Vivian Wilson, Daughter Of Elon Musk, Uses Drag Debut To Back Immigrant Legal Aid
Performing as Vivllainous, Wilson took the stage near downtown LA protests, raising a trans flag and funds for immigrant defense.
On a warm Friday night in Los Angeles, Vivian Wilson (pictured above, right, alongside Drag Race season 14’s Jasmine Kennedie) stepped onto a stage at The Bellwether, a downtown venue just blocks from ongoing protests against ICE raids. Wearing a black bodysuit, corset, and knee-high boots, her long blonde hair cascading past her shoulders, she raised a transgender pride flag over her head. She was met with cheers.
It was Wilson’s first time performing at a drag show. Arriving on stage as “Vivllainous,” she lip-synced to “Wasted Love” by JJ, moving with confidence and purpose, flipping her hair and holding the crowd with every beat.
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The show, Pattie Gonia Presents SAVE HER! — An Environmental Drag Show, was a fundraiser supporting immigrant legal defense funds, timed just days after ICE conducted a high-profile raid at a Home Depot in Los Angeles. That raid triggered a wave of protests and a sharp escalation from the Trump administration, which has since brought in National Guard troops.
Pattie Gonia, the drag artist and activist who organized the event, spoke directly to the moment. “We feel like now more than ever, there’s more hateful shit in this world. There are so many problems and when the problem seems so big, what we do is get local and we get to work.”
Out shared a clip of the performance:
Wilson’s performance stood out, not only because it was her first but because of what she represents. She is the transgender daughter of Elon Musk, someone she has spoken out against publicly and without hesitation. She changed her name and dropped his surname when she turned 18, later telling Teen Vogue that she didn’t want to be associated with him “in any way, shape, or form.”
“I don’t give a f**k about him,” she said in that interview, one of several quotes that made headlines. Musk, for his part, has blamed “the woke mind virus” for their estrangement and misgendered her in public statements.
But Friday night wasn’t about her father. It was about showing up, in community, for something bigger.
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Also performing that night were drag artists Vera!, Nini Coco, Jacob Ostler, Skirt Cocaine, Noxxia Datura, and Trudy Tective. Every dollar from ticket sales went toward legal aid for immigrants. Gonia closed the night with a message that landed hard: “Now is a very tough time to be different in this world. Tough time to be queer. But let’s not forget that we’ve been here before. And what’s gonna get us through time and time again is love and community and some really good f**king weed.”
Just five years after coming out as trans, Wilsonn is finding her own way, far outside the glare of her father’s spotlight.
She’s spoken openly about the challenges of growing up under his name, the pressure of being trans in a hostile world, and the importance of protecting trans youth. “I don’t feel like people realize that being trans is not a choice,” she said earlier this year. “It’s just who I am.”
At The Bellwether, she didn’t need to say much. Her performance did the talking.
