This drag queen was raised in a polygamist FLDS community. Then she performed in the first ever drag show there.

The event was historic for Short Creek, the community straddling the Utah-Arizona state line that used to be ruled over by Warren Jeffs. Queen Violet Vox is hoping it ushers in “new beginnings and softer hearts.”

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Violet Vox at the Freedom to the Queens drag show at Edge of the World Brewery in Colorado City, Ariz., on Thursday, July 4, 2024.