, so I was very 

1087
00:51:52,680 --> 00:51:54,400
surprised that I didn't get 
stopped. 

1088
00:51:55,440 --> 00:51:58,840
And it was actually in one of 
the pockets of a backpack, like 

1089
00:51:58,840 --> 00:52:00,920
one of the side cup holder 
pockets. 

1090
00:52:01,120 --> 00:52:02,520
So you would think that they 
would have checked it. 

1091
00:52:02,520 --> 00:52:04,360
You know what they? 
Didn't care when I flew to Saint

1092
00:52:04,360 --> 00:52:06,640
Louis a few years, not Saint 
Louis, Kentucky a few years 

1093
00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:08,240
back. 
You know, they put me to that 

1094
00:52:08,240 --> 00:52:13,280
search thing and they had to 
search me twice because they 

1095
00:52:13,280 --> 00:52:16,400
thought I had an object. 
Well, they they also they had. 

1096
00:52:16,400 --> 00:52:19,200
An an object. 
An object, I can't say what it 

1097
00:52:19,200 --> 00:52:21,200
is on the air, but you have to 
figure it out. 

1098
00:52:21,200 --> 00:52:23,320
But yeah. 
They also had to search me as 

1099
00:52:23,320 --> 00:52:25,880
well, but they didn't search me 
for the weed, which was really 

1100
00:52:25,880 --> 00:52:27,080
strange. 
And by the way, I want to put 

1101
00:52:27,080 --> 00:52:29,760
this out there medical marijuana
patient just letting everybody 

1102
00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:33,160
know. 
But yeah, no, they they, they 

1103
00:52:33,160 --> 00:52:38,440
searched me both ways and patted
me down, but it they didn't 

1104
00:52:38,440 --> 00:52:39,800
check my bag. 
Yeah. 

1105
00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:41,640
And this is from state to state 
like. 

1106
00:52:41,800 --> 00:52:44,200
From here to Ohio From here to 
Ohio, I'm. 

1107
00:52:44,200 --> 00:52:46,800
Just going to tell you when 
you're unsure about something, 

1108
00:52:46,840 --> 00:52:48,080
just don't do. 
It don't do it. 

1109
00:52:48,320 --> 00:52:51,040
I wouldn't bring cough medicine 
on a damn up like. 

1110
00:52:51,120 --> 00:52:52,720
Wake it up, I'm. 
Telling you I wouldn't do it. 

1111
00:52:52,720 --> 00:52:54,880
I just wouldn't. 
I'm not risking nothing. 

1112
00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:58,320
You know, things right now are 
so crazy in this country that I 

1113
00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:00,040
don't want to. 
We don't need attention on us 

1114
00:53:00,040 --> 00:53:00,600
that we don't. 
Need. 

1115
00:53:00,800 --> 00:53:02,680
I don't want to create any 
problems for myself that I don't

1116
00:53:02,680 --> 00:53:03,760
need to. 
Well Esme, what? 

1117
00:53:03,840 --> 00:53:05,720
What topics are we going to talk
about on the after show? 

1118
00:53:06,360 --> 00:53:09,200
Well, I don't have any topics 
for the after. 

1119
00:53:09,440 --> 00:53:11,640
Show no I got. 
You're the one. 

1120
00:53:11,800 --> 00:53:13,200
Oh, he's got plenty. 
I got plenty. 

1121
00:53:13,240 --> 00:53:17,280
I got a man arrested after 
calling 911 to report zombies, 

1122
00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:22,200
ghosts and UFOs. 
I also have a family accusing 

1123
00:53:22,240 --> 00:53:26,920
Amazon that is saying that the 
urn that they were sent may have

1124
00:53:26,920 --> 00:53:29,480
had somebody else's ashes in. 
It. 

1125
00:53:30,320 --> 00:53:34,040
We're going to talk about that. 
We have Southwest Airlines doing

1126
00:53:34,040 --> 00:53:36,880
something that Esme would like 
them to continue to do, which is

1127
00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:42,480
banning human like robots. 
No, I robot here. 

1128
00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:47,320
And we also got we got Miley 
Cyrus receiving a a star on the 

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Hollywood Walk of Fame. 
Love it. 

1130
00:53:49,800 --> 00:53:53,560
But Lexi, thank you so much for 
coming into the studio. 

1131
00:53:53,560 --> 00:53:56,200
Where can people find more 
information about you and your 

1132
00:53:56,200 --> 00:53:58,920
social media? 
Having me yes, I am the Lexi 

1133
00:53:58,920 --> 00:54:01,560
long on Instagram, all my social
medias. 

1134
00:54:01,560 --> 00:54:06,240
I have a Facebook. 
She's actually not funny enough.

1135
00:54:06,280 --> 00:54:09,880
I never even knew about Tasha 
long until I moved here because 

1136
00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:12,080
my my name I just made because I
loved the name. 

1137
00:54:12,520 --> 00:54:13,960
But yeah, I would love to meet 
her. 

1138
00:54:14,160 --> 00:54:15,840
I would love to meet her. 
Tasha is an amazing. 

1139
00:54:15,880 --> 00:54:17,440
Person. 
I wonder if she would approve of

1140
00:54:17,440 --> 00:54:18,200
me. 
She would. 

1141
00:54:18,320 --> 00:54:19,640
She would. 
Oh, she would. 

1142
00:54:20,600 --> 00:54:22,560
She seems lovely. 
Well, we got all that and more 

1143
00:54:22,560 --> 00:54:24,440
coming up on the Big Gay After 
Show. 

1144
00:54:24,440 --> 00:54:27,560
But if first, if you haven't 
heard it already, you are loved,

1145
00:54:27,560 --> 00:54:30,080
you are appreciated and we thank
you so much for your support of 

1146
00:54:30,080 --> 00:54:32,520
WMNF Tampa and the Big Gay Radio
Show. 

1147
00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:35,400
Esme, I love you. 
Thank you so much for joining us

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00:54:35,720 --> 00:54:37,360
and we hope you have a wonderful
rest of your day. 

1149
00:54:37,360 --> 00:54:39,000
We'll see you next time. 
Bye. 

1150
00:54:42,520 --> 00:54:46,720
This has been the big gay radio 
show on 88.5 WMNF Tampa. 

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Remember to stay kind and 
prideful, Tampa Bay.