An amazing fundraising effort has been made by the most glamorous of people. In north Wales a team of drag queens marched to the peak of Snowdon in an effort to raise money for Trans Aid Cymru, an organisation dedicated to supporting the trans and non-binary communities in Wales.
Snowdon, also known as Yr Wyddfa in Welsh, is Wales' highest mountain standing at 1,085m above sea level. The first person to ever climb the impressive peak was Thomas Johnson in 1639. The self-described queer collective, Cwm Rag, made their ascent to the peak of Snowdon posing at the mountain's misty summit in impressive heels and killer make-up looks.
Oberon White, a 29-year-old cabaret performer who's originally from Wales but now performs regularly in east London, took on the challenge with fellow drag artists. The climb was filmed by S4C as part of a documentary which is due to be released in the next few months.
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"We're all London based but from different parts of Wales," Oberon said. "It was a bit of a challenge. Heels are not made for hillwalking but we persevere. We make it work. We all also had three looks so we were turning looks constantly on the way.
"Everyone did so amazingly as a group and our make-up did, surprisingly, last pretty well. It was a bit of a steep climb towards the end but it's nothing us hardened queens couldn't handle. People on the way were incredibly positive. It seemed like every couple of metres people were stopping us for pictures. They were also saying how we've made their day.
"It's really interesting because you often think of queer culture as being more like a nightlife sort of thing and in a dark basement somewhere. So it's quite amazing I think to see us presenting our queer selves and in drag and all that colour in the daytime and then in the setting, the beautiful rural landscape of our homestead of Wales. I think that was quite amazing." They have raised more than £550 for Trans Aid Cymru so far. The fundraiser and more information about the climb can be found here.
