The Book of Pride by Mason Funk

Author:Mason Funk
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2019-04-04T16:00:00+00:00

Another time, a woman’s possessions had been put into the street, and my little sister came home and said, “Let’s go down there. It’s all in the garbage.” Well, they were incredible 1940s’ gowns with padded shoulders and these big, giant coats with fur cuffs. Just unbelievable stuff. So I got as much stuff as I could and started dressing up and wearing things to parties after school, and then word got out. Because the next day at school, all of a sudden, there were people who wouldn’t go to the woods and smoke pot with me anymore.

Because of that bunch of clothes thrown out in the street, I started wearing women’s clothes. I became acutely aware of the power of drag before I even knew what I was doing or what was happening. It was very powerful. A very powerful medium. You could stop entire groups of people. I walked into seventh grade with my David Bowie haircut, my eyebrows shaved, a pair of platforms, bell-bottoms, and a Nik-Nik shirt from Chess King. People in the hallways just stopped and went to each side, and I just walked through.

It was very hard in those days, dressing up. Carloads of rednecks or country people would just stop and go, “Fucking faggot!” You either stood your ground or ran. I wasn’t about to run. I’m not saying that I won every fight, because I didn’t. But I won a lot of them.

Bradley and his sister, Elizabeth, on their way to church

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