El Paso

La Dede, Director of the El Paso Chapter, is a Mexican American drag queen born and raised in the south of Chicago, currently residing in El Paso, Texas. Full of love and energy, she has been a part of Drag Story Hour since 2018 and is currently the coordinator for Drag Story Hour El Paso, which is a program of the Borderland Rainbow Center.

The Borderland Rainbow Center's mission is to create a community space in which Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual (2SLGBTQIA+) people and their allies can heal, grow, and empower themselves and others. This substance-free space is governed and run according to ethically sound standards and research-based best practices for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community and their allies. The BRC connects 2SLGBTQIA+ people to resources for improved physical and mental health, economic stability, legal rights, education, and spiritual and cultural enrichment.