Beijing journal: A pink dilemma

CNN.com – By Steven Jiang For CNN

Shanghai, China (CNN) – In between selling tickets and greeting customers, Min Min turned his curvy 6-feet-tall frame to survey the spacious dance hall and revealed he is no ordinary doorman at this extraordinary place.

Min Min hosts a drag show in Shanghai while not manning Lai Lai, a ballroom dance hall for older gay men.

“When I first started this, it was only a dozen or so of us,” reminisced the former factory worker-turned-drag queen.

“Now 300 people or more come each night.”