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Photos of drag queens preparing to attend ‘Les Miserables’ at Kennedy Center, despite Trump

Jun 12, 2025, 9:40 AM

Mari Con Carne applies their makeup before attending Les Miserables at the Kennedy Center in drag, ...

Mari Con Carne applies their makeup before attending Les Miserables at the Kennedy Center in drag, on the night that President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were also in attendance, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Mari Con Carne put on their make-up, wig and gown before attending “Les Miserables” at the Kennedy Center. Along with other Washington-based drag queens Tara Hoot, Ricky Rosé and Vagenesis, they attended the show despite complaints by President Donald Trump that the Kennedy Center had hosted too many drag shows in the past.

Trump, who also attended the performance, has replaced the Kennedy Center’s president and board with loyalists, had himself named chairman and pledged to overhaul programming he calls “woke” and too focused on leftist ideology.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

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Photos of drag queens preparing to attend ‘Les Miserables’ at Kennedy Center, despite Trump