We're Here (2020) s02e07 Episode Script
Kona, Hawaii
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[WAVES CRASHING]
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Eureka: WE'RE HERE.
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Eureka: ALOHA.
WE'RE HERE EVERYBODY.
HI.
Shangela: WE'RE HERE IN THE
RAIN.
Eureka: HI.
MOOD IS CUZ SHE'S GOT HER WATER
SHOE ON BITCH.
Shangela: HELLO.
HI.
SHE'S IN A FLAT, DON'T WORRY.
I LIKE THIS.
THIS IS VERY GAY.
I LIVE.
OH, I LOVE HOW YOUR
UMBRELLA MATCHES YOUR SHIRT.
THAT'S FABULOUS.
Bob: HI.
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
Shangela: THAT SAYS SURFIN
ASS.
Bob: AND IT GOT DONKEY BALLS
DOWN THERE.
Shangela: WHAT?
KIA, BUT KEOKIES.
Eureka: IT'S THE CHOCOLATE
FACTORY.
OH MY GOD!
THEY'VE GOT A WATER SLIDE.
Shangela: GIRL WE'RE GONNA
HAVE TO SUCTION OFF SOME TRAY.
Eureka: CAN WE GO DOWN THE
WATER SLIDE?
Shangela: OH NO, DON'
SUCTION THE TRADE.
NEVER MIND.
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Eureka: WE'RE IN LITERALLY MY
FAVORITE PLACE IN THE WORLD,
HAWAII.
Shangela: WE'RE IN KONA ON
THE BIG ISLAND.
ALOHALLELOO.
Bob: EVERY DIRECTION YOU LOOK
THERE'S WATER.
Eureka: YOU CAN JUST FEEL THE
ENERGY OF THE LAND; IT IS
TROPICAL PARADISE.
Bob: I'VE BEEN TO HONOLULU,
IT'S A LOT MORE QUIET ON THIS
ISLAND.
A LOT LESS PEOPLE, LESS TRAFFIC,
LESS EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE
GOATS, WAY MORE GOATS.
KONA'S A SMALL TOWN.
Shangela: THERE IS THOUGH A
BEACH THAT THEY CALL LIKE THE
GAY BEACH, I WENT THERE, SIX
PEOPLE.
LOOK IF THERE IS A STRONG GAY
PRESENCE IN KONA I HAVE NOT SEEN
IT.
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I GREW UP IN NORTH
KUHALA, WHICH IS THE NORTHERN
MOST PART OF THIS ISLAND.
IT'S A VERY SMALL TOWN.
BUT I GREW UP IMMERSED IN
HAWAIIAN CULTURE.
AS A GAY KID I GOT CALLED MAHU,
I GOT CALLED FAG A LOT.
IT WAS THE LATE EIGHTIES AND
EARLY NINETIES AND EVERYTHING
THAT I KNEW ABOUT BEING GAY
FROM WHEN I WAS A KID WAS
SHAPED BY THE AIDS EPIDEMIC.
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT A FLOURISHING
LIFE AS A GAY MAN COULD
POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE.
WHAT I UNDERSTOOD AS BEING A GAY
MAN IS THAT I'M GONNA GET AIDS
AND I'M GONNA DIE.
I WORK IN HIV CARE AND
PREVENTION AND I FEEL LIKE THA
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MY PATH
BECAUSE ALL OF THE WORK THAT I
DO NOW IS TRYING TO UNDO THOSE
YEARS OF MENTAL ANGUISH.
Eureka: KNOCK, KNOCK, ALOHA.
OOH, HI.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
Eureka: NICE TO MEET YOU,
TOO.
I'M EUREKA OBVIOUSLY.
SO WHAT'S
YOUR NAME?
I'M KEKOA.
Eureka: KEKOA, DID I SAY THA
RIGHT?
YES, YES YOU DID,
PERFECT.
Eureka: KEKOA.
YES.
Eureka: WHAT WAS IT LIKE
GROWING UP HERE?
UM, GENERALLY GOOD, I
LOVE MY HOME, I LOVE THE
COMMUNITIES THAT I'M IN EVEN
WHEN THEY'RE REALLY HARD TO
LOVE.
IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY I
MEAN PEOPLE KNOW YOUR
BUSINESS BEFORE YOU'VE SAID
ANYTHING.
Eureka: SMALL TOWN ENERGY.
EXACTLY.
I STRUGGLED GROWING UP
IN A SMALL TOWN YOU KNOW, I
REMEMBER REALLY DISTINCTLY
SEEING THE NEWS AND SEEING
PEOPLE SIGN WAIVING ABOUT YOU
KNOW HOMOSEXUALITY IS A SIN
AND GAY PEOPLE GET AIDS AND
THEY DIE AND THAT WAS MY WHOLE
CONCEPT OF WHAT BEING GAY WAS
AND SO I DIDN'T WANT TO BE GAY.
IT'S HARD BECAUSE YOU
SEE PEOPLE FROM YOUR OWN
COMMUNITY SAYING THESE THINGS
THAT ARE REALLY HATEFUL BU
IT'S PASSED OFF AND DISMISSED AS
SOMETHING DIFFERENT RIGHT.
IN OUR CULTURE I, I
IDENTIFY AS MAHU I MEAN IT'S
LIKE, IT'S LIKE HAVING A FOOT IN
BOTH WORLDS.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH LIKE, NOT LIKE
AN ORIENTATION BUT MORE GENDER.
SO WE HAVE YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO
YOU KNOW ARE BORN MALE BUT THEY
IDENTIFY AS FEMALE AND THEY'LL,
THEY WOULD BE MAHU.
OR EVEN PEOPLE WHO
JUST KIND OF HAVE LIKE A
FLUIDITY TO THEM AND GO BETWEEN
BOTH WHICH WOULD BE MORE LIKE ME
I GUESS, YEAH.
Eureka: MAHU, I LOVE THAT.
YEAH.
Eureka: SO, HAVE YOU EVER
DONE DRAG?
I HAVE.
Eureka: YOU HAVE?
I HAVE.
I DID DRAG FROM ABOU
2005 UNTIL LIKE TWO
THOUSAND ELEVEN.
Eureka: OH REALLY?
BUT I SPENT A LOT OF
TIME HOLDING UP THE WALL AT THE
BAR SO YOU KNOW.
Eureka: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
I, OH MY GOD, I, I DRANK
LIKE CRAZY SO AT THE END OF THE
ARE GONE, LIKE.
Eureka: OKAY, SO SHE GO
WILD?
YEAH, SHE GOT WILD.
IT, I GOT SUCH BAD STAGE FRIGH
WHICH IS WHY I DRANK ALL THE
TIME AND SO I'M, ALL THE
PERFORMANCE I EVER DID I WAS
USUALLY HAMMERED.
Eureka: REALLY?
LIKE YEAH.
WHEN I LOOK BACK ON IT I WISH I
WOULD HAVE COMMITTED MORE TO THE
PERFORMANCE AND THE LOOK AND
ALL OF THAT AND YOU KNOW.
Eureka: IS THERE A PART OF
YOUR STORY THAT YOU WANT TO TELL
DURING THIS PERFORMANCE?
WHAT IS IT?
WHAT I WOULD REALLY
LOVE TO SHARE IS MY, MY JOURNEY
OF RECOVERY.
I'VE BEEN CLEAN AND
SOBER SINCE JULY TWENTY FOURTH
OF 2015.
THAT HAS, IS WHAT HAS GIVEN ME
THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE MY LIFE
IN SUCH MAGNIFICENT WAYS THAT I
COULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED
BEFORE.
AFTER I DID FIND MY WAY
TO A NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS
MEETING I'VE CONNECTED WITH MY
KULEANA OR MY RESPONSIBILITY
BECAUSE I'M SOBER.
I'M HOPING TO REALLY
PROVE TO MYSELF THAT I, THAT MY
JOURNEY IS COMING FULL CIRCLE
AND THAT I CAN DO THINGS THAT I
USED TO DO, BUT DO THEM SOBER.
Eureka: SO THIS IS LIKE
YOU'RE A BRAND NEW QUEEN.
RIGHT.
CUZ I HAVEN'T DONE
DRAG MY ENTIRE RECOVERY I HAVE
NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT AND THA
KIND OF SCARES ME A LITTLE BIT.
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I HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PLACE
IN MY HEART FOR KONA.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO
DESCRIBE IT BUT THERE'S THIS
MAGIC ON THE ISLAND.
IT'S MY HOMETOWN AND WHILE I'M
NOT NATIVE HAWAIIAN BY BLOOD I
REALLY ADVOCATE FOR THE
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY BECAUSE
THERE'S SO MUCH THAT IS SACRED
ON THIS ISLAND.
I HAVE PERFORMED CONSISTENTLY IN
KONA FROM EVEN MY CHILDHOOD ALL
THE WAY THROUGH TEEN YEARS.
AND I TEACH AT MULTIPLE SCHOOLS
FOR DRAMA AND DANCE.
I KNEW IN MY HIGH
SCHOOL YEARS THAT I WAS
DIFFERENT AND HAD EXPERIENCES
WITH BOTH FEMALES AND MALES.
I IDENTIFY AS BISEXUAL BUT IT'S
VERY CHALLENGING FOR ME TO BE
OPEN WITH MY IDENTITY HERE.
BACK IN THE DAY THERE WAS A TIME
WHERE MY MOM DEFINITELY CAUGH
ME DOING SOMETHING WITH A FEMALE
AND WE NEVER SPOKE ABOUT IT.
MY MOM'S RESPONSE IS VERY
SIMILAR TO COMMUNITY RESPONSES.
LIKE DON'T, DON'T TALK ABOUT IT,
DON'T DO IT, DON'T, DON'T SAY
ANYTHING REALLY.
I KIND OF SHUT DOWN AND WAS
AFRAID TO BE OPEN WITH MY
IDENTITY BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT PEOPLE WERE GONNA FEEL
LIKE.
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úAND I THINK THAT'S WHY I KIND
Shangela: UH, DID SOMEBODY
CALL FOR A POLE-FESSIONAL?
HI.
THIS POLE.
Shangela: WOW.
HI.
Shangela: HELLO GORGEOUS.
WHAT'S THE PERCEPTION OF POLE
DANCING IN KONA?
EVEN IN MY FAMILY
THERE'S A WEIRD NOTION WITH I
AND I THINK IT'S JUST KIND OF
LIKE THAT STEREOTYPE THAT COMES
WITH IT THAT PEOPLE KIND OF
THINK IT'S MORE SEXUAL OR MORE
STRIPPING FOCUSED AND I'VE
DEFINITELY BEEN BATTLING THA
ESPECIALLY WITH LIKE
POLE YOU KNOW BECAUSE YEAH
WE'RE IN LESS CLOTHING AND SO OF
COURSE I'M WORRYING OF LIKE WHA
DO PEOPLE JUDGE ME AND MY
BODY AND I DO IDENTIFY AS BI.
AND SO I, IN THE
BEGINNING WHAT I CONSTANTLY
PANICKED ABOUT WAS THAT IF
SOMEONE IN THAT ROOM KNEW I
WAS BI WERE THEY GONNA WORRY
LIKE OH, IS SHE GONNA LOOK AT ME
AND YOU KNOW BECAUSE PEOPLE
ALWAYS PLAY THAT NOTION TOO OF
LIKE WELL IF YOU'RE GAY DON'
FLIRT WITH ME.
LIKE I DIDN'T TELL YOU I'M BI
CUZ I WAS TRYING TO HAVE
A THREESOME I JUST SAID IT CUZ
YOU WERE YOU WERE ASKING.
YOU KNOW.
Shangela: RIGHT I JUST SAID
IT BECAUSE MY IDENTITY IS
SOMEONE WHO LOVES OUTSIDE OF
JUST ONE THE GENDER.
YEAH.
Shangela: AND THAT'S JUST WHO
I AM.
YEAH.
Shangela: HOW IMPORTANT DO
YOU FEEL IT IS TO SAY THAT YOU
ARE SOMEONE WHO IS BISEXUAL?
YEAH, I'VE BEEN
VERY TRAINED TO YOU KNOW SHUT I
DOWN, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'
WANT PEOPLE TO BE WORRIED
ABOUT IT OR THINK ABOUT I
BECAUSE SOMETHING THA
HAPPENS OUT HERE A LOT IS THA
PEOPLE HOLD ON TO THINGS AND I
KIND OF YOU KNOW MAKES ME
WONDER ABOUT LIKE IF I DO OPENLY
COME OUT ARE PEOPLE GONNA BE
LIKE, OH THE BI GIRL.
IT'S THAT WEIRD SMALL TOWN
MENTALITY OF HOW DO PEOPLE
COMMUNICATE IT AND HOW
ARE PEOPLE GONNA SPREAD THA
AND SO PERSONALLY I FEEL LIKE I
SHOULDN'T BE THE FIRM IDENTIFIER
YOU KNOW LIKE I, I'VE DONE A LO
UH, LIVING HERE AND I'VE DONE A
LOT FOR MYSELF AND FOR OTHERS
UH I FEEL LIKE AND I DON'T WAN
I FEEL LIKE AND I DON'T WANT ALL
OF THAT TO KIND OF JUS
DISSIPATE BECAUSE NOW SHE'S BI.
Shangela: I WANT TO REAFFIRM
TO YOU THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PAR
OF WHO YOU ARE.
IT IS NOT THE ONLY IDENTIFIER OF
WHO YOU ARE.
BUT YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO
CONTROL HOW RANDOM PEOPLE WHOSE
LIFE IS ABOUT STEREOTYPING
OTHERS HOW THEY'RE GOING TO
RESPOND TO STUFF.
WHEN DO YOU FEEL YOU ARE
YOU'RE MOST AUTHENTIC,
AUTHENTIC SELF?
ON THE STAGE OF
COURSE.
EVERYTHING THAT I'VE GOTTEN TO
DO ON STAGE HAS LED ME TO A
GREATER CHAPTER OF LIFE.
AND I THINK YEAH IT'S KIND OF
THOSE MOMENTS WHERE IT GIVES
YOU LIFT.
YOU KNOW.
Shangela: THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO, TO
GET TO ESPECIALLY THROUGH THIS
SHOW.
IN OWNING WHO WE ARE CUZ I FEEL
THAT YOU MAY FEEL THAT IT'S
EASIER TO BLEND IN THAN TO
STAND OUT.
YEAH.
YEAH, OUT HERE ESPECIALLY.
Shangela: BUT I'M GONNA TELL
YOU SOMETHING.
SOME OF US DON'T HAVE A CHOICE
IN STANDING OUT BECAUSE IT'S WHO
WE'RE MEANT TO BE.
I GUESS IT'S KIND OF
OUR KULEANA RIGHT, OUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE THAT ON
AND NORMALIZE IT.
Shangela: YEAH, OUR WHAT,
SAY IT AGAIN?
KULEANA.
Shangela: IS THAT LIKE A, A,
IT'S A HAWAIIAN
WORD FOR A RESPONSIBILITY.
Shangela: OH, MY KULEANA?
OH.
I LIKE THAT.
YOU'RE AN AWESOME TEACHER.
YES, OH MY GOSH
SO I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR
MOVES.
