don't forget to tip your drag queen

since i have a million pictures of pride to post i thought i’d break it up a little, with one post consisting entirely of drag queens and kings.

pride revelers were treated to entertainment by the imperial sovereign gem court of idaho and lipsinc (“idaho’s first professional female impersonation troupe”). i was glued to the stage most of the day. i’ve never stayed at pride (or any outdoor festival i can think of) for an entire day, but this year since i was taking photos for the magazine i wanted to catch everything, so i was there from 10:30 to around 6...it was exhausting, but so fun!

mistress of ceremonies minerva jayne:

lots of the performers wore very impressive headdresses:

after s/he ditched the peacock hat, this performer did a flip off the stage. s/he also did a cartwheel out in the crowd. amazing!

^this kid was adorable. he got up to hand one of the performers a dollar bill, and his eyes went sooo wide. i think he was both fascinated and scared shitless.

the ladies of lipsinc put on orange jumpsuits and performed a group number, “cell block tango (he had it coming)” and “when you’re good to mama” from chicago.

^the bois of boise drag kings.

this performer was one of my favorites. however, s/he was having a bit of a tucking problem...and who wouldn’t, with that tiny little strip of silver fabric, it was practically a thong...so unfortunately i had to crop most of the photos above the crotch, or hope for obstructions, like in these three. but s/he’s so gorgeous! i felt like i was photographing a model. this picture turned out especially cool:

les bois awards

the les bois awards ceremony was last friday. it's put on by TCC to honor leadership, volunteers & support in the GLBTQIA communities.

^minerva jayne and evie smith.

^miss gay boise pride!

^keynote speaker monica hopkins of ACLU.

commedian matt bragg performed.

^randy coryell, minerva jayne, matt bragg, michael stevenson and others.

^emilie jackson-edney, accepting community leader award.

^nicole lefavour, accepting lifetime achievement award.

inserting a nampon

i got the grand tour of nampa yesterday when i went to take pictures of melissa robinson. after the interview amy drove me around to get stock photos of nampa for the magazine. nampa actually has some cool places...

two of them, anyway. this historical museum looked pretty neat. and the flying m coffee garage is so SO much better than boise's flying m.

it's huge, with cool decorations, and they have unisex bathrooms! strange how something so simple can excite me so much.

^this is just the first floor. the second floor is even awesomer. amy said it used to be a firestone tire place, and they used a lot of the old fixtures. it really still looks like a garage.

mccall misc.

final mccall post! these first few pictures are downtown at night. in the above photo you can see the lake and mountains in the background (i point that out because reed thought the lake was a fence, and i can see how it looks that way.)

^wasp's nest on the ceiling of the garage patio.

^i love the lighting in this photo, although i desperately need to mute the sky. no time to do this now though.

^the grinch after a fight that resulted in his left eye swelling shut.

^i guess there used to be a pay phone here...i liked how this cord was hanging off the side of the building.

^scum pool by the cement company.

^the cabin's river rock foundation.

^summer concert series at crusty's pizza. some terrible alt country band was playing when i wandered by. it still looked fun though.

^this gang of matching cruisers was mysteriously parked by the lake...nowhere near a bike shop, and they weren't for sale, they were just there.