by Ella Johnson, MLC class of 2025; published in The Spectator World.
June 26, 2024
A group of around thirty people gathered on the lawn of the United States Capitol Building to hear speeches from three drag queens on Tuesday.
MoveOn Political Action organized the event to champion the Equality Act and the Transgender Bill of Rights. The lobbying day came at the heels of the new polling that a “healthy majority of Americans across the political spectrum support federal legislation protecting LGBTQ+ individuals.”
Jiggly Caliente spoke first, addressing her gratitude for being on RuPaul’s Drag Race and for the blessing of being able to be your true self. “I have always known that I was living in a shell that didn’t align with my soul,” she said. Jiggly, or Bianca, accused politicians of blocking local and up-and-coming drag queens from making money. Jiggly’s net worth was at $1.5 million in 2021.