English/French

5” x 7”

44 pages

Paperback 

Staple bound 

HP Indigo digital press

Colour 

Printed in Canada 

ISSN 2562-2056

YOU BETCHA IRIS is a bilingual printed zine that profiles one Tiohtià:ke/Montreal-based drag performer per issue. For our second issue, editor Clara met up with Lizzy Strange at a café in Montreal's Hochelaga neighbourhood to learn about the Hamilton-born performer's beginnings in drag, their experience as an AFAB artist with a "feminine"-presenting drag persona, the projects they've co-produced since arriving in Quebec, and the influences behind their drag. Photographer Aok Palad conducted two incredible shoots with Lizzy—one at the famous Café Cleopatra during House of Laureen's MX. QUEERDO pageant, and one in and around the artist's home. Clara and designer Rae Congdon created accompanying tactile illustrations in a variety of media. This issue was produced with generous support from Emploi Quebec's Young Volunteers program.