{"id":1668,"date":"2026-06-27T13:40:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T13:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1668"},"modified":"2026-06-27T13:40:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T13:40:21","slug":"phillys-queen-of-gay-bingo-hangs-up-her-heels-after-30-years-and-5-million-raised-for-aids-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1668","title":{"rendered":"Philly\u2019s queen of Gay Bingo hangs up her heels after 30 years and $5 million raised for AIDS research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The legendary redheaded drag queen Carlota Ttendant donned a baby-blue Eva Gabor-inspired gown \u2014 its plunging neckline revealing tasteful chest hair \u2014 and sensible black heels. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1666\">A Chester County lake is planned for draining as a dam is decommissioned. Residents are worried about what it\u2019ll become.<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>At 65, arthritis stifles her strut in stilettos. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cDrag is a young girl\u2019s game,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>This was her swan song. At the close of its 30th season this Pride Month, the man behind the makeup, Michael Byrne, hung up his heels and bid adieu to his drag persona and his longtime gig hosting Gay Bingo, the camp, irreverent, slightly profane, and undoubtedly silly monthly HIV\/AIDS fundraiser.  <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI know it\u2019s time,\u201d Byrne said. And, \u201cI\u2019m excited to never wear Spanx ever again.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Across three decades, Carlota Ttendant has called hundreds of games and elicited endless laughs, all while raising millions for people living with HIV\/AIDS across the Delaware Valley. She helped steer a community through crisis, providing a respite to those experiencing immense loss and stigma. Even as medicine has advanced and HIV\/AIDS has become manageable, she\u2019s crafted a safe space for queer Philadelphians. For one night each month, she\u2019s been an entertainer and an equalizer, responsible for uniting people \u2014 gay and straight, from Haddonfield to Phoenixville \u2014 around a common goal.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>And since Carlota came into Byrne\u2019s life, she\u2019s taught him to lead with courage, practice gratitude, and be unabashedly unafraid. He\u2019s gone from being the \u201cworst waiter ever\u201d and selling cosmetics, to being a performer, licensed clinical social worker counseling older LGBTQ+ folks through their own next phases of life, and president of Philly AIDS Thrift\u2019s board. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cNone of it would have been possible without all of you,\u201d Carlota told the 400-person crowd \u2014 the biggest turnout in years \u2014 at her last Gay Bingo on June 13 in the basement ballroom at Congregation Rodeph Shalom. \u201cIn the \u201990s there was horror happening, and today there is horror happening. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBut please, let\u2019s do some laughing,\u201d Carlota said.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s play bingo!\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Act I<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Like so many Saturdays before, Byrne, on June 13, slathered his face with foundation, carved out his cheeks, deepened his eyes, and painted on his red lip. There was haze \u2014 from the dusting of loose setting powder, bronzer, and blush \u2014 and musk \u2014 from sweat and heat and hairspray \u2014 in a Rodeph Shalom classroom, which moonlights as a bridal suite and a boudoir for the Bingo Verifying Divas or BVDs. At 10 minutes till curtain, he futzed with his press-on nails, shimmied into a mod swing dress, straightened the back seams of his tights, and dabbed on some glitter. With each gender-bending step, he transformed into his \u201ctwin sister,\u201d Carlota. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Like all classy ladies, Carlota\u2019s exact age is lost to time. In the 1990s, Byrne was organizing a fundraiser for Big Mess Theatre, an avant-garde troupe that he helped establish as the spinning axis of Philadelphia\u2019s alternative performance scene, complete with vaudeville acts, an oompah orchestra, and live auction with a striptease routine. Byrne was to host and make his drag debut, and Carlota Ttendant (read as <i>car lot attendant<\/i>) was conjured up over bourbon and blackjack. (He learned, years later, that there was a \u201960s stripper at the famed Trocadero Theatre with the same name.) <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Byrne never aimed to create a perfect, feminine illusion with Carlota. He left his chest unshaven and unstuffed, but short, thrifted dresses showed off his long and feminine legs. Carlota\u2019s makeup was an extension of the exaggerated theater paint Byrne, who has been on stages since he was 10, knew; cheap wigs hid his sideburns. Nothing could mask his deep, raspy, anything-but-ladylike voice. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Carlota could be bossy and profane but never vulgar; she could poke fun at audiences without being cruel. She became the \u201cdrag queen you could bring your grandma to,\u201d Byrne said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Around the time Carlota came to be, the number of new AIDS diagnoses and deaths peaked in Philadelphia. In 1992, new AIDS cases surpassed 1,500; in 1994, AIDS deaths topped 900, according to city data. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><iframe aria-label=\"Line chart\" data-external=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"484\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-O3FHr\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/O3FHr\/6\/\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"HIV and AIDS in Philadelphia\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Misinformation about the disease, which strips the body of its natural defenses and leaves it vulnerable to life-threatening infections and ailments, was rampant. People alienated gay men, wrongly fearing HIV\/AIDS could be transmitted through a handshake, a hug, or across a dinner table, The Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News wrote. Diagnostic testing took weeks; what rudimentary treatments were available sometimes made people sicker; and HIV often progressed to AIDS within a few years. