• NathanielThomas@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    They used to do drag shows in WW2 during downtime from killing Nazis and Japanese because there were only men in the enlisted.

    Literally their own fathers and grandfathers loved drag.

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      There’s a fantastic picture out there of British troops manning a gun emplacement in dresses as the alert went up during their show.

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      They used to do drag shows in WW2 during downtime from killing Nazis

      You’re not trying to get republicans on board like that, are you?