⚪️ Idaho Drag is Divine ⚪️
⚪️ Drag artists in or from Idaho engage in a conversation around drag and spirituality.
⚪️ Drag artists along with individuals, businesses & institutions (ie. politicians, musicians, community leaders, spiritual leaders, other stakeholders, you, etc) from a variety of spiritual experiences to curate a multi-faith represented video & podcast series. Idaho drag has been under attack by people who have a very wrong understanding of us - who we are and why we do drag.
⚪️ My hope is to create an opportunity for us to share another side in the hopes of gaining a different understanding and soften the blow of their attacks.
⚪️ If you are interested being involved schedule an “audition spot” or “Sponsor/Collaborator Meet n Greet” with Bonnie Violet, a queer chaplain
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⚪️ Cast & Schedule Below
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🌊 First Wave Cast Announcement 2.2.23
⚪️ FAERYL SWEET
Faeryl Sweet (they/fae) as a performer is a mixed bag of fever dream manic pixie dream thing, and nerd culture. Raised in the Mormon church in a small, primarily Christian town in Treasure Valley. They've experienced a myriad of flavors when it comes to prejudice and misconceptions, as well as a compulsory-heterosexual marriage, coming out to themself (and others), divorce and many other things on their journey to where they sit now spiritually: features of gnosticism and agnosticism alike, a dash of that Christian upbringing, and a healthy dose of paganism and witchcraft.
📸 Instagram @faerylsweet
🎥 TikTok @panickkid
🎮 Twitch @panickkid_
📺 YouTube @panickkid
⚪️ MISS CALI JE
Miss Cali Je (she/her) is an Episcopalian and a Drag Queen in Idaho. She is the President of Reading Time with the Queens, an organization teaching kids and families to love and accept ourselves and others one book at a time. She is a leader in the fight to #ProtectDragInIdaho.
📸 Instagram @joecrppr
🎥 TikTok @CaliJeOfficial
😀 Facebook /youspelledmynamewrongISJ
⚪️ JAZMYN J
I am Jazmyn J (she/they), originally from the Philippines and moved to Los Angeles in 2000 and been living in Coeur d’Alene since 2019. I started performing in drag in December 2019 after watching an amateur Halloween drag show in Spokane, WA. I was so inspired by this group of talented and creative drag performers. When then Covid pandemic happened, it didn’t stop me from improving my craft and skills, especially makeup. I became more active on Social Media (TikTok, IG, FB, etc) to reach a wider audience and to entertain, educate, and inspire everyone. I perform live mostly in the inland Pacific Northwest area (including Central & Eastern WA, Panhandle area of Idaho). I hope to continue being one of the most in-demand drag performers in Idaho. #ProtectDrag
📸 Instagram @iamjazmynj
🎥 TikTok @iamjazmynj
📺 YouTube @JazmynJ
⚪️ VICE
Vice Squiwly Bones (she/her/they) is a local Drag Artist who is known for her audience engagement and blending her love of burlesque and horror into her acts. She is the founder/producer of Vice Producer Bones, formerly Gesamtkunstwerk, known for bringing headlining drag artists to Boise and original show themes like “Vice ruins the Holidays” and “Lady Marmalade, but Make it Sad”. Vice helped build the bridge between Burlesque and Drag, leading to the multi-arts Boise shows today and continues to give performance opportunities to all us Show Weirdos. Vice is a featured guest/costume instructor at the Idaho Halloween and Horror Convention (2021 & 2022) and was the Idaho Ambassador for the Austin International Drag Festival. Vice created the gardening series, Goth Gardening on YouTube, which was featured in Vice.com. Subscribe to Vicesquiwlybones on Youtube and make sure you duck and cover when she hits the stage!
📸 Instagram @ViceSquiwlyBones
📺 YouTube @SquiwlyBones
⚪️ CHICO MIA
Chico Mia is a Drag Thing born in Brazil and based in Boise, ID. Chico is inspired by his home country's Samba heroes, 70’s androgynous aesthetics, rockabilly, and Club Kidz. Chico was elected Mx. Congeniality of BNDS All Stars and Mr. Congeniality of BNDSKE. They are part of the permanent cast of Tropicana Nights at the Balcony and the Gendertainers troupe. Chico is excited to discuss how doing drag and being part of the drag community has helped them in their spiritual journey.
