Brutal queer rage has never been more necessary

There is a lot of talk these days about queer joy. Which is great. Everyone deserves to be happy and the joy of a queer person is ultimately the best kind of protest. You don't like us - fuck you - we live. 

But there's a very specific piece of queer existence that often gets overlooked: Queer Rage. Unfiltered, uncompromising queer rage. 

Going against paradigms is always hard - and queer people do this from a young age with no real choice in the matter. Queers don't get to choose who we are, but we are punished for it by the majority of people from the moment we discover what we are. 

All this to say, as happy as we are and as proud as we can be, there is a lot of anger that we carry from a young age, and I haven't seen any show tap into this reality so effectively. 

The performance from the very beginning is electric. Pup Handler David blasts onto the stage, grabs you by the throat (with consent) and doesn't let go until it's finished. 

This show is a ride... 

It is beautiful, vulnerable, intense and uncompromising. It examines so many sides of kink, consent, sex and the queer experience in a way that few other performers would be willing to explore. It screams the reality of the queer experience in a way that can, and will, make straight people feel uncomfortable- but should hopefully communicate why this piece is not only important, but necessary. 

This piece contains just about every trigger warning you can think of - for good reason. It makes good points, and screams into the void for calls to level up your own understanding of kink, play, fetish and community. 

A show not to be missed - but buckle the fuck up. 

Matti McLean is performing in A CANADIAN EXPLAINS EUROVISION TO AMERICANS. The only song I can think of that would be fitting for this is the unabashedly queer and political Hatari - an Icelandic band with a long history of political activism and queer values.