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Queer Culture at its Finest: The Kings of Joy Meets Qtopia Museum drag king kings of joy lgbtqia+ performance queer queers of joy the king coach May 19, 2023

Qtopia Sydney is Australia’s first dedicated Queer Museum. Imagine walking into a Queer Museum designed for education, memory and celebration. In 5 years' time, school groups and groups of colleagues will bustle through learning about our unique and diverse LGBTQIA+ histories. There will...

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Blinded? How narrative can help you see choreography drag king gender kings of joy lgbtqia+ performance queers of joy the king coach Apr 27, 2023

Do you remember a moment when you froze in front of a group of people? You might have been standing in front of your classroom as a kid or even on stage in a school play. In the split second of this experience, we make a decision. I’m never doing that again. And we don’t. We stop...

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Queer self-care after Sydney WorldPride empowerment lgbtqia+ queer queer relating the king coach Mar 18, 2023

Was anyone else completely exhausted by Fair Day with WorldPride? In Sydney we were hosting the Sydney WorldPride event. Normally you have Mardi Gras and that's a great festival. This year we had WorldPride, which was like Mardi Gras on steroids. It was epic. There were events,...

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Why Drag Kings donā€™t need toxic masculinity drag king gender kings of joy the king coach Mar 10, 2023

Are you sick of experiences of toxic masculinity, where masculine expression comes out sideways in impactful and harmful ways? 

Yeah, me too. That's why, at Kings of Joy, we don't do representations of toxic masculinity onstage. It could be really easy to invent a Drag King character who is...

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Whatchya packin'? drag king kings of joy performance queers of joy the king coach Mar 02, 2023

What do you get when you put 6 first-time Drag Kings together on stage with some synchronised moves and secret packing? A consciousness-raising men's group of course!

Our newest Kings of Joy XII Gold Stars made their debut at Queers of Joy last Thursday 23 Feb at the Red Rattler to an...

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Drag King Royalty is coming to town: Hugo Grrrl drag king kings of joy lgbtqia+ performance the king coach Feb 20, 2023

One of the joys of living in the host city of Sydney WorldPride is welcoming our international siblings, including Drag King Royalty, Hugo Grrrl from Aotearoa, New Zealand. Kings of Joy is proud to announce a Drag Worksop with Hugo Grrrl on Sat 4th March, 11-2 pm at our Palace at The Working Kind...

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