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Beauty President (The)

Country: USA, Language: English, 10 mins

  • Director: Whitney Skauge

CGiii Comment

What an absolutely fabulous man!

Joy and sadness in equal measures...the only problem: Nowhere near long enough!


Watch...

The Beauty President | A Breakwater Original from Breakwater Studios Ltd. on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

In 1992, drag queen Joan Jett Blakk made a historic bid for the White House as an openly queer write-in candidate. Today, Terence Smith, the man behind the persona, reflects back on his place in gay rights history at the height of the AIDS crisis.