Drag performance opens San Jose City Council meeting

Woo Woo Monroe preforms at San Jose City Hall in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)

The opening of Tuesday’s San Jose City Council meeting was anything but drab thanks to the drag performer WooWoo Monroe.

Adorned in a multicolored dress with cropped pink hair and stunning eye makeup, WooWoo sang Gloria Gaynor’s “I Am What I Am” — receiving a standing ovation — and delivered a timely message as drag queen story hours are being protested in some communities.

“We are lucky enough to live in a place that is open, diverse and affirming but

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