WEBVTT 00:00:04.739 --> 00:00:06.900 Thank you for joining me for another episode 00:00:06.900 --> 00:00:09.900 of YQG In Bloom. My name is Tracy Martens and 00:00:09.900 --> 00:00:12.380 before I start my episode I wanted to thank Mark 00:00:12.380 --> 00:00:15.419 Trudell over at the Walkerville Optical for my 00:00:15.419 --> 00:00:19.739 lovely vinyl frames. They are made from an actual 00:00:19.739 --> 00:00:22.600 record. It's insane and I'm obsessed with them 00:00:22.600 --> 00:00:25.039 and thank you so much Mark and if you're in the 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:28.519 Windsor -Essex County area Call up, go online 00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:32.200 to the Walkerville Optical, and book an appointment 00:00:32.200 --> 00:00:37.060 and see him there. Now, today I have Venom Von 00:00:37.060 --> 00:00:41.060 Snaps, drag queen extraordinaire. On for number 00:00:41.060 --> 00:00:44.359 two. I'm back again. I'm so excited. I'm so glad 00:00:44.359 --> 00:00:47.539 you let me out of the back room. It's been very, 00:00:47.539 --> 00:00:50.119 very lonely for the last year back there, but 00:00:50.119 --> 00:00:52.659 you did keep me fed. Yes, and you're looking 00:00:52.659 --> 00:00:55.560 fabulous with your makeup. Love it. You've got 00:00:55.560 --> 00:00:57.979 a whole new style going on this year. Thank you. 00:00:58.119 --> 00:01:00.179 I was just trying to, you know, we try and elevate. 00:01:01.179 --> 00:01:03.420 I'm noticing that your liner is matching your 00:01:03.420 --> 00:01:06.439 wonderful new vinyl frames. Totally by accident. 00:01:07.540 --> 00:01:10.540 No, she totally meant it. I wish this eyeliner 00:01:10.540 --> 00:01:13.439 is over a year old. Oh, that's okay. All of my 00:01:13.439 --> 00:01:16.480 makeup's expired. Same here, I don't wear it 00:01:16.480 --> 00:01:19.480 enough. Oh, it's so nice to be back. Yeah, so 00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:22.680 what have you been up to the last year? So I've 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:27.159 been working. We had like a changing career personally. 00:01:28.540 --> 00:01:30.379 Transitioning has been going quite well. I think 00:01:30.379 --> 00:01:35.180 we touched base on that last time. And I started 00:01:35.180 --> 00:01:38.959 like a little house with me and my two sisters 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:43.250 Remedy and Angelina. and we've been doing like 00:01:43.250 --> 00:01:46.930 public shows and some private shows. We have 00:01:46.930 --> 00:01:49.049 a reoccurring show now that's actually taking 00:01:49.049 --> 00:01:51.150 place at the Walkerville Brewery. Oh, that's 00:01:51.150 --> 00:01:53.870 gonna be a reoccurring one. Yeah, it's been reoccurring 00:01:53.870 --> 00:01:56.650 for, we've probably on our like fourth or fifth. 00:01:56.650 --> 00:01:59.150 I haven't been out to that one yet. It's more 00:01:59.150 --> 00:02:01.349 of like a, it's more of a family style show. 00:02:01.730 --> 00:02:04.890 So it's called Transanity. and it's a benefit 00:02:04.890 --> 00:02:08.370 for Trans Wellness Ontario, but it is designed 00:02:08.370 --> 00:02:12.310 for families with queer children, or if you are 00:02:12.310 --> 00:02:15.930 just like younger and part of the 2SLGBTQIA community, 00:02:16.270 --> 00:02:18.389 you can come on out, you have a space to just 00:02:18.389 --> 00:02:23.250 kind of hang out. All of the numbers are like 00:02:23.250 --> 00:02:26.530 PG -13. We actually have some like younger performers 00:02:26.530 --> 00:02:28.389 that are given that opportunity to work in this 00:02:28.389 --> 00:02:32.430 space, which... It has been going really well. 00:02:32.430 --> 00:02:34.610 It's had a very good reception. I've seen some 00:02:34.610 --> 00:02:37.189 of the videos on Instagram that have come out 00:02:37.189 --> 00:02:40.509 and the kids there are just adorable. They have 00:02:40.509 --> 00:02:44.509 the time of their lives. And good! And it's really, 00:02:44.509 --> 00:02:47.789 it's quite touching a little bit to see it because 00:02:47.789 --> 00:02:50.930 like I'm a little bit close with one of the younger 00:02:50.930 --> 00:02:54.669 kids. Her name is Yastrology. Yastrology. Working 00:02:54.669 --> 00:02:58.860 on the name. She just reminds me a lot of myself 00:02:58.860 --> 00:03:01.800 when I was younger, but if she had the opportunity 00:03:01.800 --> 00:03:05.280 to have parents that really just kind of let 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:07.800 her do what she wanted to do. Oh, that's great. 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:09.759 And not to say that my parents really didn't 00:03:09.759 --> 00:03:12.419 do that, they just didn't really know. Where 00:03:12.419 --> 00:03:14.319 her parents are a little bit more in tune and 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:16.219 they were like, okay, you want to pretend that 00:03:16.219 --> 00:03:19.139 it's 1999 and you're 14 years old and dressed 00:03:19.139 --> 00:03:23.539 like you're a Y2K girl? Sure. and she's just 00:03:23.539 --> 00:03:26.979 so authentically happy that every time I like 00:03:26.979 --> 00:03:29.159 see her perform it like really warms my heart 00:03:29.159 --> 00:03:30.719 and that's with a lot of these kids like they're 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:33.560 just they have the time of their lives and they're 00:03:33.560 --> 00:03:36.240 so so grateful to have the space so I'm really 00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:38.680 glad that we were able to create that for them 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:41.819 Remedy and Angelina both actually work for Trans 00:03:41.819 --> 00:03:44.340 Wellness Ontario so they have been spearheading 00:03:44.340 --> 00:03:47.000 this and then I was able to join the house together. 00:03:47.759 --> 00:03:49.560 And it's just, it's been beautiful. It's been 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:51.340 a beautiful time. Is there a lot of kids that 00:03:51.340 --> 00:03:54.860 are involved in the house? So it's really only 00:03:54.860 --> 00:03:57.599 us main, like me, Angelina and Remedy are the 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:00.560 only ones in the house. But I mean, part of... 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:04.719 We will have, we have like, peppered interests, 00:04:04.719 --> 00:04:07.328 if that makes sense. Okay, yeah. Like we have... 00:04:07.319 --> 00:04:09.960 a couple of reoccurring ones that I think are 00:04:09.960 --> 00:04:13.979 around like 17, 18 years old. We have like Gigi 00:04:13.979 --> 00:04:18.019 Ride, we have Dyna Fire, love the name. I do. 00:04:18.300 --> 00:04:20.079 Isn't that fun? That is. First time I read it 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:22.420 I was like, is your name really Dyna Fire? And 00:04:22.420 --> 00:04:25.740 it's D -I -N -A, Fire. Isn't that cute? That 00:04:25.740 --> 00:04:28.860 is. So they've been reoccurring but we've had 00:04:28.860 --> 00:04:30.959 some like, we've had some other kids come in 00:04:30.959 --> 00:04:34.920 and out and it's just, it's really fun, it's 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:37.829 really great. They have the time of their lives. 