I never thought that I would return to burlesque after I started transitioning. But I hit a point where I realized that truly womanhood always felt like a costume to put on to fit other people’s expectations of what I should look like that, at the end of the day it was just another character to play on the stage. Because when I perform burlesque and when I look like this, I’m still trans and I feel euphoric in the way that I can lean into this as a costume and play with it to an extreme in whatever playful way feels correct in the moment. And honestly, the way people give me a double take when they see me like this doesn’t hurt either.
I love being a shapeshifter in drag, and I love playing with gender through performance.
Anyway, this was such a fun show, thank you
@sirenofthecircle for having me and thanks to
@sammamk for capturing these excellent shots.
Enjoy the extra shots at the end, I couldn’t decide which ones to pick so you get them all 🍑
