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.”
If it’s a “she” then it isn’t “drag.”
Ditto.
The fictional character he played was a "she".
Aggressive ugliness is very fashionable.
Keep in mind that mid-20’s is early old age for these poofters.
Jabbed with something one too many times.
True, but it's a grudging alliance.
Were they cheering or booing when the janitor came out on stage and pushed the corpse over the edge with a pushbroom?
Him/her brother Amazon Prime had a very bad night on Thursday too...
Will this be deemed an “LGBT hate crime,” with normal Americans the criminals?
The cause of death was that his girdle was on too tight...
Excuse me, but aren't DRAG performers understood to be MEN who dress garishly as women as a form of parody performance entertainment?
Yeah, I know the reality that he's a man, but the GerBiL community is being a bit hypocritical if they think that a "woman" is a drag performer emulating a woman.
Where to begin with a lede like that...
Was there a concurrent bright flash of light , thunder and a smell of ozone in the air ?
And a disembodied voice saying
” not the mamma ! “
.?
Sell me your children! I want your children!
Belushi’s lines would have been rare in Michigan where so many abortions are rampant there are few children around.
New Proposition 3 is a constitutional amendment for all out free abortion through 9 months or more, no way to avoid taxpayers from funding it all,no need to notify a parent of abortion, no need to tell a parent if hormones are started at school for gender change, no way to bow out of being part of an abortion as a nurse or doctor due to personal beliefs, no funding allowed for alternative education and counseling to pregnant women, no funding from the state to assist adoptive parents and much more.
Michigan will surpass CA and NY as the most pro-abortion state in the country.
“She?”
They’re so mixed up.
If it’s a she, she’s not in drag.
Idiots can’t even keep their insane definitions right.
I have to say (and i’m admittedly not a good christian) that this is satanic. Or Archonic if you wish.
Rest in power?
More like burning in hell.
What a wake up call that is.
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