00:04:38.069 --> 00:04:41.949 We do too, but we can really see with them. It's 00:04:41.949 --> 00:04:46.149 a great time that we're in to be able to allow 00:04:46.149 --> 00:04:49.370 the kids to be free to be who they are. Yeah, 00:04:49.509 --> 00:04:52.610 especially with like where we kind of are today 00:04:52.610 --> 00:04:55.589 and just like... The real world is the real world 00:04:55.589 --> 00:04:57.910 and then the internet world I think really makes 00:04:57.910 --> 00:05:00.470 it out to be like a much more scary place. It 00:05:00.470 --> 00:05:03.610 is a scary place right now but the spaces do 00:05:03.610 --> 00:05:06.629 exist and we really are trying to cultivate them 00:05:06.629 --> 00:05:11.379 which is... turning out to be pretty good like 00:05:11.379 --> 00:05:13.800 I just I'm pretty proud of everything that we've 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:15.660 done yeah and then we put on some adult shows 00:05:15.660 --> 00:05:17.660 as well so these are adults only please don't 00:05:17.660 --> 00:05:20.019 bring your kids we won't let them in the barbershop 00:05:20.019 --> 00:05:22.639 triple xo is that one at the barbershop at the 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:25.180 barbershop so that one is like an all adult themed 00:05:25.180 --> 00:05:28.100 show you get to really do whatever you want and 00:05:28.100 --> 00:05:32.319 just like feel liberated and free I have some 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:34.019 of the most fun I've ever had and dragged at 00:05:34.019 --> 00:05:36.459 those shows. I watch videos back and I can just 00:05:36.459 --> 00:05:40.019 like see the joy on like people's faces and then 00:05:40.019 --> 00:05:42.519 my own and I'm like wow you're having a great 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:45.860 time girl. And before anybody wants to get any 00:05:45.860 --> 00:05:48.860 of their thoughts out there they're not sex shows 00:05:48.860 --> 00:05:52.120 they're just Maybe a little costumes. I have 00:05:52.120 --> 00:05:54.819 so many clothes on half the time Yeah, but I 00:05:54.819 --> 00:05:57.579 mean they're enjoying you guys are having fun 00:05:57.579 --> 00:06:00.459 doing adult dancing like we would at a bar It's 00:06:00.459 --> 00:06:03.019 literally a bar It's a bar theme show where you 00:06:03.019 --> 00:06:05.660 get to attend and people are dancing to songs 00:06:05.660 --> 00:06:09.139 that are not PG -13 They're doing spoken word 00:06:09.139 --> 00:06:12.970 numbers that have some curse words in them it's 00:06:12.970 --> 00:06:16.129 just it's not vulgar we don't aim for vulgar 00:06:16.129 --> 00:06:19.029 no like the house of cure it's so much fun it's 00:06:19.029 --> 00:06:22.149 just fun it really is vulgarity is not the heart 00:06:22.149 --> 00:06:24.310 of drag and a lot of people i think really take 00:06:24.310 --> 00:06:26.910 that take that and they're like wow look at them 00:06:26.910 --> 00:06:29.569 and i'm like no it's really not that vulgar half 00:06:29.569 --> 00:06:33.120 of these Women and men are wearing an entire 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:36.480 couch worth of padding. Yeah, Madonna wore less 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:38.720 clothes than they did Yeah, so that's what I 00:06:38.720 --> 00:06:41.459 mean like we're truly Leon's probably gets half 00:06:41.459 --> 00:06:45.399 of our money just so we can cut up their couches 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:56.259 Like how are you finding nowadays in Windsor 00:06:56.259 --> 00:07:00.769 in the last year is it more accepting To be frank, 00:07:01.129 --> 00:07:04.170 unfortunately, due to, I think, the proximity 00:07:04.170 --> 00:07:07.769 to where we are and the political climate right 00:07:07.769 --> 00:07:12.689 now, I personally have experienced an uptick 00:07:12.689 --> 00:07:17.110 in comments and aggressiveness, just like even 00:07:17.110 --> 00:07:19.829 coming from shows, dealing with it outside of 00:07:19.829 --> 00:07:24.949 shows, which is history, unfortunately, repeating 00:07:24.949 --> 00:07:30.180 itself. So we try not to really focus on the 00:07:30.180 --> 00:07:34.459 negative because As history has shown it really 00:07:34.459 --> 00:07:36.839 comes in waves. So right now we're like down 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:40.420 here and we're gonna get back up there again 00:07:40.420 --> 00:07:44.279 probably in three years when or if the Cheeto 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:49.439 dies I Don't I mean they will kill you those 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:52.100 Cheetos they'll kill ya. Yeah, it's just all 00:07:52.100 --> 00:07:59.439 trans fats all fluff But you guys have new places 00:07:59.439 --> 00:08:02.519 that you're doing your shows, so the businesses 00:08:02.519 --> 00:08:07.000 seem to be more accepting and enjoying the shows. 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:10.060 So you actually had one of my favorite venues 00:08:10.060 --> 00:08:12.600 that we work with, the Breakfast Guys. You had 00:08:12.600 --> 00:08:14.779 Shivani on here. I was just there this morning 00:08:14.779 --> 00:08:17.100 picking up breakfast. First of all, the food's 00:08:17.100 --> 00:08:20.220 fantastic, but also Shivani and her husband are... 00:08:20.029 --> 00:08:24.329 wonderful people. And if you've spoken to Shivani 00:08:24.329 --> 00:08:27.170 even about it, like the events do well, and they're 00:08:27.170 --> 00:08:30.470 just so they bring in such a different crowd 00:08:30.470 --> 00:08:33.850 every time. So we really like to drive home the 00:08:33.850 --> 00:08:35.970 fact that like, even though it is super politicized 00:08:35.970 --> 00:08:38.090 right now, like the drag is usually good for 00:08:38.090 --> 00:08:41.509 business. It is like we are able to usually bring 00:08:41.509 --> 00:08:45.769 in a crowd of 30 to 60 to like 80 people depending 00:08:45.769 --> 00:08:49.710 on the space. And those people want to buy whatever 00:08:49.710 --> 00:08:51.529 is in that building. They want to buy your food, 00:08:51.649 --> 00:08:53.889 they want to buy your wares, they want to buy 00:08:53.889 --> 00:08:57.250 your couches. They are the best ones that are 00:08:57.250 --> 00:09:01.330 supportive of community. Yeah, like these local 00:09:01.330 --> 00:09:03.750 businesses just that we've worked with, like 00:09:03.750 --> 00:09:06.559 I'm doing one with the goat. For Pride this year. 00:09:06.740 --> 00:09:09.980 Oh. I'm doing like a drag brunch on August 3rd. 00:09:10.200 --> 00:09:13.379 Which goat? The goat on Wyandotte. Okay. Which 00:09:13.379 --> 00:09:17.039 is why I said yes. I'm taking a break come August. 