0:08  
Hamilton is not really like, it's not like it's homophobic but it's not like as gay friendly as Toronto. So I was always like very out of place.

0:22  
Like in Hamilton I like being like, fashion forward and like more feminine and like wearing makeup and stuff like that, so like here in Toronto is like fit in. 

0:36  
Like when I did drag the first time it was in Hamilton, I didn't go out I just like, was in my room. And then when it came to Toronto, I would go out in drag and like show people so that's the difference was like growing up there versus living here now. It's like accepted, it's like a normal thing. Even like in the straight community, like people know about it.

1:00  
Ru Ru RuPaul drag race.

1:07  
I think when I first started it was just based on I just started watching Ru Paul's drag race. And I had never heard about it, which is funny, being a gay but like, I had never heard about it. And I started watching it and I just like fell in love with it. And it was like, oh my god, like, I want to try that. So I like tried it in my bedroom, at home and it was awful, but then I like started doing it more like practicing. And then I ended up like just going out in drag. And then I got kind of noticed and people approached me and that's how it all started really.

1:48  
I was super nervous like, it's like just that's stage fright. That's normal. It's like healthy. I'm dressed as a woman, first of all, and then it's like I'm in heels. And then I'm like lip singing. I'm gonna have to dance. I have to like engage the crowd, so it's like, there's a lot more on my mind. Like, my first song ever was Cockiness by Rhianna. Like, don't look at the pictures, like even like a month ago. I'm like, ew what was I thinking? I'm like, always evolving and growing and bettering myself so. Now I'm just like, nothing I'm just like, used to it. And I just like, depending if it's like a new venue, I get like, obviously that little nervous tic again. But if it's like a venue that I work at a lot, I don't get nervous because like the crowd is usually the same type of crowd that goes to like a certain bar or club. So I just like know, the people I know what they like, and I just, I'm confident in myself. So I just say let's get drunk.

3:07  
I have like a really good group of friends they're really supportive. So they always like, usually come to my shows, it's like coming out or the village is like a little family. So like, we all like support each other and like, go see each other. Like, I'll just go see some of my friends like if they're performing just to see them like just to hang out. So it's nice, like, to have familiar faces in the crowd too, right? My mom like, and my sister come to my shows all the time. My sister's at almost every show. They drive up and my mom will come and it's on a weekend because she has to work but they come to my shows and they wear t shirts with my face on it. Like as I was in, like if I'm in a competition or a project or something like yeah, they're really supportive. 

3:45  
So she's actually there, look at that span. I don't talk to her like a mother talk to her like my other half, you know. Her and my sister are very open. I've always been like really confident, but doing drag has really like brought it out of me and like I'm able to, like meet people and like not be shy. And like go in front of a crowd, like public speaking is like not really an issue for me anymore because I have to for my job. It's part of like what I do so I'm used to it. It's made me feel like better about my appearance and you know, just better about my art. Like, it is an art so for me, it's like I put a lot of like work into especially my makeup. Like that's my like what I know for my aesthetic the way I  like look. I put a lot of work into that. So I take pride in that and it's changed it's helped me as a makeup artist also like evolve.

5:02  
The makeup a liquid glue down her eyebrows. We glue wigs onto her head like we duct tape around her head. We put padding like foam pads on we put like eight pairs of dance type on to hide it.  Like we cinch we do all this work that it's like you see like the beauty but it's like look at like what went into it and that's what I wish people would appreciate is the work that goes into drag.