Joy Chang

Creating a community for queer seniors – one drag bingo lunch at a time

Katana Barnes spent an hour and a half on a recent Friday driving from Sacramento to the Emeryville Senior Center, just to attend the annual drag bingo event.  “I don’t know a lot of senior queer Black people, especially this level of senior,” said Barnes, 65. “It gives you an opportunity to see what life looks like as you progress,” she said. Over the past three years, Emeryville Senior Center and local drag artist Ms. Sweet Nothing have created a…