00:09:17.139 --> 00:09:19.220 Like I'm taking a full drag break. I've been 00:09:19.220 --> 00:09:22.419 doing it for about five almost six years pretty 00:09:22.419 --> 00:09:26.299 steadily and they reached out and because I had 00:09:26.299 --> 00:09:28.259 not applied for pride I didn't do anything for 00:09:28.259 --> 00:09:31.019 pride in Windsor this year uh like I did last 00:09:31.019 --> 00:09:33.000 year. Yeah I noticed your name not up on there. 00:09:33.019 --> 00:09:35.480 Yeah I just I didn't I didn't really apply because 00:09:35.480 --> 00:09:38.120 I I'm going out east I'm going to see my family 00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:41.159 and just take a nice break and then they were 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:42.799 like listen do you really we really want you 00:09:42.799 --> 00:09:44.820 to do this brunch uh we thought you'd be great 00:09:44.820 --> 00:09:46.820 for it and I was it's at the GOAT and I immediately 00:09:46.820 --> 00:09:51.110 said I love the goat. The food's really good. 00:09:51.250 --> 00:09:52.950 It really is. And they said that the food was 00:09:52.950 --> 00:09:54.990 included with the booking, so I was like, okay, 00:09:55.350 --> 00:09:56.950 I'm coming. You have to go. And then they said 00:09:56.950 --> 00:09:58.490 what the pay was, and I was like, okay, but the 00:09:58.490 --> 00:10:00.850 food's still gonna be there, right? Yeah. So, 00:10:01.169 --> 00:10:03.950 that was, I was ready, so. We were just at the 00:10:03.950 --> 00:10:06.830 goat on Malden Road last night. So good. But, 00:10:07.029 --> 00:10:11.580 okay, drag. At a sports bar. Listen. That's iconic. 00:10:12.019 --> 00:10:13.820 I have no idea what I'm gonna do yet. Maybe I'll 00:10:13.820 --> 00:10:17.519 dress up like a blue jay. Or a tiger, whoever's 00:10:17.519 --> 00:10:20.500 up. Or a tiger. That's the extent of my sports. 00:10:23.139 --> 00:10:25.399 But like speaking of Windsor Pride Fest it is 00:10:25.399 --> 00:10:27.779 being held in August of this year. Why do we 00:10:27.779 --> 00:10:31.440 do it in August instead of in June? So I had 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:33.360 that same thought I was always like why are we 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:35.379 doing so so many different prides throughout 00:10:35.379 --> 00:10:38.220 the summer and I really came to the conclusion 00:10:38.220 --> 00:10:40.539 after like speaking to some other people and 00:10:40.539 --> 00:10:43.159 asking that exact same question is that if we 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:47.440 did pride everywhere around the same weekends 00:10:47.440 --> 00:10:49.200 of the same weekend there's only what three weekends 00:10:49.200 --> 00:10:54.509 in June? Four? Yeah, so if we put every single 00:10:54.509 --> 00:10:58.809 event in the week and the month of June, businesses 00:10:58.809 --> 00:11:01.269 are going to miss out on the opportunity to participate. 00:11:02.710 --> 00:11:05.409 There's Toronto Pride, which people will congregate 00:11:05.409 --> 00:11:08.289 to, but they still want to be part of their local 00:11:08.289 --> 00:11:10.210 pride, but of course they want to go to Toronto 00:11:10.210 --> 00:11:13.980 and congregate with the country. it's really 00:11:13.980 --> 00:11:16.279 just due to the fact that it's a time constraint 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:19.220 and people really want to be involved. That is 00:11:19.220 --> 00:11:21.960 really really smart because yeah June I never 00:11:21.960 --> 00:11:24.419 even thought of it. Yeah. The end of school so 00:11:24.419 --> 00:11:26.399 people are getting ready for vacations. So like 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:29.700 exactly people just don't people want to do it 00:11:29.700 --> 00:11:33.399 but the timing just isn't there. So yes like 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:35.980 June is pride month and we have that for a reason 00:11:35.980 --> 00:11:38.659 but these local communities Windsor itself will 00:11:38.659 --> 00:11:41.679 put them on in August because there is Pride's 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:45.080 going on in June and they just had one in July 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:49.919 in Sarnia, which I was at. So it gives everyone, 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:53.240 I think, the opportunity to actually spend time 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:55.059 with their community and for local businesses 00:11:55.059 --> 00:11:57.779 to be able to make that time and have that space 00:11:57.779 --> 00:12:00.399 to get out, especially if they are like a queer 00:12:00.399 --> 00:12:03.120 business. Um, they're able to go to different 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:04.960 prides. Maybe they want maybe sarnia wants to 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:07.120 come to winzer Uh, but if we booked it on the 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:09.639 same weekend, we can't be two or two places at 00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:12.519 once. Yeah, very very smart Yeah, so I think 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:14.940 I really think that that's the only reason why 00:12:14.940 --> 00:12:17.179 because you do hear people are always like pride 00:12:17.179 --> 00:12:19.580 month was in june And i'm like, yes it was and 00:12:19.580 --> 00:12:22.659 it's gonna stay in june, but pride fest is in 00:12:22.659 --> 00:12:25.980 august there you go And pride is year -round 00:12:25.980 --> 00:12:28.399 it really is and it's and you know what it'll 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:31.860 stop being year -round when we have to stop Doing 00:12:31.860 --> 00:12:35.460 this and unfortunately the way that things continue 00:12:35.460 --> 00:12:37.679 we have to continue to be loud We have to keep 00:12:37.679 --> 00:12:41.639 reminding people that were here and as as soon 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:46.059 as society has integrated us and treated queer 00:12:46.059 --> 00:12:49.840 people with the the respect and have recognized 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:54.240 where we came from That's what I think it may 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:56.840 be able to calm down but unfortunately We're 00:12:56.840 --> 00:12:59.740 down here, like earlier. So it's just gonna keep 00:12:59.740 --> 00:13:01.460 doing this. So you're gonna keep getting it in 00:13:01.460 --> 00:13:03.759 June. That's okay. Which is fine. I love June. 00:13:03.899 --> 00:13:06.159 That's okay. Hey, have a both. The drag in the 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:08.559 summer is horrendous. I really wish that they 