ST. JOHN’S, N.L. –
If the screaming crowd in the twinkling Majestic Theatre in downtown St. John’s was any indication, Newfoundland drag queen Tara Nova will never have to accept $37.50 for a show again.
The 23-year-old began the week scrambling to find a new place to perform, after calling out the only queer venue in town on national television for underpaying drag queens and undervaluing queer art. She ended the week on stage in a theatre full of fans waving five-dollar bills, as social media posts supporting her rolled in from drag stars and fans across the continent.
“How do you like the new venue?” she asked the crowd on Thursday night. The reply was deafening.
Tara Nova is the second Newfoundlander to compete on the reality show Canada’s Drag Race, the Canadian spinoff of the wildly popular …