Arts & Entertainment
Mom gives her son fabulous ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ makeover
the mother also gave herself a Ru-inspired makeup job
We were watching RuPaul’s Drag Race last night and this little one was, “I want to do that also!” pic.twitter.com/fgCWvvyLUr
— Mikli Feria Jorge (@hiddenmikli) July 5, 2017
One mother decided to give her son a “RuPaul’s Drag Race” makeover worthy of a “Shantay, you stay.”
Mikli Feria Jorge, from Quezon City, Philippines, posted on Twitter that while watching “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” her son wanted in on the fun.
“We were watching RuPaul’s Drag Race last night and this little one was, ‘I want to do that also,'” she captioned a photo of her son playing with makeup.
Jorge did her son’s make up, put on eyelashes and gave him a dress. He even came up with his own drag name, Ballooni Liteg, with a silent e and silent g, and a drag name for his mother, Cat Astrfi.
She chronicled the drag transformation in a series of tweets that have been liked and favorited thousands of times.
He had me do his wings, insisted on eyelashes, ate carefully to not ruin his lipstick, &
Me: You’re beautiful!
K: Ma, we need to buy a wig. pic.twitter.com/eAsq6ZaTvZ— Mikli Feria Jorge (@hiddenmikli) July 5, 2017
Meet Ballooni Liteg! (silent e, silent g)
(My drag name, from him, is Cat Astrfi) pic.twitter.com/bPtKfl9jd0
— Mikli Feria Jorge (@hiddenmikli) July 5, 2017
Eventually, Jorge tweeted that she “wanted in on the action too” and posted photos of her own drag makeup.
Um, momma wanted in on the action too ok pic.twitter.com/Hm7awwn0yG
— Mikli Feria Jorge (@hiddenmikli) July 5, 2017
Sashay. pic.twitter.com/BhT8JQxQa5
— Mikli Feria Jorge (@hiddenmikli) July 5, 2017
— Mikli Feria Jorge (@hiddenmikli) July 5, 2017
Celebrity News
More than 1 million people attend Madonna concert in Rio
Free event took place on Copacabana Beach on Saturday
An estimated 1.6 million people on Saturday attended Madonna’s free concert on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach.
The concert, which was the last one as part of Madonna’s Celebration Tour, included a tribute to people lost to AIDS.
Bob the Drag Queen introduced Madonna before the concert began. Pabllo Vittar, a Brazilian drag queen and singer, and Anitta, a bisexual pop star who was born in Rio’s Honório Gurgel neighborhood, also joined Madonna on stage.
Congresswoman Erika Hilton, a Black travesti and former sex worker, and Rio Municipal Councilwoman Mônica Benício, the widow of Marielle Franco, a bisexual Rio Municipal Councilwoman who was assassinated in 2018, are among those who attended the concert.
“Madonna showed that we fight important fights for the human rights of Black (people), young (people), women and LGBTQIA+ people, and against all injustice, discrimination, and violence,” said Associaçao Nacional de Travestis e Transexuais (National Association of Travestis and Transsexuals), a Brazilian trans rights group known by the acronym ANTRA, on its X account. “What they call identitarianism’ is our subversion to the retrograde and conservative tackiness that plagues the country.”
The Associated Press reported the concert was Madonna’s biggest ever.
The DC Center for the LGBTQ Community, SMYAL and Rainbow Families sponsored Gay Day at the Zoo on Sunday at the Smithsonian National Zoo. The Smithsonian observed International Family Equality Day with special exhibits and an event space.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
Covering Gay Day at the Zoo for @WashBlade . Here at @NationalZooDC pic.twitter.com/LqgGNOOAiM
— Michael Patrick Key (@MichaelKeyWB) May 5, 2024
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PHOTOS: Taste of Point
Annual fundraiser held for LGBTQ youth scholarship, mentorship organization
The Point Foundation held its annual Taste of Point fundraiser at Room & Board on May 2.
(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)