Queer Korean adoptee Midnite Townsend, 38, is many things. A large part of her/their past has been as a performer; first training to enter the world of musical theater to realizing her/their real desires were better applied to the art of burlesque and drag king performance. Midnite’s throughline has been a quest for authenticity – and the test of whether loved ones around her/them would see her. 

Theme music: JaeJin

Other music appears under license with Blue Dot Sessions.

“Tempo” by Lizzo appears courtesy of fair use as the backing audio to a Tiktok video by @movewithmidnite.