Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 308 – March 22, 2017

BY EILEEN SHAPIRO
CELEBRITY CORRESPONDENT
Brita
Filter
Brita Filter aspired to take over New York and eventually the world! It appears that
the talented, creative and hysterically funny queen has accomplished her New York
goal and is well on her way to owning the world.
One of the most sought after and popular queens currently in the New York nightlife
scene, she has a great love for the community and a history of all facets of acting and
entertaining. I spoke to Brita and laughed my way through the entire interview.
I don’t know too much
about you, which is
good, because I get to
find out first hand. I just
know that you’ve taken
New York by storm. So,
when did you start to do
drag?
I started three years ago.
I started because I was
doing a production of
Cinderella. I’m an actor...
well, I was an actor...well,
I still am. I guess if I’m a
drag queen, I still am.
Absolutely.
I was an actor, so I was
doing a bunch of regional
productions, national tours
and what not. So I actually
got cast in Cinderella.
What happened was I got
cast as a stepsister over
the summer of one year.
I was like, “Oh my God,
this is perfect. I’ve always
wanted to be a drag
queen! I’m going to go;
I’m going to learn how to
do it. I’m going to paint
my face every day.” So
after that finished, I came
back to New York that day,
and I decided I was going
to take over New York!
The night that my show
ended, I met this girl
named Brita, and I
decided Brita Filter was
going to be my name. So
I came back to New York
with the goal of being a
full-time performer. Also,
because I was so sick of
auditioning - I hated it
so much - I wanted to be
my own artistic director. I
wanted to call all the shots,
like what I’m wearing,
what I do, what I say and
the material that I get to
perform. There were so
many times that I’ve done
the production of South
Pacific, and that show is
so goddamn boring, so I
thought if I had to do one
more production of South
Pacific, I’m going to kill
myself.
As a queen, what does
your act entail? I’m sure
there is a sparkle of
comedy involved.
I do a lot of comedy.
It really works out that
my name is Brita Filter,
because my headline is:
“Anything But Pure.” I love
taking things that are very
gentle, things that you’re
really not supposed to
touch, and fucking them
up. That’s truly what I like
to do. I do this number
from Cinderella called
“My Own Little Corner,
In My Own Little Chair,”
and I mess it up by doing
a mix out of it. But when
Cinderella is in her own
little corner, she is smoking
a pipe and doing cocaine
to get away from her step
family. Everything I do is
making fun of everything
else and turning it up a
little.

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Where can people find
you?
On Tuesdays I’m at
karaoke at Pieces Bar
from 8 to midnight. I host
that. On Wednesdays I’m
at my longest-running
show called Come On
Wednesday at The
West End at 107th and
Broadway. That’s at 9
p.m. There’s a $20 open
bar; it’s amazing. Then on
Saturday I’m at Glow at
Boots and Saddle, and
Sunday I’m at Hardware
for Skinny Brunch at 7
p.m. Then I have a oncea-month
Friday gig, and
then once RuPaul starts
I’m going to have a
viewing party.
Will you be at the RuPaul
premiere?
No, I have to work
unfortunately, but all my
friends are in it.
Who are your friends?
Alexis Michelle and Aja.
Alexis mentioned you in
her interview.
She’s my ultimate, my gal
pal, my sister. We sort of
met together when we
both started to blow up.
I just live for her. She’s
so kind. She has such a
hilarious personality.
Where do you see
yourself in 10 years?
Hopefully still performing.
I’m still going to be
performing whether it’s in
drag or not. I don’t know,
but I’m always going to
be performing. It’s like
something that I have to
do in order to survive, to
live. I have to entertain.
Hopefully I will be taking
over the world!
You just might! Where
are you from originally?
I’m originally from Arizona.
If there is anything that
you could say to your
fans and followers, what
would it be?
I think that right now with
drag, “RuPaul’s Drag
Race” is a great thing. I
think that so many people
get lost in why they do
drag. The reason why I do
drag is because the world
is so fucked up. I think that
people need a place to
go to escape. My job as
a performer, and why I do
drag, and why I love it, is I
get to help those people
for an hour or two to
escape from all the bullshit
that you’re going through
- all the trans people with
all the shit that Trump is
doing, or someone that
just had a shitty ass day.
I’m for my community.
I just want to entertain
people and make people
laugh. I want people to
escape.
You are an amazing
queen!
Thank you. It’s so hard,
because so many people
get so caught up in “I’m
going to be famous,” or
“I’m going to do this,” but
listen, if you are in it to be
famous, it’s not going to
happen. I just want to do
really good work and be
really great at it. Just
come see my show!

