Editing Drag queen (section)

==== Politics ====
In 1961, drag queen [[José Sarria]] ran for the [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors]], becoming the first openly gay candidate for public office in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.advocate.com/society/people/2013/08/19/legendary-drag-queen-jos%C3%A9-julia-sarria-dead-91|title=Legendary Drag Queen José Julia Sarria Dead at 91|date=19 August 2013|website=www.advocate.com|access-date=21 December 2022|archive-date=21 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221031827/https://www.advocate.com/society/people/2013/08/19/legendary-drag-queen-jos%C3%A9-julia-sarria-dead-91|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[[Neil Miller (writer)|Miller, Neil]] (1995). ''Out of the Past: Gay and Lesbian History from 1869 to the Present'', pg. 347.. New York, Vintage Books. {{ISBN|0-09-957691-0}}.</ref>

In 1991, drag queen Terence Alan Smith, as [[Joan Jett Blakk]], ran against [[Richard M. Daley]] for the office of mayor of Chicago, Illinois.<ref>Meyer, Moe (1994). ''The Politics and Poetics of Camp''. Pgs. 5-6. Psychology Press. {{ISBN|0-415-08248-X}}.</ref> The campaign was chronicled in the 1991 video ''Drag in for Votes''.<ref name="Smith:0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2050100/|title=Terence Smith|website=IMDb|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref> After qualifying for presidency on his 35th birthday,<ref name="PBS Peppermint">{{cite web |last1=Peppermint |title=Joan Jett Blakk: The drag queen who ran for president {{!}} American Masters {{!}} PBS |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/joan-jett-blakk-the-drag-queen-who-ran-for-president/18355/ |website=American Masters |publisher=PBS |access-date=1 August 2024 |date=6 August 2021}}</ref> Smith announced a campaign for presidency in 1992 under the slogan "Lick [[George H. W. Bush|Bush]] in '92!" and documented in the 1993 video of the same name.<ref name="Smith:0" /> Smith also ran for president in 1996 with the slogan "Lick [[Bill Clinton|Slick Willie]] in '96!" In each of these campaigns Smith ran on the [[Queer Nation Party]] ticket.<ref>Glasrud, Bruce A. (2010). ''African Americans and the Presidency: The Road to the White House''. Taylor & Francis. Pg. 13. {{ISBN|0-415-80391-8}}.</ref> In June 2019, a play based on Smith's 1992 presidential campaign, titled ''Ms. Blakk for President,'' written by [[Tarell Alvin McCraney]] and [[Tina Landau]] and starring McCraney in the title role, opened at [[Steppenwolf Theatre Company|Steppenwolf Theater]] in Chicago.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/steppenwolf-adds-tarell-alvin-mccraney-and-tina-landaus-ms-blakk-for-president-to-2019-season|title=Steppenwolf Adds Tarell Alvin McCraney and Tina Landau's Ms. Blakk for President to 2019 Season {{!}} Playbill|website=Playbill|date=13 September 2018|language=en|access-date=2018-09-17}}</ref>

In 2019, [[Maebe A. Girl]] became the first drag queen elected to public office in the United States when she was elected to the [[Silver Lake, Los Angeles|Silver Lake]] Neighborhood Council.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://qvoicenews.com/2019/04/05/drag-queen-maebe-a-girl-running-for-silver-lake-neighborhood-council/|title=Drag queen Maebe A. Girl running for Silver Lake Neighborhood Council|first=Beatriz E.|last=Valenzuela|date=5 April 2019|website=Q Voice News|access-date=3 March 2020|archive-date=3 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303201628/https://qvoicenews.com/2019/04/05/drag-queen-maebe-a-girl-running-for-silver-lake-neighborhood-council/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaeEjSz9JQw|title=NowThis News: Meet the First Drag Queen Elected to Public Office in the United States|website=YouTube|date=29 June 2019 |access-date=3 March 2020|archive-date=29 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329043648/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaeEjSz9JQw|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/maebe-a-girl-silver-lake/|title=Meet the First Drag Queen to Be Elected to Public Office in California|first=Steven|last=Blum|date=12 April 2019|newspaper=Lamag - Culture, Food, Fashion, News & Los Angeles|access-date=3 March 2020|archive-date=8 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108122719/https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/maebe-a-girl-silver-lake/|url-status=live}}</ref>