Landon Cider

Kristine Bellaluna was born and raised in Los Angeles, and performs under the name Landon Cider.^[1] Bellaluna began her career as a theatre actor in Southern California. She took a hiatus from theatre following the death of her mother, and later became interested in drag after attending drag shows at the Starlette Revue.^[2] In an interview with Gay Times, Landon Cider cited male impersonator Vesta Tilley, Australian drag king Sexy Galexy and lesbian icon Stormé DeLarverie as inspirations.^[3]

Landon Cider began his career performing in the Southern California drag circuit, where he became one of the more well known drag kings.^[4][5] He performs Drag King Explosion at Hamburger Mary's.^[6] He is the master of ceremonies for the annual Los Angeles event series Bent, which celebrates drag and queer identities.^[7] Landon Cider was the main focus of Nicole Miyahara's 2013 documentary The Making of a King.^[2]

Landon Cider began working with World of Wonder in 2016 and appeared on James St. James' Transformations.^[8] He later hosted the first King Panel at DragCon.^[9] Landon Cider wrote an op-ed for The Advocate, criticizing RuPaul's position that females performing drag does not have the irony that males performing drag does.^[10]

In 2019, Landon Cider joined the cast of season 3 of The Boulet Brothers' Dragula, becoming the first drag king to appear on an American drag competition show.^[11] He won the season and was crowned the "World's Next Drag Supermonster" by the Boulet Brothers.^[1][12] Landon Cider was also a judge on Alaska Thunderfuck's "Drag Queen of the Year Pageant" that year.^[13] He was listed on Pride Magazine's "11 Drag Kings You Should Definitely Know About".^[14] In February 2020, Landon Cider hosted Pride Union's 18th Annual Drag Show Finals with Manila Luzon.^[15]

Landon Cider hosts Socially Distant, a digital drag livestream. The show aired on April 2, 2020, and featured drag artists such as Hugo Grrrl and Charli Deville.^[16] He was featured on the HBO reality television show We're Here.^[17] Landon Cider appeared in the 2020 book Rainbow Revolutions by Magnus Hastings.^[18] In September 2022, it was announced that Landon Cider would be starring in the Hulu original variety special Huluween Dragstravaganza, which aired on October 1, 2022.^[19][20]

Landon Cider appears as a regular judge in the second season of the Canadian drag competition series Call Me Mother.^[21] Landon Cider was then announced as a rotating judge for the fifth season of Dragula.^[22]

Bellaluna is a survivor of oral cancer. She is a lesbian,^[3] and has a wife named Gabi.^[12]