IN PHOTOS | It's Gay Ol' Times at this Toronto seniors' home

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Once a month, resistance queen Minhi Wang has been showing up successful afloat makeup, wigs and heels to execute Gay Ol' Times for residents, their loved ones and unit at The Gardens astatine Kensington Health, a semipermanent attraction location successful Toronto.

Minhi Wang brings resistance amusement to The Gardens astatine Kensington Health successful city's downtown

CBC News

· Posted: Jun 21, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 8 hours ago

A resistance queen is pictured during a pridefulness event.

People successful resistance aren't usually a communal show astatine a seniors' home. But erstwhile a month, resistance queen Minhi Wang has been showing up successful afloat makeup, wigs and heels to perform Gay Ol' Times for residents and unit at The Gardens astatine Kensington Health, a long-term attraction location successful Toronto's downtown.

"Thank you for having maine back," Minhi Wang told the assemblage astatine The Gardens earlier this week. "This means a batch to me.... I deliberation it conscionable says a batch to person an lawsuit similar this — to person a resistance queen execute regularly successful a semipermanent attraction facility. I besides deliberation it speaks volumes astir acceptance."

Gay Ol' Times was created successful concern with Minhi Wang arsenic a mode to foster inclusion successful semipermanent care, amended residents and staff, and observe 2SLGBTQ+ communities. Check out Thursday's amusement below.

A resistance performer is pictured during a pridefulness event.

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Before her amusement started, Minhi Wang besides said she sees it like readying for the aboriginal "because I anticipation that erstwhile I turn old, determination volition beryllium a resistance queen performing for me. (Minhi Wang is the signifier sanction of David Shih-Ming Yao.)

"OK, let's get this enactment started," said Minhi Wang, who has been performing astatine The Gardens since 2017 and was a finalist successful Season 5 of Canada's Drag Race.

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Staff members and residents ticker a pridefulness event.

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A resistance performer is pictured during a pridefulness lawsuit successful beforehand of an assemblage including aged people.

(Alex Lupul/CBC)

The lawsuit besides included remarks from president and CEO Adil Khalfan of Kensington Health, a not-for-profit enactment that offers specified services arsenic semipermanent care, hospice attraction and assemblage care.

"The quality of Kensington has ever been astir showing up to work, being who you are, looking aft the radical successful this assemblage and allowing them to beryllium who they are," Khalfan said. "Because unneurotic we are truthful overmuch stronger."

Adil Khalfan, president and CEO of Kensington Health, is pictured.

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Others contiguous for the show included Anne Howard, a nonmigratory astatine The Gardens since 2016 and a fierce advocator and state of the 2SLGBTQ+ community.