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  • Hot Wheelz lip syncs on stage in a seven-pointed mask with many eyes, which obscures their own eyes.

    Hot Wheelz: Raising a Middle Finger and Building World Class, Accessible Drag

    Kels Valenzuela Delamarter

    Hot Wheelz is a drag artist and self-described “disabled genderqueer monster.” They are widely celebrated as one of the first ambulatory wheelchair users to join the Edmonton drag scene. In this addition to ECAMP’s labour history series, author Kels Valenzuela Delamarter tells the story of their rise, deliciously macabre costuming, and goal “to turn the corporate ladder into a ramp.”