Interview with Emi Grate, New York City, New York

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Date
2020-09-22
Main contributor
Emi Grate
Summary
Emi Grate (New York City, New York) 

Emi Grate is a drag artist, event producer, and illustrator based in Brooklyn, New York. Emi Grate was born and raised in Mandalay, Burma, and came to the United State in 2011 for college. She is an LGBT asylee in the U.S. Emi Grate is a classically trained tenor vocalist. She holds a liberal arts degree in theatre and is trained as a stage manager. Emi Grate is the producer of A+ the Pan-Asian Drag Revue, and is Mr(s) BK 2018 and Miss Brooklyn Pride 2020. Her drag involves community organizing and is centered around themes of identity politics, looking to her own upbringing and cultural background to validate and celebrate queerness. 

Interviewed by Tamar Sella, 09/22/2020.
Contributor
Tamar Sella
Subjects
Music; United States; Covid-19 Pandemic
Location
New York City, New York
Collection
Musicians in America during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Unit
Society for Ethnomusicology

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