Need for Speed
When Canadian women made history in speedskating at the Beijing Olympics, their former coach Michel Rivet was at home in Ottawa, proudly cheering them on
Queen Adrianna
After years of experimenting with gender and identity, Adrianna Exposée is a ruling queen in Ottawa’s drag scene
A capital coronation
By Thomas Publow Adrianna Exposée stares into a vanity mirror as she applies glue to her eyebrows. Behind her, a rack of colourful outfits, some sheer and feathered, others satin and fringed, sit next to three shelves that hold white mannequin heads topped in wigs of different styles. The beige wig cap she wears is…