People in drag are not usually a common view in the house of older adults. But once a month, Drag Queen Minhi Wang has appeared in complete makeup, wigs and heels to act Gay Ol ‘Times For residents and staff of the Kensington Health gardens, a long -term attention home in the center of Toronto.
“Thank you for recovering,” Minhi Wang told the crowd in the gardens earlier this week. “This means a lot to me … I think it only says a lot to have an event like this: make a Drag Queen regularly perform in a long -term attention center. I also think he says a lot about acceptance.”
Gay Ol ‘Times It was created in association with Minhi Wang as a way of promoting inclusion in long -term care, educating residents and staff, and celebrating 2SLGBTQ+communities. Check out on Thursday’s program below.
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Before his program began, Minhi Wang also said that he sees him as planning for the future “because I hope that when he ages, there will be a Drag Queen acts for me (Minhi Wang is the artistic name of David Shih-Mming Yao).
“Ok, let’s start this party,” said Minhi Wang, who has been acting in the gardens since 2017 and was a finalist in season 5 of Canada drag.
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The event also included comments from the president and CEO Adil Khalfan by Kensington Health, a non -profit organization that offers services such as long -term attention, hospice care and community care.
“Kensington’s beauty has always tried to appear at work, be who you are, take care of people in this community and allow them to be who they are,” Khalfan said. “Because together we are much stronger.”
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Others present the performance included Anne Howard, a resident in the gardens since 2016 and a fierce defender and allied of the 2SLGBTQ+community.
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