Slightly Unhinged with Justin Pavis

She's the mug, she's got legs for days, and she's bringing some Halloween chaos to Slightly Unhinged! 🎃
Justin welcomes Portland drag queen Hex Kuntova to talk about growing up in Mexico and Salem, discovering drag, and building her place in Portland's queer nightlife.
Hex shares how her love of makeup turned into a drag career, what it was like surviving a hit-and-run earlier this year, and why she's learning to take life a little less seriously.
And yes, there's some Big Biotch business to settle. Justin and Hex revisit their alliance, the behind-the-scenes strategy, Q's elimination, and who was really playing whom.
They also talk about losing her original Instagram account, the introverted Alex behind the glamorous Hex, and why she'd rather serve a gorgeous face than do another split.
Then things get spooky with The Hex Horror Show, featuring hot ghosts, haunted hookups, and Hex deciding exactly what deserves a blessing or a curse.
About Hex Kuntova
She's the mug! Hex Kuntova is a tall, glamorous Latin supermodel and Portland drag queen with a love of makeup, fashion, and serving a look.
Originally from Guadalajara, Mexico, Hex grew up in Salem, Oregon, before making her way into Portland's drag scene. She's currently focusing on makeup artistry, content creation, and enjoying drag on her own terms.
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From competitive dance to millions of TikTok followers, Jaden Barba has spent most of his life performing. Now he's figuring out what comes next.
Justin sits down with Jaden in Beverly Hills to talk about going viral on TikTok at 17, making the jump into original music, and what it's like growing up in the spotlight of social media.
Jaden shares how his street dance videos took off, why he's taking his time with his next music project, and what he's learning about life beyond the internet. They also get into music festivals, unexpected hobbies, dating red flags, and why he'd give up TikTok before giving up dance.
And because it's Slightly Unhinged, there's a rapid-fire round covering coffee, pop stars, favorite snacks, and some very questionable DMs.
About Jaden Barba
Jaden Barba is a dancer, content creator, and independent music artist who started competing on stage at a young age. After building an audience through viral street dance videos, he began releasing original music and exploring new ways to perform and connect with people.
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Websitehttps://jadamine.com/
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jadendbarba
TikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@jadenbarba
YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@jadenbarba
Listen to Jaden's Music
Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/artist/4gJoxCPNMcBlP5pOpu2fX0
Apple Musichttps://music.apple.com/us/artist/jaden-barba/1828019150
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CAMP is open, Logan is here, and Portland got one of its queer spaces back.
Justin sits down with Logan Veilens, one of the owners of CAMP, the new gay bar in the former Scandals space on Harvey Milk Street.
Logan has been part of Portland’s queer community for more than 30 years. He’s also a barber, personal trainer, owner of Best Coast Barber Co., owner of Best Coast Fitness, and somehow still has time to help open a bar.
They talk about how CAMP came together, why it mattered to keep that space queer, and what it felt like when people walked back through those doors for the first time.
They also get into old Portland gay bars, Vaseline Alley, Scandals memories, Logan’s work in barbering and fitness, and what’s coming next at CAMP, including drag events, watch parties, comedy nights, weekend brunch energy, Oregon football, Operation Alpine, Heated Rivalry, and more.
And because it’s Slightly Unhinged, Justin and Logan wrap with a round of Still Standing or Leave It in the Past covering mullets, mustaches, baggy jeans, skinny jeans, wallpaper, tiki bars, Madonna, Whitney, and what should stay gone.
About Logan Veilens
Logan Veilens is a longtime Portland queer community member, barber, personal trainer, business owner, and one of the owners of CAMP.
He owns Best Coast Barber Co., a queer-owned barbershop offering haircuts, color, shaves, waxing, teeth whitening, hydrafacials, microneedling, and more. He also runs Best Coast Fitness, where he helps people build strength, confidence, and a better relationship with their bodies.
Whether it’s a haircut, a workout, or a neighborhood bar, Logan’s work is about helping people feel more comfortable being themselves.
Podcast Perks
Mention Slightly Unhinged when booking with Logan at Best Coast Barber Co. and get half off your first haircut with Logan.
