Dolly Parton honors Texas drag queen
Known for her political activism including becoming a plaintiff in the Federal lawsuit to stop the ban on drag shows, Brigitte Bandit has a lengthy record of advocacy and activism for the state’s LGBTQ+ community including multiple appearances before Texas lawmakers at the capitol testifying.
Austin’s NBC News affiliate KXAN reported that during one of her appearances before a committee hearing Bandit was photographed holding a copy of a children’s book about Country music superstar Dolly Parton.
One of Parton’s executive team saw the photo and passed it along to the singer. Parton reacted by signing a custom made guitar which was presented to Bandit at a live performance this past weekend. “Dolly Parton was actually the second concert I ever saw.
My first one was Cher, and Dolly was my second. I like to joke that’s why I’m a drag queen now,” Bandit told KXAN. “But Dolly has always been such a huge inspiration.