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Ottawa Drag Queen Goes Viral While Performing At GrandmotherтАЩs Care Home

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Sunshine Glitterchild is bringing a bit of joy to a palliative care facility.

The Ottawa drag performer, also known as Eric Vance, brought her act to her grandmotherтАЩs care centre.

The performance of Shirley BasseyтАЩs version of Stevie WonderтАЩs тАЬYou Are The Sunshine Of My LifeтАЭ and AbbaтАЩs тАЬDancing QueenтАЭ has since gone viral.

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тАЬWe may only have days or weeks left with her so I had to act fast,тАЭ she captioned the video.

@sunshineglitterchildSurprised grandma with my drag ! тШАя╕ПтЬи?#familyfirst #dragfamily #respectyourelders #dragartist #dragperformance #dragqueen #yellowaestheticтЩм original sound тАУ Sunshine Glitterchild

тАЬSunshineтАЭ is her grandmotherтАЩs favourite song so while she slept, GlitterchildтАЩs mom set up a speaker and disco ball to surprise her as she woke up.

тАЬI love you grandma. Thank you for loving and accepting me for who I am, embracing my queerness, and buying me the best clothes and gifts my whole life,тАЭ she wrote on Instagram.

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The video has since gone viral on all platforms, including over a million views on TikTok.

тАЬ[I was] extremely shocked,тАЭ Glitterchild told CBC. тАЬI knew it was a special moment, and so special to me and my familyтАж. I guess it really resonated with people.тАЭ

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