After another attack on an LGBTQ nightclub, a drag queen navigates the risks of her profession.
“It’s a scary thing to have to think about,” Electronika said, dusting on bronzer, “and it’s a scary thing that will weigh heavy on me.”One week earlier, five days before the Club Q attack, Electronika was patting on the same makeup — minus the Facebook Live chat. She’d just booked a new gig for Tuesday nights: Drag Bingo in a gay-owned diner in Nashville adorned with paintings from garage and estate sales.
Alize described herself as a “very proud” lesbian, but she’d struggled to overcome shyness before adopting a drag king persona. Performing in masculine attire lifted her confidence. Now she dresses as Lumiere, the singing candelabra from “Beauty and the Beast,” grooving to a hip-hop version of “Be Our Guest.”
The diners laughed. The bartender poured margaritas and Cosmopolitans. The kitchen was so busy, a cook who’d come to play bingo clocked in to help.
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