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:11.840 made like pride month. September. Yeah, but you 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:13.779 know what? They had to throw that brick in June. 00:13:14.460 --> 00:13:19.080 Again, love that I'm taking a break. I know. 00:13:19.899 --> 00:13:24.120 Oh my goodness. Like I've noticed I just can't 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:26.460 stop looking at your makeup because you have 00:13:26.460 --> 00:13:30.539 Transitioned a lot makeup wise style wise in 00:13:30.539 --> 00:13:33.299 this last year Just I don't get to see you that 00:13:33.299 --> 00:13:36.539 often but seeing you on Instagram and all of 00:13:36.539 --> 00:13:41.019 social media I've noticed a huge change in it's 00:13:41.019 --> 00:13:43.539 beautiful. Thank you so much. Thank you. Yeah 00:13:43.539 --> 00:13:48.320 It just it's really constantly evolving When 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:51.409 you're in transition Or you have people in your 00:13:51.409 --> 00:13:52.889 life who are transitioning you're gonna notice 00:13:52.889 --> 00:13:55.629 that they are like actively changing as the months 00:13:55.629 --> 00:13:57.769 go by because you're basically going through 00:13:57.769 --> 00:14:01.570 puberty again and That's what I'm doing like 00:14:01.570 --> 00:14:05.049 I'm just I'm constantly like working and reinventing 00:14:05.049 --> 00:14:07.590 so I can find a point where I'm just like really 00:14:07.590 --> 00:14:13.190 happy With what I'm like presenting to the world 00:14:13.190 --> 00:14:15.269 and like even watching my previous interview 00:14:15.269 --> 00:14:17.610 back with you I was like we have some things 00:14:19.750 --> 00:14:23.710 But the first step is realizing. Oh, hey. Because 00:14:23.710 --> 00:14:30.169 some of you don't realize. I'm sorry. I can't 00:14:30.169 --> 00:14:33.350 even do makeup like that. So, I mean, that's 00:14:33.350 --> 00:14:35.850 an art form. It takes time and it really is. 00:14:35.909 --> 00:14:37.830 Like, I'm constantly noticing that I need to 00:14:37.830 --> 00:14:41.049 change things. I want to try new things. And 00:14:41.049 --> 00:14:43.350 then also learning when to dial back so you're 00:14:43.350 --> 00:14:45.690 not doing too much. Like the last time when I 00:14:45.690 --> 00:14:47.669 wore an entire craft store worth of glitter on 00:14:47.669 --> 00:14:51.169 my lid. I have no idea how I didn't go blind. 00:14:51.750 --> 00:14:54.870 And the pink. And the pink, yeah. I was like, 00:14:55.070 --> 00:14:56.830 this is a lot. Meanwhile, I was leaving the house 00:14:56.830 --> 00:14:58.169 and I said, do you know what this needs? I need 00:14:58.169 --> 00:15:01.330 to tie a feather boa around my waist. Hey, it's 00:15:01.330 --> 00:15:03.230 always okay for a feather boa. Yeah, I know, 00:15:03.269 --> 00:15:06.450 that's what I thought. Love feathers. So you, 00:15:07.009 --> 00:15:10.320 as she said. You are transitioning now. How long 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:13.879 have you been transitioning for? So actively 00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:18.679 for about about a year. I did have a little bit 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:23.559 of issue like finding like the correct medication 00:15:23.559 --> 00:15:25.639 as you do with most things sometimes when you're 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:27.360 dealing with medication I had to find the right 00:15:27.360 --> 00:15:32.980 fit for me. So I wasn't seeing results maybe 00:15:32.980 --> 00:15:35.500 the way that other people would see results which 00:15:35.500 --> 00:15:41.259 is something that you need to kind of And it 00:15:41.259 --> 00:15:44.200 can be difficult to process sometimes when you 00:15:44.200 --> 00:15:46.580 see other people who maybe stepped into the same 00:15:46.580 --> 00:15:51.299 role as you at the same time, but they're transitioning 00:15:51.299 --> 00:15:53.399 and their transition seems to be moving a lot 00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:56.600 smoother for them. And for me, I just feel like 00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:59.700 it's been a little bumpy, but that's life. That's 00:15:59.700 --> 00:16:02.299 puberty. Not everybody does it at the same time. 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:05.120 No. We all move at different paces. Exactly. 00:16:05.700 --> 00:16:08.399 Like, okay, you may not be getting the boobs 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:12.539 that you want, but the face is there. So, I mean, 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:16.179 that comes... Listen, if you have kids, you know 00:16:16.179 --> 00:16:18.320 how expensive puberty is. You're buying new clothes 00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:21.259 every, like, six months. I can't afford to do 00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:24.980 that now. I can't afford to go up, like, a shirt 00:16:24.980 --> 00:16:27.379 size every, like, six months. How are you enjoying 00:16:27.379 --> 00:16:31.679 puberty so far? It's great. It's great. I love 00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:34.960 every minute of it. No, it has been a beautiful 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:39.740 experience. I felt so much more comfortable. 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:43.440 It definitely feel like some clouds like separated 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:47.379 and I've been moving much more freely throughout 00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:52.899 life and just feeling a lot more confident. Which 00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:56.080 was so interesting because I was so nervous Yeah, 00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:58.720 and I didn't realize how it was gonna make me 00:16:58.720 --> 00:17:02.960 feel I am very lucky to To have the people in 00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:05.779 my life that I do I have like a wonderful partner 00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:09.799 who's extremely supportive I work for a fabulous 00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:15.839 company that is also extremely supportive So 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:18.640 I do I do have those privileges right now that 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:21.099 I think make make it a little bit easier when 00:17:21.099 --> 00:17:24.420 you have hard days But not a lot of people do 00:17:24.420 --> 00:17:27.099 So when you're when you're meeting somebody who's 00:17:27.099 --> 00:17:29.460 transitioning and they might not meet your expectation 00:17:29.460 --> 00:17:32.920 of what somebody who is Transitioning looks like 00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:35.640 you really have to take into account like the 00:17:35.640 --> 00:17:37.980 day -to -day basis of what somebody is is dealing 00:17:37.980 --> 00:17:40.500 with because it's oh my god It's completely life 00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:44.230 -changing but again The clouds parted, so. And 00:17:44.230 --> 00:17:46.529 those clouds were there for my entire human life. 00:17:46.650 --> 00:17:48.130 So you're feeling more comfortable in your skin? 00:17:48.130 --> 00:17:51.170 Oh my god, so much better. Good. So much better. 