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Drag queen Brigiding says they are going to “keep on dancing” after performance stirs up “differing opinions” on social media

Graham Robson September 19, 2024

Filipino drag queen Brigiding has said they are going to “keep on dancing” after one of their performances “alluded to menstruation”. im gonna keep on dancing… 🌈💃🍷@ChappellRoan pic.twitter.com/FwbdBnFJzx — brigiding (@brigiding) September 19, 2024 The performance, which has been viewed over two million times, saw Brigiding, star of season 1 of Drag Race Philippine, dancing […]

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Television

Meet CHANEL O’CONOR – one of the fierce new queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season 6

Graham Robson September 18, 2024

International drag icon, RuPaul, is back in Blighty with his cult competitive reality show. Rooted in camp, British pop culture, and famed for its unpredictability, Drag Race UK fans will be delighted with a rambunctious new cast, and a competition with even more twists, more laughs and more sass. So start your engines, and control […]

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Exhibitions

Lavender Boy: Drag portrait exhibition from Greg Bailey at Helm Gallery, Brighton explores Pride, colour and inclusivity in the LGBTQ+ community

Graham Robson August 21, 2024

Pop along to Helm Gallery in Brighton for portrait photographer Greg Bailey‘s drag portrait exhibition, which explores Pride, colour and inclusivity in the LGBTQ+ community. Lavender Boy is a carefully curated collection of vividly coloured photographs, which represent a timeline of Bailey’s career as a portrait photographer and his unwavering commitment to the LGBTQ+ community. […]

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Arts

“Like most little gay boys, making people laugh was an escape.” Danny Beard to bring ‘Straight Expectations’ to Brighton Komedia in September

Brian Butler August 6, 2024

Drag performer Danny Beard can trace their stage persona back to the outrageous, flamboyant Leigh Bowery, friend of Boy George, who delighted and shocked audiences in Soho and New York in the 1980s. And now they’re bringing their UK touring show Straight Expectations to Brighton’s Komedia in September. In an exclusive interview Danny told me: […]

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Cabaret

Queens, Kings and in betweens assemble! The Next Drag Superstar to kick off in Brighton this week

Brian Butler July 8, 2024

After nine successful seasons in London, the Next Drag Superstar competition starts this week in Brighton for the first time. Brighton-based Felix Le Freak, co-producer and head judge, told me: “The London event has grown into a community of LGBTQ+ performers, working together in cabaret, panto and one-off shows. “As a Brighton resident I thought […]

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LGBTQ+ News

Brighton queens take Pride in London by storm

Graham Robson July 5, 2024

On Saturday, June 29 a group of Brighton based drag queens took London by storm as part of the Drag Bus float. Resident host on the bus Cherry Bomb was joined by Darcey Nox, Shallow Vera, Mary O’Kart and Didi Deville. The queens were spreading a message of love, equality and inclusivity as tens of […]

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Arts

UK’s only known drag-farmer, Boo La Croux, captured in photographs by award-winning photographer Billie Charity

Graham Robson May 13, 2024

On an Eardisley farm, in conservative, rural Herefordshire, lives Dean Goodwin-Evans aka Boo La Croux: farmer, organiser of Hereford Pride, professional hairdresser, son of an Aston Villa footballer, husband of Paul, lover of horses and Miss Drag UK 2021.

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Arts

ANGEL OF THE NORTH: RuPaul’s Drag Race star Michael Marouli speaks ahead of international tour and headline show at all-new SHABLAM! ON SUNDAYS

Graham Robson April 10, 2024

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK finalist and fan favourite, Michael Marouli, has been announced as the headline act for a brand-new matinee entertainment extravaganza for the East Midlands, Shablam! On Sundays, brought to you by Saul Morgan and Laura Wood, two of the team behind Groovebox Nottingham Pride Festival, and to be held at Nottingham’s iconic […]

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Cabaret

All aboard! Miss Jason’s Big Birthday Fundraiser at Legends to raise funds for the Sussex Beacon

Graham Robson February 26, 2024

Miss Jason‘s Big Birthday Fundraiser for local HIV charity for the Sussex Beacon is to take place tonight at Legends from 7.30pm. In addition to the star of the show, onboard entertainment features an incredible lineup of Rustie Lee, Alfie Ordinary, Allan Jay, Baroness Mary Golds, Billie Gold and Jason Lee! Legends say: “We can’t […]

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Television

Alaska Thunderfuck and creative drag partner Lola LeCroix to star in new series of ‘Behind the Drag Queen of the Year Pageant Competition Award Contest Competition’

Graham Robson February 22, 2024

This March, FROOT.tv is going behind the scenes with renowned drag queens Alaska Thunderfuck and her creative drag partner Lola LeCroix in a new series of Behind the Drag Queen of the Year Pageant Competition Award Contest Competition. As the contestants battle it out to be crowned Drag Queen of the Year, Alaska and Lola […]

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