Posted on 09/16/2022 1:22:47 PM PDT by Red Badger
Valencia Prime was performing at Tabu Lounge and Sports Bar in Philadelphia's Gayborhood when she collapsed Monday night.
By Alexander Kacala A Philadelphia drag performer beloved by the local LGBTQ community died Monday night during a performance at a popular gay bar.
Valencia Prime, 25, was performing at Tabu Lounge and Sports bar, in the heart of Philadelphia's Gayborhood, when she collapsed on stage, bar owner Jeffrey Sotland said.
"Today we mourn the loss of a very bright and rising star in the performance community and a person who was always full of love and positivity," the venue said in a statement on social media. "We say goodbye to Valencia Prime but we will not forget the light you brought to the stage."
Tributes from other performers poured in after the news spread. Prime, a transgender woman, had dubbed herself “Philadelphia’s plus-size dancing diva.”
“This community has suffered so much loss in the last few years. Valencia Prime was a talent and a delightful person. Rest in power, babe,” Timaree Leigh, a sexuality educator and burlesque performer, tweeted.
“I had a great time working with Valencia and will genuinely miss her," Leigh told NBC News via Facebook messenger. "She was talented, fun, kind and brought really great energy. Her loss is devastating to a whole scene of people she influenced and inspired.”
Drag queen Brittany Lynn, whose real name is Ian Morrison, also shared a message in Prime’s honor: “Valencia Prime you will be sorely missed. You were always up for a gig or messaging me afterwards saying ‘good job sir.’ Out & About will always be dedicated to you and all that you did for everyone. Keep twirling ma’am,” she wrote on Facebook.
Drag artist Aloe Vera, whose real name is Anthony Veltre, often performed alongside Prime. In a Facebook message, Veltre said: “You are and will forever be my light. I wish I knew how to keep going without you. I wish I knew how to be inspiring too others that are hurting right now… but a piece of my soul has been taken from me and I’m struggling to pick myself up off the ground without you. I love you with everything in my heart Valencia. Rest in power.”
LOL
Positively Fourth Street
Bob Dylan (1965)
I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
And just for that one moment I could be you
Yes, I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes
You’d know what a drag it is to see you
Cut down in his, her, its, huzza's Prime...
“He will strike the land with a rod from his mouth and slay the wicked with a breath from his lips”
Isaiah 11:4
Haha! 👍
When you die at the Tabu Lounge and Sports Bar in Philadelphia’s Gayborhood you really die!
I am glad this is not “Florida Man”.
“Tabu Lounge and Sports Bar...”
Man, there’s a whole lot of misbehavior in that name.
One of the books on the Rolling Stones has that picture of the group dressed as old ladies. Caption is “What a drag it is.”
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/rolling-stones-coolest-costumes-in-rock/
Immediatly wakes up in Hell with all his other previosly suicide and diseased dead friends...except there are no friends or acqaintences in Hell.
What do you think HIV, AIDS and Monkeypox is?
God’s own punishment IMO
“ No costume nor deficient thinking changes that XY does not equal XX. ”
Genetics regarding male & female chromosomes are “settled science”.
A Hawg. It was a Hawg.
Committing a serious sin just prior to facing judgment?
Not a good plan ...
Neither God nor Mother Nature intended the rear end to be the correct hole.
Such a loss. To quote the last words of Nero “such an artist dies in me.”
I can’t celebrate the life of someone who lived and made their living in such a perverse manner, but neither do I wish death upon them or gloat over their sudden death. As a Christian I pray for the repose of his soul, though because he was taken in the very act of promoting perversion, it does not look good for him. Most of all it is a reminder that every moment we should all strive to be in friendship with God because none of us know the day or the hour.
A he, not a she
As Howie Carr would say: “Is Ted in the house?”
Two queens died with a week of each other.
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