{"id":1196,"date":"2024-12-26T17:42:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T18:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demoslotrupiah.com\/?p=1196"},"modified":"2025-02-19T19:35:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T19:35:30","slug":"sleigh-con-made-the-yuletide-queer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/demoslotrupiah.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/26\/sleigh-con-made-the-yuletide-queer\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleigh Con Made the Yuletide Queer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On December 20th, 2024, Chlomosexual<\/u><\/a> took SantaCon and made it more sleigh by hosting a queer-centered holiday rave with a DJ set by Season 10 RuPaul’s Drag Race<\/u><\/a> winner Aquaria<\/u><\/a>. The event had an avant garde photo booth experience by Devin Kasparian<\/u><\/a>, red goodies from queer cannabis-brand FLAMER<\/u><\/a>, and influencer Miss Daddi<\/u><\/a> dressed as Santa. <\/p>\n

Each year, nearly 30,000 people \u2014 many being drunken finance bros \u2014 wander the streets of New York dressed as Santa, reindeer, or presents and hop from bar to bar. This \u201choliday\u201d is known as SantaCon. Chloe Philips<\/u><\/a>, party producer and founder of Chlomosexual presents<\/u><\/a>, decided it was time to hold space for this holiday, but make it better. And what\u2019s better than a queer holiday rave? <\/p>\n

This past Friday, hundreds of people donned their gay apparel and gathered in Bushwick for the first ever Sleigh Con. <\/p>\n

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\u201cPeople yearn to be festive and gay around the holidays,\u201d Philips says. \u201cBut SantaCon regulars have created so much terror in NYC that any huge holiday party can\u2019t exist without the shadow of SantaCon.\u201d In planning for Sleigh Con, Philips learned that SantaCon was created by the same people as Burning Man<\/u><\/a> in the \u201890s, and they never intended either for it to evolve into what it is today.<\/p>\n

So we traded ugly sweaters and frat boy antics for glitter, glamor and unapologetic queer joy. The night started with a two-stop-pregame at Please Tell Me<\/u><\/a> and The Woodshop \u2014 honoring the SantaCon bar crawl tradition. After the bars, everyone headed down the street to Brooklyn Monarch. <\/p>\n

The event\u2019s headliner, Aquaria, took to the spotlight with a DJ set that redefined holiday magic. \u201cI’m definitely not the holly jolly jingle jangle diva \u2014 that’s for sure,\u201d Aquaria tells PAPER<\/em><\/em>. \u201cBut I can definitely get down to a [Christmas] tune or two.\u201d She brought her Boiler Room-style beats to Sleigh Con alongside DJs Vantage<\/u><\/a>, Highgnx<\/u><\/a>, Antide_xx<\/u><\/a> and Paul Tomasiello<\/u><\/a>. \u201cBeing \u2018sleigh\u2019 is taking the xmas-y theme \u2014 like I’d do with any theme \u2014 and giving it my own Aquaria touch,\u201d she says. \u201cI’m always up to something silly as a way to dodge doing things the expected or old-fashioned way.\u201d <\/p>\n

Miss Daddi <\/em>(Vas Halastaras), an artist and TikTok influencer<\/u><\/a>, reigned the night as Santa in fur-trimmed red basketball shorts and a curly white beard. They decided who was naughty and nice, much to the crowd\u2019s delight. Santa\u2019s little hotties, Hillary Henry<\/u><\/a> and Zo\u00eb Fustgaard<\/u><\/a>, danced on Daddi\u2019s lap in matching red lace and glittery antlers.<\/p>\n

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And everyone sure did don their gay apparel: Aquaria went for a \u201cBran Castle babe look,\u201d as she refers to it. Nightlife host Lindz Conrad<\/u><\/a> wore a Brat<\/em><\/em><\/u><\/a>-inspired Grinch look with furry green arms and everything. PAPER<\/em><\/em><\/u> columnist<\/u><\/a> Linux<\/u><\/a> wore a sleek black fit with pink pin curls \u2014 giving the old (lesbian-coded) ladies that adopted the Grinch (but elevated). Musician and Sleigh Con show manager Von<\/u><\/a> wore a black velvet corset with white trim, serving The Nightmare Before Christmas<\/em><\/em> vibes.<\/p>\n

Alongside the music and killer outfits, Sleigh Con was an unforgettable sensory experience. Live visuals by Tina Tarighian<\/u><\/a> mesmerized the audience, while photography by Alexus Parker <\/u><\/a>, videography<\/u><\/a> by Kai Koren<\/u><\/a> and the DEVSCAN<\/u><\/a> Photo Booth by Devin Kasparian<\/u><\/a> captured the night\u2019s most iconic moments. <\/p>\n

Decked out in a sheer top and angel wings, Kasparian shares why he opted for a scanner over a camera. \u201cIt\u2019s an undervalued medium for documenting the people around you. It\u2019s a lot more hands-on,\u201d he laughs. \u201cAnd it\u2019s not just hands, but anything you want.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cPeople literally formed a line,\u201d Philips says. \u201cSome [people] intentionally brought fun trinkets, out of excitement for this.\u201d <\/p>\n

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From naughty-Santa-look-alikes with their chests pressed on the scanner to slutty reindeers and bow-covered queens holding red FLAMER joints \u2014 the DEVSCAN saw it all.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo trust my guidance in composition, to lean your body over a table, and wait 30 seconds while the scanner does its magic,\u201d Kasparian tells PAPER<\/em><\/em>. \u201ctrusting that we’re going to make something super special together \u2014 It’s quite an involved, intimate and beautiful process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sleigh Con felt like a gift to the queer community: a space to celebrate, connect and express ourselves \u2014 for queer people to take something tired and stale like SantaCon and give it life. <\/p>\n

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Photos by Alexus Parker<\/a>
Scans by Devin Kasparian<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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