Comics & Queens Brunch

LGBTQ Center at UNF

The LGBTQ Center celebrates Pride Month with the annual Drag Queen Brunch, this year with a twist - we've added LGBTQ Comedians too!

University of North Florida Student Union

Last year we celebrated Pride Month with a special performance by RuPaul&#x27;s Drag Race All Stars Winner Season 4, Trinity the Tuck, along with some of Jacksonville&#x27;s Top Queens! This year, we are turning it up once again, but with an extra twist - Comedians!Comics and Queens Brunch will star:
<ul><li>Sampson McCormick – Comedian, Actor, Writer, Director and Activist. Sampson McCormick is a down to earth comedic force of nature, and one of the most in demand voices of diversity in comedy for over two decades. The award-winning queer comedy pioneer has appeared on BET, TV One, VICELAND, Fox Soul, The Amazon Prime movies “Party-N-Play”, “Love The One You’re With”, and the 2017 Oscar Nominated Film “I Live Here”, and the upcoming movie “B-Boy Blues”. In 2018, he made history as the first LGBTQ comedian to headline a Smithsonian Museum at the National Museum of African American History &amp; Culture.
</li></ul>and feature the following Divas:
<ul><li>Kathryn Nevets - The Princess of Polk County, an entertainer better known for being Florida&#x27;s Best Bette Midler and the Loud Mouth From the South. National Comedy Queen 2014.
</li><li>April Fresh - Drag Goddess specializing in Comedy, Broadway and all things 80&#x27;s. She is the hostess of Manic Mondays every Monday Night online, and then hosts 80s and 90s Trivia every Monday at District Dive in Orlando. She is the creator and co-owner of ANR Productions and the National Miss Comedy Queen Pageant.
</li><li>Karrissa Wade - LGBTQ Center&#x27;s Diva in Residence, the current Miss South Florida Comedy Queen. A former Georgia Comedy Queen, and Miss Space Coast Comedy Queen, she&#x27;s also known as the Queen of Jacksonville as seen on CW17, Channel 12, TMZ, among others. Besides her many titles and awards, this comedic and glamorous Queen, is a great humanitarian. She has raised hundreds of thousands through her unique comedy and wit for many local and national causes. 
</li><li>Mr Ms Adrien – The current Miss National Comedy Queen, a recording artist and comedian! Entertainer and Host at Southern Nights Orlando, Entertainer at Pulse Orlando and Entertainer at Parliament House Orlando.
</li></ul>Join us for our annual Drag Queen Brunch, as we raise funds for Jacksonville&#x27;s LGBTQ Center. All proceeds will go to the LGBTQ Center to continue to create:<ul><li>Building Bridges Creating Community Scholarships to returning UNF students (part-time &amp; full-time)
</li><li>Lavender Scholarships for incoming first year UNF students entering the Fall of 2022 (part-time &amp; full-time)
</li><li>Free HIV/STI testing on site
</li><li>Free mental health counseling
</li><li>A safe space for LGBTQ+ members
</li><li>Food pantry, library, identity discussion/support groups, and so much more</li></ul>

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