00:17:51.289 --> 00:17:53.549 The real you's coming out. Yeah. Yeah, I just 00:17:53.549 --> 00:17:55.930 feel really, I just feel happy. I feel confident. 00:17:56.069 --> 00:17:58.470 I just, I feel like I, I know where I'm going 00:17:58.470 --> 00:18:00.309 and kind of who I am when I think back to when 00:18:00.309 --> 00:18:02.329 I was younger and I was constantly trying to 00:18:02.329 --> 00:18:05.789 try new things to try and figure out like who 00:18:05.789 --> 00:18:11.069 I was. Well that's hard enough as it is being 00:18:11.910 --> 00:18:15.269 heterosexual yes and going through puberty and 00:18:15.269 --> 00:18:17.089 trying to figure out who you are I couldn't even 00:18:17.089 --> 00:18:20.369 imagine being in your shoes trying to figure 00:18:20.369 --> 00:18:24.750 out who you are when nothing is fitting no right 00:18:24.750 --> 00:18:27.509 no like when I was like when I identified and 00:18:27.509 --> 00:18:30.789 I was known as like a cisgender person it was 00:18:30.789 --> 00:18:35.450 definitely it was definitely a different experience 00:18:35.450 --> 00:18:37.910 when I was just like trying to close trying to 00:18:37.910 --> 00:18:43.059 hairstyles trying to see like what what emulated 00:18:43.059 --> 00:18:45.660 me in the world, and I wasn't really finding 00:18:45.660 --> 00:18:49.819 it. And I was like, what is going on? Like, all 00:18:49.819 --> 00:18:52.619 these people, like, some people just like, their 00:18:52.619 --> 00:18:55.579 identity evolves around their family, or it revolves 00:18:55.579 --> 00:19:00.519 around their hobbies, around work. None of those 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:02.400 things I could really dive in. And I think it's 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:05.119 just because I wasn't, I hadn't figured out who 00:19:05.119 --> 00:19:08.180 I was, so I couldn't focus. on that, the way 00:19:08.180 --> 00:19:11.240 that other people could. And now I finally can. 00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:14.299 Yeah? Yeah. Oh, that's good. Now, how do you 00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:18.640 find that transitioning is affecting drag? Is 00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:22.440 it making it better? It just, it does add a layer 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:27.339 of complexity because when I'm performing, I 00:19:27.339 --> 00:19:33.920 don't want to really be recognized outside of... 00:19:33.549 --> 00:19:38.049 Performing like I love the idea drag really fascinated 00:19:38.049 --> 00:19:40.130 me because I love the idea of transformation 00:19:40.130 --> 00:19:44.670 I love the idea that you can like You can highlight 00:19:44.670 --> 00:19:47.089 and you can contour and you can build a look 00:19:47.089 --> 00:19:48.490 to the point where you like people are like, 00:19:48.490 --> 00:19:52.170 oh my god, that's you Whereas now when I'm transitioning 00:19:52.170 --> 00:19:55.950 I'm just noticing That they're kind of intermingling 00:19:55.950 --> 00:19:58.190 a bit and I'm trying to figure out how to separate 00:19:58.190 --> 00:20:02.019 them So I'm still happy in both roles. Okay So 00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:03.920 that's like another little journey that I've 00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:05.559 had to take, because I was doing drag for four 00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:09.539 years before I transitioned, so that was a big 00:20:09.539 --> 00:20:12.720 change, big change. But it does help that I have 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:15.200 other clothes that I can fit into, like this 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:19.839 white bodysuit, this is Vanessa's. Well, Vanessa 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:22.960 has good taste too. Thanks, thanks. And then 00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:27.380 I've noticed, like I said, pictures of you outside 00:20:27.380 --> 00:20:31.160 of drag, and you have awesome hair. I was shocked 00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:34.019 as I grew my hair out. Like the curls? Yeah, 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:36.279 my hair was short and straight my whole life. 00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:40.480 I started growing it out and as soon as it hit 00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:43.500 here, it just started coiling. And the first 00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:45.460 time I got my hair done by a hairdresser, she 00:20:45.460 --> 00:20:49.339 got her brush stuck in my hair. And she was like, 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:50.779 I'm so sorry I didn't realize your hair was so 00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:52.880 curly. And I said, respectfully, it's so fine. 00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:57.359 I didn't know either. That goes long enough. 00:20:57.380 --> 00:21:00.319 You don't need a wig. No. No, though I do like 00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:01.599 it though, because I really don't like dealing 00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:04.579 with it. Yeah. With the long hair. Do you like 00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:06.819 having short hair? No, that's why I'm growing 00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:10.200 it. Are you growing it? Yeah. Yeah. Washing it 00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:13.720 becomes a chore. That was the big one. I love 00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:15.539 having long hair, but my god, I've really pushed 00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:17.519 my wash days. I've figured out a way to make 00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:19.599 it like five days. And people are like, your 00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:21.359 hair looks beautiful. And I'm like, thank you. 00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:24.359 It's five days old. I'd be lucky to get one day 00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:27.519 in without it just going bleh. Yeah, it's just 00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:30.670 a lot of dry shampoo. I've tried that. That's 00:21:30.670 --> 00:21:32.549 the trick. Okay. You don't use it in the morning. 