Communion marks one year of showcasing adventurous drag on (when else?) Sunday at The Dust
Jan 08, 2025
Monthly alt-drag showcase Communion is a uniquely Floridian phenomenon, rooted in the aftereffects of being raised in and around Southern Christianity, punk rebellion and the fatalistic sense of "us against the world" that can only come from living in a Republican-dominated state. Co-helmed by DJ Pup Rocky and Anesthesia (who will perform a song by Diamanda Galas, and you know times are dark when Ms. Galas raises her vengeful head), the night is a freewheeling tour through subterranean glamour-as-performance art through lenses of horror, punk, metal, pure-pop and goth. “We gather in Communion to reclaim community from the hateful, bigoted and blasphemous sects of religion that have tried to steal it from the LGBTQ+,” says Anesthesia.