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When the Journalism club took a trip from Mar 6-9 to the ACP Spring National College Media conference in Long Beach, the crew made sure to have fun. From listening to informative and engaging speakers like breaking news reporter Hannah Fry of the LA Times in the daytime, to hopping on a the A train north to LA during the evening, the small group of field trip goers spent the week not having a moment of fun to spare.
On March 7, the club stopped in downtown Los Angeles for some good food and a night out at the nearest gay bar. Wanting to experience a little of what LA’s queer scene had to offer, the crew grabbed a bit of chicken and made their way to the closest spot apple maps pointed them. A gay bar smack dab in DTLA called Precinct.
Isadora Spreads
Bouncing the door that Friday night was Isadora Spreads, who happily took some time out of her night of telling club goers to pay the nightly cover charge to let us hear a bit of what it is like being a drag queen in Los Angeles.
Isadora became a drag queen while going to school while living in Berkeley. Graduating with a bachelor’s in Spanish and English, she said that one semester when she was “going through it, a drag queen kind of saved me and pulled me out of my funk.” Moving from a career in being a translator for children with disabilities, Isadora explained that she still uses her degree in drag by performing in Spanish and being able to communicate with the Latinx community.
She said she has found it hard getting into the industry coming from the Mexican community. She explained that she doesn’t believe that Latinos are as together as they should be, and that she hopes that by performing in all Spanish regularly she can pull the community together. She also told us that she grew up speaking Spanish but that “I didn’t realize until once I got to high school, it’s not proper.” So now she hopes to end that stigma and hopefully bring more Spanish speaking people into the LGBTQIA+ community.
Butte College students might want to stop at the Oasis in San Francisco to see Isadora Spreads as she performs there as well as Precinct, so if you are ever in the bay area and want to support an incredible, multilingual queen, stop by and see her perform. Just let her know The Roadrunner sent you!
