Canada (Toronto Star) – A notoriously outrageous drag queen has been fired from a Pride Toronto event after a controversial performance that some are calling “blackface” and a “minstrel show.”Daytona B—ch was fired as TD Pride Drag Queen following a performance Monday in which she dressed up as Miss Cleo, a kitschy telephone psychic from the late ‘90s, complete with black face paint.Drag queen Daytona B—ch, is shown dressed up as psychic Miss Cleo during a performance in Toronto on Monday.After tweeting photos of the costume, she received several outraged responses on social media from members of the LGBTQ community.“The whole concept of blackface being an art form or being entertainment, to me it doesn’t make sense at all that anyone would think that’s okay,” said Alphonso King, who performs drag under the name Jade Elektra.When the controversy came to light, TD Bank Group decided to fire B—ch, said Scott Mullin, community relations vice-president.“The performance in question was perceived by some as racist, which is not consistent with TD’s commitment to diversity and inclusion,” he said.B—ch refused to comment when reached by the Star. “This has already affected my career enough,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, and I don’t need it to affect it anymore, as well as my safety,” she said.She earlier told Xtra magazine that she did not think the performance was offensive, but that she apologizes to those who were upset. “I know what blackface is. It was not a minstrel show. I was doing a character.”Paras Prashad, co-owner of Crews and Tangos, the club where B—ch performed that night, said the drag queen was “very, very distraught” and has received threats on social media.Prashad, who is Guyanese,Cheap NFL Jerseys 2017, said the majority of the audience that night was of Caribbean descent. The crowd of about 200 people were clapping, laughing and singing along, he said.“Daytona B-ch is known for going over the top,” he said. “If it was really such a big deal, then we would have had flak from our customers.”But Nigel Holdbrook, an audience member who walked out on B—ch’s performance in disgust,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, said he heard complaints from others at the club.“In a multicultural city like Toronto, it’s obvious why some people would find that offensive,NFL Jerseys China,” he said. “It disturbed me that in 2013 someone would think that was cool.”However, Prashad is not alone in his support for the performer. Some have spoken out on B—ch’s behalf on social media, suggesting that those offended are overreacting.“She’s already a man dressed as a woman … crossing character lines is THEATRE,Wholesale Jerseys China, PERFORMANCE,” tweeted one user. Another wrote: “It’s drag people! Take a chill pill!”But Alphonso King, who has received nasty comments for speaking out against B—ch’s performance, worries that racist acts are too often dismissed in the LGBTQ community.“The problem is that there hasn’t been an open dialogue about this,Cheap Jerseys China,” he said. “It’s a positive step that (TD) is looking at this and saying we can’t have our name attached to this, because that would mean we condone it.”The Pride gig would have seen B—ch perform on a music stage sponsored by TD, a major corporate sponsor of the festival.Pride Toronto was not involved in hiring or firing B—ch, but executive director Kevin Beaulieu said the organization would not have allowed a performance of that nature.“It doesn’t meet our mission or our mandate, which is to celebrate the full diversity of Toronto’s LGBTQ community,” he said.