Awesome! I'm pretty sure "Hey Tranny It's Tranny" is a reference to this perfection of Amy Poeler's Project Runway spoof: http://www.hulu.com/watch/11932

Fuck that. I went to the last Hey Tranny, It's Tranny show at Neumos this summer, and none of the promised drag queens on the bill performed except for Sharon Needles, who was on stage for about 10 minutes. Not getting ripped off again.

@3
Thank you.

@3, Tough shit. They still advertised that those performers would be there right up until the show (they were on the typed list stuck to the walls outside Neumos that night.) Nobody mentioned that they wouldn't be able to perform. And that doesn't explain why Sharon Needles performance was so brief, either.

@6- It was a good dance party. I didn't make a sour face the whole time, I just felt ripped off when I realized a bunch of the advertised acts never performed. And besides, I didn't pay for a dance party (which would have been cheaper), I paid for a drag show. Which is what I was looking for, and which it was not. Had I known it was going to be a dance party I'd have paid $12 less and gone to R Place and seen an actual drag show. I don't have a ton of money, so when I shell out $37 for a show I expect to get what was advertised.

Hmmm....the only "no show" in June was Alaska...because she got booked on "Drag Race". Jinkx was announced as well but her name was removed from the guest list VERY early on. And, drag queens DON'T generally do long sets...the majority of drag shows consist of a host and 4 or 5 performers who do 2 numbers tops. At 5 minutes a number, it works out to about 10 minutes. That's pretty much how it works at R Place, too...

Nobody told me Alaska was filming and not coming until a day prior, cute huh? Well the good news is no one is filming tomorrow so everyone will be here! xo

This comment is bound to be unpopular but I'm going to post it anyway. I'm a trans person that lives in Seattle. I love it here and I cannot say that I have ever faced discrimination for being trans in this city. That being said I cannot tell you how much I cringe to read this party name. I of course have no problem with drag, but I really do take offense at the usage of the term "tranny". "Tranny" is often used as a derogatory term for trans people who already suffer from the highest rates of violence and discrimination among any of the GLBTQ community. I really cannot fathom why it is often deemed appropriate by the gay male community to use this term in this context. The direct implication is that trans people specifically trans women are "just pretending" to be the gender they live as. I actually decided to stop living in drag years ago when I came out of the closet and transitioned.

Most will say it's all in good fun, I'm sure, (especially when used by people in the queer community) but "tranny" is still a term that will be nastily slung at young trans people by bigots and transphobes who will deny these people rights or any semblance of empathy while society laughs on. I have heard this word shouted at dear friends who were brave enough to find their true self and live it.

You can blow off my opinion if you like, but I will tell you that the future will remember these little offhanded slurs with deep shame and embarrassment, no matter the context.

Ok, I was last the last show this group did and it pisses me off that everyone seems to be focusing on the queens & not the a-maz-ing musical talent that performed. Ssion is the shit. JD played the good shit. It was bizarre that a lot of the people seemed to leave before the end of the actual show. That was the real action. Peace & out.