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March 2012

-62. That's
Octomom
62," said
Trixie Deluxe, all 6-feet-
4 inches of her, calling
out the number she's
drawn during tonight's
Drag Queen Bingo in
downtown Royal Oak.
She reinforces her
call of "B-9" by saying:
"I hope that tumor's
benign!'
The presence and
Women flock to this fun (and bawdy) event.
outrageous humor of drag
queens like Trixie — gay
Saturdays. Each show runs approximately
men who dress as flamboyant women
90 minutes. Sandwiches, snacks and
— have transformed the snoozy bingo
non-alcoholic beverages are available.
night that once got Mom out of the
Wearing a sparkly party dress, big
house. The rules for playing the game are
bouffant wig and full makeup including
unchanged here at Five15, an eclectic,
false eyelashes, Trixie — real name, Ed
gay novelty gift and book shop/cafe, but
Dobski — is easily the most "feminine"
Mom must now be willing to roll with the
person in the room this
drag queens' suggestive
night. By day, the Waterford
repartee and risque
native works as a recre-
prizes.
ational therapy coordina-
Judging by the
tor at a nursing home in
largely female crowd
Florida. Five15 flies in Trixie
packing the place each
to be the bingo hostess two
weekend, modern Mom
weekends a month. Other
is definitely chill.
drag queens currently on the
Drag Queen Bingo,
schedule are September
Trixie Deluxe file s in from
originally named "gay
Murphy, Lauren Jacobs and
Florida to call B ingo.
bingo," was launched in
Hershae Chocolatae.
Seattle in the late 1990s
Proud of this lineup,
as an entertaining new fundraiser to help
Baglio noted that "not every drag queen
people living with HIV/AIDS.
is good behind a microphone!'
As happened elsewhere, drag queen
Before starting, Trixie gladly posed
bingo at Five15 initially attracted the gay
for pictures. She bantered easily with
community. Then straight women also
everyone, including patrons from as dis-
started coming with friends.
tant as Lansing and St. Clair County. She
"For awhile, we had a balance with
shared funny observations about the TV
gays and [straight] women," said Gary
show Toddlers & Tiaras and made bawdy
Baglio, partnered with Michael Dersi
comments to bachelorette and birthday
in the business since May 2007. "The
celebrants.
women later outnumbered them, and now
"One cannot be a prude or have a
many of those women come back with
problem with vulgar or racy language,"
their husbands!'
cautioned Doreen Turbow of West
Reservations for Drag Queen Bingo
Bloomfield, who came to Drag Queen
are through the roof at Five15; some
Bingo last summer with a group of 14.
dates sell out three weeks in advance.
"We were very grateful that none of our
Four rounds of "fun" bingo ($20) begin
friends were picked on," she said. "We
at 8 p.m. Fridays and 7 and 10 p.m.
laughed a lot at the guests who came

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