Our DIVAS
Your Host: Ophelia Peaches
Your Host: Ophelia Peaches
Your Host: Ophelia Peaches
Your host tonight is the reason Dragutante was created! Ophelia has been doing drag since her thirteenth birthday, and has been advocating for young, queer performers onstage, and on TV!
Lila Skye
Your Host: Ophelia Peaches
Your Host: Ophelia Peaches
Lila Skye performed at our very first event in 2018, and has grown with the program into a QUEEN! Don't let her sweet personality and wholesome vibe fool you, Lila is FIERCE onstage! You'll want to call your friends because you're going to be GAGA about her!
Hunnie B. LaBeija
Your Host: Ophelia Peaches
Hunnie B. LaBeija
Hunnie Bun (or Hunnie B. LaBeija) started performing at Dragutante in 2021, and has become an overnight sensation! The youngest member of the VOGUE House of LaBeija is about to SLAY the catwalk tonight!
Regina Reign
Your Host: Ophelia Peaches
Hunnie B. LaBeija
Regina Reign hails from Delaware and has been performing for four years! Currently 17, she plans to study fashion and costume design next year. She says that "The only limits to your drag are the ones you put on yourself".
Where did Dragutante begin?
The story
In 2017 when Jameson (Ophelia Peaches) was only 13 years old, they asked their mom for a drag themed birthday.
Robin was unfazed, and embraced the idea wholeheartedly. She asked her friends in the Queer community to help her to make Jameson's birthday into a Cinderella evening, so with a rhinestone tiara and a pink prom dress, Ophelia was born! Our beloved Hamburger Mary's hosted the festivities and made her evening sparkle, but the biggest present hadn't been given yet... Ophelia was surprised with a very special backstage pass to meet famous Drag Queens: Chad Michaels and Ginger Douglas!
On their way home from her fabulous adventure, Ophelia turned to her mother and declared "Mama... I feel more ME than I ever have".
It was that very moment that Robin knew there must be other children like Ophelia, and she made it her mission to create a safe place for them to be themselves.
The following summer, Dragutante held our first all-day event at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Our cast has grown every year since then, and even been featured on national and international television!
Jameson has gone from a shy child who felt shame and embarrassment because of who they were, into a fearless public speaker, queer civil rights activist and mentor. The joy that they felt the night they first explored Drag is a moment that they want to share with others, both on and off stage.
Tonight is a full-circle moment. Many of our early Dragutantes have grown into confident young adults who are excited to mentor the next generation of performers.
BALLROOM
SPEAKER: LeeLee LaBeija
LeeLee James (she/her), aka LeeLee LaBeija, is channeling her engineering education, figure skating training, and resourcefulness through queer, femme, and Black identities into a wild and wonderful expression of her STEAM art through her YouTube series, “Twirling Tech Goddess.” As a computer science major at CU Boulder, LeeLee’s vision imbues for those who are historically marginalized that greater access to technological information, skills, and experiences is of the utmost importance in creating an equitable future for all. She is also the proud Mother of the Colorado Chapter of the pioneering and iconic Royal House of LaBeija, and hopes to stimulate greater interest in STEM to those within the ballroom community.
Silent Auction
Tonight we are auctioning a beautiful painting by one of our Dragutantes, Noah Burgan aka: Pop Tart!
Noah Burgan is a young transgender woman from Denver, Colorado. For as long as Noah can remember, art has always been a big part of her life.
" I love painting, sewing, drawing and using many other forms of art to express myself. Art is very relaxing and a lot of fun to create and discover parts of myself. I hope to go to art school when I graduate high school so I can continue doing what I'm passionate about for my job. I hope that my art can provide comfort and can allow people to feel seen and understood because I think that it is so important to be represented. Most of my work is about struggling with gender identity, body dysphoria and what it's like to be a teenager falling in and out of love.
Silent auction items by
Awards
Mirage Delamor
Mirage Delamor
Mirage Delamor
For mentorship and generosity without question since our first event.
Mirage has never sought recognition or the spotlight. We believe she has embodied selflessness, grace and elegance, and we are deeply grateful for her support!
Leslie Herod
Mirage Delamor
Mirage Delamor
State Representative Leslie Herod (HD-8) was elected as the first LGBTQ African American in the General Assembly, while receiving the highest number of votes of any candidate running in a contested election. Since then, she has passed over 150 bills, addressing criminal justice reform, mental health, addiction, youth homelessness, business and the arts, and civil rights protections.
Brianna Titone
Mirage Delamor
Brianna Titone
State Representative Brianna Titone (District 27) was elected in November 2018, as the first transgender person to serve in the Colorado Legislature. A geologist by trade, Rep. Titone has worked as an environmental consultant, mining consultant, and as a Web Application Developer. She is passionate about consumer protections, affordable housing, suicide prevention, and human equality.
