Sharpen those eyeliner pencils and grab your glitter glue, darlings – it’s back-to-school season. But in our world, the only classes on the syllabus are Drag Brunch 101 and Advanced Lip-Sync for Your Life.
This semester’s queer curriculum looks like this:
FIRST PERIOD: Bottomless mimosas (attendance mandatory).
SECOND PERIOD: Wig Stacking 201 (extra credit if your lace front survives August humidity).
LUNCH BREAK: Strong cocktails and stronger drag at Freddie’s or the Purple Parrot.
AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: Karaoke chaos, speedos at the beach, and avoiding detention by tipping your queens generously.
But beyond the glitter and giggles, community is the real core subject. On Saturday, September 20, the AIDS Walk Delaware returns to Rehoboth Beach. Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m. at the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand. Think of it as P.E. with a purpose – sneakers, sequins, and a whole lot of strutting for awareness, love, and ending stigma.
And because no school day is complete without recess, the celebration continues at the AIDS Walk After-Party at Freddie’s Beach Bar from 12 to 3 p.m. Hosted by yours truly with beats from DJ Lovegrove, it’s the perfect mix of cocktails, community, and camp. Consider it the study hall where attendance is not only encouraged, it’s fabulous.
Later this fall, drama class gets extra credit when The Rocky Horror Show takes over the Milton Theatre, running October 9 to 26. Doors open at 6:30, curtain at 7:30 – and you know this isn’t your average school play. Expect a syllabus of fishnets, flying toast, and enough pelvic thrusts to qualify as a full-body workout. Sing along, scream the lines, and yes, do the Time Warp … again.
So no, the end of summer doesn’t mean the party’s over. It just means we’ve got a fresh syllabus of chaos and community to slay together.
Class dismissed, babes. Just don’t forget to tip your queens on the way out.
