A? - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 2, 2000 Drag queen says he does it for the money THE MAN behind the makeup says he doesn’t live as a drag queen all the lime. Just for special occasions. Momma, who won't give his real name, dresses as a. woman because he’s good al it and it earns him money. This week he’s on the payroll of a production company filming what they. hope willbe the pilotof. a series of TV: docudramas. Their target is city council and its hand- ling of the gay pride issue here. “I only dress this way when there’s' money involved,” Momma says. He explains he’s not a trans- vestite who wears “women’s clothes as a sexual fetish, but ra- ther a gay man who has come up with a successful and. commerci- need to dress like this,” he said. Dressing in drag for the first lime six years ago was part of his personal process of healing after years with a° Christian group called Ex-Gay © Ministries ‘that aimed: to “cure” he and other gay people of their homosexuality. “After eight years, | realised. | had a lot of inward pain.” ‘Momma stillcalls“himself a born-again ‘Christian. He’s also been a minister with Four Square Ministry, a branch of. Pentecostal demonination As- sembly of God: The first time: Momma donned a dress he won a contest that in- cluded a free agent and his career as a performer began. “| developed Momma as a way normally warm up to me,” said Momma. Momma now has years of cre- dits under his belt now perform- ing in'drag in the Los Angeles club scene and has had numerous jobs on television and the stage, including the part. as Chictolina in Franco Zefferelli’s opera, Placido Damingo.. _This..is:Momma’s. first. visit to Terrace, although. he once spent time in’ Alaska. Before his visit here, he was holding workshops in Washington to help-develop a higher level of accepiance for gay Christian people. “When gay Christians are de- nied their. spirituality and sexual- ity it leaves a gaping whole in their development,” Momma said. FLASHY DRESSER: Drag queen Momma wore a rainbow dress in his first day here. 1660) Caledonia Senior Secondary School oe Summer Office Hours July 4-7; 8:00 am - 3:30 pm uly 10-28 Office Closed July 31 - Aug, 25: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm The office will be closed on weekends and public holidays. Student Transcripts will be mailed directly to the student home address by the Ministry of Education to, arrive in the tirst week of August. Copies of Transcripts cap. be obtained from the School Office during Office Hours at a cost of $2.00 each. ally viable performing character. to. reach people who wouldn't “I don’t have a psychological Film groups helped Momma production A CITY-FUNDED office charged with promoting film industry activity here did all it could in aiding drag queen Momma’s visit to Terrace. _ The Terrace Economic Development Authorily knew in. advance Momma's film crew was coming to shoot’a docu: mentary. focusing on city council’s handling of the’ gay pride issue; said exec- utive director Ken: Veld- man. , “Despite the controver- sial nature of the project we felt the best thing to do is to treat it as we would any other production com- From front National memo entorces rules While most Katimavik groups budget to feed 11 people, the Terrace’s group rounds out al only seven members. That means Dawson gets close to $1000 a month to feed the group. 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