I went to Drag-Con Uk!!! (And it was Awesome!!!!)
If you read my previous blog-post on Astro-Cartography, you’ll have noted that London - on my Jupiter-line - is a city full of promise, opportunity and good times for me. So it was absolutely the perfect setting for my first Drag Con! Not only was London the perfect setting, the first Full Moon of 2023 - a Full Moon in the comforting sign of Cancer created an other-worldly, loving energy under which to meet my extended “chosen-family”.
I am FAN of all the foreign franchises of RuPaul’s Drag Race so I had the most FANTASTIC time! I landed at London-Heathrow early Friday morning, January 6 and got myself to the venue, the smashingly innovative ExCel London in time for the Queen’s Walk at 10:30 AM. (Click here to see my somewhat fuzzy video of the Queen’s Walk at DragCon UK 2023). I was still lugging my bags as I couldn’t check into my hotel yet, just before the Queen’s Walk began, I ducked into a restroom and got myself up into a reasonable “quick drag” so that I didn’t look like a slob who’d just gotten off an airplane. (Guess, what? I still looked like a slob just off an plane).
I had Friday at Drag Con to myself to run around meeting as many stunning drag queens as I could ~ I met Drag Sethlas from the Canary Islands and also Kam Hugh and Arseniek from Paris whom I’ve followed for years now. I wanted to make sure I was making a good impression, so I took a quick island to the lounge for a tarot card spread.
Meanwhile, RuPaul was DJing some sickening tunes!
All the queens at Drag Con are HUGE fans of Hannah’s art, so thanks to her we got to skip a lot of the lines. I did my best to be handy with my camera!
From Left to Right ➡️
Crystal from Drag Race UK, Season 1 gushing over a print Hannah gave her .
Hannah having a heart-to-heart with Angeria Paris VanMichaels, fan favorite of RuPaul’s Drag Race USA, Season 14.
A touching moment with Carmen Farala, Winner of Drag Race España, Season 1, as she reads Hannah’s note to her on the back of a print of her.
Meeting Paloma, Winner of Drag Race France, Season 1.
Drag is most certainly a “spectator-sport”! The crowd at DragCon was brewing with cutting edge looks which many times were as exciting to see as all the Drag Race girls!
The one on the right in blue is drag clothing designer, Morgan Wells who showed up to every day of Drag Con in a jaw-dropping look and yet was so charming, humble and sweet to talk to. I didn’t catch the names of the two queens on the left, but their looks made an impression!
There were so many special moments from DragCon, it was honestly the most fun I’ve ever had in my life and the powerful energy of the Full Moon in Cancer that weekend really made it feel magickal, special and like I truly was with family.
Highlights:
Jaida Essence Hall
She is in my top favorite queens of all time and I have a special connection to her from meeting her in Boston last June, right before I went to England for my Avalon voyage. I saw her walking by. I just said out loud (but not super-loudly) Jaida! in an exclamation of adoration and she turned around and waved to me and blew me a kiss.
Daya Betty
I didn’t make it to her booth either but I was standing near it at one point and I could see in. Daya Betty had an enormous meet & greet line the whole time, yet as I glanced into her booth, she was sitting on her sofa with a young girl no more than 11-years old or so and she and the girl were just casually talking, fully engaged, as if this girl where explaining all the ins & outs of her complicated love-life to Daya and Daya, like a wise older sister, was giving her advice. Let the line wait! This little girl needed her moment with her queen so she could clear her head! I was charmed.