Queerly Beloved 2019

Queerly Beloved is a pride tradition where queerions travel from all over the galaxy to get to El Rio’s sunny deck dance party and chill in the sun with cold drinks and fierce queer djs, bands, art, and performers all day long.

2019 LINE UP

GANGSTA BOO

Gangsta Boo

is an American rapper. She was the first and only female member of the Memphis, Tennessee-based rap group Three 6 Mafia. She left the group following the release of their album When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1.

Her first solo album, Enquiring Minds, was released in 1998 and reached number fifteen on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 46 on the Billboard200. The album featured the surprise hit “Where Dem Dollas At!?

MICAHTRON

MicahTron is an ORIGINAL Hip-Hop artist from San Francisco. She represents the young, talented independent female artist, but most importantly the queer!

Micahtron has performed or DJed for Queerly Beloved too many years to keep track. You can always expect to see her there and heavily involved in our yearly curatorial process. This year she opens for Gangsta Boo!

MIMI TEMPTESTT

MIMI TEMPESTT IS AN ARTIST, WRITER, ACTOR, AND GRADUATE STUDENT WHO LIVES IN BOTH LOS ANGELES AND OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. THEIR WORKS ARE AIMED AT DISRUPTING STEREOTYPICAL NARRATIVES AROUND THE IMAGE AND CONSTRUCTION OF BLACK FEMMES IN MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS.

THEY ARE DEDICATED TO AN AUTHENTIC EXPRESSION OF SELF AND ALLUDE TO THE COMPLEXITY OF BEING BLACK, QUEER, AND FEMME WHILE NAVIGATING THROUGH THE WORLD AT MULTIPLE INTERSECTIONS OF IDENTITY AND SOCIETY. THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, ROUGH DIAMOND, WAS RELEASED IN JANUARY OF 2019.

FEATURE DANCER THE LADY MISS VAGINA JENKINS

The Lady Ms. Vagina Jenkins is a world-renowned burlesque performer of more than 15 years who has graced stages at venues ranging from the London Burlesque Festival and Toronto Pride Festival to Stanford University and the National Queer Arts Festival. She’s also a costume designer, stand up comedian, taxidermist and grantwriter…basically the only thing she don’t do is bull$hit.

Maritza’s Queerly Beloved Go Go Crew