'I realized drag is this huge vehicle for activism.'
Fifth-generation Denver native Josh Miller, who performs in drag as, discovered his passion for political activism after moving to Greenwood Village as a preteen."I grew up in Denver until I was about eleven, then my parents moved out to Greenwood Village, which, unbeknownst to me at the time, was very Republican and very Christian conservative," he recalls.
Miller left Colorado after high school to attend the University of Vermont, and found his views reflected in the ideology of Vermont's newly elected senator, Bernie Sanders."Bernie Sanders had just been elected from the House to the Senate, and I was like, 'Who is this old Jewish liberal man spouting off everything that I love? And people are voting for him? And there's gays walking around in Tevas?' So I became even more politically involved," Miller explains.
"That really brought into perspective for me how women are treated in politics," Miller reflects."It was amazing to me that Diana would pass a bill regarding FDA regulations to allow more medicine to get to the market, and people would still comment on her outfits. That also got me involved in the pro-choice movement. I really believe in the domino theory — that if those [rights] fall, gay rights are next, followed by civil rights.
Arredondo, the club's event manager at the time, agreed, and Miller went on stage in drag as Laura Menorah for the first time, with a face painted by Denver drag artist Jessica L'Whor."I did the first thing a typical guy does in a dress: I moved my shoulders forward, and the whole zipper just snapped," he remembers with a laugh.
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