"I plan to keep going for about five more years," Ono said last month as he marked Japan's "Respect for the Aged Day" with a gift and a certificate ahead of his birthday.| Sentinel Colorado
"This day is our chance to show our art and our hearts with dignity," said Arumir, 42, who has spent nearly two decades performing in drag. "It has been difficult to gain our place in events related to our traditions."| Sentinel Colorado
"Everything is going as expected but then at some point you pass by the operator and the operator's not there and then the roller coaster keeps going and it gets faster and faster and so you feel like you're gonna fly off into the ether," she said. "I describe it as an existential terror."| Sentinel Colorado