Shangela: WAIT.
WHAT, WHAT, WHOA.
MY MOVES?
MY EXTENT TO KNOWING ABOUT THE
POLE HONESTLY BESIDES SEEING I
IN LIKE THE GAY BARS AND GOING
WITH IT IS LIKE J-LO AT THE
SUPER BOWL.
OKAY.
SO RESPECT THE
POLE, IT WILL SECRETLY RESPEC
YOU BACK.
Shangela: I LOVE IT, OKAY.
YEAH, SO ANYWAY.
Shangela: SO HELLO POLE, NICE
TO MEET, SHANGELA.
SO IT'S YOUR DANCE
PARTNER, YES ESSENTIALLY.
UM, SO TRY BY JUST LIFTING
YOURSELF.
Shangela: OH, YOU WANT ME
TO START ALREADY?
TRY IT.
I'M HERE FOR YOU.
Shangela: NO LONGER SCARED,
SHAKE IT OUT.
CONFIDENT FOR A FISH.
HERE WE GO.
YES, NOW KNEES
TOGETHER, YES.
YES.
KEEP GOING, YES.
YOU'RE DOING GOOD.
YES, AND THEN LEGS STRAIGHT OUT,
LEGS STRAIGHT OUT.
Shangela: OH.
OH MY GOD, OH MY PENIS.
OH MY GOD.
[LAUGHING]
I SHOULD HAVE TUCKED BEFORE I
CAME TO THE GIG.
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Bob: HI.
HEY.
HEY.
HALO HA.
Bob: I'M BOB.
LANAKILA.
Bob: LANAKILA.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
Bob: SO, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING OUT HERE?
OH, THIS IS MY
COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECT.
THE PROJECT THAT WE DO IS CALLED
HULI KA LIMA I LALO WHICH MEANS
TO TURN OUR HANDS DOWNWARDS TO
THE LAND INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR
THE HAND OUT.
WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
Bob: I FEEL LIKE I'M IN, LIKE
I'M IN THE WOODS.
WE CALL IT THE
BOONIES.
LIKE THE BOONIES.
Bob: SHOULD I HELP YOU,
SHOULD I DO SOME WORK?
OH YEAH, I'D LOVE TO
GET YOU DIRTY, YEAH SURE.
Bob: I'LL DO SOME WORK.
COME, COME, YOU, YOU, I'LL
INTRODUCE YOU TO A FRIENDLY
TOOL.
Bob: THIS IS SO AMERICAN
GOTHIC.
RIGHT.
I WAS GONNA SAY YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE FUN WITH THAT ONE.
Bob: OH MY GOD.
THAT WILL SAVE YOUR
HANDS.
Bob: LISTEN, I DON'T, LISTEN,
I WANT TO GET A LITTLE DIRTY.
OKAY.
Bob: I MEAN.
YOU CAN GRAB IT.
Bob: YOU KNOW IT'S, I'M NO
GREEN ACRES OVER HERE.
YOU KNOW.
WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH
THIS?
SO, YOU CAN STAB
THIS THING.
Bob: OKAY.
PEOPLE THINK THAT I'M LIKE A,
OH.
OH MY.
NATURAL.
Bob: OKAY, I CAN'T HAVE I
BACK.
OH MY GOD, IF MY MOM COULD
SEE ME, SHE'D BE LIKE WHO IS
THIS.
THIS MUST BE REALLY I MEAN
IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE
WHO LIVE HERE TOO.
IT IS YOU KNOW THIS IS
VERY AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY
YET, WE HAVE UH, SO MUCH
WESTERN INFLUENCE THAT TAKES US
AWAY FROM THE LAND.
OUR
OUR ANCESTOR, WE'VE BEEN HERE
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
THOUSANDS OF YEARS AND EVEN SOME
OF THE EARLIEST SHIP LOGS COMING
INTO THIS LAND DESCRIBED HOW
BOUNTIFUL THIS LAND WAS AND YE
TODAY WITH A SMALLER POPULATION
WE CAN'T SUSTAIN OURSELVES.
Bob: CAN I JUST STAB THIS IN
THE GROUND OR, ?
YEP, PERFECT.
GIVE IT SOME OOMPH.
Bob: FIERCE.
THAT'S A SERVE.
WHAT IS THIS?
THIS IS OUR IPU, WE
LIKE TO GROW THEM FOR MAKING
OUR INSTRUMENTS OUR, OUR
IMPLEMENT, THE IPU HEKE THA
WE USE IN HULA.
Bob: IS HULA LIKE A GENDER
THING?
LIKE HULA'S, ?
NO, NOT AT ALL.
I'M, I'M A TEACHER OF HULA
MYSELF I'VE BEEN A STUDENT ALL
MY LIFE.
HULA IS SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART OF
OUR TRADITION.
WE DON'T JUST CHOOSE THINGS FOR
ESTHETICS EVERYTHING HAS LIKE
DEEP MEANING BEHIND WHY WE WOULD
CHOOSE CERTAIN PLANTS FOR OUR
LEIS.
AS A DANCER WE'RE
BOTANISTS, WE'RE GEOLOGISTS, WE
BECOME FARMERS BECAUSE WE
KNOW ALL THESE THINGS INTIMATELY
THROUGH THE SONGS AND THE
CHANTS THAT WE SAY.
Bob: KEEPERS OF AGRICULTURE
AND CULTURE IN GENERAL.
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Bob: HOW IS LIKE QUEER
CULTURE IN NATIVE HAWAII AND
LIKE HOW IS IT RECEIVED IN
NATIVE HAWAII?
MAHU, WE WERE SUCH
AN INTRINSIC AND, AND IN MANY
WAYS NORMAL PART OF SOCIETY.
UM, IN SOME CASES KIND OF
ALMOST ELEVATED TO JUST IN THE
SENSE OF, OF YOU HAVE THE
PHYSICAL OF THIS YET YOU CARRY
THE, THE ENERGY OF THIS, SO THE
ABILITY TO, TO, TO SEE MULTIPLE
PERSPECTIVES.
Bob: SO IS MAHU JUST FOR
NATIVE HAWAIIANS OR LIKE AM I
MAHU?.
WE WOULD DESCRIBE
THAT'S A MAHU, YEAH WE'RE,
WE'RE MAHU.
Bob: IT'S REALLY, THAT'S SO
INTERESTING BECAUSE LIKE YOU
WOULD BE CONSIDERED A BUTCH
GAY.
OKAY.
Bob: WHY DO YOU, WHY YOU
WANT TO, WHY YOU WANT TO GE
UP IN DRAG?
YOU KNOW I'VE
ALWAYS BEEN INSPIRED ON THE
BRAVERY AND FOR ME I JUST WAN
TO ALSO EXPRESS EVEN IN MYSELF
AS FEMININE.
IT'S AN, IT'S ANOTHER
ASPECT OF EVEN FOR MYSELF I
HAVEN'T PUT OUT THERE, THE
TRADITION I COME FROM HULA IS
CONSIDERED HERMAPHRODITIC ART,
WE SACRIFICE OUR INDIVIDUALISM
TO BECOME WHATEVER THE HULA
TELLS US.
SO YOU CAN BE THE BIGGEST,
BRUTEST, STRONG GUY BU
IF THE HULA IS TALKING ABOUT THE
BEAUTY OF THE WOMAN AND A
DELICATE FLOWER THEN YOU BETTER
FEMININE UP.
Bob: TO HIS BEST WAY.
YOU GOT TO BECOME HIM SHE OR HER
THEM HIPS BETTER NOT LIE.
YEAH, AND I THINK
JUST BEING ABLE TO EVEN BE
WILLING TO SHOW LIKE NO MATTER
WHAT WELLS UP IN US THAT THAT IS
WHO WE ARE, WE ALL HAVE A ROLE
TO PLAY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
FOR ME IT REALLY COINCIDES WITH
THIS CONTINUED CULTIVATION OF
OUR TRADITIONAL CULTURE AND OUR
PERSPECTIVES COMING BACK TO THE
FOREFRONT OF, OF GUIDING OUR
COMMUNITIES.
Bob: WELL LANAKILA WE'RE
GONNA TURN MISS THING OUT, WE'RE
GONNA, WE'RE GONNA REACH DEEP
WITHIN AND PULL OUT MISS
LANAKILA.
[LAUGHTER]
I'M FRIGHTENLY EXCITED.
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Shangela: I WANT TO LAUGH.
YOU ALL GOT ROOM FOR ONE MORE?
HELLO.
HI I'M RAISA.
Shangela: HI, RAISA NICE TO
MEET YOU.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
Shangela: AND YOU ARE?
UH, ZACH.
Shangela: ZACH, WHAT'S UP
ZACH.
LOOK AT YOUR EARPIECE
MATCHING MY OUTFIT.
YOU ALL PICKED ME UP SOMETHING,
THAT'S SO SWEET.
HOW DO YOU GUYS KNOW EACH OTHER
BY THE WAY?
I WAS JUST KIND OF
WALKING.
WE, WE WERE LOUD,
WE WERE LAUGHING AND THEN HE'S
LIKE OH THAT SOUNDS FUN.
I HAVE COFFEE.
THERE'S AND EXTRA COFFEE
HERE I MIGHT AS WELL COME AND
DRINK IT.
WE'VE BEEN
TOGETHER FOR ABOUT TWO AND A
HALF YEARS NOW AND.
Shangela: YOU GUYS HAVE
BEEN TOGETHER FOR TWO AND A HALF
YEARS?
YEAH.
AND THEN RAISA IS LIKE MY HANAI
SO HANAI IS LIKE A CHOSEN FAMILY
THEY'RE LIKE THE ONES WHO HAVE
KIND OF HELPED TAKEN YOU IN UH,
EITHER IN TIMES OF NEED OR JUS
LIKE IF YOUR FAMILY, YOUR BLOOD
RELATIVES ARE NOT NECESSARILY
THERE YOU KNOW.
AND WHILE WE SAY WE HAVE FRIENDS
YOU KNOW SOMETIMES WE NEED THA
FEELING THAT LIKE YOU CAN
CONFIDE IN NO MATTER WHAT.
Shangela: I KNOW FROM MY
OWN PERSPECTIVE, COMING OUT TO
MY FAMILY WAS ONE THING BU
WHEN I SAID IT TO MY FRIENDS
WHAT I FELT IN THAT MOMENT WAS
I'M TELLING THEM THIS AND I
DON'T' WANT THEM TO FEEL LIKE
I'VE BEEN KEEPING SOMETHING FROM
THEM ON PURPOSE THIS ENTIRE
TIME.
YEAH.
Shangela: DO YOU REMEMBER
THE FIRST TIME THAT JACKIE
MENTIONED TO YOU ABOUT BEING
SOMEONE WHO IDENTIFIED AS
BISEXUAL?
UM, I THINK SHE WAS
NERVOUS TO TELL ME AND THERE
WERE A LOT OF TEARS.
I'M SURE SHE FELT LIKE I DON'
WANT TO LOSE YOU OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.
IT WAS LESS OF A SHOCK TO ME AND
MORE OF A LIKE A, IT'S LIKE I'M,
I FEEL KIND OF SPECIAL THAT SHE
FEELS LIKE SHE COULD SHARE THIS
WITH ME AND BE THAT VULNERABLE
WITH ME.
Shangela: HOW DID THE
CONVERSATION WITH YOU HAPPEN?
UM, IT WAS, IT WAS
ACTUALLY LIKE A FEW WEEKS AGO
AND IT WAS LIKE LEADING UP TO
THIS, AND I COULD TELL THAT SHE
WAS LIKE TERRIFIED TO TELL ME
AND HER VOICE SOUNDED LIKE SHE
HAS BEEN LIKE KEEPING THE
BIGGEST THING FROM ME EVER AND
TO ME IT JUST SOUNDED LIKE SHE
WAS WORRIED THAT I WOULD STILL
ACCEPT HER WHICH IS HILARIOUS
BECAUSE I WOULD ALWAYS.
REMEMBER IN OUR FIRST DATE WHEN
I SAID I HAD BEEN WITH SOME
GIRLS AND THEN YOU WERE LIKE OH,
THAT'S COOL.
AND THEN YOU NEVER LIKE, LIKE
AND THAT, THAT WAS ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT GOT BROUGHT UP IN
THE CAR TOO AFTER I LIKE WAS
LIKE SO I, I JUST HAVE TO SAY
THE PHYSICAL WORDS I GUESS.
WHAT YOU BROUGHT UP WAS SUPER
CONNECTING IN THE SENSE ABOU
UM, SHARING WITH YOUR FRIENDS
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
SHARING ALL OF THAT UM, LIKE YOU
SAID LIKE YOU'RE AFRAID THA
YOU, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE LIED
TO THAT PERSON EVEN IF THEY KNOW
OR DON'T KNOW AND TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE MAKE THIS
NORMALIZED AND NOT LIKE
SOMETHING THAT GETS SUPPRESSED
AGAIN YOU KNOW.
Shangela: RIGHT.
I HOPE THA
SOMEONE FROM HERE CAN SEE THIS
AND BE LIKE WOW, THAT IS MY
HOME AND LIKE PEOPLE HERE DO
ACCEPT THAT AND PEOPLE, PEOPLE
HERE CAN THRIVE IN, IN WHATEVER
THEY WANT TO THRIVE IN.
Shangela: BUT IT IS STILL UM,
A FAIRLY, IT FEELS LIKE A FAIRLY
CONSERVATIVE SPACE, YOU KNOW.
YEAH, YEAH.
DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE IT'S
VERY EASY SINCE WE'RE ON, ON AN
ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
PACIFIC OCEAN IT'S EASY TO
FORGET THAT THERE ALL THESE LIKE
WORLDLY ISSUES UM, AND SO A LO
PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOU
IT BUT IT'S WEIRD BECAUSE EVEN
AS SOMEBODY WHO'S JUST AN ALLY
IT FEELS LIKE BECAUSE WE'RE NO
HAVING THE CONVERSATION WE'RE
NEVER GONNA PASS THAT THRESHOLD
OF ACCEPTING IT.
BECAUSE IT'S JUST GONNA BE KEEP
GETTING PUSHED OFF AND PUSHED
OFF.
Shangela: HOW COMFORTABLE
ARE YOU FEELING IN THIS MOMEN
ABOUT BEING SO VULNERABLE ON
STAGE COMING UP IN A COUPLE
DAYS?
WHEN I FIRST JOINED
THE SHOW ONE OF THE HUGE
BREAKDOWNS THAT I HAD WAS THA
I DID NOT WANT TO PHYSICALLY
COME OUT ON STAGE.
SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT IT ON
STAGE IS GOING TO BE THE PAR
WHERE I, I'VE BEEN PRACTICING IN
THE CAR AND I START LIKE GETTING
TEARY EYED EVERY TIME AND I'M
LIKE SHIT, IT'S PART OF LIKE
THIS, LIKE IT'S HARD TO SAY IT.
Shangela: YOU GOT TO OWN I
TO YOURSELF AND THAT'S A
JOURNEY.
SO JUST, JUST STAY ON IT, DON'
GIVE UP ON YOURSELF CUZ IT'S
BEAUTIFUL AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE
HERE WHO LOVE YOU.
