For a lot of you reading this, you might not be familiar with Columbus’ ‘drag scene’ at all.  It’s a complicated world out there.  As I explained before there are kings, females who impersonate males, and queens, males who impersonate females, and in our case a lot of the performers are gay or lesbian which introduces a new element; kings are mostly performing in bars for women and queens are mostly performing in bars for men.  But, there are some who cross over, like Alexis Stevens, a beautiful and talented drag queen who has often emceed or performed with the Renegades.  The occurrence of females in female bars and males in male bars only makes sense for the gay community, until now.  Something very special happened during Pride Kickoff 2011.  The Royal Renegades were invited to perform at the Axis Nightclub’s kickoff, which features male revues.  This was not only special to the kings and queens but showed true pride and community within these performance troupes.
 

The Reverend Roy Rogers greets a fan from stage.R