
Photos: Church drag festival

James Adams, who performs as a woman under the name Serenity Jones. dreamed up the drag gospel worship service, now in its second year.
Kayana Szymczak for the Boston Globe
| October 22, 2012

Porcha Lynne performed following the drag gospel worship service Sunday at the First Church Somerville.
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| October 22, 2012

Bobbie Pinz watched the performances. Money raised from the event will go to support the LGBT Asylum Support Task Force.
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| October 22, 2012

Lady Gigi Gill performed at the festival.
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| October 22, 2012

The Rev. Jeff "Fabiola Feast" Mansfield performed. The grag festival was not part of the morning worship service, but was held afterwards.
Kayana Szymczak for the Boston Globe
| October 22, 2012

“I feel great,” Mansfield, associate pastor of the First Church, said of his costume. “I feel beautiful.”
Kayana Szymczak for the Boston Globe
| October 22, 2012