What should the community know about who you are?
I love the queer community in Seattle and am grateful to be a part of it. I am a former Viscount with Gothic Pride Seattle as well as a former Empress’ Empress with the National Bearded Empress pageantry system. I am the gender rebel of the Pacific Northwest and put my own unique stamp on the art of drag and bring representation to those that might not be able to find it from a more traditional source.
What passions do you have that you want the community to know about?
I am very passionate about building community and helping others. I strive to be very successful and through my success help others succeed. I want everyone queer to win in life. I never feel threatened by others’ success, rather I feel inspired. I have some amazing projects in the works including bringing an official pride festival to a new neighborhood right here in Seattle.
What do you think your role is in the community?
I think anyone that takes on the art of drag also eventually becomes a leader in their local community. I think my personal role in the community here in Seattle is to create new opportunities, advocate for marginalized groups, fundraise, and donate my time to those in need. I am also here to inspire and bring light in the dark world we live in. I’m here to educate and foster growth. I’m here to lead our community into a better, queerer, more liberated future.
What does the community mean to you?
Community to me means our LGBTQIA+ family coming together. Uniting under one banner to uplift our most marginalized and to make the best of a world that widely wants us to not exist.
How has the community helped shape who you are?
The community helped me find myself. As queer people, we often don’t have the opportunity to grow up in the traditional sense and discover who we are. We usually have to hide and mask ourselves in order to protect ourselves. I entered the scene in Seattle in my early 20’s. I’m less than a year away from 30. During my time here, I have discovered who I am and what I want in life. I’ve grown up in a sense. I owe my success and happiness to the community for helping shape who I am today.
What would your wishes be for our community in the future?
One of my biggest wishes is to step away from corporate sponsors for pride. We need to remember and honor our queer history. The first pride was a riot led by trans women of color. Corporations use us to show that they are inclusive and woke and forget about us for the other eleven months of the year. Marsha P. Johnson said it best “No pride for some of us without liberation for all of us.” We’ve made so much progress, and we still have a long way to go.
What does Queer mean to you?
Queer to me means breaking the gender binary and exceeding what it means to be human.
