“I feel powerful in drag”

One of the biggest names in drag in funk, Lia Clark, spoke about the challenges of his funk career. In an interview with Universa, the artist recalled the beginning of her career and spoke about the feeling of freedom when discovering herself as a drag star.

“I started doing funk in 2016, without any intention, to have fun because I always identified with and listened to funk. My drag has always been based on funk women. And I, at first, was embraced by the LGBT community and to this day it is mostly these people who consume me, who go to my shows and who enjoy my work”, he spoke.

“I got some respect in the funk world, yes, especially among women, like Pocah, Valesca and Tati Quebra Barraco. But it really is a very sexist environment and there is still a distance for cisnormative people to accept that a drag artist is doing funk. But it’s everyday prejudice,” he said.

“I was always shocked by the transformations when I saw the Trio Milano, which is a trio of drag artists from São Paulo. I also wanted to see how it would look. From the moment I got on, I felt free, powerful and it was something I naturally didn’t feel being gay, black and effeminate. We are always very invisible, not only within the acronym, but outside as well”, completed.