num_pages: 432
description: This book changed my life. Tom Rasmussens honesty vulnerability and fearlessness jump out of every page and every word. It is the queer bible Ive always needed. Sam Smith singer and songwriterTom covers the nuance doubt and uncertainty of being a drag queen. Crystal covers the transcendence . . . Charisma and quick intelligencetwo qualities that have long been prerequisites for drag . . . Diary puts on technicolor display. Katy Waldman The New YorkerIn these pages find glamour and gaffes on and off the stage clarifying snippets of queer theory terrifyingly selfish bosses sex quick sex KFC binges group sex the kind of honesty that banishes shame glimmers of hope blazes of ambition tender sex mad dashes in last night's heels plus a full face of make-up and a rom-com love story for the ages. This is where the unspeakable becomes the celebrated. This is the diary of a drag queenone dazzling hilarious true performance of a real flawed extraordinary life.I hope people like me will read this and feel seen and loved by it. I hope people who aren't like me will enjoy it laugh with it learn from it. And I hope people who don't like me will file lawsuits just so I can wear my brand-new leopard-print skirt suit and bust their asses in court.Crystal Rasmussen in Refinery29
language: English
title: Diary of a Drag Queen
publisher: FSG Originals