Priest embarrasses “drag queen” photo shoot at St Gerard’s

Wainuiomata barista Hayden “Professor Scrape” Eising calendar’s cover boy on a fund raising calendar.

He was posing in a headscarf and workshirt as the iconic World War Two pin-up Rosie the Riveter outside Wellington’s St Gerard’s monastery when a priest came out to watch the photoshoot.

“The priest came out from the church and stood next to the photographer, smiling. That was definitely very awkward, Eising said.

Eising has never done drag before, but got a great response from friends and family, he said. “I got told I looked pretty.”

He is one of a number of New Zealand’s top male roller derby players who have dabbed lipstick below their moustaches, pulled fishnet tights over tattooed hairy legs and given the camera a saucy pout – all in aid of raising money their fierce female counterparts. Read More

Additional reading

News category: Odd Spot.

Tags: ,