AUDIO SHORT: ZOLA LEADS HISTORY LESSON ON DRAG PRESENCE WITHIN LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY

OCTOBER 2020 - The Boston Uncommon

 
 
Zola as Grace Jones at Jacque’s Cabaret in the late 1980s, via Instagram

Zola as Grace Jones at Jacque’s Cabaret in the late 1980s, via Instagram

 
 

On the debut episode of Boston Uncommon Audio Shorts, Sam Goodman sits down with Boston drag legend Zola to discuss the slow emergence and acceptance of drag performers and trans people within the larger LGBTQ+ community and nightlife scene. Click below to listen!

 
 
 
 
 
 

"Coming from when the police would come into the bar and strip you down to make sure you had one article of male clothing on,” Zola said. “There were certain bars you went to where you were not welcome and they made it very known that they didn’t want you there. People don’t remember those days.”