| Details | This year’s NYC Pride theme is “Strength in Solidarity.” To celebrate, the museum is presenting an evening of dynamic and fun performances that showcase the rich diversity of the Indigenous LGBTQIA+ community. Landa Lakes (Chickasaw) hosts an extravaganza of dance, music, and humor featuring fellow Indigenous drag performers Lady Shug (Diné), Sage Chanell (Shawnee/Ponca/Otoe/Lakota Sioux), and Papi Churro (Coahuiltecan/Nahua-Otomi). The evening’s events will be soundtracked by DJ Jonray (Laguna/Acoma Pueblo). No registration required; first come, first served. Doors open at 6 PM ET.
Landa Lakes is a Chickasaw writer, activist, and artist. Since 2004, she has founded several drag performance groups in San Francisco, including the Two-Spirit Native American Drag Troupe and Brush Arbor Gurlz. She uses art to combine contemporary ideas with Indigenous history and traditional stories to convey the shared experiences and understanding of human nature outside the Western perspective. Lakes was a co-chair of the Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS) and now serves on the board. She was an original founder of the BAAITS Two-Spirit Powwow, the first public two-spirit powwow, now in its 13th year. In 2019, she co-founded the annual two-spirit festival Weaving Spirits. Lake’s film and television credits include RuPaul's Drag Race (S1E7) and I've Been to Manhattan.
Lady Shug is a proud Indigenous drag artist, born for the Diné (Navajo) Nation, raised in the Four Corners area of New Mexico. She has been entertaining audiences for more than 10 years, beginning her career with nightly performances on the Las Vegas Strip. Recently, she felt called to return home to the Navajo reservation and now lives along the Arizona-New Mexico border. As a community activist, Lady Shug works with grassroots collectives to fight for equal rights for her 2SLGBTQ+ Indigenous relatives living in rural areas and on reservations that have long denied them equal treatment. She uses her platform to connect her passions for drag and activism to raise awareness and stand in solidarity with social movements. She was the first drag artist to host a pop-up powwow in Bentonville, Arkansas, with Live in America. Lady Shug was recently featured in the season one finale of HBO’s We’re Here, featuring RuPaul’s Drag Race alumni Bob the Drag Queen, Shangela, and Eureka. Currently, she is touring the United States with Landa Lakes on the all-Indigenous LaLa Land Back tour.
Sage Chanell (Shawnee/Ponca/Otoe/Lakota Sioux) is a former Miss International Two Spirit (2016–2017) and co-chair of the Central Oklahoma Two Spirit Society. When Sage isn’t performing the art of drag, she can be found mentoring Oklahoma youth through the Cousins program.
Papi Churro is a patlache two-spirit drag performer from Nahua and Coahuiltecan Indigenous bloodlines. They perform to raise awareness of Indigenous causes and tell stories through music and artistry. Churro is currently based out of Oakland and the San Francisco Bay Area. |
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