Gay Bingo at Las Sillas Azules

Posted on June 25, 2008 by mexicarita

“¿Que vamos a hacer el martes?” I asked Luis. “Why not Gay Bingo with the Drag Queens?” he suggested. ¡Buena idea! Gay Bingo in Vallarta is not much different than Gay Bingo at the Lesbian and Gay Center on West 13th Street in New York…except for the extreme humidity and the beautiful sunset around 8:40 pm. But I’m getting ahead of myself here…

You take an elevator up to the sixth floor to the blue chairs terrace. A small platform rests over a tiny pool used as the stage. On the stage sit our two drag queen hosts for the evening: Angelique and Diva. Together, they call themselves the “Dirty Bitches” and they also perform together with another “gal” Wednesday nights.

Luis and I join three of his friends at their table for a rousing game of Bingo. Actually, it was anything but that. There are only two other tables besides ours. Attendance is a tad bit low. The humidity is deflating everyone’s enthusiasm. Angelique, as our hostess, does most of the talking and says the numbers mostly in English with her Mexican accent.

“We are steel doing dis for choo because chure here. We have no choice. Anyway, we gonna make it fun.”

She told us to raise her hands together up in the air whenever she said “69″ and repeat after her very loudly, “Seexty-niiiiiine!” However, the first time we all did it, she said with dismay,
“You can do beeter than dat!”

Drag queens, and the gay men that love them, love to make sarcastic and dirty remarks throughout the evening, and this was no exception. When Angelique found out that the other table was full of straight women and one guy, she started picking on them with a languid air. Angelique also put me on the spot.
“Are choo a lesbian?” she asked me.
“Sí.”
“Do you know the difference between top and bottom?”
“Claro que sí.”
“What is this?” and she sticks her tongue out.
“I don’t know, what?”
“A lesbian with a hard-on!”
I can’t believe I fell for that old chiste (joke)!

I did win a free appetizer at Kit Kat’s for answering an easy question about Jennifer Hudson from American Idol so the evening was not a total wash. To top off the evening, there was a terrific sunset and I saw most of it before it disappeared behind the clouds. Angelique and Diva were a lot of fun and I got my picture taken with them. I’m sure it won’t be the last time I see them.