Even when I wasn’t performing, I was always at a drag show. I think it has helped provide a perspective that I wouldn’t have had going into this without that background.īaby: I have obviously performed at a few different venues with a few different people, a few different producers. I’ve worked in fashion styling and celebrity dressing for five years now, so I’ve worked really intimately in events but from a different angle. Manjarrez: Not event production necessarily. Neither of you had event production experience prior to this, right? I think Valentine’s day was a perfect way to start. So it’s been a work in progress, and we’re so excited that we were finally able to get it off the ground. We were actually planning to start it in December, and then Omicron hit. Manjarrez: We’ve been trying to get it off the ground for a minute now. I’m ready and willing to figure this out how we can make it happen.” And then a few months ago, Kayla said, “Hey, what if we tried to put on a Dyke Drag show?” And I said, “You know what? This is something that I’ve cared about and wanted to do.
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So I had the idea I just didn’t really know how to facilitate it. I’m Baby: When I first started drag, I thought it was so interesting that there’s no drag in lesbian spaces really.
Hi! How did the idea for a dyke-centric drag show first come about? Logo caught up with Manjarrez and Baby to talk about all things Dyke Drag, including how New York City-based drag lovers can get in on the fun for their next show. Baby clocked Manjarrez’s bright-pink purse and bottle of poppers and immediately knew they’d found a kindred spirit.
The duo first connected at a pre-pandemic karaoke night at The Rosemont, a queer watering hole in Williamsburg. Allie Calegari From left: Manjarrez and DJ Bbari.īefore they were co-producers, Manjarrez and Baby were friends with a shared passion for drag.