Jayda Leigh and Ms. Lily Garcia

Published: Oct. 26, 2020, 4 a.m.

What podcast! I first start my podcast ranting on the New York Giants and how much they have been upsetting me this season (0:33). \n\nAfter that, The next part of my podcast gets exciting! My guests on this podcast include the extraordinary Jayda Leigh and Ms. Lily Garcia, two drag queens based in New York City, living in Harlem. These two were a pleasure to talk to and I got a lot out of our conversation (15:30). This is how it all unfolds....\n\nI introduce Jayda in the beginning and me and her start our convo (15:35)\nWhat we have been up to during Spooky Season and Fall Traditions (15:47)\nTinder/Bumble/Hinge vs. Grindr (18:44)\nTrying to understand dating in general (21:47)\nTalking unemployment and work struggles in the pandemic (24:13)\nWe talk about the productive conversation podcast (28:08)\nThe old college bar days (31:05)\nWe talk the movie Anabella and Celebrity Hook Ups (33:00)\nWe talk about supporting starving artists in New York City (38:21)\nJayda explains what the drag lifestyle does for her and how she brings the character out (43:58)\nWe talk the importance of social justice reform and what Jayda has done to fight social justice (53:04)\nWe talk about VOTING (REMEMBER TO VOTE) (58:30)\nWe talk Marti Cummings a drag queen running for NYC Common Council in 2021 and how Jayda joined the LGBTQ task force for Harlem (1:02:18)\nMs. Lily Garcia then joins the podcast! (1:04:57)\nLily talks to me about what the drag lifestyle does for her (1:08:06)\nJayda and Lily talk about what it is like being in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic AND Lily talks about experiencing Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico in 2017 (1:08:58)\nMe and Jayda talk to Lily on how we met at a fraternity rush event and our Pledge Process (1:14:49)\nJayda and Lily have an honest conversation with me on performing drag (1:22:34)\nThe drag queens talk the immense support of the Drag community, especially in NYC (1:27:47)\nWe then talk being a server in Manhattan during a pandemic (1:31:20)\nWe discuss the importance of the LGTBQIA+ community, its allies and how it relates President Donald Trump nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to become a Supreme Court Justice and what impact that may have to the LGTBQIA+ community. (1:39:24)\nWe then talk celebrity encounters and old childhood shows (1:44:37)\nTinder/Bumble/Hinge vs. Grindr part 2 (1:50:53)\nWe discuss more on Drag Shows (1:52:39)\nWe discuss Jayda\u2019s INFAMOUS moment on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon and how she got Zac Efron\u2019s attention during the show and give Jimmy Fallon a hug (1:55:42)\nJayda then tells us about the time when LINDSEY LOHAN DISRESPECTED HER in the West Village (2:00:22)\nI then tell the drag teams the time I blew Hugh Jackman\u2019s sport (2:04:25)\nMore celebrity encounter stories, including 50 Cent and Amanda Seyfried (2:06:03)\nWe talk my own NYC Dreams (2:09:58)\nJayda, Lily, and myself share more hilarious work story (2:14:58)\nManhattan vs. Brooklyn (2:20:16)