Word: queene
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Madonna has invaded Hong Kong. The pop megastar's likeness adorned most of the city's billboards this spring, her music was piped through its subway stations, and baseless rumors had crowds lining up for nearly a mile down Queen's Road to catch a glimpse of the Material Girl in person...
...first things you learn at drag queen bingo is that if you can't take being picked on, you keep your mouth shut. Yes, this is bingo, the game of blue-haired grandmas and church-basement fundraisers, but a drag queen is a drag queen, and if in between N-36 and I-18 your table is being rowdy, she'll be rowdy right back. "Straight guys, calm down, this isn't Bennigan's," sassed Ginger, a short blonde in a black dress slit up to the waist, on a recent Wednesday night. My friends and I were at Lips...
...From there, interest in the game only grew. It spread to Boston, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, Atlanta, Dallas and Los Angeles. And then even farther afield - to Utah, Alaska, Idaho, Wyoming. At some point along the way, drag queen bingo went commercial, with bars, clubs and restaurants hosting games as a way to draw in crowds and turn a profit. Then it went to cable: in Season 2 of Sex and the City, Carrie and the girls visit their favorite bar, which hosts drag queen bingo on Saturday nights. In New York City, you can now find a game practically...
...game is spreading to charities with no particular root in the gay community. Last fall, the Young Professionals Network of the Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Center raised $8,000 running drag queen bingo. "We're trying to get younger people involved, the 20- and 30-something-year-olds," says Kathryn Buckley, development coordinator of the Englewood, Colo. center. "A lot of us can't afford to do the big black-tie dinners and golf tournaments, and this is just so much...
...Back in New York, my experience wasn't quite as philanthropically minded, unless you take into account that when a drag queen knows to keep the frozen cosmos coming, I tip well. After a few rounds of not winning, I sat down with Yvonne - nee Mark Zschiesche - and asked why bingo works in such an unlikely setting. "Everyone likes the possibility of winning a prize, and it's easy to play," she said, "even if you've had a few cosmos...