ProfileHong Kong drag queen Coco Pop on Anita Mui, working for House of Siren and climbing the cross-dressing ladder
- The ‘drag grandmother’ started doing drag parties with friends in 2002 before getting her first paid gig in 2005 for a Halloween event at Propaganda
- She has a midnight radio show on RTHK with two other gay hosts and is often invited to host events such as the Lesbian and Gay Film Festival and Aids Concern
My father met his first wife in China and after she passed away, he met my mother in Hong Kong. I was born (Bryan Chan) in Hong Kong in 1973, the youngest of three boys – plus I had two half-siblings from my father’s first marriage. We lived on Tsing Yi Island, which, in those days, felt quite far away from everywhere.
I went to school in Tsing Yi until Form Three, when I moved to a school in Tuen Mun. I wouldn’t say I was a good student. If there was a class I didn’t like, like maths, I’d hide out in the library, not studying, just staring into space, but I was creative and good at art.
Growing up, I didn’t know whether I was gay or not, but I knew I was a bit different from the other kids and my voice is quite girlie. Sometimes people would laugh at my voice, but I think because of my character – I’m friendly to both boys and girls – I never got really bullied.
Singing along
I’m not the sort of person to sit around doing nothing. I always had a job in the school holidays, usually collecting the dirty dishes in a restaurant or tidying up in a garment factory. It was fun and I liked earning money.