Episode 330: Toxic Love

This week on Blocked and Reported, Jesse and Katie discuss how RuPaul made drag mainstream, the legend of problematic queen Sharon Needles, and the Pittsburgh drag bar caught in an accidental blackface scandal. Plus, a fond farewell to the Last Ditch. Village Underground with Jeff Maurer Next In Line Comedy with Jeff Maurer RuPaul Apologizes for Drag Race “She-Male” Segment in Response to Transphobia Criticisms—Slate Dragged Into Debate: Reality-TV Fame Puts Spotlight on Sharon Needles’ Controversial Act—Pittsburgh City Paper Sharon Needles’ Racist Aftermath—HuffPost World of Wonder: Get Sharon Needles’ Title Revoked—Change.org Something Wicked This Way Comes: The Sharon Needles Controversy—Queer Space Magazine Queer/Bar Re-Opens This Weekend With Sapphira Cristal—Seattle Gay Scene After Blackface at Blue Moon, black Performers Are Asking Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ Community to Do More Than Be Outraged—QBurgh Hexxus “Toxic Love” Open Stage Performance—Facebook $20 Million Suit Says Bay Area School Forced Boys Out Over Face Mask Photo—San Francisco Chronicle This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.blockedandreported.org/subscribe