2025 Finalist – ACON Community Hero Award
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Hey there, I’m Danica – The King Coach. đź‘‘Â
Founder & Creative Director of Kings of Joy, TEDx speaker, award-winning performer, sought-after coach and facilitator, and a passionate community builder.
I’m also a 2025 Finalist for the ACON Community Hero Award for my contribution to LGBTQIA+ visibility, joy, and community empowerment.
I support LGBTQIA+ people to break free from constraints around gender, sexuality, and self-expression so that we can be 100% at home in our own skin.
Since 2020, I’ve mentored over 150 first-time Drag Kings, created world-first pathways for Kings to develop and deepen their persona, and built spaces where queer people can explore their full expression with joy, safety, and a sense of belonging.
There’s a version of you that’s ready to be seen.
The one who moves through the world with confidence, feeling empowered in your body and fully at home in who you are.
You don’t have to figure it out alone.
If you’re here, you’re in the right place.
Let’s do this together.
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Becks Blake aka Jim Junkie, Director & Theatre maker
"I signed up to Kings of Joy to challenge myself but I ended up growing in confidence, community and creativity. This experience surpassed my wildest expectations. For the week after the performance I felt ecstatic. I never thought I would do anything like this but we did it! I've made friends, found a creative outlet for my gender expression and found a community to support my gender journey."
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Trans Mission
"Before working with Danica I had not performed in a really long time but then along came Kings of Joy to gas me up and surround me with awesome Kings to inspire me. I truly appreciated seeing the development of our characters, especially the fellow People of Colour Kings in my group. It was really awesome to be able to see us draw on our cultural heritage to inform our Drag personas. Kings of Joy is an awesome introduction into Drag, from make-up to binding to creating a Drag persona. Drag is one of those artforms that has a lot of unique protocols, it can be hard to understand from the outside. After completing the Kings of Joy program, you will be so ready and raring to perform again and again."
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