00:21:32.670 --> 00:21:35.730 You go to bed, you put the dry shampoo in, and 00:21:35.730 --> 00:21:37.069 then you wake up in the morning and then you 00:21:37.069 --> 00:21:40.450 brush it out. Okay, because, yeah, I always did 00:21:40.450 --> 00:21:42.549 it how everybody else did it. No, I sleep in 00:21:42.549 --> 00:21:44.470 it. And you look like you have baby powder in 00:21:44.470 --> 00:21:46.390 your hair. Yep. No, I sleep in it and then it 00:21:46.390 --> 00:21:48.349 sucks up all the oils that I get with it. Because 00:21:48.349 --> 00:21:50.930 that's when the oils come in. Yes. And then I 00:21:50.930 --> 00:21:54.619 brush it out and I now have... I'm a little bit 00:21:54.619 --> 00:21:57.519 like routine based, I've come to learn. So when 00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:59.619 I'm brushing my hair, I'm like, and one and two 00:21:59.619 --> 00:22:02.240 and three, and I'll like count to like 30 on 00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:04.819 each side. And then I'm done. But it like makes 00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:08.099 me feel like it's done. And then I finish brushing 00:22:08.099 --> 00:22:10.180 it and I go, okay, there won't be a mat in that 00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:12.960 tomorrow morning. Because sometimes I go to bed 00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:15.380 with my hair wet. Don't do that. Oh, never do 00:22:15.380 --> 00:22:17.579 that. It's very bad for your hair. No. Do what 00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:21.740 they say. Unless I do, please. That is so true. 00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:24.019 I made that mistake when I've had longer hair 00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:27.480 and it's like wow Wow, yeah, it's not fun. We 00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:31.160 have rats Just in my head. Oh, yeah a little 00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:35.680 hole nested there. Oh My god, it is so nice to 00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:39.019 see how Comfortable you are in your own skin 00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:43.559 and how beautiful you you always were but there's 00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:47.680 just Something in this transition that it was 00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:49.710 meant to be Yeah, it really was. I hear that 00:22:49.710 --> 00:22:53.549 from a lot of people. You'll notice that with 00:22:53.549 --> 00:22:55.529 people that are transitioning. You really will. 00:22:57.069 --> 00:22:59.990 It just really, it opens up. It opens up a part 00:22:59.990 --> 00:23:02.170 of you you didn't know you had that was waiting 00:23:02.170 --> 00:23:04.809 for its whole life. Well, and you got the beauty 00:23:04.809 --> 00:23:07.089 even without all the drag makeup and your day 00:23:07.089 --> 00:23:09.450 -to -day stuff when I've seen the pictures of 00:23:09.450 --> 00:23:13.440 you when you're playing at work. Thanks. Thanks. 00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:16.319 Hey, at least you get to play with a lot of makeup. 00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:19.200 Oh, I do. But you know what? I do a million foundation 00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:21.720 matches in the run of a week. Let me tell you. 00:23:21.859 --> 00:23:23.880 Oh, my God. I'm like, oh, I'm looking at you 00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:25.359 right now. I'm like, what undertone do we have 00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:28.539 over here? Oh, we got the yellow. We got everything 00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.839 going on. You're like a little bit neutral. We 00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:32.440 got some pink. We got some golds in there. Oh, 00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:35.660 yeah. Yeah, it changes. I have to have like three 00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:38.299 or four different foundations. And I made the 00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:40.480 mistake of going to Sephora and allowing them 00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:42.500 because they said... The ones that I use for 00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:46.039 the podcast are the thicker ones, and I can't 00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:48.799 use soap and water to get them off. I need the 00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:53.279 actual removers because they just stay on, which 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:57.460 is fabulous. That's why they're $84 a jar. If 00:23:57.460 --> 00:24:00.380 anyone wonders why I work in cosmetics, it's 00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:04.019 because I can't afford them if I didn't. It's 00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:06.759 true, but she gave me this one that was kind 00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:12.000 of see -through, and you could see the glittery 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:15.039 oil that you put on instead of the primer, and 00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:16.940 you could see it go right through, and it's like, 00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:19.980 ew. It was just like, okay, no. Just come see 00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:21.880 me. Yeah. Just couldn't see me. I'll get you 00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:25.519 covered. I know. I need some new stuff. And I 00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:28.440 noticed this time you have on the strappy shoes. 00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:32.240 I do. So would this be the drag shoe? This, well, 00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:34.099 it kind of is a drag shoe, but this is like an 00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:37.079 everyday shoe. Oh, okay. These little, these 00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:40.380 little clear straps that I have on. Life -saving. 