“Shade is I don't tell you you're ugly but I don't have to tell you because you know you're ugly ... and that's shade.”Tagged: shade, ugly
“I always had hopes of being a big star. But as you get older, you aim a little lower. Everybody wants to make an impression, some mark upon the world. Then you think, you've made a mark on the world if you just get through it, and a few people remember your name. Then you've left a mark. You don't…”Tagged: Pay Your Dues, Stardom
“When they're undetectable and they can walk out of that ballroom into the sunlight and onto the subway and get home, and still have all their clothes and no blood running off their bodies—those are the femme realness queens... and usually its a category for young queens.”Tagged: Drag Queens, Ballroom
“You get in a smart crack, and everyone laughs and kikis because you've found a flaw and exaggerated it, then you've got a good read going.”Tagged: Smart Crack, Kikis
“In real life you can't get a job as an executive unless you have the educational background and the opportunity. Now, the fact that you are not an executive is merely because of the social standing of life. Black people have a hard time getting anywhere and those that do are usually straight. In a…”Tagged: Black People, Homophobia