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Heroes and Villains Halloween Drag Show Highlights Oct. 20, 2023

By Dominique Martinez-Powell, Staff Photographer
October 30, 2023
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Jodie Santana spins during performance at the Heroes and Villains Halloween Drag Show Oct. 20, 2023 at the Varsity Center in Carbondale, Illinois. “I started trying to get into the bar because I was underage and they said ‘come in drag you may get in’ so I came in drag and I got in. I was only 15,” Santana said
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Leiyana Santana, the Southern Illinois Pride Queen, performs for crowd dressed as Sister Jude from American Horror Story Asylum during the Heroes and Villains Halloween Drag Show Oct. 20, 2023 at the Varsity Center in Carbondale, Illinois. “Carbondale drag is old school drag. It’s traditional drag and that’s what’s important to me. I love Carbondale drag,” Santana said.

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