Broadway Bunny
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Legendary drag icon Lady Bunny is setting her sights on the Great White Way! In Bunny Butchers Broadway!, her outrageous new musical comedy extravaganza taking place July 7 at City Winery in Atlanta, Bunny takes a knife—and a microphone—to some of Broadway’s most beloved classics, gleefully slicing and dicing songs from Wicked, Dreamgirls, Mamma Mia!, Beauty and the Beast, and more with her trademark blend of filthy humor and fearless social commentary.
Nothing is sacred. Bunny transforms “Beauty and the Beast” into “Pussy and the Yeast,” re-imagines “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina” as “Don’t Cry for Me, I’m On Tina,” and even finds time for an original number taking aim at everyone’s favorite billionaire punching bag, Elon Musk. Along the way, she pays tribute to icons like Liza Minnelli and Cher while delivering a drag queen roll call featuring fan favorites from RuPaul’s Drag Race. In other words: if you’re easily offended, this may not be the show for you.
Which Broadway diva are you most similar to?
Patti LuPone. Neither one of us looks good dressed as a woman.
Broadway fans are known for being passionate. Are you worried someone dressed as Elphaba might chase you down an alley after hearing what you’ve done to Wicked?
Bianca Del Rio is a friend, so I’m not scared of witches. I don’t actually parody any of Elphaba’s songs, so I should be OK. But this show isn’t a slavish recreation of Broadway hits. It’s Broadway as seen through the eyes of a demented drag queen who writes filthy parodies. But I do sing a reworking of “Popular” from Wicked, so I may get Ariana Grande fans chasing me after that song. Get her a sandwich!
You’ve parodied everyone from Liza Minnelli to Cher. Is there any diva so powerful, so legendary, that even Lady Bunny is afraid to mess with her?
Madonna performed in Times Square recently, and I posted her pic and captioned it, “Donatella Versace performed in Times Square to kick off Pride. And only Donatella could make a diaper look chic.” Madonna fans got so upset.
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Photos: Stephen Love Menendez
What inspired you to turn “Beauty and the Beast” into “Pussy and the Yeast?”
My mom’s vagina.
You joke that you’re taking Ozempic to save money on food. What’s the most outrageous fad you’ve seen people embrace that made even you think, “Honey, that’s too much”?
I’ve heard of drag queens using meth to squeeze into dresses for pageants, but how do you win a pageant with missing teeth? I tried meth and it just made me eat faster.
David Dalrymple has designed five looks for this show. Which costume makes you feel the most glamorous, and which one makes you pray nothing pops out during the finale?
I wear a lot of mini dresses, so the only thing that would pop out is a nut! But David did create a gorgeous Sunset Boulevard look for me based on the
Glenn Close version. I saw the revival with Nicole Scherzinger, and the costumes all looked like black Lululemon.
After butchering Broadway, what’s next on your hit list? Disney? Country music?
My real reason for doing a show about Broadway is my jealousy of the drag queens who made it to Broadway. Yes, I’m bitter! I saw Jinkx Monsoon in Chicago and I have to admit, she was thrilling! I saw Alaska in Drag: The Musical and that was very restful. And Peppermint in Head Over Heels was, well, inclusive.
Lady Bunny stars in Bunny Butchers Broadway! taking place July 7th at 8:00pm at City Winery. For tickets, visit tickets.citywinery.com.
Beyond the Rainbow Finding Pride in Independence Day
Edited by Mikkel Hyldebrandt
As Pride Month fades into memory for another year, many LGBTQ+ people find themselves looking toward July 4 with mixed emotions.
Independence Day is supposed to be a celebration of freedom, equality, and the promise that every person has the right to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. Yet for many queer Americans—especially our transgender siblings—those ideals can feel painfully distant. Across the country, LGBTQ+ rights continue to face challenges through legislation, political rhetoric, and policies that seek to limit visibility, healthcare access, and basic protections.
Celebrate Queer Community
So how do we celebrate Independence Day when it sometimes feels like the country isn’t celebrating us? Perhaps the answer lies in remembering that the story of American independence has never been a finished one. It has always been a work in progress.
Freedom Has Always Been Expanded by Those Who Demanded It
The United States declared independence in 1776, but the freedoms promised in its founding documents were not immediately extended to everyone. Women fought for the right to vote. Black Americans fought for emancipation and civil rights. People with disabilities fought for accessibility and equal protections. LGBTQ+ people have spent decades demanding recognition, dignity, and legal equality.
Progress has never arrived because those in power generously handed it over. It has come because ordinary people organized, voted, protested, cared for one another, and refused to disappear.
Host a cookout, attend a local gathering, or invite friends over to watch fireworks. Community has always been one of the LGBTQ+ community’s greatest strengths. Creating joyful spaces together is not frivolous—it’s an act of resilience.
Support LGBTQ+ Organizations
Consider donating to local organizations that provide healthcare, housing, legal services, or advocacy. Even small contributions help strengthen the networks that protect vulnerable members of our community year-round.
Use Your Voice—and Your Vote
One of the safest and most effective forms of resistance remains civic engagement. Register to vote, stay informed about local elections, contact elected officials, and support candidates who advocate for equality. Change often happens first at the local level.
Pride Month itself exists because queer people fought back. The modern LGBTQ+ rights movement was born not from comfort, but from resistance. The first Pride marches were acts of courage in a society that often criminalized and marginalized queer lives. That history matters today. Celebrating Independence Day as a queer person doesn’t require pretending everything is perfect. In many ways, it means embracing the very American tradition of continuing the fight to make the nation live up to its ideals.
