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Drag queen Michelle Michaels stands in the street outside of The Herritage Tap Room and Bottle Shop in Kinston, North Carolina before hosting a drag brunch event. The non-profit ENC Pride began organizing drag events in this rural community in February 2020. ENC Pride Vice-President and The Herritage owner Laurie Anderson explains that she wanted to make a space where people 脪feel like they can be themselves and not be judged脫 in a town that might not always feel inclusive to members of the LGBTQ community.

瓜神app

In A Small NC Town, Drag Brunches Fight To Challenge A Traditionally Conservative Community's Views

Madeline Gray

For 瓜神app, photographer Madeline Gray documented a drag brunch in Kinston. Gray spent time with some of the performers in this rural North Carolina town to see how they're striving to build an inclusive space in this traditionally conservative community.

Brendan Francis Newnam and Rico Gagliano

Arts & Culture

Dinner Parties Are Great, But 'Brunch Is Hell'

Anita Rao

Brendan Francis Newnam and Rico Gagliano are experts at hosting dinner parties, or at least virtual ones. As the hosts of the podcast and radio show鈥�

Arts & Culture

Dinner Parties Are Great, But 'Brunch Is Hell'

Anita Rao

Brendan Francis Newnam and Rico Gagliano are experts at hosting dinner parties, or at least virtual ones. As the hosts of the podcast and radio show鈥