Drag History with Jean Decay

October 30, 2024, 6:00-6:45 PM
Performance, All Ages
Advocate & Gochis Galleries

1125 N McCadden Pl
Los Angeles, CA 90038

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Join Drag historian Jean Decay for a special presentation and performance inspired by the exhibition, Our Patch: LGBTQ+ Life from Cradle to Grave. Jean explores what it means to express the totality of Queer experience with what is archived and unearthed. How do people interact with the past, and what is chosen (by human or fate) to be preserved or hidden? The ephemera presented displays multiple aspects of queer identity and community. Jean’s presentation and performance aim to dive further into how these aspects intersect and create the base for our own conceptions of the past.

Drag History with Jean Decay will take place at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s Advocate & Gochis Galleries on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, from 6-6:45 p.m.

This program serves as the closing event for the Circa 2024 headlining exhibition, Our Patch: LGBTQ+ Life from Cradle to Grave.

This program is suitable for all ages.

Participants

Jean Decay is a Southern California based drag queen going on almost ten years of drag. She is a live performer, preserver of drag history, and writer. Currently, she focuses her time on her own writing projects and doing drag history presentations in SoCal to educate people on lesser known events that shaped the art form of drag.

Our Patch: LGBTQ+ Life from Cradle to Grave is organized by One Institute and co-presented with the Los Angeles LGBT Center as part of the Circa: Queer Histories Festival 2024, presented by One Institute. The exhibition is co-curated by Andy Campbell, Jessica Carolina González, and Robert Brady. The exhibition and this event are made possible in part through an arts grant from the City of West Hollywood.

  • The Los Angeles LGBT Center is a safe and welcoming place where the LGBTQ+ community finds help, hope, and support when it is needed the most.

  • Founded in 1952, One Institute is the oldest active LGBTQ+ organization in the country and the proud presenters of Circa: Queer Histories Festival. It's mission is to elevate queer and trans history and embrace emerging stories through collaborative education, arts, and cultural programs.

    Each year, One Institute produces one-of-a-kind exhibitions and public programs connecting LGBTQ+ history and contemporary culture to effect social change. Through unique K-12 teacher trainings, lesson plans, and youth mentorship programs, One empowers the next generation of teachers and students bringing queer history into classrooms and communities. As the independent community partner of ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, One Institute helps promote the largest collection of LGBTQ+ materials in the world.