Show Up for Trans People
Many transgender Americans are carrying a tremendous emotional burden right now. Listen to trans voices, share accurate information, challenge misinformation when it’s safe to do so, and support organizations led by trans advocates. Solidarity matters.
Take Care of Yourself
Pride Doesn’t End on June 30
One of the greatest misconceptions about Pride is that it belongs to a single month. Pride is not a corporate logo wrapped in rainbow colors. It’s not confined to a parade route or a festival stage. Pride is the daily act of existing authentically in a world that sometimes asks us not to. That means Pride continues in July.
It continues when we support LGBTQ+-owned businesses. It continues when we check in on friends who are struggling. It continues when we show up for transgender people whose rights and dignity are under attack. It continues every time we choose visibility over silence and community over isolation.
Activism without rest leads to burnout. It is okay to step away from the headlines. It is okay to laugh with friends, spend time outdoors, and celebrate moments of joy. Protecting your mental health is not abandoning the fight; it’s sustaining yourself for the long haul.
A Different Kind of Patriotism
There is a version of patriotism that demands unquestioning loyalty. But there is another version— one that may feel more familiar to many LGBTQ+ Americans. It is the belief that loving your country means wanting it to be better.
The rainbow flags may come down, but Pride remains.
Ways to Celebrate—and Resist
Finding meaning in Independence Day doesn’t have to involve choosing between celebration and activism. In fact, the two often go hand in hand.
It means acknowledging its shortcomings while refusing to give up on its potential. It means believing that freedom should belong to everyone, not just a select few. It means holding America accountable to the promises it has made, even when doing so is uncomfortable.
Queer people have always been part of the American story. We have served in the military, led businesses, created art, built communities, raised families, and contributed to every aspect of society. Our presence is not a recent addition to the national narrative—it is woven into its fabric.
This Independence Day, perhaps the most radical act is neither despair nor denial. It is hope.Not passive hope that someone else will fix things, but active hope—the kind that organizes, votes, volunteers, supports, and refuses to surrender. The kind that remembers that every right won by marginalized people was once considered impossible. The fireworks may celebrate a nation’s birth, but they can also remind us that freedom is not a destination. It is a promise we continue to pursue together. And that pursuit is something worth celebrating.
Why Your Shoulders Think You’re Being Chased
By Dr. Zachary LaVigne, Any Spine Chiropractic & Massage Studio
Your shoulders are dramatic. One tense email, one awkward text, one calendar invite titled “Quick Chat,” and suddenly they are living up by your ears like earrings.
Most of us treat shoulder tension like a posture problem. Sit up straight. Roll them back. Stop hunching. Fine advice, but incomplete. Your shoulders are not just badly behaved coat hangers. They are part of an ancient alarm system.
The Body’s Built-In Armor
When your nervous system senses threat, your body prepares to protect the vulnerable parts: the throat, chest, organs, and head. One way it does that is by tightening the muscles of the neck, jaw, shoulders, and upper back.
The shoulders rise. The head moves forward. The chest folds slightly inward. Breathing gets shallow. You become smaller, guarded, and ready to react.
That pattern made sense if the threat was a predator, a fight, or something rustling in the bushes. Your body did not need a committee meeting. It needed speed.
The problem is that modern threats rarely require sprinting. They require responding professionally.
The Desk Is Not Neutral
Stress Breathing Keeps the Loop Going
When the shoulders are tense, breathing often shifts upward into the chest. Instead of the diaphragm doing its quiet, efficient work, the neck and upper chest muscles help pull air in.
That is fine during danger. It is not ideal as a lifestyle.
Shallow chest breathing tells the nervous system the body is still on alert. The brain reads the pattern and thinks, “Got it. We are not safe yet.” So the shoulders stay tense, the neck keeps guarding, and the loop continues.
This does not mean your stress is imaginary. It means your body is taking modern life literally.
Teach the Alarm System Something New
The fix is not perfect posture. The fix is better input.
Reach overhead. Turn your head slowly. Open your chest. Let your ribs expand when you breathe. Get up from the desk before your upper back files a formal complaint.
Now add desk work. Hours at a laptop pull the head forward, round the upper back, and keep the arms hovering in front of the body. The muscles between the shoulder blades get tired. The chest tightens. The neck starts doing a job it was never meant to do full time.
Your body adapts to what you repeat. If you spend all day in a protective curl, your nervous system starts treating that shape as normal. Then you stand up, go to dinner, try to relax, and your shoulders remain convinced something is coming for you.
This is why “just relax” is such useless advice. If relaxing were that easy, everyone in Atlanta traffic would be a monk by now.
Manual care can help too. Massage, chiropractic work, mobility exercises, and steady pressure give the nervous system clearer information. They remind the body that the neck can move, the ribs can breathe, and the shoulders do not have to stand guard forever.
Your shoulders are not broken. They are loyal. Maybe a little overzealous, but loyal.
The goal is not to scold them down. It is to teach them that the chase is over.
Dr. Zachary LaVigne Owner of Any Spine Chiropractic & Massage Studio IG: @anyspine
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Thinking I’m ready to live off grid now that I have harvested three tomatoes from my garden.
This fetish stu is getting out of hand. What the hell is word play?
Well, that’s enough about me. Let’s talk about you! What do you think of me?
Pull your boxers down. We need to talk.
What gays put themselves through for 3 days of Pride is harder than the entire season of Survivor.
If someone is copying you, you won.
I won’t be intimidated by someone with no class. What’re they going to do? Gossip about me with their equally trashy crew?
This Pride has only proven that I might need to quit my job, so I can just focus on summer.
Don’t ignore what your body
