Irma Gerd

{{Short description|Canadian drag performer}}

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| caption = Irma Gerd at RuPaul's DragCon LA, 2023

| birth_name = Jason Wells

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|9|24}}

| birth_place = Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada

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Irma Gerd is the stage name of Jason Wells (born September 24, 1989),[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/irma-gerd-hosting-weekly-drag-shows-1.4541424 "Irma Gerd is sashaying her way into the hearts of RuPaul's Drag Race fans in St. John's"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623034341/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/irma-gerd-hosting-weekly-drag-shows-1.4541424 |date=2022-06-23 }}. CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, February 18, 2018. a Canadian drag performer who is best known for competing on the third season of Canada's Drag Race, where she placed sixth.

Early life

Wells is originally from Corner Brook.{{cite web |last1=Hawthorn |first1=Andrew |title=Irma Gerd bringing St. John's drag to Canadian reality competition |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/irma-gerd-drag-race-1.6491355 |website=CBC News |access-date=26 August 2022 |archive-date=23 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623075325/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/irma-gerd-drag-race-1.6491355 |url-status=live }}

Career

Gerd began performing in 2012.{{Cite web |date=2019-05-06 |title=Irma Gerd: The Queen, the Myth, the Legend, the Local |url=http://tintofink.com/irma-gerd-the-queen-the-myth-the-legend-the-local/ |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=Tint of Ink |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724011641/http://tintofink.com/irma-gerd-the-queen-the-myth-the-legend-the-local/ |url-status=live }} She is a founding member of the non-binary drag collective, the Phlegm Fatales. Gerd hosted Drag Race viewing parties at Valhalla Tavern in St. John's, as of 2018. She was featured on the third season of Canada's Drag Race.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theracketonline.com/main/canadas-a-drag-nl|title=Don't be a Drag, Just be a Queen: Canada's a Drag comes to Newfoundland|website=The Racket|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-14|archive-date=2019-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414142637/https://www.theracketonline.com/main/canadas-a-drag-nl|url-status=live}}

On Canada's Drag Race she became the first queen from Atlantic Canada to compete on the show.

Personal life

Wells uses the pronouns they/them out of drag and she/her in drag.{{cite web | url=https://www.pride.com/tv/2022/6/15/meet-queens-canadas-drag-race-season-3#media-gallery-media-6 | title=Meet the Queens of 'Canada's Drag Race' Season 3 | date=15 June 2022 | access-date=23 June 2022 | archive-date=23 June 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623034341/https://www.pride.com/tv/2022/6/15/meet-queens-canadas-drag-race-season-3#media-gallery-media-6 | url-status=live }}

Filmography

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2019

|Canada's a Drag

| Herself

|Season 2

2022

|Canada's Drag Race

| Herself

| Season 3; Contestant (6th place)

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2022

|After the Sashay

| Herself

| Guest by Xtra Magazine

| {{Citation|title='Canada's Drag Race' Season 3: 'After the Sashay' with Irma Gerd {{!}} Xtra| date=29 August 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyEW-RLt3y8|language=en|access-date=2022-08-29}}

2022

|CBC News

| Herself

| Guest by CBC NL - Newfoundland and Labrador

| {{Citation|title='No regerds!' Irma Gerd finishes 6th on Canada's Drag Race| date=27 August 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxbKXoM3_fQ|language=fr|access-date=2022-08-27}}

References

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