Reach out to Best Coast Fitness and mention that you heard Logan on Slightly Unhinged to get one free 30-minute fitness session.
These offers are good for 6 months from the episode air date. But if you’re finding this later, it’s still worth asking. Be cute. Be nice. Shoot your shot.
Connect with Logan
Logan on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/logancuts
Best Coast Barber Co.https://www.instagram.com/bcbarberco
Best Coast Fitnesshttps://www.instagram.com/bestcoast.fit
CAMP
CAMP websitehttps://campbarpdx.com/
CAMP eventshttps://campbarpdx.com/#events
CAMP on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/campbarpdx
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Bussy Syrup has a drag name some queens don’t want to say—and the story behind it is only the beginning. The Portland drag performer joins Justin Pavis for a funny, unfiltered conversation about drag culture, queer nightlife, sobriety, and finding a community where you can finally be yourself.
How does a ridiculous Instagram username become a drag identity? What happens when your friends convince you to enter a drag show, then leave you to do it alone? And can you build a life in nightlife without drinking? Bussy brings the stories, the sharp opinions, and the honesty.
In this episode:• The origin of the name Bussy Syrup• An unexpected first drag show and the friends behind it• Portland drag, performance, and the work behind the glamour• Getting sober while working in queer nightlife• Finding LGBTQ+ recovery support and belonging• Family, self-expression, and being seen for your craft• Rapid-fire drag opinions, wig reveals, and unfiltered answers
Come for the name. Stay for the person behind it.
Follow Slightly Unhinged with Justin Pavis on your favorite podcast app for candid queer conversations, drag artists, big laughs, and the messy parts of being human.
RESOURCE MENTIONEDTrue Colors Recovery: https://www.truecolorsrecovery.org/

Q is here, and we are getting into the Big Biotch house.
Justin sits down with Quenton McClure, better known as Q, one of his housemates from Big Biotch Portland / BBPDX. They talk about getting cast, walking into a house full of queer chaos, trying to play a social strategy game with almost no idea what to expect, and how the whole thing turned into a very messy little science experiment.
They break down the alliances, the votes, the brunch challenge, Justin’s prosecco controversy, Q trying to keep Justin in the game, the driveway fall, Q’s own eviction, and what they think going into the finale.
Outside of Big Biotch, Q is a B2B tech marketing leader building a fractional consulting practice in Portland. He is also newly married, a Portland transplant from Appalachia, and a rugby player with the Portland Lumberjacks. He talks about queer sports, finding community through rugby, and why getting tackled by your friends is somehow sentimental.
And then, because it’s Slightly Unhinged, Justin ends with a rapid-fire round covering rugby shorts, gray sweatpants, unlocked phones, hot and dumb versus average and hilarious, and some very direct Big Biotch opinions.
About Q
Quenton McClure, who goes by Q, is a B2B tech marketing leader with 13+ years of experience in demand generation. He is currently building a fractional consulting practice in Portland.
Q plays rugby with the Portland Lumberjacks, is newly married to his husband Ryan, and loves exploring Portland’s food and bar scene. He grew up in Appalachia, moved to Portland, and joined Big Biotch as one more excuse to jump into something new with the community here.
Q also has a podcast called Gays of Our Wives. Follow him for updates and more info.
Connect with Q
Websitehttps://quentonmcclure.com/
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/quentonmcclure/
TikTok@i_go_by_q
Big Biotch Portland / BBPDX
Follow Big Biotch Portland on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/bigbiotchportland
Follow Klip Klop Productionshttps://www.instagram.com/klipklopproductions
Big Biotch Finale PartyThursday, October 1 at 7pmJackie’s in Portland
Ticketshttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/big-brother-and-bbpdx-finale-party-tickets-1999001259579
Rugby Links
Portland Lumberjacks Rugbyhttps://www.lumberjacksrugby.com/
International Gay Rugbyhttps://igrugby.org/
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Jon and Chris, the new co-owners of CC Slaughters, are here, and this one is very Portland, very queer, and very full circle.
Justin sits down with the husbands behind the next chapter of one of Portland’s most recognizable LGBTQ+ nightlife spaces to talk about how they took over CC’s, why keeping it going mattered, and what they want the space to become.