♪
THIS PLACE IS SUPER,
SUPER HEAVY AND IMPORTANT, THIS
IS WAIPI'O THE VALLEY OF THE
KINGS, THIS IS WHERE SOME OF
HIGHEST ROYALTIES AND OUR
ANCESTORS ARE FROM AND SO IT'S
BEEN A BIG, A LOT OF WORK FOR US
TO COME BACK AND RESTORE THESE
PLACES AND WE ALWAYS HUMBLE
OURSELVES BEFORE COMING TO THIS
PLACE.
[SPEAKS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]
SO RIGHT HERE WE'RE GONNA
GONE ONTO MY PROPERTY UP HERE.
HI, BABY.
Bob: HI.
HI, ALOHA.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
Bob: IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU
TOO.
WELCOME TO MY
STOMPING GROUNDS, THIS IS WHERE
I GREW UP.
WE BROUGHT SOME SNACKS STRAIGH
FROM THE FARM.
PAPAYAS, APPLE BANANAS, STAR
FRUIT, IT'S CALLED LIGHT,
LYCHEE.
LILIKOI, PASSION FRUIT.
Bob: LILY, WHAT CAN I BITE
INTO?
STAR FRUIT.
Bob: JUST, JUST BITE RIGH
INTO IT.
JUST BITE STRAIGH
INTO IT.
Bob: SO DELICIOUS.
YOU NEED TO LET IT RUN,
IT'S, IT'S THE BEST PART TO
EXPERIENCE.
Bob: PART OF THE EXPERIENCE?
I'M LEANING, I JUST GOT TO, HE'S
GOT TO LET IT, LET IT RUN, LE
IT RUN.
MMMHMM.
Bob: THESE HORSES ARE GETTING
WILD.
THEY'RE COMING FOR ME;
THEY KNOW I DON'T LIKE THEM.
AND THEY'RE GIVING ME SIDE EYE.
I MEAN THEIR EYES ARE ON THE
SIDE OF THEIR HEAD BUT IT'S
STILL SIDE EYE.
NO MISS THANG.
DON'T DO IT, MARY.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU TWO BEEN
TOGETHER?
ABOUT TWO YEARS
NOW ALMOST.
YEP.
YEAH.
Bob: DO YOU IDENTIFY AS MAHU?
I AM YEAH.
Bob: HOW WAS THE EXPERIENCE
FOR YOU GROWING UP?
I GREW UP IN A REALLY
RELIGIOUS HOUSEHOLD AND IT JUS
WASN'T A VERY UM, I DON'T KNOW
INVITING ENVIRONMENT IN THA
WAY.
Bob: I MEAN WHAT DOES A
TYPICAL MAHU EXPERIENCE LIKE?
THERE'S SO MUCH
DIFFERENT EX, UM, SITUATIONS.
UM, I DEFINITELY FEEL THAT NO
ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY IS, FEELS
SAFE WHERE THEY'RE AT OR THA
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE SAFE
WITHIN THEIR FAMILY OR THEIR
GENERAL COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW MY COMING OUT WAS
HELLA ROUGH, YOU KNOW MY MOM'S
HAULI LADY, SHE'S IRISH,
SCOTTISH FROM COLORADO AND.
Bob: SO YOUR MOM'S JUST LIKE
A WHITE LADY.
SHE'S WHITE, YES,
I'M HAPA, MY DAD'S HAWAIIAN.
Bob: HAPA?
YEAH, WHAT WE CALL
HAPA, KIND OF HALF, MIX, MIX.
SO YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE LIKE
LOCAL CULTURE WHERE THERE'S YOU
KNOW MAHU WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE
A REGULAR PART OF COMMUNITY
YOU KNOW THE CHRISTIAN REALMS
AND THE CHURCHES IT WAS A DOWN
SIDED SO I JUST REMEMBER BEING
TOLD LIKE I'LL BEAT IT OUT OF
YOU.
UH, I WAS JUST CURSED OUT AND
YOU KNOW I END UP HAVING TO RUN
AWAY FROM HOME.
Bob: HOW OLD WERE YOU?
FOURTEEN.
IT WAS REALLY, IT WAS
QUITE A, A HARD EXPERIENCE I
KNOW, I KNOW FOR ME ONCE I END
UP EVEN HAVING TO GO BACK
HOME, IT WAS JUST A LOT OF REAL
NEGATIVE COMING AT ME FROM MY
FAMILY AND WOULD ALWAYS JUS
LIKE INSULT ME AND COME UP WITH
SOME REAL YOU KNOW LIKE FAGGO
JOKES AND ALL KIND OF STUFF AND
AFTER A LITTLE WHILE MY CLAWS
CAME OUT AND THE ONLY WAY I
COULD MAKE IT AND I FELT LIKE I
WAS ABLE TO DO THAT WAS TO
BECOME A REAL BITCH.
YOU KNOW I HAD TO BE VERY
DEFENSIVE TO GET THEM TO YOU
KNOW JUST KIND OF PUSH
BACK WHENEVER THEY TRIED TO
INSULT ME.
Bob: LANAKILA WAS BULLIED AND
TEASED, FOR BEING FEMININE AND
FOR BEING GAY.
LANAKILA'S HAVING A HARD TIME
EXPRESSING HIS FEMININITY BU
ALSO IT'S REALLY INTERESTING CUZ
HE REALLY REVERES IT IN OTHER
PEOPLE.
MAHALO, EVERYBODY, THESE ARE
MY TWO TITAS THAT ARE JOINING US
TODAY.
THIS IS MISS
HAWANE RIOS AND MISS
KAUMAKAIWA KANACKA OLE.
JUST WANTED TO OFFER
YOU THIS PRAYER SHALL FROM OUR
OHANA CUZ NOW WE ARE ALL
OHANA AND SO THIS IS HOW WE SAY
THAT WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH
AMONA.
IF I'M MAHU THEN I
HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE THE
MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES THAT I CAN
CARRY WITHIN MYSELF TO HELP MY
PEOPLE, TO PROTECT OUR LAND, TO
PROTECT SACRED SITES, THAT'S
WHAT IS THE MAHU FOR ME.
THE BIG STRUGGLE THAT WE'RE
FACING ON THE MAONA IS CONTINUED
DEGREDATION AND DESTRUCTION TO
THE SUMMIT.
PREDOMINANTLY THROUGH GIAN
TELESCOPE CONSTRUCTION.
THERE'S CURRENTLY THIRTEEN LARGE
TELESCOPES ON THE SUMMIT OF THE
MOUNTAIN AND IF CONTINUED TO
JUST CUT INTO THIS SPACE WHICH
IS HELD SACRED TO US.
WITH MAONA KIA THE
GOVERNMENT IS STILL SEVERING THE
TOPS OF OUR SACRED HILLS BUT ONE
DAY WHEN THE MACHINES WERE
GOING UP I WAS LIKE SCREW THA
AND I DROVE UP THAT MOUNTAIN,
THEY HAD ME BLOCKED AT THE
BOTTOM, I SAID SCREW YOU GE
OUT OF THE WAY AND I RAN UP
THIRTEEN THOUSAND FEET TO STOP
THEM.
NOW IT HAS BECOME THE
LARGEST MOVEMENT IN THE HISTORY
OF HAWAII.
DURING THE HEIGHTS
OF THE MOST RECENT STAND IN TWO
THOUSAND NINETEEN YOU HAD
THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE COMING HERE ON THIS
PLACE TO HOLD THE FRONTLINE TO
SHUT DOWN AND BLOCK
CONSTRUCTION CREWS.
THIS FRONT LINE STAND
2015 ALL THE TILL NOW YOU CAN
SEE SO
MANY PEOPLE BECOMING
UNAPOLOGETICALLY PROUD YOU
KNOW TO JUST BE WHO WE ARE AND
SO MANY MAHU AT THE FOREFRON
OF THAT.
THIS IS A QUEER MOVEMENT WE
ARE SORT OF BORN ANARCHISTS.
Bob: YEAH, BORN AGAINST THE
SYSTEM.
WHICH IS WHY AT NO TIME, HE
RAN THIS, THIS IS WHAT, THIS IS
WHAT LANAKILA RAN UP, FROM, FROM
THAT, STRAIGHT UP.
♪
Bob: WELCOME.
WE'RE HERE IN OUR SAFE SPACE ON
THE BEACH.
FIND A COMFY SEAT.
Shangela: DID YOU ALL
ACTUALLY KNOW EACH OTHER BEFORE
THIS, DID ANY, DID YOU ALL, ?
YES, WE, WE'VE ALL
INTERSECTED AT ONE POINT OR
ANOTHER.
Bob: WHAT IS EVERYONE'S
EXPERIENCE WITH DRAG HERE?
MODERN DRAG, YOUR MEDIUM IS
SORT OF THE MORE CONTEMPORARY
MEDIUM OF WHAT RITUAL
TRANSFORMATION WOULD HAVE BEEN
IN HAWAII.
THE HULA WE'RE
LEARN, WE'RE TRAINED TO
TRANSFORM AND BE ABLE TO CALL
OURSELVES BACK TOO.
BUT WE ALWAYS COME BACK A LITTLE
MORE RICHER, WITH A LITTLE BI
MORE OOH, I'M GONNA KEEP A
LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
Eureka: YES, I LOVE THAT.
KEKOA ACTUALLY USED TO
DO DRAG.
SHE HASN'T DONE DRAG
SINCE SHE USED.
YOU KNOW IT'S LIKE THIS
TIME I GET TO FULLY EXPERIENCE
IT WHEREAS I KIND OF ROBBED
MYSELF OF THAT CHANCE BEFORE.
Bob: WE HAVE SO MANY DANCERS
HERE.
Shangela: WELL AND I WAS
GONNA SAY AND JACKIE'S
EXPERIENCE WITH DANCE IS ALSO
SHE COMES FROM A MUSICAL
THEATER BACKGROUND AND A REALLY
UNIQUE WAY THAT SHE IS BEING A
PART OF OUR SHOW HERE AND PAR
OF THIS EXPERIENCE IS BECAUSE.
I'M BI.
Shangela: YAY, ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE SAYING.
NO, WE'RE SAYING IT.
Shangela: AND JUST KNOW THA
YOU'RE IN A SAFE SPACE AND YOU
ARE GOING TO BE EMBRACED
ESPECIALLY.
THANK YOU GUYS.
Eureka: AND WE'RE PROUD OF
YOU, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROUD OF
YOU.
THANK YOU, THAT MEANS A LOT.
Eureka: AS, AS PEOPLE, AS
MOOHA PEOPLE.
Bob: MAHU.
Eureka: MA, OH MAHU, I,
MAYBE I'M JUST MOOHA.
THAT'S A GOOD NAME.
[LAUGHTER]
I WAS JUST TALKING TO
MY PARTNER ABOUT THIS SHOW
BECAUSE I WAS JUST LIKE IF WE
HAD THIS YOU KNOW WHEN WE
WERE YOUNGER, IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN SUCH A DIFFERENT JOURNEY
COMING INTO OUR OWN MAHU, OUR
OWN ALANAE, OUR OWN QUEERNESS
YOU KNOW LIKE I DIDN'T EVEN
THINK IT WAS A POSSIBILITY FOR
ME WHEN I WAS YOUNGER TO BE
QUEER AND THEN SEEING SO MANY
OF US JUST BEING IT'S JUST SO
BEAUTIFUL TO KNOW THAT OUR KAMA
OUR NEXT GENERATION WILL KNOW
AND BE ABLE TO JUST BE IN WHO
THEY ARE.
GROUP HUGS EVERYONE, THAT'S
SO SWEET.
THAT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
Shangela: BRING IT IN.
♪
Shangela: THIS IS JACKIE.
HI.
Shangela: WELCOME TO THE
GLAM SQUAD.
LUSCIOUS IS QUEEN OF MAKEUP AS
YOU CAN TELL RIGHT, THE GIRLS.
GLORIA, SHE'S ON HAIR
AND THIS IS DIEGO WARDROBE AND
COSTUME EXTRAORDINAIRE.
LIKE A MORE FABULOUS WONDER
WOMAN.
SO WE'RE THINKING OF DOING A
VERY HIGH PONY.
WOW, OH MY GOSH.
AND MAKING IT SEXY AND
SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN REALLY
LIKE WHIP AROUND.
WE'RE GONNA BE DOING BODY,
BODY, BODY, BODY, BODY.
DO I FIT IN THAT?
Bob: YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS
TO BE SNATCHED?
WHEN YOU'RE SNATCHED?
OH.
PULL ME IN.
MAKE ME SKINNY.
SNATCH YOU UP.
Bob: WHEN YOUR WAIST IS
SNATCHED IS WHEN YOU'RE GIVEN
THAT, AND THEN THE.
THAT HOURGLASS.
Bob: THERE YOU GO.
Shangela: LET ME THROW SOME
TERMS OUT HERE AND LET YOU GIVE
ME THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO
MIND.
OKAY.
OKAY, OH NO.
Shangela: WORK.
Eureka: GIVE ME A LITTLE
STRUT.
Shangela: THE GIRLS SAID
TRADE.
Bob: THIS IS A GOOD LOOK.
YOU'RE GONNA PULL SOME, PULL
SOME TRADES THIS IS LIKE.
PULL SOME TRADE
HONEY.
Shangela: WHAT ABOUT, SHE IS
SERVING FISH?
Eureka: OH.
YEAH.
Eureka: THE BODY IS GOING TO
BE SO CORRECT.
I WANT TO DO SOMETHING REALLY
COLORFUL AND LIKE VERY DRAMATIC.
SUNSET DISCO DRAG.
Bob: YOU ARE GONNA BE LIKE
DUSTED.
DUSTED USUALLY REFERS TO
BASICALLY THE AMOUNT OF MAKEUP
YOU HAVE ON.
YOU PUT ON LIKE A
LOT OF DUSTY STUFF, POWDER,
SHIMMER, BLUSH AND YOU'RE LIKE
DUSTED, YOU'RE FINISHED, YOU'RE
BEAT.
YOU WILL BE SO DUSTED THE
CHILDREN WILL BE GAGGING BECAUSE
YOU'LL BE SERVING THE HOUSE
DOWN BOOTS.
ARE WE NOT ALL SPEAKING THE SAME
LANGUAGE HERE?
YEAH, RIGHT, WELCOME
TO NORTH AMERICAN HOMOSEXUAL
Eureka: SHOULD WE TAKE HER
OUT.
WORK.
WAIT, JUST GIVE ME A
MINUTE.
Eureka: LIVE, NO LIVE IN IT,
HOLD ON.
I JUST WANT TO LOOK.
WOW.
I FEEL PRETTY.
I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD DO
DRAG AGAIN YOU KNOW.
AND I'M HERE.
HOLY FUCK, I'M HERE.
Eureka: IT'S SO CUTE.
OH.
USING METH HELPED ME
ESCAPE FROM FEELING SHITTY ABOU
MYSELF.
USING AND SEX AND DRAG
JUST WENT HAND AND HAND FOR
ME.
I WAS DOING IT WITH DATES
AND TRICKS YOU KNOW.
I WENT DOWNHILL REALLY QUICKLY
AND BEFORE I KNEW IT I WAS
HOMELESS.
