This year’s WorldPride festival promises to be the biggest yet, so to celebrate we headed to Toronto's top drag bars, Woody’s and Crews & Tangos. Which queen rules the roost? You choose!
WOODY'S |
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CREWS & TANGO |
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Miss Conception; 1989
Drag is a misconception.
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Name; year bar Inspiration for your drag name? |
Xtacy Love; bar reopened in 2010
My drag name was inspired by the state of “true bliss.” My initials are also a size. Dream big, be big and love big. |
| I’ve been doing it for 14 years. My friend Ben dared me to do it, and I thought, ‘What the hell!’ | How long have you been performing and how did you get your start? |
Two and a half years. I started in a pantomime where men play women, but the audience thought I was a woman playing a man playing a woman. Drag seemed to be the next logical step. |
| Funny you ask ’cause I just counted — I have 176 wigs. |
How many wigs are in your closeet? | As a dancer, I can only count to eight, but I have at least five counts of eight! |
| Fourteen crowns! | How many crowns does this queen have? | I am the current reigning Miss Crews & Tangos 2014 and the Drag Race 2013 winner. |
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I’ve been performing a live singing show in Mexico for three years now and have been touring North America.
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Tell us more about your performances. | I’m known for high-energy dancing and storytelling. I did a very personal piece about domestic abuse and still get messages from people about how it touched them. |
| I’m performing with Courtney Act, from RuPaul’s Drag Race, and Christopher Peterson on June 25, in a live cabaret show, and much more. | What will you be doing during Pride? | You can catch me performing at Crews & Tangos all weekend long — or look for me on the float in the parade! |
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