This Indigenous drag queen uses satire and sadness to make you feel again – CBC

Oct 31, 2025

Kessa Lulle uses her struggles with depression and anxiety to connect with people

Kessa Lulle likes to think about death, make people cry and listen to music that ruins her day.

These are traits most performers would abandon for the stage, but for Lulle, a two-spirit, Mi’kmaw drag queen from Moncton, they form an edgy star power. Her drag is fairylike, a “spirit,” she said, but the character goes beyond aesthetics; it’s her own personality, both melancholic and sharp, elevated to “the highest degree.”

“People will enjoy a drag show,” said Lulle, 24, in an interview with CBC News. “It’s fun, it’s very immediately entertaining.”

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