Video of Marti Gould Cummings' performance has amassed more than 500,000 views on Twitter in two days. - NBCOUT
“Anyone who thinks drag isn’t for children is wrong,” Cummings told NBC News. “Drag is expression, and children are such judgment-free beings; they don’t really care what you’re wearing, just what you’re performing.”
“It’s the same when I do Drag Queen Story Hour,” he added, referring to a popular event held across the U.S. where drag queens read to children at public libraries and bookstores. “They don’t care that I am a gay man in a dress; they care about the story I am reading.” “It would be nice if us adults could let the child inside of us out for a little bit, so maybe we could all be a little more accepting of others ourselves,” Cummings continued.When he’s not performing, Cummings, a native of Kennedyville, Maryland, is politically active. Seated on the Mayor’s Nightlife Advisory Board in New York and the board of directors for the Ali Forney Center for homeless LGBTQ youth, Cummings said he believes it’s a drag queen’s duty to give back to the community.
“Look, it’s the 50th anniversary of Stonewall this year, and that movement was a movement led by drag queens and gender-nonbinary people,” Cummings said, referring to the 1969 riot at New York City gay bar Stonewall Inn. “We must use our voices and carry on the message that began at Stonewall. We have come a long way, but we still have a very long way to go.”
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