00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:43.619 You can get them on like Amazon. No, so they 00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:45.319 don't come on the shoe. They don't come these 00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:49.000 I added Because I find that any shoe that doesn't 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:52.359 have a strap Will just pop off. Well, yeah, cuz 00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:54.359 yeah, and then your toes end up like this because 00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:56.460 you're oh, yeah You're literally like a cliffhanger 00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:58.500 just like praying that you don't lose your shoe 00:24:58.500 --> 00:25:01.819 while walking like in to get groceries Damn, 00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:04.579 I wish they would have had those when I actually 00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:08.180 liked wearing heels. Yeah, well I'm quite over 00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:11.180 it now. I'm starting to develop like bone spurs 00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:14.619 in my feet. I can't wait to take a break. So 00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:17.740 how long are you taking a break for? I know all 00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:20.799 of August. I think the majority of September. 00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:23.660 I am doing like a Halloween show that I did last 00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:26.799 year that I really enjoyed. So I can't wait for 00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:31.509 that one. I'll be doing a Christmas show. So 00:25:31.509 --> 00:25:33.809 September is probably when I'll wrap it up. That's 00:25:33.809 --> 00:25:35.890 good. But we'll see. Listen, if the goat reaches 00:25:35.890 --> 00:25:39.049 out... Well, you're going. I'm going. Yeah, we've 00:25:39.049 --> 00:25:40.190 got a bunch of different goats. You could offer 00:25:40.190 --> 00:25:43.609 me money, but you have to offer me food. Damn, 00:25:43.609 --> 00:25:47.549 I would do it at McDonald's. I'm sorry. I'm a 00:25:47.549 --> 00:25:49.869 whore for food. Okay, so your first drag show 00:25:49.869 --> 00:25:52.170 can be at the McDonald's downtown. Hey, that 00:25:52.170 --> 00:25:57.269 would be a pretty much right fit for me. What 00:25:57.269 --> 00:26:00.700 can I say? Hey, who wants to see a 55 year old 00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:03.819 grandma trotting around for a Mcdouble? Well, 00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:06.180 I mean, I feel like I have seen it at the McDonald's 00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:10.279 downtown, so And they'll they'll do it for free. 00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:13.279 They will. Oh my god. Well, I did want to ask 00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:18.740 you one thing about Drag, yeah, where did that 00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:21.259 originate? Do you know cuz I've looked it up 00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:24.420 and I have found so many different answers. You're 00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:29.490 gonna get a lot of answers so I have a really 00:26:29.490 --> 00:26:34.509 like my drag like my drag brother Hudson Bay 00:26:34.509 --> 00:26:36.890 who's local to Windsor who's like the own the 00:26:36.890 --> 00:26:39.309 original drag king within the last like five 00:26:39.309 --> 00:26:42.470 or six years okay is extremely educated on this 00:26:42.470 --> 00:26:46.029 topic so if you really wanted to go like deep 00:26:46.029 --> 00:26:47.829 into that Hudson would be the best person to 00:26:47.829 --> 00:26:52.230 ask now there is like There is some documentation 00:26:52.230 --> 00:26:55.589 that it started. Oh my goodness around like the 00:26:55.589 --> 00:27:00.829 40s I believe with like William Dorsey Swan Who 00:27:00.829 --> 00:27:05.109 was a performer and there's also history of it 00:27:05.109 --> 00:27:10.789 being done in the military Just to kind of add 00:27:10.789 --> 00:27:14.920 some some life back in but like It's been documented 00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:16.799 throughout history forever. Yeah, but that's 00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:19.180 the same as being like like trans identities 00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:23.359 have been documented Back to like the 16 1700s. 00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:25.559 Yeah, because i've seen it through burlesque 00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:28.880 and through Just all over the place vaudeville 00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:33.500 It really has been If it's not drag it was something 00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:37.240 else very close to it very close to it um the 00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:40.279 performance and like the the playing with with 00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:46.549 gender roles has been around for as long as people 00:27:46.549 --> 00:27:48.750 have really been around. As soon as we had to 00:27:48.750 --> 00:27:51.569 stop, like, lighting fires and fighting for our 00:27:51.569 --> 00:27:53.849 lives from saber -toothed tigers and we got homes, 00:27:54.049 --> 00:27:56.250 I'm pretty sure is when people were probably 00:27:56.250 --> 00:28:00.309 like, should I put the dress on? Oh, come on, 00:28:00.309 --> 00:28:02.869 let's put it this way. Back then, they were wearing 00:28:02.869 --> 00:28:04.710 loincloths. That's a dress. That's it. That's 00:28:04.710 --> 00:28:06.450 a mini skirt. You're right. You know what? They 00:28:06.450 --> 00:28:08.670 were probably doing Sierra's one -two step. There 00:28:08.670 --> 00:28:14.109 you go. Just for the saber -toothed tigers. So 00:28:14.109 --> 00:28:16.670 glad that you were back on here today. I appreciate 00:28:16.670 --> 00:28:19.029 it so much. Thank you for having me back It was 00:28:19.029 --> 00:28:21.410 just nice to like check back in after a year 00:28:21.410 --> 00:28:24.329 and kind of go over what's been going on within 00:28:24.329 --> 00:28:27.990 Windsor And definitely speak on just like drag 00:28:27.990 --> 00:28:30.309 and how it and you you work with so many small 00:28:30.309 --> 00:28:34.049 businesses And I really just wanted to make make 00:28:34.049 --> 00:28:37.230 it so well known that like yeah drag can benefit 00:28:37.230 --> 00:28:40.720 a small business and I feel like this was the 00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:45.279 perfect place to talk about that. Because I think 00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:47.220 the businesses kind of need it right now in the 00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:49.240 state of the economy. I think so too. And we 00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:53.200 need it right now. So if you've ever wanted to 00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:55.140 book a drag brunch, you wanted to have a drag 00:28:55.140 --> 00:28:57.319 show, you wanted somebody, we don't need to dance, 00:28:57.400 --> 00:29:02.700 we can do a bingo. We do - You add the - Breakfast 00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:04.920 guys, you did, wasn't it Arts and Crafts or something? 00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:07.500 We did, I did like an Arts and Crafts paint night. 