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Queeens – Innnn – SPPAAAAACE!!!! Pansy and Gieza support Berlin’s intersectional burlesque and drag performers.

Pansy at the Pansys House of Presents livestream March 31 by Suzanne ForbesYes, that is Counselor Pansy Troi, drawn from her livestream this week!

Every Tuesday Pansy’s House of Presents is livestreaming the show that would have been performed at Monster Ronsons, raising funds to help the club and the performers. Pansy’s twitch is here.

I took a screenshot of the livestream and printed it and cut it out and used it as a background for my remote drawing, photographed and posted it while Pansy was still onscreen. This is some meta stuff babies!!!Gieza Poke for Poke House and Pansys House of Presents livestream March 31 2020 by Suzanne Forbes

Gieza Poke, hostess of pre-show The Poke House, had a virtual trip to the beach!

Gieza’s twitchstream, where the evening of quarantine drag show fun starts, is here.

Niksa for Pansys House of Presents livestream March 31 2020 by Suzanne ForbesWith an amazing bubble-wrap couture look, in the bathtub, Niksa!

Ruth Stoner for Poke House and Pansys House of Presents livestream March 31 2020 by Suzanne ForbesPerformers included Ruth Stoner, doing their first drag show! The Poke House continues to be a platform for emerging drag performers!

Antina Christ for Pansys House of Presents livestream March 31 2020 by Suzanne ForbesHere’s Antina Christ, making a delicious vegan shake!

Luna TikTok for Pansys House of Presents livestream March 31 2020 by Suzanne ForbesFabulous Luna TikTok!

Support the House and buy “Drag Saves Lives” merch here. You can see last week’s drawings of the livestream House of Presents and Pokehouse here. And the performances stay up on the Twitch channels for a week or two too!

I am so grateful to my Patrons on Patreon, whose monthly financial support lets me keep documenting Berlin’s queer, kinky, intersectional drag and burlesque performers while I work safely at home.

As usual these drawings are licensed Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) for all to share and enjoy!

In addition, I release the copyright on each drawing to the performer shown and they may use the drawings for their own profit and pleeeasssure in any way they choose.

Live-drawing the Live Stream of Pansy’s House of Presents – whoa!

That was delirious!!

Amazing performances by beloved Berlin queers and queens as they quarantine all over town! Pansy, hostess of Pansy’s House of Presents, Berlin’s incredibly popular drag show, and Gieza Poke, hostess of pre-show The Poke House, went live on Twitch last night. Above, marvelous performer Lola Rose showed the empty street her hot pink secret self in a fabulous number recorded earlier in the day.

Below, my first-ever drawing from a livestream, a very bad drawing of Gieza Poke!

Gieza Poke by Suzanne Forbes March 24 2020Drawing from the screen is completely and entirely different from drawing from life.

I have drawn Gieza on three other occasions and never created such a mess.

Pansys House of Presents March 24 2020 by Suzanne ForbesHostess Pansy had wonderful makeup and brought adorable rescue greyhound Tina (“like Tina Turner”) on for a cameo.

I am shocked by how little this drawing looks like her. I have also drawn Pansy before, damn well.

HP Loveshaft for Pansys House of Presents March 24 2020 Suzanne ForbesHP Loveshaft did an incredible and sexy number to “Dancing With Myself” from their hallway.

I made a terrible drawing of this gorgeous drag king! Even though I have drawn them in the past.

Fifi Fantome for Pansys House of Presents March 24 2020 by Suzanne ForbesI do kind of like the drawing I made of Fifi Fantôme dancing on her rooftop!

And I like the one of Lola, as loose and messy as it is. If my Patrons enjoy these goofy drawings, I’ll keep trying every week.

Pansy is doing an incredible thing working to livestream the previously scheduled performances every Tuesday.

She is hoping to raise money to pay the performers, pay beloved queer clubhouse Monster Ronsons the rent she would have paid them, and keep performers’ spirits up.

Gieza’s loving, sassy humor and Pansy’s indomitable message of inclusion, diversity, solidarity and social justice were so revitalizing to me yesterday. The comments in the chat were hilarious too!

You can watch these wild livestreams for free on Twitch (so easy to set up an account) and also easily tip the performers or pay the regular ten euro entry fee if you can.

Gieza’s twitch is here and Pansy’s is here.

You can pre-order merch, including the super popular Drag Saves Lives shirts and totes, here.

I am so grateful to my Patrons on Patreon, whose monthly financial support makes it possible for me work safely at home.

As usual these drawings are licensed Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) for all to share and enjoy!

In addition, I release the copyright on each drawing to the performer shown and they may use the drawings for their own profit and pleeeasssure in any way they choose.