I WAS SLEEPING ON THE BEACH.
AND I THINK I WAS HOMELESS FOR
ABOUT THREE YEARS.
I REALLY HOPE THIS TURNS
OUT WELL, AND NOT LIKE HOW I'M
AFRAID IT COULD, BUT I WON'
GIVE THAT THOUGHT POWER.
I WANT GOOD, I DESERVE GOOD AND
GOOD IS WHAT WILL BE.
BUT I HAVE DOUBT, I HAVE DOUB
IN WHETHER OR NOT I'M A GOOD
PERSON.
[CRYING]
I KNOW I DO GOOD THINGS AND I
KNOW I'VE DONE A LOT OF BAD
THINGS.
I KNOW I ONLY HAVE THE BEST OF
INTENTIONS BUT THE ROAD TO HELL
IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS.
Eureka: WELL HOW DOES IT FEEL
TO BE BACK IN HERE?
IT'S HARD BECAUSE I READ
IT AND I GO RIGHT BACK TO WHA
IT FELT LIKE TO WRITE IT IN THA
MOMENT.
[CRYING]
Eureka: IT'S OKAY.
AND TO FEEL LIKE ABSOLUTE
SHIT.
[CRYING]
YOU KNOW MY OLDER BROTHER USED
TO CALL ME FAT AND SO THAT KIND
OF GAVE ME KIND OF A COMPLEX.
DRUGS MADE IT EASY FOR ME TO
FORGET ABOUT THAT AND ALSO MADE
IT EASY FOR ME TO GET SKINNY.
YOU KNOW I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD
FEEL BETTER ABOUT MYSELF WHEN I
LOST WEIGHT AND I DIDN'T, THE
PROBLEMS WERE STILL THERE YOU
KNOW.
Eureka: I'M CURIOUS, HAVE ANY
OF THOSE INSECURITIES WENT AWAY
SINCE YOU'VE BEEN SOBER?
A LOT OF INSECURITIES
STILL LIVE INSIDE OF ME.
LIKE WHEN I, WHENEVER I GET LIKE
IN THE SHOWER, I THINK TO MYSELF
GOD, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU
LET IT GET THIS FAR.
YOU KNOW I SEE IT AND I TURN.
I DON'T LIKE TO DEAL WITH IT.
Eureka: HOW DOES DRAG HELP
BUILD CONFIDENCE, DO YOU KNOW?
OH MY GOD, LIKE DRAG
GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT WHAT I WANTED, YOU
KNOW.
I HAD THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO,
TO CONTROL HOW PEOPLE SAW ME.
I'M REALLY CURIOUS TO KNOW LIKE
HOW DIFFERENT I'M GOING TO BE
COME SHOW DAY I WANT TO KNOW
WHAT IT'S GONNA FEEL LIKE
WALKING ON TO THAT STAGE AND
HEARING THE AUDIENCE AND
ACTUALLY DOING THE PERFORMANCE.
I WANT TO, I WAN
TO EXPERIENCE THAT BECAUSE I
NEVER DID, YOU KNOW I'VE NEVER
DONE IT SOBER, I'VE NEVER DONE
IT WITHOUT BEING HIGH.
[CRYING]
AND IT STILL BREAKS MY HEART TO
THINK ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW?
Eureka: YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE
YOURSELF.
IT'S OKAY.
IT'S OKAY, LET IT OUT.
THERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU.
Eureka: THANK YOU.
THAT SIGH OF RELIEF.
IT'S OKAY TO LET IT OUT.
YEAH.
YOU KNOW THAT'S WHY I
FEEL LIKE DOING THE DRAG SHOW.
I WANT TO REMEMBER WHO THE FUCK
I AM.
I DON'T' WANT TO SEE THE
DRUG ADDICT WHO STRUGGLED, I
WANT TO SEE THE, I WANT TO SEE
THE RECOVERING DRUG ADDICT WHO
SURVIVED AND WHO THRIVED.
Eureka: AND YOU ARE THRIVING
AND SURVIVING.
AND YOU ARE GONNA BE FIERCE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
Eureka: THAT'S FOR DAMN SURE.
I'M PROUD OF YOU.
THANK YOU.
♪
Eureka: SO WE'RE GONNA
REHEARSE.
AM I GONNA SWEAT?
Eureka: OH YEAH YOU'RE
GONNA, WELL LOOK AT THIS SWEATY
BITCH.
HEY.
YES.
Bob: ONE OF MY FAVORITE THING
THAT DRAG QUEENS DO IS LIKE
WHEN WE LIKE WALK OUT ALLOWING
LITERALLY, KEEP THAT WORD IN
MIND, ALLOWING, THE AUDIENCE TO
STARE AT YOU.
YOU ARE GIVING THEM THE BENEFI
OF JUST LOOKING AT YOU, THOSE
LUCKY MOTHERFUCKERS.
♪
IN THE BASKET IT, WOO,
STEP RIGHT, LEFT.
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN EIGHT.
UP, HOLD ON.
OPPOSITE, OPPOSITE FOOT,
RIGHT.
STEP AND EIGHT AND
ONE, YEAH.
CAN YOU PLEASE LEAD ME?
YOU'RE FINE DON'
WORRY.
Eureka: START OVER.
START OVER.
THIS IS AN ICONIC
SHANGELA MOVE.
CRACK.
Shangela: OH, I LOVE THAT.
YES.
SO YOU GO CRACK,
AND YOU CAN BRING THAT FOOT IN A
LITTLE BIT MORE AS WELL.
YEAH, LET ME SEE, LET ME SEE
FROM THE TOP, READY.
♪
THREE, FOUR, FIVE.
ONE, TWO.
Shangela: UH, HA.
SHE'S THERE, SHE'S
THERE.
I GOT IT, I GOT IT?
YOU GOT IT, YOU GOT IT.
♪
Bob: ALL THE WAY, IT'S ALL
THE WAY OUT, THERE IT IS YEAH.
REMEMBER YOU'RE A
LADY AS WELL.
SO LIKE THIS IS THE MASCULINE
POSE BUT YOU WANT TO KIND OF
LIKE BRING IT ALL THE WAY UP.
♪
UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN,
GOOD, UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN,
LOVELY.
Eureka: MAMA GOT TO GET HER
BABY, HONEY.
♪
Eureka: AHHHH!
YES.
♪
LET'S GO!
Eureka: HEY!
OKAY, BITCH.
Bob: WE WERE MOVING.
GOOD JOB.
Bob: THAT WAS VERY POWERFUL.
I FELT VERY POWERFUL.
THAT WAS GREAT.
GIRL, SHE IS
SHE'S DONE, HOW MANY
STEPS?
Bob: UM, FOUR THOUSAND STEPS.
♪
YOU GUYS ARE GONNA
START OFF RIGHT HERE AND OUR
FIRST MOTION IS TO GONNA DROP
DOWN.
[SINGING]
[DRUMS]
♪
♪
THERE WAS ONE POINT IN TIME
IN OUR JOURNEY AS KANACKA WHERE
OUR HULA WAS BANNED, IT WAS
ILLEGAL TO DANCE.
AND SO I ALWAYS SAY EVERY TIME
WE CHANT AND EVERY TIME WE
DANCE THAT SOMEBODY NEVER
STOP DANCING SO THAT WE COULD
BE HERE.
SO MANY MAHU PEOPLE ARE THE ONES
THAT WERE THE STORY KEEPERS
THROUGHOUT TIME AND SPACE AND
SOMEDAY SOMEBODY IS GONNA LOOK
AT THE WAY THAT WE CONTINUE
THESE STORIES AND SOMEONE'S
GONNA SAY I SEE ME IN THIS
MOMENT.
[CHANTING]
AND THAT'S HOW
YOU SPELL LGBTQIA PLUS IN
HAWAII.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Bob: WORK.
♪
MORNING, MORNING.
EXCITED.
♪
THERE'S NO TURNING BACK NOW,
WE'RE DOING DRAG TONIGHT,
LADIES.
OOH.
OKAY, LET'S JUST GET IT OVER
WITH.
IT'S THE ART OF DRAG.
♪
Eureka: WORK.
I LOVE THE LITTLE FISH MUG; THIS
IS HUGE THOUGH.
I KNOW I LOVE IT.
Eureka: BITCH, HOW DOES I
FEEL TO BE GETTING BACK IN DRAG?
IT FEELS AMAZING.
Eureka: YEAH.
IT, AND IT FEELS REALLY
SPECIAL, LIKE GENUINELY SPECIAL.
♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Bob: HELLO, KONA, HOW ARE
YOU?
YOU ARE LISTENING TO THE SMOOTH
SULTRY VOICE OF BOB THE DRAG
QUEEN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IN ALIGNING WITH HAWAIIAN
TRADITION PLEASE WELCOME EVA,
HAWANE, AILA AND LAAH.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[CHANTING]
[SINGING]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
OUR LAST KINKULAKA WOULD SAY,
HULA IS THE HEARTBEAT OF THE
HAWAIIAN PEOPLE.
HULA IS THAT LANGUAGE.
IN SOME WAYS I WOULD SAY DRAG IS
THE LANGUAGE OF THE MAHU.
[APPLAUSE]
I'M BACK, YOU KNOW?
I'VE OVERCOME SO MUCH.
DRAG HELPED ME FEEL BEAUTIFUL, I
WANT TO RECONNECT WITH THA
PIECE.
I WANT TO KNOW THAT I'M
FABULOUS, I WANT TO KNOW THA
I'M FIERCE AND I WANT TO SHOW I
OFF.
Shangela: PLEASE WELCOME TO
THE STAGE, THE LOVELY MISS
EUREKA O'HARA AND HER NEWES
DRAG DAUGHTER, MISS NAHAY.
GIVE IT UP FOR THEM YOU
ALL.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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Eureka: BITCH, YOU ALL GIVE
IT UP FOR MISS NAHAY O'HARA!
THE ONLY PROFESSIONAL.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I AM SO OVERWHELMED.
[CRYING]
Eureka: IT'S OKAY, BABY, IT'S
OKAY.
IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I'VE
BEEN ABLE TO DO ANYTHING LIKE
THIS, YOU KNOW.
I'VE BEEN SOBER, CLEAN AND
SOBER, FOR SIX YEARS AND THIS IS
THE FIRST TIME, THIS IS THE
FIRST TIME IN MY SOBRIETY THAT I
HAVE GOTTEN TO DO DRAG.
WE'RE HERE, BITCH.
IT'S GONNA BE A
UNIQUE JOURNEY BEING OUT AND
COMFORTABLE WITH BEING BI.
I'M TERRIFIED TO DO THIS BU
THIS IS KIND OF A CHANCE TO
SHARE A STORY THAT I HAVEN'
GOTTEN TO SHARE AND THAT I HOPE
WILL EMPOWER OTHERS.
Bob: PLEASE GIVE I
UP FOR SHANGELA LAQUIFA
WADLEY.
AND MATRIX MARLEY.
Shangela: OH.
YOU ALL BETTER MAKE SOME NOISE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[SINGING]
THERE IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE
TO TELL YOU, I FIGURED IT OU
SOME TIME AGO.
I FEEL GREAT, IT MAKES ME
REALLY HAPPY, AND I LOVE YOU SO
I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO KNOW.
HAVE YOU HEARD OF LGBTQ PLUS,
WELL I AM THE B.?
I HAVE A HEART THAT COULD LOVE
PLURAL GENDERS YES, I'M BI AND
I'M PROUD TO BE ME.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IT HAS BEEN QUITE A JOURNEY,
I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE
HERE IN SUPPORTING, THIS IS MY
OFFICIAL COMING OUT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
SO ONLY VERY, VERY, VERY, FEW
PEOPLE KNOW IN MY LIFE AND SO
IT MEANS THE WORLD FOR YOU ALL
TO BE HERE AND SHARE THIS
MOMENT.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THIS
JOURNEY HAS TAUGHT ME IT'S THA
THERE'S GOING TO BE A FAMILY OU
THERE THAT DOES LOVE YOU, I
WILL COME AND IT WILL TAKE SOME
TIME.
I LOVE YOU ALL.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
MY POSITION HAS BEEN ONE OF
THE LEADERS ON THE MOUNTAIN AND
BEING MAHU I HAVE TO BE
VULNERABLE TO MY COMMUNITY.
I PULL ALL MY MASCULINE ENERGY
TO BE THAT WARRIOR STANDING
THERE, I PULL ALL MY FEMININE TO
DO DRAG.
IT IGNITES AND SUPPORTS
EVERYBODY ELSE TO COME UP.
I'M A FACE THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE
LOOKING TO.
FOR KANACKA, I WOULD WANT THEM
TO STILL SEE ME AND SEE THE
HAWAIIAN COMING OUT LIKE THIS.
Eureka: I WOULD LIKE TO
WELCOME TO THE STAGE MY
GOOD SISTER BOB THE DRAG QUEEN
AND HER DAUGHTER FRITA INA.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
HEY.
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Bob: SOAK IT IN.
SOAK IT IN.
YES.
TURNS INTO A TOTAL DIVA.
GETS IN DRAG ONCE.
TAKE IT AWAY, BABY.
[SPEAKS IN HAWAIIAN]
THIS JOURNEY HAS BEEN SO
POWERFUL, JUST LOOKING A
ANOTHER FORM OF TRANSFORMATION,
ANOTHER, ANOTHER REALM OF
TRANSCENDENCE AND WE COME IN SO
MANY SHAPES AND COLORS SO FROM
THE MUD OF WAIPIO TO THIS
GLAMOUR.
[SPEAKS IN HAWAIIAN]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Shangela: HOW DO YOU FEEL?
EXCITED.
Shangela: YES.
I MEAN I STILL AM
AWKWARD AND STILL SHY BUT I
THINK IT'S ALLOWED ME TO ACCEP
ME AND BEING ME AND, AND
REALIZED THAT IF I CAN'T BE ME
THEN IT'S NOT WORTH IT YOU KNOW.
I FEEL INCREDIBLE.
I FEEL LIKE, LIKE I HAD A
RELEASE OF SOME KIND.
LIKE I CAN'T EVEN REALLY
DESCRIBE IT, LIKE IT JUS
FEELS GOOD.
YOU KNOW?
Bob: IT'S BEEN REALLY
HUMBLING TO BE TAUGHT SO MUCH BY
SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE A LOT OF
REFERENCE FOR WHAT IT IS THEY'RE
SHARING.
QUEER CULTURE IS MORE THAN JUS
LIKE BEING A LITTLE MONSTER.
MAY WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE
GOOD FIGHT.
AY, OH, AND WE'LL DO
IT FABULOUSLY.
YES.
Bob: IT'S A SENSE OF
CONNECTION WITH THEIR PAST BU
ALSO LIKE A SENSE OF
RESPONSIBILITY TO UPLIF
EACH OTHER AND THAT ACTIVISM
AND COMMUNITY BUILDING AND
CHOSEN FAMILY.
WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE THIS
BECAUSE THEN EVERYONE ELSE
GETS TO SEE IT.
ONE MORE THING.
IT'S A HALO.
HALO.
[SINGING]
♪
[SINGING]
[SINGING]
[WAVES CRASHING]
♪
♪
Eureka: WE'RE HERE.