00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:10.720 Yeah. So like it's really, we can put together 00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:13.180 really any idea that you have for your space. 00:29:14.590 --> 00:29:16.009 and bring the people in that you want to have 00:29:16.009 --> 00:29:18.769 in, your regulars, you know your spaces as businesses, 00:29:19.309 --> 00:29:22.049 and we're just here to support you as performers. 00:29:23.029 --> 00:29:25.170 Same as if you have a cabaret singer in a restaurant 00:29:25.170 --> 00:29:28.450 at nighttime. Same as if you hire a band to perform 00:29:28.450 --> 00:29:31.450 in a bar. We're just here to entertain, make 00:29:31.450 --> 00:29:34.309 people smile, make people laugh, let people go 00:29:34.309 --> 00:29:35.990 home and be like, wow, did you have fun? I'm 00:29:35.990 --> 00:29:37.450 so glad I seen you. It was such a nice night 00:29:37.450 --> 00:29:39.109 we went to. Did you expect those people to be 00:29:39.109 --> 00:29:42.720 there? No, I didn't either. Oh, hey. So definitely 00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:45.400 small businesses, no matter what it is, it doesn't 00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:47.440 have to be a bar. It doesn't have to be a restaurant. 00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:53.299 It could be just a regular store in the Windsor 00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:54.380 -Essex County area. I'll perform at the grocery 00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:56.700 store. Well, I mean, we can do craft night. Yeah, 00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:58.759 I'll teach you how to put together a good list. 00:29:58.880 --> 00:30:00.779 There you go. I'll walk you through all the aisles. 00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:02.819 I'll tell you where to get your oats, how to 00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:06.359 sew them. Do makeup. Yeah. Tutorials. Makeup 00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:08.259 tutorials from a drag queen. That's exactly. 00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:10.299 You could do anything. If you were going to put 00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:12.789 on like... If you want to put on a girl's night 00:30:12.789 --> 00:30:16.269 and just figure out how to do winged liner, hire 00:30:16.269 --> 00:30:19.549 a drag queen. My god. Half of our eyes are like 00:30:19.549 --> 00:30:22.269 this big or either this big and we use no liner 00:30:22.269 --> 00:30:24.589 or all of the liner. And the makeup, I'm sorry, 00:30:24.750 --> 00:30:28.190 we need to learn the winged. I'm looking at hers 00:30:28.190 --> 00:30:31.609 and it's coming in and out underneath. I poke 00:30:31.609 --> 00:30:34.410 myself in the eye trying to do that. It's taking 00:30:34.410 --> 00:30:37.930 time. Let me tell you. It's taking many poked 00:30:37.930 --> 00:30:43.930 eyes. But now I can help you. So definitely small 00:30:43.930 --> 00:30:47.049 business Windsor -Essex County area reach out 00:30:47.049 --> 00:30:49.750 to venom reach out to any of the drag queens 00:30:49.750 --> 00:30:54.509 They would be happy to have a show. Yes, or a 00:30:54.509 --> 00:30:57.410 brunch. It doesn't have to be anything It should 00:30:57.410 --> 00:31:00.470 she's fun and we will do whatever you need whatever 00:31:00.470 --> 00:31:02.190 you need. We're here to help you We're here to 00:31:02.190 --> 00:31:06.210 help community drag is community And drags money 00:31:06.210 --> 00:31:10.640 we can make you money girl. Yeah, so and all 00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:14.680 of the drags, their group, everybody that will 00:31:14.680 --> 00:31:18.619 follow and come are huge supporters of community 00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:24.019 of all kinds. You can find our little trio. There 00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:26.680 might be a fourth one coming. Hudson's banging 00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:29.980 on the windows to get in. got a king and with 00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:32.099 the queen. Yeah so just you can follow us at 00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:34.000 House of Cures online if you really want to like 00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:38.339 have our little community that we've built advertised 00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:41.599 for your business. Okay. And we're here to we're 00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:43.119 here to support we're here to support Windsor 00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:45.480 -Essex County if you're here to support us. And 00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:47.640 we are here to support you. Oh, we love you. 00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:50.720 Thank you so much. It was so nice to see you. 00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:52.819 You too. And we got to get together soon because 00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:55.460 I need some help. It's OK. Listen, we'll teach 00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:57.420 you how to do wing liner. I'll only poke out 00:31:57.420 --> 00:32:01.180 one eye. That's OK. I have the other. OK. And 00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:03.359 again, my name is Tracy Martens. And thank you 00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:06.559 so much for joining me for this latest episode 00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:09.700 of YQG and Bloom podcast. And make sure to check 00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:15.410 out Instagram and YouTube, TikTok. Facebook for 00:32:15.410 --> 00:32:17.970 all of the events that we are going to be having 00:32:17.970 --> 00:32:20.809 through Drag Month in August. And you can find 00:32:20.809 --> 00:32:25.029 me at Venom Von Snaps on Instagram, on Facebook, 00:32:25.589 --> 00:32:28.230 and that's about it because I don't use much. 00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:31.539 Okay, you need to do TikTok then for tutorials. 00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:35.339 I'm trying so hard. Listen, I know I look like 00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:36.839 I know what I'm doing, but I don't know how to 00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:40.559 use a cell phone. Okay, well, we're going to 00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:42.940 learn how to use a cell phone for her. Next episode, 00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:44.500 we learn how to use a cell phone. There you go. 00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:46.740 Okay. Have a good one. Bye bye.