Courtney Act has stressed the importance of focusing on queer people of colour as we celebrate Pride 2020 amid the Black Lives Matter movement.The drag performer and former RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant, whose real name is Shane Jenek, acknowledges there is racism in the LGBTQ+ community but hopes that through education and understanding the notion of privilege, things can progress.Speaking exclusively to Metro.co.uk, Courtney began: ‘The queer community people often think of as white gay men and white drag queens, but the intersectionality of the community is universal.‘The queer community intersects with women, with people of colour, with people with disabilities.
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