Ep. 64 - What Keeps Us Going? Drag, Arson & Grief with Alda Smoke

★WHERE YOU CAN FIND ALDA SMOKE★ Instagram - @hausuvsmokee ★WHERE YOU CAN FIND US★ Website - www.queerolina.org Facebook - Queerolina Instagram - @queerolinaorg BlueSky - queerolinaorg.bsky.social ★Summary★ In this conversation, Alda Smoke (aka Trey) sits down with the Queer Vision to talk about three years of drag, the red and black she wears in tribute to her late brother, and being raised by "old Christian Black folk" who eventually came around to the skinny jeans. Alda gets real about grief, the wild timing of loss, and growing up in  Fayetteville — then pivots into a passionate PSA about community etiquette, unsolicited critique, and why kindness to new performers costs nothing. The conversation also touches on internalized homophobia, finding your lane instead of blending in, and dream retirement spots that range from the Japanese countryside to Manchester. ★Keywords★ drag, alternative drag, queerness, grief, community, kindness, North Carolina drag, Fayetteville NC, identity, neurodivergence, internalized homophobia, self-acceptance,  entertainment