Carolyn Kaster/AP Show More Show Less 13 of50 Trixy Valentine, aka Jacob Kelley, performs to "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by the Charlie Daniels Band during the "Spring Fever Drag Brunch," Sunday, March 26, 2023, at the Kulpmont Winery in Kulpmont, Pa. Kelley is an LGBTQ+ activist and educator with a masters in human sexuality. Trixy and twin Harpy Daniels, aka Joshua Kelley, are performing at the Rainbow Special Interest Group of NAFSA: Association of International Educators reception at Pitchers and a League of Her Own bar across town. Carolyn Kaster/AP Show More Show Less 12 of50 Drag queen Trixy Valentine, aka Jacob Kelley, in a red wig and finished makeup at the Washington Marriott Georgetown, in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Trixy, aka Jacob Kelley, and twin Harpy Daniels, aka Joshua Kelley, are performing at the Rainbow Special Interest Group of NAFSA: Association of International Educators reception at Pitchers and a League of Her Own bar across town. Carolyn Kaster/AP Show More Show Lessġ0 of50 11 of50 Drag queen Trixy Valentine's eye makeup of fake lashes, rhinestones and glitter is reflected in a bathroom mirror at the Washington Marriott Georgetown, in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. My goal is for everyone in the Daniels family to never forget our roots.” Carolyn Kaster/AP Show More Show Less 9 of50 Drag queen Trixy Valentine, aka Jacob Kelley, ties tights around their head before applying makeup, or "painting" at Washington Marriott Georgetown, in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. It took me a while to find someone who showed they had the drive, the talent, and still able to be humble. Tequila talks about her drag daughters, "I was lucky to befriend and become the drag mother of the most talented and humble girls I know, Harpy Daniels and Trixy Valentine. Carolyn Kaster/AP Show More Show Less 8 of50 Drag queen Tequila Daniels, aka Tony Nahodil, poses for a photograph before the "Daniels Family Values" drag show at the Heritage Restaurant in Shamokin, Pa., Saturday, April 16, 2022. Carolyn Kaster/AP Show More Show Less 7 of50 Drag queen Alexus Daniels, dressed as Dolly Parton, poses for selfie photos with audience members as she performs at "Spring Fever Drag Brunch," Sunday, March 26, 2023, at the Kulpmont Winery in Kulpmont, Pa. Navy to do outreach to the LGBTQ+ community. A petty officer first class, Kelley was named a "digital ambassador" by the U.S. Carolyn Kaster/AP Show More Show Lessĥ of50 6 of50 A waitress pauses with plates of food as drag queen Harpy Daniels, aka Joshua Kelley, poses for a photograph taken by Ryan Geiger, right, before the "Daniels Family Values" drag show at the Heritage Restaurant in Shamokin, Pa., Saturday, April 16, 2022. Performances by the drag family are popular in bars, restaurants, bingo halls and garden parties in this slice of coal country even as politicians act to restrict them. Carolyn Kaster/AP Show More Show Less 4 of50 Harpy Daniels, aka Joshua Kelley, collects tips from a cheering audience during the "Daniels Family Values" drag show at the Heritage Restaurant in Shamokin, Pa., Saturday, April 16, 2022. The drag bunch was hosted by Harpy Daniels and Javon Love. Carolyn Kaster/AP Show More Show Less 3 of50 Javon Love, right, performs with Baby Angel, doing the splits, during "Mimosas & Heels Drag Brunch" at the Public House, Sunday, March 5, 2023, in Norfolk, Va. Daniels, the drag family matriarch, was the child of a coal miner and textile worker who was "born with a female spirit." She works at the local hospital as an MRI aide tech. Carolyn Kaster/AP Show More Show Less 2 of50 Drag queen Alexus Daniels lip-syncs to "Heart of Glass" by Blondie as she sits on the lap of a smiling and consenting audience member and others take photos during the "Daniels Family Values" drag show at the Heritage Restaurant in Shamokin, Pa., Saturday, April 16, 2022. Lawmakers in many red states are pushing to restrict drag, yet deep in Pennsylvania coal country, performers in the Daniels drag family are firmly woven in the fabric of the larger community. They are, from left, Xander Valentine, aka Gwen Bobbie Harpy Daniels, aka Joshua Kelley Alexus Daniels, Tequila Daniels, aka Tony Nahodil, and Trixy Valentine, aka Jacob Kelley. 1 of50 Members of the Daniels drag family pose for a photograph during their "Daniels Family Values" drag show at the Heritage Restaurant in Shamokin, Pa., Saturday, April 16, 2022.
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