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt was not unusual to have people dying every month,\u201d said Kevin Burns, who as a case manager with the nonprofit ActionAIDS (now called Action Wellness) connected clients to hospice care. Burns later served as Action Wellness\u2019 executive director. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The need for resources was rife, and in 1996, Philly\u2019s nonprofit AIDS Fund set out to supplement the money it made from its annual AIDS Walk, according to Sandra Thompson, former chair of its board of directors. An article in City Paper about an irreverent bingo-drag night sweeping Seattle \u2014 which, by one report in the Seattle Times, raised $10,000 a night \u2014 caught the attention of Mark \u201cChumley\u201d Singer, then a fledgling events producer, who pitched the idea to the AIDS Fund. (The fund folded in 2024 due to the decrease in new AIDS cases, and turned ownership of Gay Bingo over to Action Wellness.)<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Singer recalled thinking at the time: \u201cI\u2019ve been doing sad, mopey, candlelight vigil fundraisers. \u2026 Why can\u2019t we raise money and have fun?\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Singer and Byrne had never met before the latter was tapped to host Gay Bingo, but their chemistry was kismet. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere was never a show where we weren\u2019t having more fun than everybody,\u201d said Singer, who cohosted until the early aughts. Byrne and Singer left Gay Bingo around that time, but Byrne later returned. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Byrne remembers the magic of those early years of Gay Bingo. He remembers when 600 seats would sell out in 10 minutes, and he remembers doing his glittered red lip from the floor of the Gershman Y\u2019s mirrored dance studio. He remembers two-show Saturdays and how six hours in heels would make him catatonic on Sunday. He remembers riffing with and ribbing Singer and the laughs their off-color jokes and mild profanity elicited. He remembers the constant movement of the bold and bawdy BVDs, on Rollerblades, or the electricity when O-69 was called and hundreds stood up, shaking and shouting with the fervor of their libidos. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1664\">Walmart unveils \u2018store of the future\u2019 concept in Bucks. We tried it out.<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But Byrne also remembers the solemn moments: the steelworker who told a documentarian about watching his bodybuilder son become emaciated; the families who sponsored games on the anniversary of their loved one\u2019s death; the pharmacist who learned all he could about HIV drugs; Byrne\u2019s own friends who were infected. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cOur community was in crisis,\u201d Byrne said, \u201cwhile we focused on it, we also focused on being fun and laughing. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAnd we all needed that at that point.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Act II<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The \u201cRainbow Bombshell\u201d Gay Bingo on June 13 doubled as a Pride extravaganza and an homage to all things Carlota. Her first outfit of the night was crafted from a promotional banner from her years hosting the Philadelphia Orchestra\u2019s Halloween Concert. Alongside her, the BVDs dressed as Big Mess-era Carlota, Norma Kamali-inspired Carlota, Phillies Carlota, and fuzzy caftan-wearing Carlota. Attendees, ushers, volunteers, and even the American Sign Language interpreter wore that signature red bob \u2014 wigs that Action Wellness bought in bulk. One wore a T-shirt that read, \u201cDibs on the ginger.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAre we ready to win some money?\u201d Carlota said, hyping up the crowd before the first of 12 rounds of bingo. Councilmember Rue Landau, the Philadelphia City Council\u2019s first openly LGBTQ+ member, called the first game: <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><i>I-28.<\/i><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><i>I-26. <\/i><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><i>G-52. <\/i><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><i>B-14. <\/i><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><i>O-63. <\/i><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><i>B-3. <\/i><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBingo!\u201d someone cried out, as the audience let out an audible wave of disappointment, exasperation, and defeat, and the BVDs rushed over to authenticate. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cDid you just get bingo, girl?\u201d Carlota wisecracked. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>For 30 years, these Gay Bingo players have pledged each month to \u201ckeep on playing Gay Bingo until this crisis is over.\u201d And today, HIV\/AIDS deaths and new diagnoses have stagnated, according to the most recently available health department data, and drug cocktails have made it so people with HIV can live long, healthy lives and may never pass the disease onto others or have their illness advance to AIDS. Preventative medications, like PrEP, can also dramatically decrease the risk of becoming infected. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But there are still obstacles to ending the epidemic. HIV\/AIDS disproportionately affects Black and brown communities and low-income people who experience barriers to healthcare, according to Action Wellness executive director Mary Evelyn Torres. The geographic disparities are also stark: Current drug regimens may be readily available in well-resourced countries, like the United States, but access is scarce in the world\u2019s vulnerable pockets. These problems have only been exacerbated by President Donald Trump\u2019s proposed cuts to domestic and foreign HIV\/AIDS programs. The withdrawal of American dollars overseas, United Nations officials warned, could lead to more than 4 million AIDS-related deaths and 6 million more HIV infections by 2029. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><iframe aria-label=\"Line chart\" data-external=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"441\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-sf4fv\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/sf4fv\/6\/\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" title=\"HIV Prevalence in Philadelphia\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Trump administration and state legislatures are attempting to roll back protections for LGBTQ+ people. In Philadelphia, Pride celebrations this month in the Gayborhood were disrupted after Philadelphia police pushed and confronted revelers using what some have called outsized and aggressive crowd-control tactics, although Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said his department\u2019s actions had nothing to do with Pride. City Council has since announced it will hold public hearings to examine the police response. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve come a long way, but there\u2019s still work to be done,\u201d Torres said, \u201cand that work is being threatened by this administration.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>As the epidemic has changed, so has Gay Bingo: The money raised \u2014 more than $5 million since its inception \u2014 now goes toward Action Wellness\u2019 social services and programming. The BVDs ditched their roller skates at the Gershman Y (because of the new, carpeted venue). Tickets cost $50-$60, compared to $10-$12 in May 1996, and these days, attendance averages between 150 and 200 a month. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Drag has evolved, too. Spending centuries on the periphery as proto-punk-beatniks and after-midnight acts, queens disrupted and challenged the mainstream with wit and wonder. Then, the exploding popularity of <i>RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race,<\/i> a drag reality-TV competition, seismically changed the culture, snubbing scrappiness for silicon and kitsch for couture. The show ushered drag into the zeitgeist: Its lingo became commonplace and its contestants turned into social media stars, with businesses, makeup brands, books, and podcasts, as the art form continues to face political bans and threats nationwide. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The show \u201chas taken everything to a whole other planet,\u201d Byrne said, \u201cand that\u2019s amazing and that\u2019s really great. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s also not what I do.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Carlota was never concerned with \u201caffecting female mannerisms\u201d or \u201ctrying to be <i>this<\/i> woman or <i>this<\/i> drag queen,\u201d Singer said. To Byrne, she\u2019s come to embody the fiercest, most unafraid, and righteous versions of himself. But \u201cMichael was never far from Carlota,\u201d Singer said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>To those who know Byrne, Carlota\u2019s come to represent someone purer and more singular, a testament to what joyful resistance and defiant resilience can achieve amid tragedy. Her ingenuity and authenticity have made her synonymous with Gay Bingo, according to Action Wellness event planner and cohost Tim Johnson (otherwise known as Stella D\u2019Oro); her playfulness is what\u2019s engaging, Burns said; the safe space she\u2019s cultivated for the queer community is what keeps people coming back season after season, said regulars Cat Johnson, 47, and Katie Dickerson, 38, of Roxborough. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be really different without Carlota,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cNo one\u2019s going to fill her shoes, but I think that the vibe and the energy is going to live on.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a lot easier to raise money when everyone is having fun,\u201d said Amber Schlesman, 38, of Point Breeze, who\u2019s been coming to Gay Bingo since its Gershman Y days. \u201cAnd for the shoes, I\u2019m guessing it\u2019s a size 12.\u201d <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>All those shoes will be donated to Philly AIDS Thrift soon enough, Byrne said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Epilogue<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Byrne\u2019s voice cracked as he thought of the people who made Carlota\u2019s run possible: the AIDS Fund organizers, Singer, the original cast of BVDs, the volunteers, those who came back monthly, the victims, their families. Many sent her off June 13 with a trove of well wishes, notes that read, \u201cthanks for the memories,\u201d and \u201cso proud of all you\u2019ve done.\u201d They told her, \u201cI love you,\u201d and \u201chang up those high heels, baby.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=1662\">Boston thinks its Revolutionary history might be better than Philly\u2019s. We think that\u2019s pretty cute.<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>At the end of the night, Byrne\u2019s best friend gifted him a throw pillow. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t be a lady,\u201d it said. \u201cBe a legend.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man behind the makeup, Michael Byrne, bid adieu to Carlota Ttendant and his longtime gig hosting Gay Bingo: \u201cDrag is a young girl\u2019s game.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-philadelphia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Philly\u2019s queen of Gay Bingo hangs up her heels after 30 years and $5 million raised for AIDS research - 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