Jon is a Taiwanese-American manufacturing engineer at Intel by day and co-owner of CC Slaughters by night. Chris is a Virginia native, Marine Corps combat veteran, social work professional, maker, gamer, and co-owner of CC’s. Together, they bring a mix of care, community, service, creativity, and just enough chaos to keep a nightclub alive.
They talk about meeting in Los Angeles, surviving long distance and COVID, building a life together, taking over CC’s, supporting local performers, listening to the community, sponsoring nonprofits and queer sports teams, keeping nightlife accessible, and why Portland needs more queer spaces.
They also share what is coming for CC’s, including renovations, community events, the Rainbow Room, the one-year anniversary of their ownership, and their bigger vision for the future of queer nightlife in Portland.
And then Justin puts their marriage to the test with Not So Newlywed, because what is love if not celebrity crushes, stolen food, karaoke at the Eagle, lube fountain ideas, and deciding who would make a better drag queen?
About Jon & Chris
Jon and Chris are the co-owners of CC Slaughters in Portland.
Jon works at Intel as a manufacturing engineer and brings a love of music, community, and inclusive nightlife to CC’s. As a Taiwanese-American who grew up feeling like he never quite fit in, he is passionate about creating a place where people can come together, have fun, and be themselves.
Chris is a Virginia native, Marine Corps combat veteran, social work professional, woodworker, gamer, graphic design experimenter, and mountain trail explorer. His background is rooted in service, creativity, and care.
Together, Jon and Chris are helping lead CC Slaughters into a new era while honoring the bar’s history and the Portland LGBTQ+ community that made it iconic.
Connect with CC Slaughters
CC’s always has something coming up, from drag shows and dance nights to fundraisers, themed parties, and community events. Check their website for the current lineup.
Websitehttps://ccslaughterspdx.com/
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/slaughterspdx
Mentioned in This Episode
Urban Gleanershttps://urbangleaners.org/
Esther’s Pantryhttps://www.ourhouseofportland.org/esthers-pantry/
Cascade AIDS Projecthttps://www.capnw.org/
PDX Color Guardhttps://www.pdxcolorguard.org/
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Gracie Sledge came all the way from Minneapolis, and that's only the beginning.
This week on Slightly Unhinged, Justin sits down with his sister-in-law, longtime supporter, and Minneapolis correspondent for an episode that starts with reality TV, friendship, getting older, and being in your “fuck it” era, then opens into a much deeper conversation about community, advocacy, chosen family, and what it means to keep caring when the world feels completely unwell.
Gracie talks about growing up in Minneapolis, living in Nashville for grad school, working in nonprofits, and finding purpose in her role with the ACLU of Minnesota. She shares what Pride means to her, why Twin Cities Pride has become such an important part of her work, and how the queer community in Minneapolis continues to show up for each other in ways people outside the city do not always get to see.
They also talk about entering your 30s, outgrowing friendships, rebuilding your circle, protecting your peace, loving reality TV like it is cinema, and learning that not everyone gets to come with you into the next version of your life.
And then Daniel Pavis joins the episode, because one Pavis was not enough. The family web gets explained, sibling chaos takes over, and we find out who was the favorite child, who traumatized the parents, who would survive reality TV, and why there may or may not still be photos of a full childhood Britney Spears performance somewhere.
It is heartfelt. It is messy. It is very family. It is very Season 2.
About Gracie Sledge
Gracie Sledge is a Minneapolis native, nonprofit professional, and Development Operations Specialist at the ACLU of Minnesota. She has a graduate degree in nonprofit leadership and works in events and community engagement, including helping plan the ACLU of Minnesota’s participation in Twin Cities Pride.
She joins Slightly Unhinged as Justin’s guest, sister-in-law, longtime supporter, and full family-chaos correspondent. In this episode, Gracie brings heart, humor, reality TV references, Minneapolis pride, nonprofit brain, and a very clear “fuck it” era.
