Twisted Element held the All Ages Drag Brunch on Saturday, which saw families bring their kids to the gay bar to learn about drag. .The event saw drag performers in their late teens to 50s do their acts in front of children. .About 80 people attended this event. The majority of the children present were six to eight years old, but there were a few as young as two. .The stage consisted of a rectangular base at the back with an elongated platform shooting out. A black curtain hung in the background, with flashing coloured lights and disco balls dangling from the ceiling. .Host Shane Onyou greeted the crowd. Onyou gave a land acknowledgment and talked about how white people needed to do better before kicking off the show. .The first drag queen appeared from behind the curtain wearing a white lycra T-shirt and athletic shorts while lip-syncing to Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper. The queen waved and lifted her arms. .She tore off her top clothes midway through the performance, revealing a blue lycra T-shirt and black shorts with overall straps. The crowd burst out applauding. .Onyou, who happened to be a drag king, was the next act. The king went up in a small child’s face as he collected money from around the room. .He shook his body as he moved throughout the room. He approached people and encouraged them to dance with him. .Another drag queen came on stage to lip-sync and dance to Juice by Lizzo. This queen appeared on stage wearing a tight black body suit and revealing fishnet leggings. .A number of people gave her money as she danced around the room. She stepped back onstage to perform, proceeding to slide her hands up her body in a sexualized manner and wave her arms. .The intermission consisted of a drag story time. Onyou read Jack (Not Jackie) by Erica Silverman to the crowd. .Jack (Not Jackie) is about a girl whose sister becomes a boy and is learning to adjust. Onyou praised the sister for being woke. .One of the last performances was by the first act. This drag queen changed into a red, pink, and purple patterned dress, strutting around to Waterloo by Abba. .She spun around and reached out. A small child sitting near the stage held out money to her before she snatched it from him. .Onyou concluded the show by asking if anyone had fun, and the crowd cheered. He said people should show up to their next family drag brunch in August. .This incident comes after drag queen Kitty Demure produced a video in June scolding parents for bringing their children to drag shows. .“I understand you might want to look like you’re with it, that you’re cool, that you’re woke, that you’re not a Nazi, that you’re not a homophobe,” said Demure. .“You can raise your child to be a regular child without including them in gay sexual things.”
Twisted Element held the All Ages Drag Brunch on Saturday, which saw families bring their kids to the gay bar to learn about drag. .The event saw drag performers in their late teens to 50s do their acts in front of children. .About 80 people attended this event. The majority of the children present were six to eight years old, but there were a few as young as two. .The stage consisted of a rectangular base at the back with an elongated platform shooting out. A black curtain hung in the background, with flashing coloured lights and disco balls dangling from the ceiling. .Host Shane Onyou greeted the crowd. Onyou gave a land acknowledgment and talked about how white people needed to do better before kicking off the show. .The first drag queen appeared from behind the curtain wearing a white lycra T-shirt and athletic shorts while lip-syncing to Girls Just Want to Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper. The queen waved and lifted her arms. .She tore off her top clothes midway through the performance, revealing a blue lycra T-shirt and black shorts with overall straps. The crowd burst out applauding. .Onyou, who happened to be a drag king, was the next act. The king went up in a small child’s face as he collected money from around the room. .He shook his body as he moved throughout the room. He approached people and encouraged them to dance with him. .Another drag queen came on stage to lip-sync and dance to Juice by Lizzo. This queen appeared on stage wearing a tight black body suit and revealing fishnet leggings. .A number of people gave her money as she danced around the room. She stepped back onstage to perform, proceeding to slide her hands up her body in a sexualized manner and wave her arms. .The intermission consisted of a drag story time. Onyou read Jack (Not Jackie) by Erica Silverman to the crowd. .Jack (Not Jackie) is about a girl whose sister becomes a boy and is learning to adjust. Onyou praised the sister for being woke. .One of the last performances was by the first act. This drag queen changed into a red, pink, and purple patterned dress, strutting around to Waterloo by Abba. .She spun around and reached out. A small child sitting near the stage held out money to her before she snatched it from him. .Onyou concluded the show by asking if anyone had fun, and the crowd cheered. He said people should show up to their next family drag brunch in August. .This incident comes after drag queen Kitty Demure produced a video in June scolding parents for bringing their children to drag shows. .“I understand you might want to look like you’re with it, that you’re cool, that you’re woke, that you’re not a Nazi, that you’re not a homophobe,” said Demure. .“You can raise your child to be a regular child without including them in gay sexual things.”
