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Your favorite Gaysian’s favorite Gaysian. 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇭🧚🏾‍♂️
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The September Kiki was jam packed of big moments 🥹

1-6) Booked on Outbound Gay cruise 💕👏 and cruises across Europe from Portugal through Spain and ending in Italy! Met @alecmapa , gave Drag Brunch shows and brought her two Cabarets Are you having any Fun? And Funny Gworl to the ships’ audience
7-10) Bob Mackey tribute Two Stupid Queens in Cher recreated looks
11-13) The Super Smash ROAST of @castratanyc with a surprise engagement at the end 😭🥹
14-16) TSQ annual disco show 🪩💃🏼 my favorite time of the year
17-20) Show Bitches with @selmanillanyc , gave us a new @kchenoweth

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I (and my wrinkled clothes) got to be part of @thehollywoodrush and @foster_more plays and I’m still on cloud nine from what a thrill it was. Thank you to all that came out and the brilliant minds that put on this event for an incredible organization. If you can, please consider donating to FosterMore ♥️

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Spent the most glorious two weeks with @outboundcruises last month! Getting to act as Cruise Director for a ship full of gorgeous queers and meeting & working alongside the loveliest people was such a joy. Community is the best thing we can offer one another and getting to spend two weeks abroad with our resilient and beautiful queer community is something teenage Jose would have never imagined was possible.

Thank you to @outbound.eric for bringing me back and already looking forward to the next one. Happy to be part of the OUTbound family 🥰

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Where do you even start when your child tells you who they are?

When @jodiesweetin asked on Awkward Conversations which books I recommend to families just starting this journey, these are the ones I named:

📘 The Transgender Child by Stephanie Brill & Rachel Pepper. The revised second edition is a practical, compassionate guide for parents of trans and gender-expansive kids.

📗 The Gender Creative Child by Dr. Diane Ehrensaft. She’s a developmental psychologist at UCSF, one of my heroes, and a mentor. This book helps parents support kids who live outside gender boxes.

✏️ Bonus: The Gender Quest Workbook. You can work through it together with your child, or simply hand it to them so they can explore on their own terms.

You don’t need all the answers to be a safe place. You just have to keep showing up curious.

Save this for later, or send it to a parent who needs a starting point.

#genderaffirmingcare #lgbtqfamilies #transyouth #bookrecommendations📚❣️ #therapisttips

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Reminiscing about @outboundcruises 😍

Photos by @pandaraver_

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Wrapping up an incredible two weeks in Europe with @outboundcruises 🌍🛳️🏳️‍🌈

Bringing @bro.lesque onboard the @azamaracruises for two back-to-back cruises has been such a joy, and we’ve had the best time sharing the show with new audiences.

A huge thank you to the entire OUTbound team for making us feel so welcome from the moment we arrived. And to my incredible cast @gabrielreyes_king @theejuanandonly1 @rica_shay thank you for bringing your talent, energy, and heart to every rehearsal, every show, and every moment in between. ❤️

Where should we take #BROLESQUE next? Comment below. 🫶

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When I went into show-business full time, I dreamt of working on cruise ships. Never in my life did I think I would have the honor, pleasure, and privilege to do so as Miss Bouvèé with a group like @outboundcruises

From the meaningful experiences abroad, on board, and in shows, to the casual conversations with guests in the coffee shops or city centers; I am quite simply, grateful.

To the family of entertainers on board, @alecmapa , @kikiballchange , @effiepassero , @shawnpelofsky , and our OUTbound cruise director @josealpizarr , you all slayed! Talk about a chef’s kiss of a line up and darlings you just had me personally in awe!

@cedricjohnsonn and @outbound.eric , your attention to detail, your commitment to guest experience, your patience, your grace, and most importantly your authenticity all set the tone for the international family that thrives! Thank you so much for trusting me to “do what I do” as you say! You are an entertainer’s dream to work with!

To the guests who sailed with us week 1 and or week 2; you sure know how to make a lady feel special! Wow. Thank you for the laughs, the tears, the applause, and the love I will carry with me forever. Please, keep in touch!! Also, thank you for making my mother Cindy Swanson feel so welcome while celebrating an early birthday. Husband @admilstei felt equally spoiled and loved. Thank you!!

Finally, and certainly not least of all, to the amazing team filming, photographing, programming, and hosting; lord have mercy are you guys the very definition of EPIC. I don’t know how you do it but you do it all with such grace and always with a smile. Your hard work is noticed and not taken for granted one bit!