♪
Eureka: ALOHA.
WE'RE HERE EVERYBODY.
HI.
Shangela: WE'RE HERE IN THE
RAIN.
Eureka: HI.
MOOD IS CUZ SHE'S GOT HER WATER
SHOE ON BITCH.
Shangela: HELLO.
HI.
SHE'S IN A FLAT, DON'T WORRY.
I LIKE THIS.
THIS IS VERY GAY.
I LIVE.
OH, I LOVE HOW YOUR
UMBRELLA MATCHES YOUR SHIRT.
THAT'S FABULOUS.
Bob: HI.
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
Shangela: THAT SAYS SURFIN
ASS.
Bob: AND IT GOT DONKEY BALLS
DOWN THERE.
Shangela: WHAT?
KIA, BUT KEOKIES.
Eureka: IT'S THE CHOCOLATE
FACTORY.
OH MY GOD!
THEY'VE GOT A WATER SLIDE.
Shangela: GIRL WE'RE GONNA
HAVE TO SUCTION OFF SOME TRAY.
Eureka: CAN WE GO DOWN THE
WATER SLIDE?
Shangela: OH NO, DON'
SUCTION THE TRADE.
NEVER MIND.
♪
Eureka: WE'RE IN LITERALLY MY
FAVORITE PLACE IN THE WORLD,
HAWAII.
Shangela: WE'RE IN KONA ON
THE BIG ISLAND.
ALOHALLELOO.
Bob: EVERY DIRECTION YOU LOOK
THERE'S WATER.
Eureka: YOU CAN JUST FEEL THE
ENERGY OF THE LAND; IT IS
TROPICAL PARADISE.
Bob: I'VE BEEN TO HONOLULU,
IT'S A LOT MORE QUIET ON THIS
ISLAND.
A LOT LESS PEOPLE, LESS TRAFFIC,
LESS EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE
GOATS, WAY MORE GOATS.
KONA'S A SMALL TOWN.
Shangela: THERE IS THOUGH A
BEACH THAT THEY CALL LIKE THE
GAY BEACH, I WENT THERE, SIX
PEOPLE.
LOOK IF THERE IS A STRONG GAY
PRESENCE IN KONA I HAVE NOT SEEN
IT.
♪
♪
I GREW UP IN NORTH
KUHALA, WHICH IS THE NORTHERN
MOST PART OF THIS ISLAND.
IT'S A VERY SMALL TOWN.
BUT I GREW UP IMMERSED IN
HAWAIIAN CULTURE.
AS A GAY KID I GOT CALLED MAHU,
I GOT CALLED FAG A LOT.
IT WAS THE LATE EIGHTIES AND
EARLY NINETIES AND EVERYTHING
THAT I KNEW ABOUT BEING GAY
FROM WHEN I WAS A KID WAS
SHAPED BY THE AIDS EPIDEMIC.
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT A FLOURISHING
LIFE AS A GAY MAN COULD
POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE.
WHAT I UNDERSTOOD AS BEING A GAY
MAN IS THAT I'M GONNA GET AIDS
AND I'M GONNA DIE.
I WORK IN HIV CARE AND
PREVENTION AND I FEEL LIKE THA
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MY PATH
BECAUSE ALL OF THE WORK THAT I
DO NOW IS TRYING TO UNDO THOSE
YEARS OF MENTAL ANGUISH.
Eureka: KNOCK, KNOCK, ALOHA.
OOH, HI.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
Eureka: NICE TO MEET YOU,
TOO.
I'M EUREKA OBVIOUSLY.
SO WHAT'S
YOUR NAME?
I'M KEKOA.
Eureka: KEKOA, DID I SAY THA
RIGHT?
YES, YES YOU DID,
PERFECT.
Eureka: KEKOA.
YES.
Eureka: WHAT WAS IT LIKE
GROWING UP HERE?
UM, GENERALLY GOOD, I
LOVE MY HOME, I LOVE THE
COMMUNITIES THAT I'M IN EVEN
WHEN THEY'RE REALLY HARD TO
LOVE.
IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY I
MEAN PEOPLE KNOW YOUR
BUSINESS BEFORE YOU'VE SAID
ANYTHING.
Eureka: SMALL TOWN ENERGY.
EXACTLY.
I STRUGGLED GROWING UP
IN A SMALL TOWN YOU KNOW, I
REMEMBER REALLY DISTINCTLY
SEEING THE NEWS AND SEEING
PEOPLE SIGN WAIVING ABOUT YOU
KNOW HOMOSEXUALITY IS A SIN
AND GAY PEOPLE GET AIDS AND
THEY DIE AND THAT WAS MY WHOLE
CONCEPT OF WHAT BEING GAY WAS
AND SO I DIDN'T WANT TO BE GAY.
IT'S HARD BECAUSE YOU
SEE PEOPLE FROM YOUR OWN
COMMUNITY SAYING THESE THINGS
THAT ARE REALLY HATEFUL BU
IT'S PASSED OFF AND DISMISSED AS
SOMETHING DIFFERENT RIGHT.
IN OUR CULTURE I, I
IDENTIFY AS MAHU I MEAN IT'S
LIKE, IT'S LIKE HAVING A FOOT IN
BOTH WORLDS.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH LIKE, NOT LIKE
AN ORIENTATION BUT MORE GENDER.
SO WE HAVE YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO
YOU KNOW ARE BORN MALE BUT THEY
IDENTIFY AS FEMALE AND THEY'LL,
THEY WOULD BE MAHU.
OR EVEN PEOPLE WHO
JUST KIND OF HAVE LIKE A
FLUIDITY TO THEM AND GO BETWEEN
BOTH WHICH WOULD BE MORE LIKE ME
I GUESS, YEAH.
Eureka: MAHU, I LOVE THAT.
YEAH.
Eureka: SO, HAVE YOU EVER
DONE DRAG?
I HAVE.
Eureka: YOU HAVE?
I HAVE.
I DID DRAG FROM ABOU
2005 UNTIL LIKE TWO
THOUSAND ELEVEN.
Eureka: OH REALLY?
BUT I SPENT A LOT OF
TIME HOLDING UP THE WALL AT THE
BAR SO YOU KNOW.
Eureka: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
I, OH MY GOD, I, I DRANK
LIKE CRAZY SO AT THE END OF THE
ARE GONE, LIKE.
Eureka: OKAY, SO SHE GO
WILD?
YEAH, SHE GOT WILD.
IT, I GOT SUCH BAD STAGE FRIGH
WHICH IS WHY I DRANK ALL THE
TIME AND SO I'M, ALL THE
PERFORMANCE I EVER DID I WAS
USUALLY HAMMERED.
Eureka: REALLY?
LIKE YEAH.
WHEN I LOOK BACK ON IT I WISH I
WOULD HAVE COMMITTED MORE TO THE
PERFORMANCE AND THE LOOK AND
ALL OF THAT AND YOU KNOW.
Eureka: IS THERE A PART OF
YOUR STORY THAT YOU WANT TO TELL
DURING THIS PERFORMANCE?
WHAT IS IT?
WHAT I WOULD REALLY
LOVE TO SHARE IS MY, MY JOURNEY
OF RECOVERY.
I'VE BEEN CLEAN AND
SOBER SINCE JULY TWENTY FOURTH
OF 2015.
THAT HAS, IS WHAT HAS GIVEN ME
THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE MY LIFE
IN SUCH MAGNIFICENT WAYS THAT I
COULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED
BEFORE.
AFTER I DID FIND MY WAY
TO A NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS
MEETING I'VE CONNECTED WITH MY
KULEANA OR MY RESPONSIBILITY
BECAUSE I'M SOBER.
I'M HOPING TO REALLY
PROVE TO MYSELF THAT I, THAT MY
JOURNEY IS COMING FULL CIRCLE
AND THAT I CAN DO THINGS THAT I
USED TO DO, BUT DO THEM SOBER.
Eureka: SO THIS IS LIKE
YOU'RE A BRAND NEW QUEEN.
RIGHT.
CUZ I HAVEN'T DONE
DRAG MY ENTIRE RECOVERY I HAVE
NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT AND THA
KIND OF SCARES ME A LITTLE BIT.
♪
♪
I HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PLACE
IN MY HEART FOR KONA.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO
DESCRIBE IT BUT THERE'S THIS
MAGIC ON THE ISLAND.
IT'S MY HOMETOWN AND WHILE I'M
NOT NATIVE HAWAIIAN BY BLOOD I
REALLY ADVOCATE FOR THE
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY BECAUSE
THERE'S SO MUCH THAT IS SACRED
ON THIS ISLAND.
I HAVE PERFORMED CONSISTENTLY IN
KONA FROM EVEN MY CHILDHOOD ALL
THE WAY THROUGH TEEN YEARS.
AND I TEACH AT MULTIPLE SCHOOLS
FOR DRAMA AND DANCE.
I KNEW IN MY HIGH
SCHOOL YEARS THAT I WAS
DIFFERENT AND HAD EXPERIENCES
WITH BOTH FEMALES AND MALES.
I IDENTIFY AS BISEXUAL BUT IT'S
VERY CHALLENGING FOR ME TO BE
OPEN WITH MY IDENTITY HERE.
BACK IN THE DAY THERE WAS A TIME
WHERE MY MOM DEFINITELY CAUGH
ME DOING SOMETHING WITH A FEMALE
AND WE NEVER SPOKE ABOUT IT.
MY MOM'S RESPONSE IS VERY
SIMILAR TO COMMUNITY RESPONSES.
LIKE DON'T, DON'T TALK ABOUT IT,
DON'T DO IT, DON'T, DON'T SAY
ANYTHING REALLY.
I KIND OF SHUT DOWN AND WAS
AFRAID TO BE OPEN WITH MY
IDENTITY BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT PEOPLE WERE GONNA FEEL
LIKE.
%
úAND I THINK THAT'S WHY I KIND
Shangela: UH, DID SOMEBODY
CALL FOR A POLE-FESSIONAL?
HI.
THIS POLE.
Shangela: WOW.
HI.
Shangela: HELLO GORGEOUS.
WHAT'S THE PERCEPTION OF POLE
DANCING IN KONA?
EVEN IN MY FAMILY
THERE'S A WEIRD NOTION WITH I
AND I THINK IT'S JUST KIND OF
LIKE THAT STEREOTYPE THAT COMES
WITH IT THAT PEOPLE KIND OF
THINK IT'S MORE SEXUAL OR MORE
STRIPPING FOCUSED AND I'VE
DEFINITELY BEEN BATTLING THA
ESPECIALLY WITH LIKE
POLE YOU KNOW BECAUSE YEAH
WE'RE IN LESS CLOTHING AND SO OF
COURSE I'M WORRYING OF LIKE WHA
DO PEOPLE JUDGE ME AND MY
BODY AND I DO IDENTIFY AS BI.
AND SO I, IN THE
BEGINNING WHAT I CONSTANTLY
PANICKED ABOUT WAS THAT IF
SOMEONE IN THAT ROOM KNEW I
WAS BI WERE THEY GONNA WORRY
LIKE OH, IS SHE GONNA LOOK AT ME
AND YOU KNOW BECAUSE PEOPLE
ALWAYS PLAY THAT NOTION TOO OF
LIKE WELL IF YOU'RE GAY DON'
FLIRT WITH ME.
LIKE I DIDN'T TELL YOU I'M BI
CUZ I WAS TRYING TO HAVE
A THREESOME I JUST SAID IT CUZ
YOU WERE YOU WERE ASKING.
YOU KNOW.
Shangela: RIGHT I JUST SAID
IT BECAUSE MY IDENTITY IS
SOMEONE WHO LOVES OUTSIDE OF
JUST ONE THE GENDER.
YEAH.
Shangela: AND THAT'S JUST WHO
I AM.
YEAH.
Shangela: HOW IMPORTANT DO
YOU FEEL IT IS TO SAY THAT YOU
ARE SOMEONE WHO IS BISEXUAL?
YEAH, I'VE BEEN
VERY TRAINED TO YOU KNOW SHUT I
DOWN, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'
WANT PEOPLE TO BE WORRIED
ABOUT IT OR THINK ABOUT I
BECAUSE SOMETHING THA
HAPPENS OUT HERE A LOT IS THA
PEOPLE HOLD ON TO THINGS AND I
KIND OF YOU KNOW MAKES ME
WONDER ABOUT LIKE IF I DO OPENLY
COME OUT ARE PEOPLE GONNA BE
LIKE, OH THE BI GIRL.
IT'S THAT WEIRD SMALL TOWN
MENTALITY OF HOW DO PEOPLE
COMMUNICATE IT AND HOW
ARE PEOPLE GONNA SPREAD THA
AND SO PERSONALLY I FEEL LIKE I
SHOULDN'T BE THE FIRM IDENTIFIER
YOU KNOW LIKE I, I'VE DONE A LO
UH, LIVING HERE AND I'VE DONE A
LOT FOR MYSELF AND FOR OTHERS
UH I FEEL LIKE AND I DON'T WAN
I FEEL LIKE AND I DON'T WANT ALL
OF THAT TO KIND OF JUS
DISSIPATE BECAUSE NOW SHE'S BI.
Shangela: I WANT TO REAFFIRM
TO YOU THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PAR
OF WHO YOU ARE.
IT IS NOT THE ONLY IDENTIFIER OF
WHO YOU ARE.
BUT YOU WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO
CONTROL HOW RANDOM PEOPLE WHOSE
LIFE IS ABOUT STEREOTYPING
OTHERS HOW THEY'RE GOING TO
RESPOND TO STUFF.
WHEN DO YOU FEEL YOU ARE
YOU'RE MOST AUTHENTIC,
AUTHENTIC SELF?
ON THE STAGE OF
COURSE.
EVERYTHING THAT I'VE GOTTEN TO
DO ON STAGE HAS LED ME TO A
GREATER CHAPTER OF LIFE.
AND I THINK YEAH IT'S KIND OF
THOSE MOMENTS WHERE IT GIVES
YOU LIFT.
YOU KNOW.
Shangela: THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO, TO
GET TO ESPECIALLY THROUGH THIS
SHOW.
IN OWNING WHO WE ARE CUZ I FEEL
THAT YOU MAY FEEL THAT IT'S
EASIER TO BLEND IN THAN TO
STAND OUT.
YEAH.
YEAH, OUT HERE ESPECIALLY.
Shangela: BUT I'M GONNA TELL
YOU SOMETHING.
SOME OF US DON'T HAVE A CHOICE
IN STANDING OUT BECAUSE IT'S WHO
WE'RE MEANT TO BE.
I GUESS IT'S KIND OF
OUR KULEANA RIGHT, OUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE THAT ON
AND NORMALIZE IT.
Shangela: YEAH, OUR WHAT,
SAY IT AGAIN?
KULEANA.
Shangela: IS THAT LIKE A, A,
IT'S A HAWAIIAN
WORD FOR A RESPONSIBILITY.
Shangela: OH, MY KULEANA?
OH.
I LIKE THAT.
YOU'RE AN AWESOME TEACHER.
YES, OH MY GOSH
SO I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOUR
MOVES.
Shangela: WAIT.
WHAT, WHAT, WHOA.
MY MOVES?
