Flawless Shade
Flawless Shade | |
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![]() Flawless Shade performing at CC Slaughters in Portland, Oregon, 2022 | |
Born | Tajh Jordan |
Nationality | American |
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Television | Painted with Raven |
Flawless Shade is the stage name of Tajh Jordan, an American drag queen and make-up artist based in Portland, Oregon. A former Miss Gay Oregon, Flawless Shade has been featured in campaigns by Adidas, GLAAD, and Top Level Design. Jordan competed on WOW Presents Plus's competition series Painted with Raven.
Career[]
Jordan is a make-up artist based in Portland, Oregon,[1] who performs in drag as Flawless Shade. In 2016, Flawless Shade was the first drag competitor in the Stoli Key West Cocktail Classic, an annual bartending contest featuring 15 LGBT bartenders from North America. She placed third.[2]
As of 2017–2018, Flawless Shade hosted the biweekly bingo event 'Flawless Bingo' at Century Bar, which also served as a fundraiser for various organizations, including Cascade AIDS Project.[3][4] She hosted drag shows at CC Slaughters, karaoke at Capitol Bar, and trivia at Victoria Bar, as of 2019. Flawless Shade also hosted bingo at 'Thursgays', a monthly LGBT meetup at the arcade game and pinball venue Quarterworld.[5] She was one of six young queer "influencers" featured in Adidas's gay pride advertising campaign in 2019,[6][7] and was named Miss Gay Oregon 2020.[8]
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In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Flawless Shade curated 'Support Your Queer Black Entertainers', a series of video testimonials spotlighting local Black queer performers. The Portland Pride event raised $2,000 for the featured entertainers.[8][9] She also participated in Portland Pride's 'Introvert: Digital Drag Show', described as a "night of socially distant drag".[10] Flawless Shade was featured in The Library, a web series spearheaded by Logan Lynn and Top Level Design for the top-level domain name .gay, featuring queer Portlanders.[11] She represented Oregon in GLAAD's video seeking to mobilize voters for the 2020 U.S. presidential election, which featured drag queens from all 50 states and Washington, D.C.[12][13] Flawless Shade hosted and performed at Botanist House's drag show, as of 2021.[14][15] She also co-hosted a tea dance for Portland Pride and performed at Seattle's PrideFest in 2021.[16][17]
Jordan competed on Painted with Raven, WOW Presents Plus's cosmetics competition series featuring Raven, which debuted in December 2021.[1]
Personal life[]
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Jordan is Black and queer.[8] He lives in Portland and has described himself as a "Black gay genderfluid person who is a drag queen".[9] In 2017, Jordan filmed and called police about a man who was harassing patrons at Scandals, a gay bar in Portland.[18][19] Flawless Shade is a member of the House of Shade, as of 2021.[17]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b Nguyen, Nikki (December 30, 2021). "Meet Makeup Artist Tajh Jordan from 'Painted with Raven'". The WOW Report. World of Wonder. Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ Garner, Glenn (June 17, 2016). "In Key West With the Best LGBT Bartenders in America". Out. ISSN 1062-7928. Archived from the original on June 19, 2016. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ Andrews, Matthew N.; Jankowski, Andrew D. (August 15, 2017). "Off-Campus Events Calendar: Aug. 22–28". Portland State Vanguard. Portland State University. Archived from the original on 2021-03-01. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- ^ Jankowski, Andrew (June 13, 2018). "The Best in LGBTQ+ Nightlife, Bars, Parties, Comedy, and More". Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on September 14, 2020. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ Jankowski, Andrew (June 6, 2019). "An Overview of Portland's LGBTQ+ Nightlife for the Newcomer". Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on June 9, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ Hughes, Holly Stuart (June 26, 2019). "A Pride Campaign That Features Gay Talent Behind the Camera, Too". Photo District News. ISSN 1045-8158. Archived from the original on June 29, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ Ilchi, Layla (May 31, 2019). "How Fashion and Beauty Brands Are Giving Back for Pride Month 2019". Women's Wear Daily. Penske Media Corporation. ISSN 0043-7581. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ a b c Tess, Novotny; Frost, Allison (June 25, 2020). "Gresham Fracas – Miss Gay Oregon – "Vanishing" Short Stories". Oregon Public Broadcasting. ISSN 1062-7928. Archived from the original on January 3, 2022. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ a b Smith, Suzette (June 12, 2020). "Where to Stream Portland's Drag Performers for Pride 2020". Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on October 25, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ Jankowski, Andrew (June 10, 2020). "A Calendar of (Mostly) Digital Events for a Socially Distant Pride". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ Reed, Conner (November 25, 2020). "Dot Gay Is Here to Queer This (Cyber)Space". Portland Monthly. ISSN 1546-2765. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ Srikanth, Anagha Srikanth (October 21, 2020). "Drag queens feature in the latest bid to get voters to the polls". The Hill. Archived from the original on December 4, 2020. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ Street, Mikelle (October 20, 2020). "Drag Performers Across the Nation Urge You to Vote in New PSA". Out. Archived from the original on July 2, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ "Drag Brunch returns to Pearl District". KOIN. April 4, 2021. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ Smith, Suzette (April 8, 2021). "Takeout Club: Botanist and Havana Cafe Are Safe Spaces for Drag Brunch and Poke Nachos". Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ Jankowski, Andrew (June 1, 2021). "A Portland Pride Events Guide". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on June 3, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ a b Lindsley, Daniel (September 3, 2021). "BeautyBoiz to perform at PrideFest and Supernova". Seattle Gay News. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ Acker, Lizzy (July 27, 2017). "Man harasses patrons outside of Portland gay bar (video)". The Oregonian. Advance Publications. ISSN 8750-1317. Archived from the original on July 18, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ Jankowski, Andrew D. (July 27, 2017). "Ex-cabbie with homophobic history returns to harass gay bar patrons". Portland State Vanguard. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- Living people
- African-American drag queens
- African-American history of Oregon
- American make-up artists
- Gay entertainers
- Genderqueer people
- LGBT African Americans
- LGBT people from Oregon
- People from Portland, Oregon
- Queer people