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The High Heel Drag Queen Race is an informal costumed drag queen race in Washington, D.C. Each year on the Tuesday before Halloween (October 31), thousands of spectators come to Dupont Circle to watch as 100 or so costumed drag queens show off their elaborate outfits and race down 17th Street. Bars and restaurants along the route prepare ...
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence ( SPI ), also called Order of Perpetual Indulgence ( OPI ), is a charitable, protest, and street performance movement that uses drag and religious imagery to satirize issues of sex, gender, and morality (particularly Christian perspectives on these topics) and fundraise for charity.
Donnell Robinson. c. 1955 (age 68–69) Warrenton, Virginia. Occupation. Drag queen. Years active. 1975-present. Ella Fitzgerald is the drag persona of Donnell Robinson (born c. 1955 ), an American drag queen based in Washington, D.C. Known as "the doyenne of D.C.'s drag scene," she hosted a long-running show at the drag club Ziegfeld's and is ...
The 57-year-old performer has been a staple of the DC drag scene since moving to the nation’s capital in 1984. “When you come to see Shi-Queeta perform you gotta expect to see Tina Turner at ...
Cookie Buffet at the 2005 High Heel Drag Queen Race. Cookie Buffet is the alter-ego of Washington, D.C., based gay rights activist Christopher Dyer. Dyer was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan on () May 20, 1970 (age 54) and moved to D.C. in 1975. He has since become a fixture of the gay community there.
RuPaul's Drag Race, an American reality competition television program, premiered in 2009 and documents host RuPaul 's search for "America's Next Drag Superstar". The series has crowned sixteen winners: BeBe Zahara Benet, Tyra Sanchez, Raja Gemini, Sharon Needles, Jinkx Monsoon, Bianca Del Rio, Violet Chachki, Bob the Drag Queen, Sasha Velour ...
The Celebration Tour was the twelfth concert tour by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It began on October 14, 2023 at the O 2 Arena in London and ended on May 4, 2024 with a free concert on Copacabana Beach at Rio de Janeiro. Originally set to start on July 15, 2023 in Vancouver, the tour was postponed to October after Madonna developed a ...
A drag show is a form of entertainment performed by drag artists impersonating men or women, typically in a bar or nightclub. Shows can range from burlesque-style, adult themed nightclub acts to all-ages events with sing-alongs and story times. The modern drag show originated in the speakeasies and underground bars of 1920s and 1930s ...