MY EXTENT TO KNOWING ABOUT THE
POLE HONESTLY BESIDES SEEING I
IN LIKE THE GAY BARS AND GOING
WITH IT IS LIKE J-LO AT THE
SUPER BOWL.
OKAY.
SO RESPECT THE
POLE, IT WILL SECRETLY RESPEC
YOU BACK.
Shangela: I LOVE IT, OKAY.
YEAH, SO ANYWAY.
Shangela: SO HELLO POLE, NICE
TO MEET, SHANGELA.
SO IT'S YOUR DANCE
PARTNER, YES ESSENTIALLY.
UM, SO TRY BY JUST LIFTING
YOURSELF.
Shangela: OH, YOU WANT ME
TO START ALREADY?
TRY IT.
I'M HERE FOR YOU.
Shangela: NO LONGER SCARED,
SHAKE IT OUT.
CONFIDENT FOR A FISH.
HERE WE GO.
YES, NOW KNEES
TOGETHER, YES.
YES.
KEEP GOING, YES.
YOU'RE DOING GOOD.
YES, AND THEN LEGS STRAIGHT OUT,
LEGS STRAIGHT OUT.
Shangela: OH.
OH MY GOD, OH MY PENIS.
OH MY GOD.
[LAUGHING]
I SHOULD HAVE TUCKED BEFORE I
CAME TO THE GIG.
♪
Bob: HI.
HEY.
HEY.
HALO HA.
Bob: I'M BOB.
LANAKILA.
Bob: LANAKILA.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
Bob: SO, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU
DOING OUT HERE?
OH, THIS IS MY
COMMUNITY GARDEN PROJECT.
THE PROJECT THAT WE DO IS CALLED
HULI KA LIMA I LALO WHICH MEANS
TO TURN OUR HANDS DOWNWARDS TO
THE LAND INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR
THE HAND OUT.
WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
Bob: I FEEL LIKE I'M IN, LIKE
I'M IN THE WOODS.
WE CALL IT THE
BOONIES.
LIKE THE BOONIES.
Bob: SHOULD I HELP YOU,
SHOULD I DO SOME WORK?
OH YEAH, I'D LOVE TO
GET YOU DIRTY, YEAH SURE.
Bob: I'LL DO SOME WORK.
COME, COME, YOU, YOU, I'LL
INTRODUCE YOU TO A FRIENDLY
TOOL.
Bob: THIS IS SO AMERICAN
GOTHIC.
RIGHT.
I WAS GONNA SAY YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE FUN WITH THAT ONE.
Bob: OH MY GOD.
THAT WILL SAVE YOUR
HANDS.
Bob: LISTEN, I DON'T, LISTEN,
I WANT TO GET A LITTLE DIRTY.
OKAY.
Bob: I MEAN.
YOU CAN GRAB IT.
Bob: YOU KNOW IT'S, I'M NO
GREEN ACRES OVER HERE.
YOU KNOW.
WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH
THIS?
SO, YOU CAN STAB
THIS THING.
Bob: OKAY.
PEOPLE THINK THAT I'M LIKE A,
OH.
OH MY.
NATURAL.
Bob: OKAY, I CAN'T HAVE I
BACK.
OH MY GOD, IF MY MOM COULD
SEE ME, SHE'D BE LIKE WHO IS
THIS.
THIS MUST BE REALLY I MEAN
IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE
WHO LIVE HERE TOO.
IT IS YOU KNOW THIS IS
VERY AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY
YET, WE HAVE UH, SO MUCH
WESTERN INFLUENCE THAT TAKES US
AWAY FROM THE LAND.
OUR
OUR ANCESTOR, WE'VE BEEN HERE
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
THOUSANDS OF YEARS AND EVEN SOME
OF THE EARLIEST SHIP LOGS COMING
INTO THIS LAND DESCRIBED HOW
BOUNTIFUL THIS LAND WAS AND YE
TODAY WITH A SMALLER POPULATION
WE CAN'T SUSTAIN OURSELVES.
Bob: CAN I JUST STAB THIS IN
THE GROUND OR, ?
YEP, PERFECT.
GIVE IT SOME OOMPH.
Bob: FIERCE.
THAT'S A SERVE.
WHAT IS THIS?
THIS IS OUR IPU, WE
LIKE TO GROW THEM FOR MAKING
OUR INSTRUMENTS OUR, OUR
IMPLEMENT, THE IPU HEKE THA
WE USE IN HULA.
Bob: IS HULA LIKE A GENDER
THING?
LIKE HULA'S, ?
NO, NOT AT ALL.
I'M, I'M A TEACHER OF HULA
MYSELF I'VE BEEN A STUDENT ALL
MY LIFE.
HULA IS SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART OF
OUR TRADITION.
WE DON'T JUST CHOOSE THINGS FOR
ESTHETICS EVERYTHING HAS LIKE
DEEP MEANING BEHIND WHY WE WOULD
CHOOSE CERTAIN PLANTS FOR OUR
LEIS.
AS A DANCER WE'RE
BOTANISTS, WE'RE GEOLOGISTS, WE
BECOME FARMERS BECAUSE WE
KNOW ALL THESE THINGS INTIMATELY
THROUGH THE SONGS AND THE
CHANTS THAT WE SAY.
Bob: KEEPERS OF AGRICULTURE
AND CULTURE IN GENERAL.
♪
Bob: HOW IS LIKE QUEER
CULTURE IN NATIVE HAWAII AND
LIKE HOW IS IT RECEIVED IN
NATIVE HAWAII?
MAHU, WE WERE SUCH
AN INTRINSIC AND, AND IN MANY
WAYS NORMAL PART OF SOCIETY.
UM, IN SOME CASES KIND OF
ALMOST ELEVATED TO JUST IN THE
SENSE OF, OF YOU HAVE THE
PHYSICAL OF THIS YET YOU CARRY
THE, THE ENERGY OF THIS, SO THE
ABILITY TO, TO, TO SEE MULTIPLE
PERSPECTIVES.
Bob: SO IS MAHU JUST FOR
NATIVE HAWAIIANS OR LIKE AM I
MAHU?.
WE WOULD DESCRIBE
THAT'S A MAHU, YEAH WE'RE,
WE'RE MAHU.
Bob: IT'S REALLY, THAT'S SO
INTERESTING BECAUSE LIKE YOU
WOULD BE CONSIDERED A BUTCH
GAY.
OKAY.
Bob: WHY DO YOU, WHY YOU
WANT TO, WHY YOU WANT TO GE
UP IN DRAG?
YOU KNOW I'VE
ALWAYS BEEN INSPIRED ON THE
BRAVERY AND FOR ME I JUST WAN
TO ALSO EXPRESS EVEN IN MYSELF
AS FEMININE.
IT'S AN, IT'S ANOTHER
ASPECT OF EVEN FOR MYSELF I
HAVEN'T PUT OUT THERE, THE
TRADITION I COME FROM HULA IS
CONSIDERED HERMAPHRODITIC ART,
WE SACRIFICE OUR INDIVIDUALISM
TO BECOME WHATEVER THE HULA
TELLS US.
SO YOU CAN BE THE BIGGEST,
BRUTEST, STRONG GUY BU
IF THE HULA IS TALKING ABOUT THE
BEAUTY OF THE WOMAN AND A
DELICATE FLOWER THEN YOU BETTER
FEMININE UP.
Bob: TO HIS BEST WAY.
YOU GOT TO BECOME HIM SHE OR HER
THEM HIPS BETTER NOT LIE.
YEAH, AND I THINK
JUST BEING ABLE TO EVEN BE
WILLING TO SHOW LIKE NO MATTER
WHAT WELLS UP IN US THAT THAT IS
WHO WE ARE, WE ALL HAVE A ROLE
TO PLAY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
FOR ME IT REALLY COINCIDES WITH
THIS CONTINUED CULTIVATION OF
OUR TRADITIONAL CULTURE AND OUR
PERSPECTIVES COMING BACK TO THE
FOREFRONT OF, OF GUIDING OUR
COMMUNITIES.
Bob: WELL LANAKILA WE'RE
GONNA TURN MISS THING OUT, WE'RE
GONNA, WE'RE GONNA REACH DEEP
WITHIN AND PULL OUT MISS
LANAKILA.
[LAUGHTER]
I'M FRIGHTENLY EXCITED.
♪
Shangela: I WANT TO LAUGH.
YOU ALL GOT ROOM FOR ONE MORE?
HELLO.
HI I'M RAISA.
Shangela: HI, RAISA NICE TO
MEET YOU.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
Shangela: AND YOU ARE?
UH, ZACH.
Shangela: ZACH, WHAT'S UP
ZACH.
LOOK AT YOUR EARPIECE
MATCHING MY OUTFIT.
YOU ALL PICKED ME UP SOMETHING,
THAT'S SO SWEET.
HOW DO YOU GUYS KNOW EACH OTHER
BY THE WAY?
I WAS JUST KIND OF
WALKING.
WE, WE WERE LOUD,
WE WERE LAUGHING AND THEN HE'S
LIKE OH THAT SOUNDS FUN.
I HAVE COFFEE.
THERE'S AND EXTRA COFFEE
HERE I MIGHT AS WELL COME AND
DRINK IT.
WE'VE BEEN
TOGETHER FOR ABOUT TWO AND A
HALF YEARS NOW AND.
Shangela: YOU GUYS HAVE
BEEN TOGETHER FOR TWO AND A HALF
YEARS?
YEAH.
AND THEN RAISA IS LIKE MY HANAI
SO HANAI IS LIKE A CHOSEN FAMILY
THEY'RE LIKE THE ONES WHO HAVE
KIND OF HELPED TAKEN YOU IN UH,
EITHER IN TIMES OF NEED OR JUS
LIKE IF YOUR FAMILY, YOUR BLOOD
RELATIVES ARE NOT NECESSARILY
THERE YOU KNOW.
AND WHILE WE SAY WE HAVE FRIENDS
YOU KNOW SOMETIMES WE NEED THA
FEELING THAT LIKE YOU CAN
CONFIDE IN NO MATTER WHAT.
Shangela: I KNOW FROM MY
OWN PERSPECTIVE, COMING OUT TO
MY FAMILY WAS ONE THING BU
WHEN I SAID IT TO MY FRIENDS
WHAT I FELT IN THAT MOMENT WAS
I'M TELLING THEM THIS AND I
DON'T' WANT THEM TO FEEL LIKE
I'VE BEEN KEEPING SOMETHING FROM
THEM ON PURPOSE THIS ENTIRE
TIME.
YEAH.
Shangela: DO YOU REMEMBER
THE FIRST TIME THAT JACKIE
MENTIONED TO YOU ABOUT BEING
SOMEONE WHO IDENTIFIED AS
BISEXUAL?
UM, I THINK SHE WAS
NERVOUS TO TELL ME AND THERE
WERE A LOT OF TEARS.
I'M SURE SHE FELT LIKE I DON'
WANT TO LOSE YOU OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.
IT WAS LESS OF A SHOCK TO ME AND
MORE OF A LIKE A, IT'S LIKE I'M,
I FEEL KIND OF SPECIAL THAT SHE
FEELS LIKE SHE COULD SHARE THIS
WITH ME AND BE THAT VULNERABLE
WITH ME.
Shangela: HOW DID THE
CONVERSATION WITH YOU HAPPEN?
UM, IT WAS, IT WAS
ACTUALLY LIKE A FEW WEEKS AGO
AND IT WAS LIKE LEADING UP TO
THIS, AND I COULD TELL THAT SHE
WAS LIKE TERRIFIED TO TELL ME
AND HER VOICE SOUNDED LIKE SHE
HAS BEEN LIKE KEEPING THE
BIGGEST THING FROM ME EVER AND
TO ME IT JUST SOUNDED LIKE SHE
WAS WORRIED THAT I WOULD STILL
ACCEPT HER WHICH IS HILARIOUS
BECAUSE I WOULD ALWAYS.
REMEMBER IN OUR FIRST DATE WHEN
I SAID I HAD BEEN WITH SOME
GIRLS AND THEN YOU WERE LIKE OH,
THAT'S COOL.
AND THEN YOU NEVER LIKE, LIKE
AND THAT, THAT WAS ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT GOT BROUGHT UP IN
THE CAR TOO AFTER I LIKE WAS
LIKE SO I, I JUST HAVE TO SAY
THE PHYSICAL WORDS I GUESS.
WHAT YOU BROUGHT UP WAS SUPER
CONNECTING IN THE SENSE ABOU
UM, SHARING WITH YOUR FRIENDS
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
SHARING ALL OF THAT UM, LIKE YOU
SAID LIKE YOU'RE AFRAID THA
YOU, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'VE LIED
TO THAT PERSON EVEN IF THEY KNOW
OR DON'T KNOW AND TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE MAKE THIS
NORMALIZED AND NOT LIKE
SOMETHING THAT GETS SUPPRESSED
AGAIN YOU KNOW.
Shangela: RIGHT.
I HOPE THA
SOMEONE FROM HERE CAN SEE THIS
AND BE LIKE WOW, THAT IS MY
HOME AND LIKE PEOPLE HERE DO
ACCEPT THAT AND PEOPLE, PEOPLE
HERE CAN THRIVE IN, IN WHATEVER
THEY WANT TO THRIVE IN.
Shangela: BUT IT IS STILL UM,
A FAIRLY, IT FEELS LIKE A FAIRLY
CONSERVATIVE SPACE, YOU KNOW.
YEAH, YEAH.
DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE IT'S
VERY EASY SINCE WE'RE ON, ON AN
ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
PACIFIC OCEAN IT'S EASY TO
FORGET THAT THERE ALL THESE LIKE
WORLDLY ISSUES UM, AND SO A LO
PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOU
IT BUT IT'S WEIRD BECAUSE EVEN
AS SOMEBODY WHO'S JUST AN ALLY
IT FEELS LIKE BECAUSE WE'RE NO
HAVING THE CONVERSATION WE'RE
NEVER GONNA PASS THAT THRESHOLD
OF ACCEPTING IT.
BECAUSE IT'S JUST GONNA BE KEEP
GETTING PUSHED OFF AND PUSHED
OFF.
Shangela: HOW COMFORTABLE
ARE YOU FEELING IN THIS MOMEN
ABOUT BEING SO VULNERABLE ON
STAGE COMING UP IN A COUPLE
DAYS?
WHEN I FIRST JOINED
THE SHOW ONE OF THE HUGE
BREAKDOWNS THAT I HAD WAS THA
I DID NOT WANT TO PHYSICALLY
COME OUT ON STAGE.
SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT IT ON
STAGE IS GOING TO BE THE PAR
WHERE I, I'VE BEEN PRACTICING IN
THE CAR AND I START LIKE GETTING
TEARY EYED EVERY TIME AND I'M
LIKE SHIT, IT'S PART OF LIKE
THIS, LIKE IT'S HARD TO SAY IT.
Shangela: YOU GOT TO OWN I
TO YOURSELF AND THAT'S A
JOURNEY.
SO JUST, JUST STAY ON IT, DON'
GIVE UP ON YOURSELF CUZ IT'S
BEAUTIFUL AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE
HERE WHO LOVE YOU.
