She’s also a DJ and a vegan. “But I’m a bad vegan,” she says, pointing to the leather on her shoes. Credit: Steve Korn
She’s also a DJ and a vegan. “But I’m a bad vegan,” she says, pointing to the leather on her shoes.
She’s also a DJ and a vegan. “But I’m a bad vegan,” she says, pointing to the leather on her shoes. Steve Korn

This story is presented as part of The Stranger’s Art + Performance Quarterly, Winter 2018-19 edition.

Seattle comedian Andy Iwancio got married in the smoking section of a Denny’s restaurant. “Out in the world, I’m a 5 or a 6,” Iwancio said recently onstage at Comedy Nest in the Rendezvous Grotto. “In a Denny’s, I’m a 10—11, if I don’t order hash browns.”

A wedding in a Denny’s would be an odd enough decision for anyone, but to add an extra soupçon of unusual, Iwancio is a trans woman, and her partner, Linus Needer, is a trans man. “I guess our wedding theme was confusing our parents further,” Iwancio jokes, sitting in her University District apartment wearing a Conan O’Brien T-shirt.

“We actually came out to each other over the course of our relationship,” she says, with a sense of wonder still in her voice. “We’re technically straight—with air quotes, highlighted in pink, covered in glitter and jizz, rolled up into a dildo, and sent to San Francisco. It’s more like we had a foursome and took home leftovers.”

Dave Segal is a journalist and DJ living in Seattle. He has been writing about music since 1983. His stuff has appeared in Gale Research’s literary criticism series of reference books, Creem (when...