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Amoeba Geezer | Issue 245

Amoeba Geezer
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Dance to This by Alessia Belsito-Riera

My My My! has Pōneke drag princess Foxy Cleptopatra got a show in store for you Angel Baby. For the next instalment of her drag series dedicated to celebrating a different musical artist every month, Foxy presents an ode to Aussie pop king Troye Sivan.

Sivan’s style, dubbed as “layered electropop with constant tinges of EDM” by The Guardian, takes inspiration from the likes of Cher, Madonna, Miley Cyrus, Robyn, and Lady Gaga, as well as Ariana Grande and Christina Aguilera for some of his later work.

“Those are my gay icons, which is a bit strange,” Sivan tells Wonderland. “I would have loved to have had more queer music growing up. That would have been nice.”

So he made it himself!

“I chose Troye specifically as to many queer people of a younger generation he is an icon,” Foxy says. “To be so well established in mainstream media and pop culture, especially in Australasia as a queer person, is inspiring and important to be seen and celebrated.”

Described as a drag show that’s essentially a mini concert, Troye Sivan Drag Show at Ivy Bar & Cabaret on the 6th of June features the performance prowess of Amoeba Geezer, Judas Kiss, and the current reigning Mx Capital Faux Femm, sporting “their best crop singlets and loose-fitting bottoms…. And pants”, Foxy giggles.

“I hope, as always, the audience will remember the safe, fun space that the show creates and that inspires them to challenge the societal constraints of gender,” Foxy adds. “As always, drag is a protest.”

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