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The Charger Gymnasium is typically reserved for winter sports such as basketball, volleyball and many more. The room was transformed into a fabulous space, with lights dimmed save for purple lighting to add ambiance and rows of chairs surrounding a catwalk, which soon had talent walking across. This past Thursday, the People Rejoiced In Diversity.
The annual Hartford Pride celebration will return to Trumbull Street in downtown Hartford Sept.10. National recording artists CeCe Peniston and Willie Gomez are the headliners, and numerous Connecticut drag queens will also perform.
Frankie Cyanide is a drag king who brings an alt-rock/punk approach to a drag scene still dominated by pop and disco divas. Cyanide has two shows upcoming: a "Wacky Saturday" revue preceded by a four-hour "Drag Sale" at Fairfield's Trevi Lounge on Aug. 27 and the latest "Alt/Punk Drag Show at the State House in New Haven Aug. 28.