Culture

The Reading List for Nov 19

By Simon Thibault

Opinion

Dumpster Couture – Episode 1

The height of trashy fashion

By Xtra Editor

Toronto Diary

Westboro Baptist Church treated to drag show from Equality House

By Jeremy Feist

Arts

Can a straight man play Hedwig?

A ‘prairie tough guy’ makes the iconic ‘slip of a girlie-boy’ his own

By Greg Armstrong-Morris

Opinion

Dancing with the Dumpster, with Daytona Bitch and Donnarama

Part 1 of 4 of the new comedy web series with the controversial drag queens

By Xtra Editor

Power

Texas: Popular drag performer dies in police custody

Police say Mercedes Demarco was combative and confirm using a taser during the arrest

By Natasha Barsotti

Power

Top 30 Under 30: #5

Paige Frewer

By Matthew DiMera

Arts

Village people

Drag queens raise awareness and funds for Adopt a Village In Laos

By Michael Lyons

Power

US: Hundreds gather to bid gay rights pioneer farewell

José Julio Sarria ‘changed the political landscape of San Francisco’: Mark Leno

By Niko Bell

Toronto Diary

Arts

It’s a (Wo)man’s World

RuPaul’s Drag Race queens ambush the new Cher video

By Andrew Jacome

Drag

Wendy Ho at The Cobalt tonight

By Raziel Reid

Ottawa

Say farewell to Frank N Beans

Crystal Balser retires drag king persona

By Bradley Turcotte

Toronto

Queer punk-ettes

Sherry and Misstress want you to bash back

By Michael Lyons

Culture

Coco Peru: Drag-queen Jesus

By Raziel Reid

Arts

You can’t keep a good queen down

Help save ‘the world’s most glamorous book’

By Scott Dagostino