In closing, this Queen is signing off now for a week of rest and restoration. I’ll see you all Sunday Sept 20th as your Boozy Belters aka Miss Bouvèé and @thejennifermcclain return to @georgies_alibi_wilton_manors for a special birthday Sunday Funday show!

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This was truly one of the greatest trips of my life. 🛳️

Every moment and every city were filled to the brim with exploration, entertainment, and excitement. Although I was there to work, I still had plenty of time to sit back, relax, and reflect on the fact that my hard work had gotten me there - to all of these beautiful places. And, after a seemingly never-ending grind this year, I finally got some time to breathe.

In my wildest dreams, I never could have told you that I would get to cruise around the Spanish and Mediterranean coasts, but here I am, typing this as I fly over the Atlantic Ocean back to the States.

From the food, to the culture, to the architecture, to the people (and the men)… each stop along the way felt wholly unique, vibrant, and full of new things for me to discover.

A couple of months ago, my friend @josealpizarr asked if I would be interested in performing on @outboundcruises, and I immediately said yes. It has been a dream of mine for years to perform on a cruise ship, travel, and see the world, and this trip was beyond anything I could have imagined.

Everyone onboard the @azamaracruises Quest, from the crew and staff, to the OUTbound organizers, photographers, guests, and fellow entertainers. They all welcomed me aboard with open arms. I was nervous to travel by myself, only knowing Jose, but by the end of the trip, I had made so many wonderful new friends. It was incredibly hard to leave the ship today, and I know I’ll be reminiscing about this trip for years to come.

Thank you to everyone who helped make my time with you so special, and for introducing Kiki to so many new people.

Drag has opened doors for me that I never even imagined existed. But this particular door was thrown wide open for me by Jose, and I don’t think I could ever fully express how grateful I am to him for that.

I hope this is the first of many more cruises to come. But in the meantime, I’m just overflowing with gratitude, joy, and pride. ❤️

Stops include: Lisbon, Portimão, Seville, Gibraltar, Ibiza, Majorca, Barcelona, Marseille, and Monte-Carlo.

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For me, directing a solo play is one of the most intimate and rewarding experiences in the theatre.

You’re not just collaborating with an artist you admire. You’re entrusted with the events in their lives that shaped who they are as a person and as an artist. Their character. Their struggles. Their triumphs. Their fire.

The solo play is also the purest form of political theatre: an artist standing in front of an audience, reliving, sharing and testifying about their life and journey. There is nothing between the audience and the artist’s truth. Their work is a living document, a living history of this country.

Over the years, I’ve had the profound privilege of collaborating and being invited into the worlds of extraordinary artists and human beings: Brian Quijada, Kristina Wong, Luis Alfaro, Mashuq Mushtaq Deen, Scott Bradley, Alec Mapa, Alaudin Ullah, Dael Orlandersmith, and so many others.

Coming from communities too often denied visibility and voice, these artists share their stories with breathtaking courage. They make me want to be a better person and a better artist. They are, simply, my heroes.

One such hero is Larissa FastHorse.

As a colleague, I have always been struck by her strength, ferocity, passion, and joy. But it was her deeply personal work, FANCY DANCER, that made me understand how Larissa came to be.

Every time I sit with an audience and experience her powerful work and performance, we leave changed, inspired by her journey of strength, resilience, and community.

Friends in Minneapolis and St. Paul, please come experience FANCY DANCER at History Theatre.

Growing up half Lakota and half white, Lara lives as an outsider until she discovers the story of Osage prima ballerina Maria Tallchief and is compelled to become a dancer. But with a body that doesn’t quite conform, can she make her dream come true? FANCY DANCER is a vibrant, multigenerational journey about finding your community, honoring your roots, and stepping into your power.

Performances start September 10 through October 4.

For tickets and information: www.historytheatre.com/production/fancy-dancer/

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Here’s to the original Atlantis mischief-makers: still serving laughs, still making memories, and still proving that legends never retire—they just upgrade their cabins. 🌈⚓️🥂

Have a great sailing @alecmapa and @shawnpelofsky!

#BeKind⭐️HaveFun!

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When they were blocking the scenes for Connie and Carla, and there was a moment where we queens appear in the audience after our own show, @niavardalos, @alecmapa , the hair and makeup team and I thought that me dressed as Dolly would be a great sight gag, and it was.
Dolly ♥️

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