{"id":173424,"date":"2026-03-24T16:51:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T16:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/173424\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T16:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T16:51:20","slug":"young-lgbt-ally-gets-surprise-visit-from-drag-queens-after-brain-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/173424\/","title":{"rendered":"Young LGBT ally gets surprise visit from drag queens after brain surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img width=\"792\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/drag-queens-miss-bouvee-dixie-longate.jpg\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Drag queens Dixie Longate and Miss Bouv\u00e8\u00e9\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Drag queens Dixie Longate and Miss Bouv\u00e8\u00e9 (Instagram\/dixielongate | Instagram\/missbouvee)<\/p>\n<p>Seven-year-old Anwyn Watts, a fierce LGBTQ+ ally and supporter of drag performers in her hometown of Naples, Florida, received a heartfelt surprise earlier this month when drag queens Dixie Longate and Miss Bouv\u00e8\u00e9 visited her hospital room for a sing-along.<\/p>\n<p>The moment came after months of medical trauma that began in December 2025, when Anwyn was rushed to hospital and diagnosed with an arteriovenous malformation, a serious condition that required multiple brain surgeries while she was placed in a medically induced coma.<\/p>\n<p>After Anwyn woke up she was unable to walk or speak.<\/p>\n<p>However, when drag queens Miss Bouv\u00e8\u00e9 (Eric Swanson) and Dixie Longate (Kris Andersson) came to visit the little girl in her hospital room earlier this month, she was able to celebrate and sing alongside them.<\/p>\n<p>A longtime fan of drag since attending her first Pride event at age three, Anwyn has also been a vocal supporter \u2013 joining protests and even speaking out in court when Florida officials attempted to restrict drag performances at Naples Pride.<\/p>\n<p>Now home after her three-month hospital stay, Anwyn continues to recover using a wheelchair and will require further treatment in the months ahead.<\/p>\n<p>But her story has sparked an outpouring of support, including messages from performers like Nina West.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2026, she\u2019s set to be crowned \u201cNaples Princess of Pride\u201d, a title she\u2019s already proudly embracing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s very proud, so she tells everybody that she actually is a princess now because Naples Pride says so,\u201d her mother, Stephanie Watts, said in a 23 March interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advocate.com\/news\/people\/anwyn-watts-drag-queens-surgery\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Advocate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Share your thoughts!\u00a0Let us know in the comments below, and remember to keep the conversation respectful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drag queens Dixie Longate and Miss Bouv\u00e8\u00e9 (Instagram\/dixielongate | Instagram\/missbouvee) Seven-year-old Anwyn Watts, a fierce LGBTQ+ ally and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[10584,3640,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-173424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-drag-queens","tag-florida","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}