Kiki Ball-Change as Melania Trump (Image: Instagram\/kikiballchange)<\/p>\n
A MAGA parody drag show at Bushwick, Brooklyn drew an audience of more than 1,000 people, with the queens raising more than $25,000 for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)<\/a>.<\/p>\n Organisers framed the night as political pushback through performance in an Instagram post promoting the show.<\/p>\n Titled \u201cI Want You for Turning Point US Gay NYC\u201d, the charity night featured 10 drag performers satirising prominent MAGA figures including Erika Kirk<\/a>, Kristi Noem and Rudy Giuliani, alongside gogo boys in US-flag outfits. <\/p>\n Lead organiser Kiki Ball-Change, who portrayed Melania Trump, told LGBTQ Nation<\/a>: \u201cDrag has always been political. We\u2019re making it clear what\u2019s at stake, [but] at the same time, the show wasn\u2019t a downer,\u201d adding: \u201cUltimately, it\u2019s about reminding people that the things we\u2019re joking about have real-world consequences, and that queer people, especially, don\u2019t have the luxury of separating politics from our everyday lives.\u201d<\/p>\n Inside the Bushwick fundraiser<\/p>\n The event took place on Thursday, 16 April. Its opening staging included a number titled \u201cWe Are Charlie Kirk\u201d, with performer Lauren Banall reviving a Erika Kirk impersonation<\/a> (known as Erika Qwerk) that had previously gone viral on TikTok.<\/p>\n