In celebration of their one year anniversary and just in time for the holidays, The B Room, an upscale, vintage-style, barber salon for men and women, will host It’s a Drag to Give, a Toy and Coat Drive with a Drag Show at the Breakers Ballroom on Thursday night.
Drag on a Sunday, you say? Goodness gracious, drag all day, everyday. Bring your weekend to a raucous close with Drag Bingo on Sunday, October 19, beginning at 5:00PM at Paradise Restaurant, in support of AIDS Food Store Long Beach.
Drag queens, including Long Beach’s own Jewels, trans* folk, and even BDSM performers have been receiving notices of profile suspensions from the social media giant. Facebook informed performers, including Jewels, that the policy is part of the company’s effort to “keep our community safe.”
Long Beach, meet your newest saint: long-time community leader and drag queen provocateur, Jewels.
As Long Beach both mourned the death and celebrated the life of Mariposa del Barrio Jenni Rivera, who tragically passed one year ago yesterday, the drag queen community of Long Beach opted for pure celebration by paying tribute to the Mexican songstress and legend.
One Saturday night, Nicole Miyahara stepped into Hamburger Mary’s for what was quickly becoming her tradition: to see a drag queen show. Her pleasant surprise—to find a drag king show instead—ultimately drove her to document Long Beach drag king culture, and the incredible talent of these performance artists.
