One muggy evening over the summer, I headed up to Joanne Trattoria, a cozy Italian restaurant on New York City’s Upper West Side. It’s an establishment that would be unexceptional if not for the fact that it is owned and run by Joe Germanotta—father of Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, aka Lady Gaga. The restaurant hosts regular drag nights , and the event I had tickets to was advertised as a Pride Extravaganza. There would be a buffet dinner, a drag show, and a live auction of two Lady Gaga