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“A Defiant Act Of Bravery”: ‘The Beauty President’ Recalls Terence Alan Smith’s Campaign As “First Drag Queen” Presidential Candidate

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In 1992 the presidential race came down to three main candidates: the Republican incumbent, President George H.W. Bush, Democrat Bill Clinton, and Independent Ross Perot.

But they weren’t the only contenders for the office. Terence Alan Smith also campaigned—as “America’s first drag queen for president.”Smith, under his drag name Joan Jett Blakk, ran as the nominee of the Queer Nation Party on a platform of universal health care, defunding police and the military, and increased funding for education.“Smith championed policies that are mainstream today,” writes Whitney Skauge, director of the Oscar-contending short documentary The Beauty President, which recounts Smith’s 1992 bid. “Against a social and political environment of homophobia in

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