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Arts and Culture
Drag Feast: The New Liverpool Drag Showcase Celebrating the City’s Queer Talent
Liverpool has always been famous for its drag. From Lily Savage to Danny Beard, from Lavinia to The Vivienne, Liverpool has produced some of the most iconic British drag performers of all time. Liverpool’s LGBT quarter is known for its rainbow street signs and vibrant bars, where glittering drag queens usher eager party-goers inside packed out bars to dance the night away. Recently, however, the mood has been more subdued. Many venues are closing down…
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Arts and Culture
Asexual and Selling Sex: The Unlikeliest Gogo Dancer
It’s 4am, I’m in a tiny pair of hot pants on a podium. My body is gyrating to the music. I look at the crowd and see people gazing at me. Men and women compliment my legs, my butt, my sexy outfit. The next night I am a fantasy elf. The crowd goes wild as I rip each layer of my glittering costume off to reveal a tiny leather harness and mini undergarment. I am…
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Culture in Liverpool
Masking In Makeup: Being An Autistic Drag Queen – Coco Fabulicious
Growing up as an autistic person, I always felt different. It was like my brain functioned on a different frequency to everyone else’s. For as long as I can remember I had the most fantastical, weird and wonderful thoughts going through my head. Colours, sounds and textures felt deeply intense, and I would always be coming out with things that other people found super odd. Being autistic can feel like you’re on another planet. As…