OUR SPONSORS
Transgender Center of the Rockies
Transgender Center of the Rockies
Transgender Center of the Rockies
The Transgender Center of the Rockies provides holistic gender-affirming services to support transgender, non-binary, and gender-expansive individuals in Colorado. Our goal is to empower you to live your most authentic lives! We provide social-emotional support and substance use treatment for the Colorado trans community with clinical groups, individual counseling, peer-led support groups, PrEP case management, and community events. We also provide programs for queer and transgender teens and young adults at the NXT Queer Youth program.
Matthew Shepard Foundation
Transgender Center of the Rockies
Transgender Center of the Rockies
The Matthew Shepard Foundation’s mission is to amplify the story of Matthew Shepard to inspire individuals, organizations, and communities to embrace the dignity and equality of all people. Through local, regional, and national outreach, we empower individuals to find their voice to create change and challenge communities to identify and address hate that lives within our schools, neighborhoods, and homes.
Our work is an extension of Matt’s passion to foster a more caring and just world. We share his story and embody his vigor for civil rights to change the hearts and minds of others to accept everyone as they are.
Beston Homes
Transgender Center of the Rockies
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Brandon is an activist and advocate for the LGBTQ+ community and minorities. His team has hosted fundraisers and sponsored events for organizations such as the Matthew Shepard Foundation and ONE Colorado.
As a Colorado native, Brandon Beston has been able to use his knowledge of the Rocky Mountain state to help clients on their hunt for the ideal home. He is a full-time real estate agent and has received multiple awards during his real estate career. Early in his career he was awarded the Gold Award for sales volume by Keller Williams Realty International. He has gone on to be a top 10 Broker in his office for the past several years.
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Science helps us understand that diversity in our natural world creates strength and nurtures life. We strive to be a diverse and collaborative team – a team of people from different backgrounds, identities and experiences who are open to being inspired, challenged and changed by one another. At all levels of our organization, in every policy, action and decision, we seek to create a workplace that lives our Museum values and to foster opportunity and mutual respect. We realize that we are on a continual journey toward building community, understanding, and belonging. These aspirations are critical to bringing our mission to li
OUT magazine
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
OUT magazine
We are proud of the journalistic integrity and fortitude that has allowed us to bring a quality product to our readers for more than three decades.
We are grateful to those who have made and continue to make it possible, including our dedicated team members.
We take our responsibility seriously to provide information, be a forum for communication, and give back to our community through various avenues.
Aurora Pride
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
OUT magazine
Aurora Pride is produced by a collaboration between Out Front Foundation(a 501c3), the City of Aurora, and through the support of community businesses and individuals. The goal of Aurora Pride is to provide safe spaces, educational resources, medical resources, mental health resources, and other resources to Aurora and the front Range's LGBTQIA community and highlight LGBTQIA and minority-owned businesses in Aurora. Every year we raise money to produce our event series and to support scholarships for LGBTQIA students at higher education institutions in Aurora, CO.
Denver Dyke March
Denver Dyke March
Denver Dyke March
Banfi Wines
Denver Dyke March
Denver Dyke March
Castello Banfi vineyard estate in Montalcino, Tuscany, named five-time “International Winery of the Year” and thirteen-time “Italian Winery of The Year” at the International Enological Concourse in Verona.
Coco Coquette
Denver Dyke March
Stella Presley Designs
We specialize in the art of incognito, fine-tuning showgirl artifice, and embracing your inner drag queen. We believe that everything is more fun when wearing false eyelashes and that red lipstick is for everyone!
All are welcome!
Stella Presley Designs
Stella Presley Designs
Stella Presley Designs
Brynn Hays & Erin Cady
With 10 years in the lighting and interior design industry, Brynn built Stella Presley Designs from the ground up.
Before becoming a team, Erin spent the last 16 years in Weddings and Events as a photographer and dabbling in graphic design. Brynn and Erin have been close friends for more than 15 years.
We have the capability to make so many different things! From novelty mugs to custom curated gift packages with locally sourced goods. If you can think it, chances are that we can do it!
Indigo Flower Market
Stella Presley Designs
Indigo Flower Market
" Could flowers change the world? Maybe… I may not bring World Peace, but at least I can bring joy into people’s lives one stem at a time. "
Our Runway Dragutantes are sponsored by the Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design
Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design
Pop Tart
Vinnessa
Teal Steel
Phoenix Fire
LuLu Lovely Twirls
Wanda Prize
Blue Starclaw
Regina Roars
Justin Trouble
Huge thanks to DJ Buddy Bravo!
