review by the gay online magazine 7Pekados on my show in Bilbao:
“Los espectáculos de drag queen son muy comunes. Pero quizá no tanto los drag King, mujeres que se transforman en hombres. Por eso, la organización de Zinegoak quiso sorprender a su público con la actuación de Ocean Leroy, que muestra su cara femenina y la masculina al mismo tiempo, con un espectáculo de baile y canciones reivindicativas. Señalando que aún queda mucha lucha para erradicar la homofobia, dedicó uno de sus temas a David Kato.”
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Just back from Bilbao! Quite a closing night, with a real premiere – for the first time the full show was streamed live on the net. Keep in touch here, some extracts will be posted soon!
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For those who can’t make it to Spain or the States… let’s go BERLIN next week-end, 22 january @ WAREHOUSE will be the place to premiere “not your life inspiration”, hardcore electro style… Wanna know more about the fact that being sucked sucks?! Then COME! (weiterlesen…)
WHO will be in Bilbao at the Zinegoak Film Festival this year??
) will premiere my new song “Not your life inspiration” there on January 29th… CAN’T WAIT!!!
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Was at the derniere of The Rake’s progress last night and some people were booing. I was wondering why – was it the conservative Charlottenburger high society shoked about the drag & trans* on stage? or were they queer people booing, maybe irritated that exactly these exotized extravaganza was there to incarnate the devil temptation and debauchery? At any case: my new song is exactly about that tiring use of queer “decoration”… freshly baked from the studio oven…

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the exhib has been really appreciated and hundreds of people visited it: it will be extended till 31st jan 2011 at Azione Gay e Lesbica’s in Firenze.
Please check out this site: www.azionegayelesbica.it (weiterlesen…)

Today starts the Drag King photo exhibition curated by Eyes Wild Drag in Firenze, Italy. In the portraits and photos around the world, you will find many of the most extraordinary drag king artists’ faces and performances, from USA to Australia, from Italy to Russia. (weiterlesen…)
a short but precise clip about societal norms and conventions on gender, human rights and art. with beautiful pictures of Minette Dreier in a film by Anja Schaub.
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Désarmés as part of the Fucking Different Tel’Aviv compilation has been screened in the quite opulent cinema of the SOHO House in Berlin on Saturday, November 20th. (weiterlesen…)