There's already tons of drag in Toronto—that's why Manghoe Lassi (HumzaMian) is trying to bring queer representation to suburbs
Drag *looks* expensive, but in reality, being a drag artist is a working class gig. To find out what it’s really like to try to make it as a queer artist in one of Canada’s expensive cities, FLARE asked nine Toronto drag performers on the rise to show us what’s in their drag bags—and then we got down to real talk about their finances, from tipping culture in Canada to hustling to make rent to shopping for fake boobs.“I’m registered under the Ontario Association of Veterinary Technicians.
I’ve only been performing in drag for a year. Before that, I was doing drag online and posting looks to Instagram. Now I get offers to perform, which is super cool. I perform a couple times a month. Since my numbers have grown, I’ve started to get a lot more offers. It’s not always an offer to perform, sometimes it’s a modelling gig or a jewellery brand that wants me to wear their jewellery on Instagram. I get a lot more social media offers than performance offers.
I’m also not focused on trying to make it in Toronto—it’s already saturated with drag. I think I’ve proven I can make a name for myself without having to be in Toronto’s gay village. I’ve performed there maybe twice. I’ve recently started to do more drag in Mississauga, where I’m from and still live, with the Mississauga Arts Centre and the Peel HIV/AIDS Committee in Brampton. Mississauga is trying to push artists to look outside of Toronto.
I have to squeeze them on. I use the shopping bag method: you put a shopping bag over your hand, then slide the bangle on. Real Indian bangles are made out of glass and if I did that with a glass bangle it would break, so I stick with metal.”
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