Mentioned in This Episode
ACLU of Minnesotahttps://www.aclu-mn.org/
Twin Cities Pridehttps://tcpride.org/
Pride Cultural Arts Centerhttps://tcpride.org/pride-cultural-arts-center/
Rainbow Wardrobehttps://tcpride.org/rainbow-wardrobe/
Haven Watchhttps://havenwatch.org/
The Smitten Kittenhttps://smittenkittenonline.com/
In This Episode
Gracie Sledge comes to Portland from MinneapolisSeason 2 family chaos continuesGracie’s Minneapolis roots and Nashville grad school eraworking in nonprofits and supporting the ACLU of MinnesotaTwin Cities Pride and very efficient parade logisticsreclaiming the things you loved as a kidentering your 30s and caring a lot lessreality TV as actual cinemaoutgrowing friendships and protecting your peacechosen family, birthday trips, and intentional communityMinneapolis after 2020George Floyd Square, mutual aid, and community carethe queer and arts community in MinneapolisRainbow Wardrobe and gender-affirming supportDaniel Pavis joins for sibling chaosthe family web, bonus siblings, and leftover DNAwho traumatized the parentswho would survive reality TVand a childhood Britney Spears performance that deserves archival recovery
Production Credit
Produced by Action Jackson Productions, the team that keeps saying “sure, let’s make this episode bigger” and then has to figure out how to fit family trauma, Minneapolis civic grief, reality TV, and a sibling death match into one edit.
Season 2 remains better lit and emotionally unsafe in the most entertaining way.
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Season 2 is officially here, and Jay Colby is kicking things off.
Jay is a proud trans woman from the legendary House of Colby, Willamette Week’s No. 1 Portland’s Finest Drag Artist of 2026, and one of the faces behind Brunch Portland. She joins Justin for the first episode in the new studio to talk glamour, drag, business, community, and what it actually takes to build something that sells out every weekend.
They get into Jay’s journey from dancer to drag performer, the performers who gave her space, the House of Colby, learning business from sex workers, Portland drag, Seattle inspiration, drag husbands, self-work, public callouts, giving people grace, and why drag brunch is basically gay church.
There is also a speed round, a ranch dressing tangent, and a possible Season 2 finale idea that we are choosing to treat as a threat.
Welcome to Season 2. We are immediately off the rails.
Connect with Jay Colby
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/itsjaycolby
Brunch Portland
Jay is promoting the next season of Brunch Portland, celebrating 2 years of sold-out drag brunches and expanding even more.
Brunch Portland Ticketshttps://www.eventbrite.com/o/brunch-portland-91384382973
Hosted at Bar Calahttps://barcalapdx.com/
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We’re going to be real with you: this is the one to watch.
Nicole Onosocopi is back for the Season 1 finale, and this time she is putting Justin in drag. Beard gone. Brows glued. Mug beaten. Wig on. Dress on. Full transformation!
Nicole was the first drag queen on Slightly Unhinged, so it only made sense to bring her back to close out the season. What followed was part makeover, part emotional finale, part drag family moment, and absolute nonsense in the best way.
This episode introduces Teets, celebrates the end of Season 1, and reminds all of us that sometimes you just need to throw on makeup, let go, and play.
Listen here if you want, but truly, go watch this one. The reveal is the point.
Watch the full Season 1 finale on YouTube:https://youtu.be/WINKBTpMOb8
Season 2 premieres September 4.
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Linktreehttps://linktr.ee/Nicoleonoscopi
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Mentioned in This Episode
Cosmo Queens: Nicole Onosocopihttps://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/a37373668/nicole-onoscopi-at-home-cosmo-queens/
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Justin is joined by Nehemiah Creel, a queer performing artist and business person based in Nob Hill.
Nehemiah talks with Justin about growing up queer in Willamina, finding creative community in Portland, building confidence, and stepping into a more public version of himself. They get into small-town survival, religious pressure, queer art, merchant services, senior care, karaoke, and Nehemiah’s performing persona, Jaxsin.
Naturally, the conversation also goes completely off the rails into Vine, MapQuest, Delilah after dark, 1-800 psychic lines, social media anxiety, Justin posting to the wrong Instagram account, and a round of “titillating or tit deflating.”
This episode is about identity, creativity, confidence, and becoming the version of yourself you used to imagine. It is also about having three Instagram posts and being read for it on a podcast.
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