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Dance Floor: Tuesday Night and Evolution Wonderlounge

dance floor: Despite the music, dance floor and fluorescent lighting, they huddled together at tables, glued to the television sets relaying the results, according to Toronto Star. Christy Garland, a local contractor and drag performer, said she dropped by the Evolution Wonderlounge in Edmonton on Tuesday night to find comfort among the LGBTQ community, already expecting the United Conservative Party to form the next provincial government. On Tuesday night, about 20 people stopped in at the downtown gay bar to watch the race. Christy Garland / Supplied Christy Garland, a local contractor and drag performer at the venue, said she dropped by the bar, a kind of citadel for the city's LGBTQ community, to find comfort, already expecting the United Conservative Party to form the next provincial government. Uneasiness because of what's going happen to us, and sadness because it's a step backwards for our community. I think we're nervous, so we feel safer together, Garland said, noting she detected an air of unease and sadness in the lounge. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.