♪
THIS PLACE IS SUPER,
SUPER HEAVY AND IMPORTANT, THIS
IS WAIPI'O THE VALLEY OF THE
KINGS, THIS IS WHERE SOME OF
HIGHEST ROYALTIES AND OUR
ANCESTORS ARE FROM AND SO IT'S
BEEN A BIG, A LOT OF WORK FOR US
TO COME BACK AND RESTORE THESE
PLACES AND WE ALWAYS HUMBLE
OURSELVES BEFORE COMING TO THIS
PLACE.
[SPEAKS IN NATIVE LANGUAGE]
SO RIGHT HERE WE'RE GONNA
GONE ONTO MY PROPERTY UP HERE.
HI, BABY.
Bob: HI.
HI, ALOHA.
NICE TO MEET YOU.
Bob: IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU
TOO.
WELCOME TO MY
STOMPING GROUNDS, THIS IS WHERE
I GREW UP.
WE BROUGHT SOME SNACKS STRAIGH
FROM THE FARM.
PAPAYAS, APPLE BANANAS, STAR
FRUIT, IT'S CALLED LIGHT,
LYCHEE.
LILIKOI, PASSION FRUIT.
Bob: LILY, WHAT CAN I BITE
INTO?
STAR FRUIT.
Bob: JUST, JUST BITE RIGH
INTO IT.
JUST BITE STRAIGH
INTO IT.
Bob: SO DELICIOUS.
YOU NEED TO LET IT RUN,
IT'S, IT'S THE BEST PART TO
EXPERIENCE.
Bob: PART OF THE EXPERIENCE?
I'M LEANING, I JUST GOT TO, HE'S
GOT TO LET IT, LET IT RUN, LE
IT RUN.
MMMHMM.
Bob: THESE HORSES ARE GETTING
WILD.
THEY'RE COMING FOR ME;
THEY KNOW I DON'T LIKE THEM.
AND THEY'RE GIVING ME SIDE EYE.
I MEAN THEIR EYES ARE ON THE
SIDE OF THEIR HEAD BUT IT'S
STILL SIDE EYE.
NO MISS THANG.
DON'T DO IT, MARY.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU TWO BEEN
TOGETHER?
ABOUT TWO YEARS
NOW ALMOST.
YEP.
YEAH.
Bob: DO YOU IDENTIFY AS MAHU?
I AM YEAH.
Bob: HOW WAS THE EXPERIENCE
FOR YOU GROWING UP?
I GREW UP IN A REALLY
RELIGIOUS HOUSEHOLD AND IT JUS
WASN'T A VERY UM, I DON'T KNOW
INVITING ENVIRONMENT IN THA
WAY.
Bob: I MEAN WHAT DOES A
TYPICAL MAHU EXPERIENCE LIKE?
THERE'S SO MUCH
DIFFERENT EX, UM, SITUATIONS.
UM, I DEFINITELY FEEL THAT NO
ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY IS, FEELS
SAFE WHERE THEY'RE AT OR THA
THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE SAFE
WITHIN THEIR FAMILY OR THEIR
GENERAL COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW MY COMING OUT WAS
HELLA ROUGH, YOU KNOW MY MOM'S
HAULI LADY, SHE'S IRISH,
SCOTTISH FROM COLORADO AND.
Bob: SO YOUR MOM'S JUST LIKE
A WHITE LADY.
SHE'S WHITE, YES,
I'M HAPA, MY DAD'S HAWAIIAN.
Bob: HAPA?
YEAH, WHAT WE CALL
HAPA, KIND OF HALF, MIX, MIX.
SO YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE LIKE
LOCAL CULTURE WHERE THERE'S YOU
KNOW MAHU WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE
A REGULAR PART OF COMMUNITY
YOU KNOW THE CHRISTIAN REALMS
AND THE CHURCHES IT WAS A DOWN
SIDED SO I JUST REMEMBER BEING
TOLD LIKE I'LL BEAT IT OUT OF
YOU.
UH, I WAS JUST CURSED OUT AND
YOU KNOW I END UP HAVING TO RUN
AWAY FROM HOME.
Bob: HOW OLD WERE YOU?
FOURTEEN.
IT WAS REALLY, IT WAS
QUITE A, A HARD EXPERIENCE I
KNOW, I KNOW FOR ME ONCE I END
UP EVEN HAVING TO GO BACK
HOME, IT WAS JUST A LOT OF REAL
NEGATIVE COMING AT ME FROM MY
FAMILY AND WOULD ALWAYS JUS
LIKE INSULT ME AND COME UP WITH
SOME REAL YOU KNOW LIKE FAGGO
JOKES AND ALL KIND OF STUFF AND
AFTER A LITTLE WHILE MY CLAWS
CAME OUT AND THE ONLY WAY I
COULD MAKE IT AND I FELT LIKE I
WAS ABLE TO DO THAT WAS TO
BECOME A REAL BITCH.
YOU KNOW I HAD TO BE VERY
DEFENSIVE TO GET THEM TO YOU
KNOW JUST KIND OF PUSH
BACK WHENEVER THEY TRIED TO
INSULT ME.
Bob: LANAKILA WAS BULLIED AND
TEASED, FOR BEING FEMININE AND
FOR BEING GAY.
LANAKILA'S HAVING A HARD TIME
EXPRESSING HIS FEMININITY BU
ALSO IT'S REALLY INTERESTING CUZ
HE REALLY REVERES IT IN OTHER
PEOPLE.
MAHALO, EVERYBODY, THESE ARE
MY TWO TITAS THAT ARE JOINING US
TODAY.
THIS IS MISS
HAWANE RIOS AND MISS
KAUMAKAIWA KANACKA OLE.
JUST WANTED TO OFFER
YOU THIS PRAYER SHALL FROM OUR
OHANA CUZ NOW WE ARE ALL
OHANA AND SO THIS IS HOW WE SAY
THAT WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH
AMONA.
IF I'M MAHU THEN I
HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE THE
MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES THAT I CAN
CARRY WITHIN MYSELF TO HELP MY
PEOPLE, TO PROTECT OUR LAND, TO
PROTECT SACRED SITES, THAT'S
WHAT IS THE MAHU FOR ME.
THE BIG STRUGGLE THAT WE'RE
FACING ON THE MAONA IS CONTINUED
DEGREDATION AND DESTRUCTION TO
THE SUMMIT.
PREDOMINANTLY THROUGH GIAN
TELESCOPE CONSTRUCTION.
THERE'S CURRENTLY THIRTEEN LARGE
TELESCOPES ON THE SUMMIT OF THE
MOUNTAIN AND IF CONTINUED TO
JUST CUT INTO THIS SPACE WHICH
IS HELD SACRED TO US.
WITH MAONA KIA THE
GOVERNMENT IS STILL SEVERING THE
TOPS OF OUR SACRED HILLS BUT ONE
DAY WHEN THE MACHINES WERE
GOING UP I WAS LIKE SCREW THA
AND I DROVE UP THAT MOUNTAIN,
THEY HAD ME BLOCKED AT THE
BOTTOM, I SAID SCREW YOU GE
OUT OF THE WAY AND I RAN UP
THIRTEEN THOUSAND FEET TO STOP
THEM.
NOW IT HAS BECOME THE
LARGEST MOVEMENT IN THE HISTORY
OF HAWAII.
DURING THE HEIGHTS
OF THE MOST RECENT STAND IN TWO
THOUSAND NINETEEN YOU HAD
THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE COMING HERE ON THIS
PLACE TO HOLD THE FRONTLINE TO
SHUT DOWN AND BLOCK
CONSTRUCTION CREWS.
THIS FRONT LINE STAND
2015 ALL THE TILL NOW YOU CAN
SEE SO
MANY PEOPLE BECOMING
UNAPOLOGETICALLY PROUD YOU
KNOW TO JUST BE WHO WE ARE AND
SO MANY MAHU AT THE FOREFRON
OF THAT.
THIS IS A QUEER MOVEMENT WE
ARE SORT OF BORN ANARCHISTS.
Bob: YEAH, BORN AGAINST THE
SYSTEM.
WHICH IS WHY AT NO TIME, HE
RAN THIS, THIS IS WHAT, THIS IS
WHAT LANAKILA RAN UP, FROM, FROM
THAT, STRAIGHT UP.
♪
Bob: WELCOME.
WE'RE HERE IN OUR SAFE SPACE ON
THE BEACH.
FIND A COMFY SEAT.
Shangela: DID YOU ALL
ACTUALLY KNOW EACH OTHER BEFORE
THIS, DID ANY, DID YOU ALL, ?
YES, WE, WE'VE ALL
INTERSECTED AT ONE POINT OR
ANOTHER.
Bob: WHAT IS EVERYONE'S
EXPERIENCE WITH DRAG HERE?
MODERN DRAG, YOUR MEDIUM IS
SORT OF THE MORE CONTEMPORARY
MEDIUM OF WHAT RITUAL
TRANSFORMATION WOULD HAVE BEEN
IN HAWAII.
THE HULA WE'RE
LEARN, WE'RE TRAINED TO
TRANSFORM AND BE ABLE TO CALL
OURSELVES BACK TOO.
BUT WE ALWAYS COME BACK A LITTLE
MORE RICHER, WITH A LITTLE BI
MORE OOH, I'M GONNA KEEP A
LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
Eureka: YES, I LOVE THAT.
KEKOA ACTUALLY USED TO
DO DRAG.
SHE HASN'T DONE DRAG
SINCE SHE USED.
YOU KNOW IT'S LIKE THIS
TIME I GET TO FULLY EXPERIENCE
IT WHEREAS I KIND OF ROBBED
MYSELF OF THAT CHANCE BEFORE.
Bob: WE HAVE SO MANY DANCERS
HERE.
Shangela: WELL AND I WAS
GONNA SAY AND JACKIE'S
EXPERIENCE WITH DANCE IS ALSO
SHE COMES FROM A MUSICAL
THEATER BACKGROUND AND A REALLY
UNIQUE WAY THAT SHE IS BEING A
PART OF OUR SHOW HERE AND PAR
OF THIS EXPERIENCE IS BECAUSE.
I'M BI.
Shangela: YAY, ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE SAYING.
NO, WE'RE SAYING IT.
Shangela: AND JUST KNOW THA
YOU'RE IN A SAFE SPACE AND YOU
ARE GOING TO BE EMBRACED
ESPECIALLY.
THANK YOU GUYS.
Eureka: AND WE'RE PROUD OF
YOU, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROUD OF
YOU.
THANK YOU, THAT MEANS A LOT.
Eureka: AS, AS PEOPLE, AS
MOOHA PEOPLE.
Bob: MAHU.
Eureka: MA, OH MAHU, I,
MAYBE I'M JUST MOOHA.
THAT'S A GOOD NAME.
[LAUGHTER]
I WAS JUST TALKING TO
MY PARTNER ABOUT THIS SHOW
BECAUSE I WAS JUST LIKE IF WE
HAD THIS YOU KNOW WHEN WE
WERE YOUNGER, IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN SUCH A DIFFERENT JOURNEY
COMING INTO OUR OWN MAHU, OUR
OWN ALANAE, OUR OWN QUEERNESS
YOU KNOW LIKE I DIDN'T EVEN
THINK IT WAS A POSSIBILITY FOR
ME WHEN I WAS YOUNGER TO BE
QUEER AND THEN SEEING SO MANY
OF US JUST BEING IT'S JUST SO
BEAUTIFUL TO KNOW THAT OUR KAMA
OUR NEXT GENERATION WILL KNOW
AND BE ABLE TO JUST BE IN WHO
THEY ARE.
GROUP HUGS EVERYONE, THAT'S
SO SWEET.
THAT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
Shangela: BRING IT IN.
♪
Shangela: THIS IS JACKIE.
HI.
Shangela: WELCOME TO THE
GLAM SQUAD.
LUSCIOUS IS QUEEN OF MAKEUP AS
YOU CAN TELL RIGHT, THE GIRLS.
GLORIA, SHE'S ON HAIR
AND THIS IS DIEGO WARDROBE AND
COSTUME EXTRAORDINAIRE.
LIKE A MORE FABULOUS WONDER
WOMAN.
SO WE'RE THINKING OF DOING A
VERY HIGH PONY.
WOW, OH MY GOSH.
AND MAKING IT SEXY AND
SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN REALLY
LIKE WHIP AROUND.
WE'RE GONNA BE DOING BODY,
BODY, BODY, BODY, BODY.
DO I FIT IN THAT?
Bob: YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS
TO BE SNATCHED?
WHEN YOU'RE SNATCHED?
OH.
PULL ME IN.
MAKE ME SKINNY.
SNATCH YOU UP.
Bob: WHEN YOUR WAIST IS
SNATCHED IS WHEN YOU'RE GIVEN
THAT, AND THEN THE.
THAT HOURGLASS.
Bob: THERE YOU GO.
Shangela: LET ME THROW SOME
TERMS OUT HERE AND LET YOU GIVE
ME THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO
MIND.
OKAY.
OKAY, OH NO.
Shangela: WORK.
Eureka: GIVE ME A LITTLE
STRUT.
Shangela: THE GIRLS SAID
TRADE.
Bob: THIS IS A GOOD LOOK.
YOU'RE GONNA PULL SOME, PULL
SOME TRADES THIS IS LIKE.
PULL SOME TRADE
HONEY.
Shangela: WHAT ABOUT, SHE IS
SERVING FISH?
Eureka: OH.
YEAH.
Eureka: THE BODY IS GOING TO
BE SO CORRECT.
I WANT TO DO SOMETHING REALLY
COLORFUL AND LIKE VERY DRAMATIC.
SUNSET DISCO DRAG.
Bob: YOU ARE GONNA BE LIKE
DUSTED.
DUSTED USUALLY REFERS TO
BASICALLY THE AMOUNT OF MAKEUP
YOU HAVE ON.
YOU PUT ON LIKE A
LOT OF DUSTY STUFF, POWDER,
SHIMMER, BLUSH AND YOU'RE LIKE
DUSTED, YOU'RE FINISHED, YOU'RE
BEAT.
YOU WILL BE SO DUSTED THE
CHILDREN WILL BE GAGGING BECAUSE
YOU'LL BE SERVING THE HOUSE
DOWN BOOTS.
ARE WE NOT ALL SPEAKING THE SAME
LANGUAGE HERE?
YEAH, RIGHT, WELCOME
TO NORTH AMERICAN HOMOSEXUAL
Eureka: SHOULD WE TAKE HER
OUT.
WORK.
WAIT, JUST GIVE ME A
MINUTE.
Eureka: LIVE, NO LIVE IN IT,
HOLD ON.
I JUST WANT TO LOOK.
WOW.
I FEEL PRETTY.
I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD DO
DRAG AGAIN YOU KNOW.
AND I'M HERE.
HOLY FUCK, I'M HERE.
Eureka: IT'S SO CUTE.
OH.
USING METH HELPED ME
ESCAPE FROM FEELING SHITTY ABOU
MYSELF.
USING AND SEX AND DRAG
JUST WENT HAND AND HAND FOR
ME.
I WAS DOING IT WITH DATES
AND TRICKS YOU KNOW.
I WENT DOWNHILL REALLY QUICKLY
AND BEFORE I KNEW IT I WAS
HOMELESS.
