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In pursuing drag, Marina Summers fulfills a childhood dream

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Yong Chavez | TFC News Hollywood

<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dNB7e_jrb-U?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>In many ways, Marina Summers is at the peak season of her life.</p><p>This year, the “Drag Race Philippines” runner-up released a single called “ride 4 me” just before participating in RuPaul&#x27;s DragCon in Los Angeles in May.</p><div><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/04/24/23/marina-summers-fires-up-with-new-single-ride-4-me&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1691635328814000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2ohQfFSePABdgjYV2OAK_K" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/04/24/23/marina-summers-fires-up-with-new-single-ride-4-me" target="_blank">Marina Summers fires up with new single &#x27;ride 4 me&#x27;</a></div><p>The drag performer, producer, and singer-songwriter’s billboard also appeared in New York’s Times Square.</p><div><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/06/02/23/look-marina-summers-featured-on-times-square-billboard&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1691635328814000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2AoUq4Ky9OQQa4_L7K-Ok0" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/06/02/23/look-marina-summers-featured-on-times-square-billboard" target="_blank">Marina Summers featured on Times Square billboard </a></div><p>Summers owed it to Filipinos&#x27; passion and artistry when asked what makes them good at drag. She added that it&#x27;s also their means to put food on the table.</p><p>&quot;They really have to put their A game in every performance,&quot; said Summers in Filipino, &quot;regardless if it&#x27;s just a small or a group number, or even if they&#x27;re just in the background.&quot;<br/><br/>But while drag art continues to flourish in the Philippines where queens are widely accepted and celebrated, in the U.S., members of the LGBTQ+ community are facing renewed discrimination and villainization by ultra-religious politicians and their supporters.<br/><br/>&quot;Back home, we are starting to feel like we are accepted,&quot; Summers said. &quot;[But] some of the states here in the U.S. are [implementing] anti-drag laws.&quot;<br/><br/>She added in Filipino: &quot;They will not only lose their source of livelihood but also their means of expressing themselves. We don&#x27;t want to live in a world that&#x27;s full of hate.&quot;<br/><br/>Drag artists are known as entertainers. But like many of her peers, Summers maintains that drag also has always been a political act of perseverance, creative expression, and positivity.</p>

The “Drag Race Philippines” runner-up released this year a single called “ride 4 me.'