DANIEL LISMORE & LADY BUNNY

Drag legend Lady Bunny, 56, was twitching at the thought of getting her hands on artist and friend Daniel Lismore, 34

What is your mission statement?

LB: To make people laugh, dance, clap their hands and cheer. One day, I’ll achieve at least one of these.

D: Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken. What do you love most about each other, and what are you particularly proud of the other for?

LB: His sweet personality, incredible looks, and sense of humour. He also forgave me for attending his swanky Miami Beach book launch and knocking over a couple of the mannequins.

D: There were 200 people there and she just said, “There’s my cue to leave,” [ laughs]. She also busted my jaw on this shoot — I can’t open my mouth! Seriously, Bunny’s pushed boundaries in the community.

What does Pride mean to you?

D: I think of those who founded it, the hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of people who have been fighting for us to be able to exist. The people who party on floats, waving banners to do with companies

and logos, don’t make me proud. That makes me angry.

LB: Coming together and realising that, often, we like one another.

Love is…

LB: I’m not one for slogans and the popular # lovewins is one of the most meaningless slogans there is. In the US, our House of Representatives just passed an LGBTQ equality bill. I posted [ about] that on social media, and it got a few shares and likes. But the article I posted right afterward about a Florida man having oral sex with an alligator was far more popular. I wonder if many gay people are aware that there’s still a struggle.

Where do you see LGBTQ rights in 50 years?

LB: I’d like to see the fight for gay rights progress to where I’m in a wheelchair at a nursing home blowing orderlies for extra enemas.

D: There are two fights, one is the fight between us, the LGBTQ. It makes me furious when I hear hatred among the community. We need to stick together. The other one is [ to help] the people around the world who can’t be themselves.