While the history books will show that in 1993 Bill Clinton became the 42nd POTUS, the fact that a Black drag queen had registered as a candidate for the highest office in the US has widely been forgotten.
“If a bad actor can be president, why not a good drag queen?” – Don’t be fooled by the sense of humor, when Terence Alan Smith (under his drag alter ego Joan Jett Blakk) decided to run, at the height of the AIDS crisis, it was to bring visibility to communities that did not have a voice.
With The Beauty President, director/editor Whitney Skauge paints a touching and empowering portrait of an important figure in gay rights history. Read on…