Ivory Towers – The Queen of Sodom (2011)

Some consider her the virgin queen, but they don’ t know how she can role-play like no other royal. Ivory’ s ascent to the Sodom throne was filled with mystery and intrigued. How could one so young reign from such an ancient throne? Rumours were spread that she was not in fact royal blood but was from the trailer park located outside the city of Sodom. She put an end to those lies by having the tongues removed of those who spread them and whose rimming skills left something to be desired. Several of her lovers were mysteriously tossed from the towers of Sodom (hence her name Ivory Towers). When she is not performing at Sodom, Ivory enjoys lawn bowling, witchcraft and full-body Spandex outfits.

 

 

 

Nina Arsenault – The High Priestess of Sodom

Nina Arsenault is often surrounded by the most beautiful eunuchs of the city. As the high priestess of Sodom she crowns all Sodom royals. When she is not channeling the gods or listening to the Royal Castrati Choir of Sodom, she is busy turning it out as a radical queer artist. Her body of work includes the critically acclaimed plays The Silicone Diaries and I Was B* rbie. NinaArsenault.com

 

 

Myles Sexton – The Prince Sodom (Host)

Prince Sexton is often seen riding his solid white horse Peroxide around the city. He is one the chief architects of Sodom, building legendary props like giant Barbie boxes or transforming Goodhandy’ s into a giant cave. His royal wardrobe consists of outfits made out platinum chicken wire and jeweled air masks. Prince Sexton also is one of the official stylists and makeup artist of Sodom. His work can be seen on many of the Sodom posters.

 

 

 

DJ Sumation – Sodom resident DJ

DJ Sumation (Sum Wong) has been DJing since 2001. He has touched many with his uplifting happy vibes and energy. His wide- ranging musical knowledge has helped shape and develop his own unique DJ style and sound. His current residencies, in addition to Sodom, include College Night at the Barn. As well, you’ ll find DJ Sumation spinning at events like the WinterCity Festival Skating party at Nathan Phillips Square, SNAP, Walk for Life, FashionCares, ACT events and numerous charity bashes in the city. He has his own DJ services and party events company, White Tiger West. His venues as resident and guest DJ have also included El Mocambo, Circa, fly Nightclub, 5ive Nightclub, Buddies in Bad Times, Voglie, Fuzion, Alibi, Vice, Byzantium, AsianXpress parties, Joseph Patrick’ s Beachball and several PRISM Pride parties; he has worked the Pride Toronto Polar Ice Stage many times. When he spun at a swingers’ club, he would play 50 Cent’ s “ Hot in Here” and everyone on the dance floor would take off all their clothes. His favourite drink is vodka with anything. One of his top songs is Daft Punk’ s “ Around the World,” and his favourite dance artist is Janet Jackson because she has more dance- move variety than most artists, including her late brother Michael. djsumation.ca

 

Joey Wargachuk – The Royal Kitty & Sodom webmaster & designer

Just a small-town kitty form P.E.I., Joey moved to the big city for the bright lights because good lighting is key to everything. He currently runs his own web/design business (Wargachuk Studios). He plans one day to publish his autobiography, called OMG My Life, which will be followed by a second book entitled Don’ t Even, a stern warning to those people who dissed him because of his first book, even though only first names were used. When he is not in la la la land he is “ GETTING THINGS DONE.” He is never without his trademark cat ears and if you try and bite his style he will claw you.

 

 



Sir Ryan Russell - Mr. Sodom Leather 2011

One of Toronto’ s top performance artists, Sir Russell represented Sodom in the Mr. Leatherman Toronto 2011 contest where he was bestowed the title of Mr. Leather Fellowship. No one looks more strapping in a jock Sir Russell. ryanrussellxxx.com

 

 

 

Mahogany Browne – The first Queen of Sodom (2010)

Mahogany descends from a royal line: her great-great-great- great-great-great-grandmother was Maho, the love child of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Maho opened a small tavern called The Last Supper where the original biblical city of Sodom once flourished before it was destroyed by God. She earned the nickname “ Maho” from a Persian general who told his troops, “ That’ s ‘ my hoe.’ ” He later died when his wine was poisoned and all his possessions went to Maho, who then got herself some new Egyptian weaves and Israelite dresses. Her tavern shows soon became legendary. Kings and queens would arrive and mix with goat herders and temple hookers in what could only be described as a Studio 54 BC. Mahogany Brown continued the tradition of Maho, bringing positive energy to one of Toronto’ s most eclectic parties, Sodom at Goodhandy’ s, where she reigned as Queen for 2010. Mahogany attends Church regularly and holds the record for longest confession, beating Friar Francis Tucked in 1203 AD.

 

Mitchel Raphael – creative director/producer

From fetish parties to federal parties, 24-hour raves to 24 Sussex Drive, drag queens to the Queen’s representative, Mitchel Raphael is a journalist/photographer who has acted as cultural ambassador between readers and subjects when it comes to politics, pop and alternative cultures. Mitchel is currently a columnist with Maclean’s magazine where he writes the political scene column Capital Diary.

Before Maclean’s, Mitchel was editor-in-chief of the Toronto-based gay men’s magazine fab for four years. He brought on board such power writers as Nina Arsenault, Todd Klinck, Paul Bellini and Rolyn Chambers. He produced the enormously successful 10- and 11-year anniversary parties with the now infamous 10-drag-shows-in-10-minutes formula. He is also known for his home rooftop patio parties with their mixed crowd of drag queens, lawyers, artists, politicians, activists, academics and dominatrices (some fall into more than one category).

Prior to fab, he was at the National Post as an arts/life feature writer from its inception in October 1998 until September 2001, as he covered such things as drug cultures, electronic and mainstream music, pop culture, hip hop, politics and shemales.

Mitchel holds an MA in Interdisciplinary Studies from York University, where he completed his thesis, entitled “Drag Queens, Sissy Boys and a Virus Called HIV.” His BA was in Western Literature and Civilization from the University of Western Ontario. He divides his time between Toronto and Ottawa and often heads over to Hull, Quebec, to eat at Chez Fatima.