00:00At the 2024 Los Angeles Drag Con, Candace Kane emphasized the critical importance of
00:05LGBTQ activism, urging continued efforts in the fight for rights and protection.
00:10Candace Kane is an American actress and performance artist who made a significant
00:14impact as a transgender woman in the entertainment industry. Born in 1971 in Maui, Hawaii, Kane
00:20initially gained fame as a drag performer in New York City's vibrant club scene during the 1990s.
00:26The actress went on to make history with her role as Carmelita Rayner on ABC's drama series
00:31Dirty Sexy Money, becoming the first transgender actress to play a recurring transgender character
00:36on primetime TV. Beyond acting and performing, she's a passionate advocate for LGBTQ rights,
00:43using her platform to raise awareness and promote inclusivity, and she did nothing short
00:47of that at this year's Drag Con at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
00:51It's an interesting kind of scary time to be in a red state and to be living where we are living,
00:59especially being a queer part of the queer community. It's so important that we have to
01:06fight again, which is so weird. It's like for a while there we thought we were done.
01:12You know what I mean? We're like, oh yeah, it's all going uphill,
01:15but it's not done and we have to get back to fighting.