📸 Instagram @chicomiadrag
😀 Facebook /ChicoMia
📺 YouTube @ChicoMia
⚪️ BUCK D’LICIOUS
Buck D’Licious (they/them) is Boise’s favorite pint-size pixie boy! He is the runner up for Boise’s Next Drag Superstar Kings Season 2, the assistant director for the Gendertainers, a drag king with the LezBe Kings, and a member of Haus Delicious Pussay. You can find him onstage at Pengilly’s for Make ‘Em Blush on March 12, and at The Balcony Club for Treefort on March 22!
"I am really excited to share my story with you and the community. I think it’s important for us to see each other as people and I’m also excited to share how special drag is."
📸 Instagram @buckdeliciousthedragking
⚪️ ANNIE DEPRESSANT
Annie Depressant (she her) is one of the co winners of BNDS season 2, and was the first afab contestant and winner. She’s also a former Miss Boise Pride. And she is now performing in Seattle! She’s always used her platform to uplift others and bring joy to many! She’s a bubble gum princess pill everyone’s dying to swallow! Annie grew up going to catholic school and while she never felt free to be herself until later in life because of the church she met her best friend and fellow Boise queen Hazel. After some painful experiences from the school/church and the loss of her father she left the church when she graduated. She still uses a lot of references and iconography from her previous faith but now sits somewhere between agnostic and a sprinkle of paganism. At the end of the day inner peace as being kind to others is what she values most.
📸 Instagram @xoxoanniedepressant
🎥 Tik Tok @xoxoanniedepressant
🎮 Twitch @xoxoanniedepressant
⚪️ Amelia Blayke
⚪️ "I am an enigma wrapped in a mystery cloaked in rhinestones and shadows. A being of energy and intention that thrives in the expressive arts after what felt like a lifetime of being stifled and suppressed. I grew up Mormon with a family that still to this day would prefer that I hide myself from the world or not exist at all." - Amelia Blayke
📸 Instagram @a_meliablayke
⚪️ Lavender Beauchamp
⚪️ My name is Lavender Beauchamp and I am from Buhl, Idaho. I have been doing drag since October 2017, only a year after I came out. I was raised as an agnostic/atheist/Chinese philosophy/anti-religion household. My mother is a history buff/"conspiracy theorist", and raised me with the belief to look beyond what we have been told in history, government, and religion. To question, wonder, and explore for myself what the force and reason is that drives all of us, and what it means to be human.
📸 Instagram @lavender_beauchamp
⚪️ B0NNi33 Vi0L3T
Bonnie Violet is a trans femme genderqueer spiritual drag artist, identity doula and digital chaplain. YouTuber, Twitcher & Host of a queer chaplain podcast with such series as Drag & Spirituality, TranSpirit & Faith Leaders. Co-host of Splintered Grace with her conservative christian aunt & At the CCC recovery podcast. Founder & Director of Drag & Spirituality Summit.
Bonnie Violet shares her experience of strength and hope with HIV, recovering from drugs, alcohol, and sexual assault among other things in classrooms, community centers, churches, online and pretty much anywhere else she is invited.
As, a queer chaplain, she is present with people in death and dying to self by helping to lace one’s narrative with a spiritual thread to remind one of their resilience, strengthen faith in self and create serenity in the now.
💠 PRODUCER & HOST
⚪️ PROTECT DRAG IN IDAHO
This design by Dallas McCary was created to raise awareness of issues facing the state of Idaho, rally support around the queer community, and support the work of local organizations like Reading Time with the Queens. Funds from this campaign will be going to a general fund to cover travel expenses for community members wanting to testify before the Idaho Legislature.
📌 PURCHASE HERE : https://www.bonfire.com/protect-drag-in-idaho/
📌 PURCHASE HERE : https://www.bonfire.com/protect-drag-in-idaho/
⚪️ A CALL TO ACTION:
We are asking you to sign this counter-petition in response to the overwhelming backlash and hate of LGBTQ identities and drag events, specifically ones that are all-ages, in Idaho.
📌 Sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/freedom-for-idaho-drag-shows