I WAS SLEEPING ON THE BEACH.
AND I THINK I WAS HOMELESS FOR
ABOUT THREE YEARS.
I REALLY HOPE THIS TURNS
OUT WELL, AND NOT LIKE HOW I'M
AFRAID IT COULD, BUT I WON'
GIVE THAT THOUGHT POWER.
I WANT GOOD, I DESERVE GOOD AND
GOOD IS WHAT WILL BE.
BUT I HAVE DOUBT, I HAVE DOUB
IN WHETHER OR NOT I'M A GOOD
PERSON.
[CRYING]
I KNOW I DO GOOD THINGS AND I
KNOW I'VE DONE A LOT OF BAD
THINGS.
I KNOW I ONLY HAVE THE BEST OF
INTENTIONS BUT THE ROAD TO HELL
IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS.
Eureka: WELL HOW DOES IT FEEL
TO BE BACK IN HERE?
IT'S HARD BECAUSE I READ
IT AND I GO RIGHT BACK TO WHA
IT FELT LIKE TO WRITE IT IN THA
MOMENT.
[CRYING]
Eureka: IT'S OKAY.
AND TO FEEL LIKE ABSOLUTE
SHIT.
[CRYING]
YOU KNOW MY OLDER BROTHER USED
TO CALL ME FAT AND SO THAT KIND
OF GAVE ME KIND OF A COMPLEX.
DRUGS MADE IT EASY FOR ME TO
FORGET ABOUT THAT AND ALSO MADE
IT EASY FOR ME TO GET SKINNY.
YOU KNOW I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD
FEEL BETTER ABOUT MYSELF WHEN I
LOST WEIGHT AND I DIDN'T, THE
PROBLEMS WERE STILL THERE YOU
KNOW.
Eureka: I'M CURIOUS, HAVE ANY
OF THOSE INSECURITIES WENT AWAY
SINCE YOU'VE BEEN SOBER?
A LOT OF INSECURITIES
STILL LIVE INSIDE OF ME.
LIKE WHEN I, WHENEVER I GET LIKE
IN THE SHOWER, I THINK TO MYSELF
GOD, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU
LET IT GET THIS FAR.
YOU KNOW I SEE IT AND I TURN.
I DON'T LIKE TO DEAL WITH IT.
Eureka: HOW DOES DRAG HELP
BUILD CONFIDENCE, DO YOU KNOW?
OH MY GOD, LIKE DRAG
GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO
PRESENT WHAT I WANTED, YOU
KNOW.
I HAD THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO,
TO CONTROL HOW PEOPLE SAW ME.
I'M REALLY CURIOUS TO KNOW LIKE
HOW DIFFERENT I'M GOING TO BE
COME SHOW DAY I WANT TO KNOW
WHAT IT'S GONNA FEEL LIKE
WALKING ON TO THAT STAGE AND
HEARING THE AUDIENCE AND
ACTUALLY DOING THE PERFORMANCE.
I WANT TO, I WAN
TO EXPERIENCE THAT BECAUSE I
NEVER DID, YOU KNOW I'VE NEVER
DONE IT SOBER, I'VE NEVER DONE
IT WITHOUT BEING HIGH.
[CRYING]
AND IT STILL BREAKS MY HEART TO
THINK ABOUT IT.
YOU KNOW?
Eureka: YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE
YOURSELF.
IT'S OKAY.
IT'S OKAY, LET IT OUT.
THERE YOU GO.
THANK YOU.
Eureka: THANK YOU.
THAT SIGH OF RELIEF.
IT'S OKAY TO LET IT OUT.
YEAH.
YOU KNOW THAT'S WHY I
FEEL LIKE DOING THE DRAG SHOW.
I WANT TO REMEMBER WHO THE FUCK
I AM.
I DON'T' WANT TO SEE THE
DRUG ADDICT WHO STRUGGLED, I
WANT TO SEE THE, I WANT TO SEE
THE RECOVERING DRUG ADDICT WHO
SURVIVED AND WHO THRIVED.
Eureka: AND YOU ARE THRIVING
AND SURVIVING.
AND YOU ARE GONNA BE FIERCE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
Eureka: THAT'S FOR DAMN SURE.
I'M PROUD OF YOU.
THANK YOU.
♪
Eureka: SO WE'RE GONNA
REHEARSE.
AM I GONNA SWEAT?
Eureka: OH YEAH YOU'RE
GONNA, WELL LOOK AT THIS SWEATY
BITCH.
HEY.
YES.
Bob: ONE OF MY FAVORITE THING
THAT DRAG QUEENS DO IS LIKE
WHEN WE LIKE WALK OUT ALLOWING
LITERALLY, KEEP THAT WORD IN
MIND, ALLOWING, THE AUDIENCE TO
STARE AT YOU.
YOU ARE GIVING THEM THE BENEFI
OF JUST LOOKING AT YOU, THOSE
LUCKY MOTHERFUCKERS.
♪
IN THE BASKET IT, WOO,
STEP RIGHT, LEFT.
FIVE, SIX, SEVEN EIGHT.
UP, HOLD ON.
OPPOSITE, OPPOSITE FOOT,
RIGHT.
STEP AND EIGHT AND
ONE, YEAH.
CAN YOU PLEASE LEAD ME?
YOU'RE FINE DON'
WORRY.
Eureka: START OVER.
START OVER.
THIS IS AN ICONIC
SHANGELA MOVE.
CRACK.
Shangela: OH, I LOVE THAT.
YES.
SO YOU GO CRACK,
AND YOU CAN BRING THAT FOOT IN A
LITTLE BIT MORE AS WELL.
YEAH, LET ME SEE, LET ME SEE
FROM THE TOP, READY.
♪
THREE, FOUR, FIVE.
ONE, TWO.
Shangela: UH, HA.
SHE'S THERE, SHE'S
THERE.
I GOT IT, I GOT IT?
YOU GOT IT, YOU GOT IT.
♪
Bob: ALL THE WAY, IT'S ALL
THE WAY OUT, THERE IT IS YEAH.
REMEMBER YOU'RE A
LADY AS WELL.
SO LIKE THIS IS THE MASCULINE
POSE BUT YOU WANT TO KIND OF
LIKE BRING IT ALL THE WAY UP.
♪
UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN,
GOOD, UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN,
LOVELY.
Eureka: MAMA GOT TO GET HER
BABY, HONEY.
♪
Eureka: AHHHH!
YES.
♪
LET'S GO!
Eureka: HEY!
OKAY, BITCH.
Bob: WE WERE MOVING.
GOOD JOB.
Bob: THAT WAS VERY POWERFUL.
I FELT VERY POWERFUL.
THAT WAS GREAT.
GIRL, SHE IS
SHE'S DONE, HOW MANY
STEPS?
Bob: UM, FOUR THOUSAND STEPS.
♪
YOU GUYS ARE GONNA
START OFF RIGHT HERE AND OUR
FIRST MOTION IS TO GONNA DROP
DOWN.
[SINGING]
[DRUMS]
♪
♪
THERE WAS ONE POINT IN TIME
IN OUR JOURNEY AS KANACKA WHERE
OUR HULA WAS BANNED, IT WAS
ILLEGAL TO DANCE.
AND SO I ALWAYS SAY EVERY TIME
WE CHANT AND EVERY TIME WE
DANCE THAT SOMEBODY NEVER
STOP DANCING SO THAT WE COULD
BE HERE.
SO MANY MAHU PEOPLE ARE THE ONES
THAT WERE THE STORY KEEPERS
THROUGHOUT TIME AND SPACE AND
SOMEDAY SOMEBODY IS GONNA LOOK
AT THE WAY THAT WE CONTINUE
THESE STORIES AND SOMEONE'S
GONNA SAY I SEE ME IN THIS
MOMENT.
[CHANTING]
AND THAT'S HOW
YOU SPELL LGBTQIA PLUS IN
HAWAII.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Bob: WORK.
♪
MORNING, MORNING.
EXCITED.
♪
THERE'S NO TURNING BACK NOW,
WE'RE DOING DRAG TONIGHT,
LADIES.
OOH.
OKAY, LET'S JUST GET IT OVER
WITH.
IT'S THE ART OF DRAG.
♪
Eureka: WORK.
I LOVE THE LITTLE FISH MUG; THIS
IS HUGE THOUGH.
I KNOW I LOVE IT.
Eureka: BITCH, HOW DOES I
FEEL TO BE GETTING BACK IN DRAG?
IT FEELS AMAZING.
Eureka: YEAH.
IT, AND IT FEELS REALLY
SPECIAL, LIKE GENUINELY SPECIAL.
♪
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Bob: HELLO, KONA, HOW ARE
YOU?
YOU ARE LISTENING TO THE SMOOTH
SULTRY VOICE OF BOB THE DRAG
QUEEN.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IN ALIGNING WITH HAWAIIAN
TRADITION PLEASE WELCOME EVA,
HAWANE, AILA AND LAAH.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[CHANTING]
[SINGING]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
OUR LAST KINKULAKA WOULD SAY,
HULA IS THE HEARTBEAT OF THE
HAWAIIAN PEOPLE.
HULA IS THAT LANGUAGE.
IN SOME WAYS I WOULD SAY DRAG IS
THE LANGUAGE OF THE MAHU.
[APPLAUSE]
I'M BACK, YOU KNOW?
I'VE OVERCOME SO MUCH.
DRAG HELPED ME FEEL BEAUTIFUL, I
WANT TO RECONNECT WITH THA
PIECE.
I WANT TO KNOW THAT I'M
FABULOUS, I WANT TO KNOW THA
I'M FIERCE AND I WANT TO SHOW I
OFF.
Shangela: PLEASE WELCOME TO
THE STAGE, THE LOVELY MISS
EUREKA O'HARA AND HER NEWES
DRAG DAUGHTER, MISS NAHAY.
GIVE IT UP FOR THEM YOU
ALL.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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Eureka: BITCH, YOU ALL GIVE
IT UP FOR MISS NAHAY O'HARA!
THE ONLY PROFESSIONAL.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I AM SO OVERWHELMED.
[CRYING]
Eureka: IT'S OKAY, BABY, IT'S
OKAY.
IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I'VE
BEEN ABLE TO DO ANYTHING LIKE
THIS, YOU KNOW.
I'VE BEEN SOBER, CLEAN AND
SOBER, FOR SIX YEARS AND THIS IS
THE FIRST TIME, THIS IS THE
FIRST TIME IN MY SOBRIETY THAT I
HAVE GOTTEN TO DO DRAG.
WE'RE HERE, BITCH.
IT'S GONNA BE A
UNIQUE JOURNEY BEING OUT AND
COMFORTABLE WITH BEING BI.
I'M TERRIFIED TO DO THIS BU
THIS IS KIND OF A CHANCE TO
SHARE A STORY THAT I HAVEN'
GOTTEN TO SHARE AND THAT I HOPE
WILL EMPOWER OTHERS.
Bob: PLEASE GIVE I
UP FOR SHANGELA LAQUIFA
WADLEY.
AND MATRIX MARLEY.
Shangela: OH.
YOU ALL BETTER MAKE SOME NOISE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[SINGING]
THERE IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE
TO TELL YOU, I FIGURED IT OU
SOME TIME AGO.
I FEEL GREAT, IT MAKES ME
REALLY HAPPY, AND I LOVE YOU SO
I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO KNOW.
HAVE YOU HEARD OF LGBTQ PLUS,
WELL I AM THE B.?
I HAVE A HEART THAT COULD LOVE
PLURAL GENDERS YES, I'M BI AND
I'M PROUD TO BE ME.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
IT HAS BEEN QUITE A JOURNEY,
I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE
HERE IN SUPPORTING, THIS IS MY
OFFICIAL COMING OUT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
SO ONLY VERY, VERY, VERY, FEW
PEOPLE KNOW IN MY LIFE AND SO
IT MEANS THE WORLD FOR YOU ALL
TO BE HERE AND SHARE THIS
MOMENT.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THIS
JOURNEY HAS TAUGHT ME IT'S THA
THERE'S GOING TO BE A FAMILY OU
THERE THAT DOES LOVE YOU, I
WILL COME AND IT WILL TAKE SOME
TIME.
I LOVE YOU ALL.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
MY POSITION HAS BEEN ONE OF
THE LEADERS ON THE MOUNTAIN AND
BEING MAHU I HAVE TO BE
VULNERABLE TO MY COMMUNITY.
I PULL ALL MY MASCULINE ENERGY
TO BE THAT WARRIOR STANDING
THERE, I PULL ALL MY FEMININE TO
DO DRAG.
IT IGNITES AND SUPPORTS
EVERYBODY ELSE TO COME UP.
I'M A FACE THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE
LOOKING TO.
FOR KANACKA, I WOULD WANT THEM
TO STILL SEE ME AND SEE THE
HAWAIIAN COMING OUT LIKE THIS.
Eureka: I WOULD LIKE TO
WELCOME TO THE STAGE MY
GOOD SISTER BOB THE DRAG QUEEN
AND HER DAUGHTER FRITA INA.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
HEY.
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Bob: SOAK IT IN.
SOAK IT IN.
YES.
TURNS INTO A TOTAL DIVA.
GETS IN DRAG ONCE.
TAKE IT AWAY, BABY.
[SPEAKS IN HAWAIIAN]
THIS JOURNEY HAS BEEN SO
POWERFUL, JUST LOOKING A
ANOTHER FORM OF TRANSFORMATION,
ANOTHER, ANOTHER REALM OF
TRANSCENDENCE AND WE COME IN SO
MANY SHAPES AND COLORS SO FROM
THE MUD OF WAIPIO TO THIS
GLAMOUR.
[SPEAKS IN HAWAIIAN]
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
Shangela: HOW DO YOU FEEL?
EXCITED.
Shangela: YES.
I MEAN I STILL AM
AWKWARD AND STILL SHY BUT I
THINK IT'S ALLOWED ME TO ACCEP
ME AND BEING ME AND, AND
REALIZED THAT IF I CAN'T BE ME
THEN IT'S NOT WORTH IT YOU KNOW.
I FEEL INCREDIBLE.
I FEEL LIKE, LIKE I HAD A
RELEASE OF SOME KIND.
LIKE I CAN'T EVEN REALLY
DESCRIBE IT, LIKE IT JUS
FEELS GOOD.
YOU KNOW?
Bob: IT'S BEEN REALLY
HUMBLING TO BE TAUGHT SO MUCH BY
SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE A LOT OF
REFERENCE FOR WHAT IT IS THEY'RE
SHARING.
QUEER CULTURE IS MORE THAN JUS
LIKE BEING A LITTLE MONSTER.
MAY WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE
GOOD FIGHT.
AY, OH, AND WE'LL DO
IT FABULOUSLY.
YES.
Bob: IT'S A SENSE OF
CONNECTION WITH THEIR PAST BU
ALSO LIKE A SENSE OF
RESPONSIBILITY TO UPLIF
EACH OTHER AND THAT ACTIVISM
AND COMMUNITY BUILDING AND
CHOSEN FAMILY.
WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE THIS
BECAUSE THEN EVERYONE ELSE
GETS TO SEE IT.
ONE MORE THING.
IT'S A HALO.
HALO.
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