Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Sarah Smellie
Publication Date: November 29, 2024 - 15:51
Newfoundland’s LGBTQ+ bar paid drag queens $37.50. Tara Nova called them out.
November 29, 2024
If the screaming crowd in the twinkling Majestic Theatre in downtown St. John’s was any indication, Newfoundland drag queen Tara Nova will never have to accept $37.50 for a show again.The 23-year-old began the week scrambling to find a new place to perform, after calling out the only queer venue in town on national television for underpaying drag queens and undervaluing queer art. She ended the week on stage in a theatre full of fans waving five-dollar bills, as social media posts supporting her rolled in from drag stars and fans across the continent.
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