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BY ALEXANDER KACALA
Relationship Goals
Victor Borbolla and Javi Perez are the fifth of six New
York profiles we’re featuring of people who can be
found on the world’s premier gay social network, Hornet.
Victor and Javi are the definition of relationship goals. The adorable married
couple have been together since high school, and they are a huge presence in
the gay community of New York City. You may even see Victor staring down at
you on the subway in one of the ad campaigns he recently did.
The high school sweethearts may not have met on Hornet, but the boys say
they love using the app when they travel to meet new people and discover
new places. We caught up with the pair about their messy proposal, their
very wet wedding day and growing a gay family in New York City.
How did you two meet?
VB: We met in high school. We sat at
the same lunch table for a year without
ever really speaking. It wasn’t until
we started running into each other
at parties that I began to become
interested. At first, I thought he was
the distant straight guy who didn’t
want to be friends with the new kid. We
began hanging out senior and became
best friends. We were closeted in high
school and our relationship was purely
platonic for three months. Eventually,
we opened up to each other and dated
in secret for the rest of the school
year. We came out together after
graduation.
How did you propose?
JP: So I proposed to Victor and he had
no idea it was coming! We rented out
a house Fire Island Pines for the week
with some friends and everyone else
knew it was going to happen. With help
from three of my best friends, we set
up brown paper bags filled with tea
lights, spread them around the edge
of the rooftop of our house, played
our favorite song from high school
on a loop (“Two Weeks In Hawaii”
by Hellogoodbye) and waited for the
sunset.

it stopped raining, and we came back
outside and danced the night away with
115 of our closest friends and family.
That’s totally over 200 words, isn’t it?
What is your favorite thing about the
gay community in NYC?
VB: When we moved here, we had no
gay friends in NYC. You won’t always
get along with everyone you meet, even
those that are part of our community.
But if you’re lucky, like I consider myself
and Javi to be, you’ll find a group of
friends that become your family. I see
little gay families growing all the time in
NYC.
What is your favorite thing about gay
social networking app Hornet?
JP: We love to travel and make friends
who can can show us around all the
local hot spots.
Of course, Vic started to speculate
some funny business, so I had to rush
the proposal before he figured it
out. So, the sun was still out, the tea
lights in the brown paper bags looked
like lunchtime at a preschool and we
were still in our bathing suits. I was so
nervous. He had to keep calming me
down throughout my little speech. I
had a ring ready, I got down on one
knee and our friends rushed up the
stairs with champagne when they heard
him say, “Yes!” It was a beautiful mess.
Describe your wedding day in 200
words or less.
VB: You know, everyone tells you that
your wedding day flashes before your
eyes, but I didn’t really understand
what that meant until I was waking up
in a panic the next day thinking about
the fact that we never cut our cake!
October 8, 2016 started off incredibly
stressful. We rented out a Midtown
loft and planned on using the rooftop
for the ceremony. As luck would have
it, it began to pour rain 15 minutes
before the ceremony. Instead of moving
everyone downstairs, we decided to
do it on the rooftop anyway. We got
married under a foggy Empire State
Building surrounded by cafe lights in
the rain. It was magical. By midnight
What is the quality in your partner
you respect the most and why?
JP: The quality I respect the most in my
husband is his will to succeed or solve a
problem. From something as big as his
career to as small as fixing our cable box
to getting the best possible tickets to a
Lady Gaga concert, he will always find a
way to make it happen.
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