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Why Lady Gaga Wouldn’t Exist Without Drag Queens

The singer, artist, performer, actor, writer, activist, and pop queen is beloved by many and known by all as Lady Gaga. But Gaga has found a particularly large fanbase within the queer community. To understand the community’s obsession with Lady Gaga, we need to travel back down a long rainbow timeline.

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MUSIC

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STILLS
The Pussycat Dolls – Doll Domination World Tour 2009 Berlin Concert
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NBC’s “76th Annual Golden Globe Awards” – Arrivals
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‘A Star Is Born’ UK Premiere
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2018 Toronto International Film Festival – “A Star Is Born” Premiere – Red Carpet
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Celebrity Sightings In New York City – June 28, 2019
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The National Board Of Review Annual Awards Gala – Inside
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AT&T TV Super Saturday Night – Inside/Atmosphere
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088397.CA.1010.gay.cc –– Church members sing as they enter the church Sunday that Archbishop Carl Be
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2013 MTV Video Music Awards – Show
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2010 MTV Video Music Awards – Press Room
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Lady Gaga “The ARTPOP Ball” Tour Opener
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Madonna 1990
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – Season 3
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2020 GayVN Awards
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The 28th Annual MTV Video Music Awards – Press Room
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Televison device from 90’s
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The 28th Annual MTV Video Music Awards – Press Room
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2011 MTV Video Music Awards – Press Room
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2011 MTV Video Music Awards – Press Room
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Actress Judy Garland
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The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion – Arrivals
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ABC’s “Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2009”
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The 2019 Met Gala Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion – Inside
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102.7’s KIIS-FM’s Wango Tango 2009 – Show
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VIDEO
Red curtains open and close with green screen
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Photographers
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opening a book
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Therapist making notes
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night club girls dancing in the strobe light
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Many TVs with Green Screens. Zoom In. Green Screens Turning Off. Aesthetics of the 80s.
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Annual gay pride parade with thousands of people Europe
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Bad distorted vhs tape signal over gay pride flag
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Beautiful Bouquet of Blooming Peony Flowers.
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Gay pride parade – time lapse video of LGBT and their supporters on rally
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Group of friends enjoying the LGBTQI parade
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Drag artists performing
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Mirror : Tired man
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Rainbow flag,b-roll
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SLO MO Ecstatic businessman walking out of an office
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Actors on red carpet
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He knows just how to give her that headache
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Band interacting with audience
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Sad Man Lying In Bed
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VERY Grungy Film Junk
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Industrial design team in a meeting.
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Abstract background
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Light coming through aperture of camera lens
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EXTERNAL CREDITS
Ryan Moulton