Barbados star mermaid: Drag queen responds to her detractors

Ever since it was announced that drag queen Barbados will be participating in the next Santa Claus parade in Montreal as the Star Fairy, social media has been flooded with derogatory comments.

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However, this will not stop the Barbadian woman from shining with Santa Claus on November 19. On the contrary.

“Talk good about it, talk bad, but talk about it”, he replied during an interview with QMI Agency on Thursday afternoon.

“People have the right to comment on social networks, that’s part of the freedom we have, but tell me something, the more these people talk, the more people talk about it, and it encourages the organizers to continue. The drag in events like this is ‘booking,'” he said. .

First in drag, but one of the few to wear the Angel of the Stars costume, Barbada sees her appointment as a great way to continue her work with young people in recent years. According to him, the organizers’ decision is also in line with the times and in the same vein as Disney’s “The Little Mermaid”, where the character of Ariel in a humanized version will be played by an Afro-descendant actress.

“Just because we’ve been doing something for decades doesn’t mean we can’t revisit it and try to do it in an inclusive and diverse way,” argued the drag queen, under her colorful and flamboyant features, on the youth show “Barbados”, on ICI TOU.TV.

“It’s a great honor and a great endorsement of what I’m doing and what we’re trying to achieve. It’s in perfect continuity with public broadcasts and readings,” he added.

Joel Lemay / QMI Agency