A 14-year-old British schoolboy who was banned from his school talent show for planning to dress in drag has been given a headlining spot at a local gay bar. Lewis Bailey, from Dudley in the Midlands, said that he had been practicing his drag performance for several weeks under his stage name Athena Heart. The boy planned on singing an assortment of songs at his school, but told that he could not take the stage at the talent show. The school said that it was actually illegal for him to perform in drag under the age of 18.

His mother was so angry that she went to the papers, telling the Dudley news that the school was being “judgmental” and that “‘There’s no law over impersonating a female and doing a dance.”

After the story went international, the young boy has been contacted by drag queens who have appeared on his favorite show RuPaul’s Drag Race along with other pubs and promoters. He was asked to take the stage at Eden Bar in Birmingham.

Probably the biggest highlight will be a performance at the legendary Royal Vauxhall Tavern in London on August 12.