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Bearded Austrian diva Conchita Wurst is living her dream
She rubs shoulders with fashion icons Jean-Paul Gaultier and Karl-Lagerfeld and plays sold-out gigs across Europe. Her appearances on Austrian radio talk shows attract callers from as far away as California.
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Newsweek profiles Conchita Wurst: ‘Europe’s game-changing bearded lady’
Europe is changing, and Conchita Wurst is both beneficiary and agent of that change. Her stardom is proof that Austria is willing to love someone different. Now’s she’s been elevated to a global stage.
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Facebook apologizes to drag performers, LGBT community over ‘real names’ flap
NEW YORK — Facebook is apologizing to drag performers and the transgender community for deleting accounts that used drag names like Lil Miss Hot Mess rather than legal names such as Bob Smith. The world’s biggest online social network caught heat recently when it deleted several hundred accounts belonging to self-described drag queens…
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Drag performers dress down Facebook over ‘real names’ policy
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco drag performers are sparring with Facebook over its policy requiring people to use their real names, rather than drag names such as Pollo Del Mar and Heklina. But the world’s biggest social network is not budging from its rules. In recent weeks, Facebook has been deleting the profiles of self-described drag queens and …
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Speech by Ireland’s top drag performer fuels Irish gay rights debate
DUBLIN -— Ireland’s top drag performer, Miss Panti Bliss, has driven a stiletto heel through this nation’s long-running debate on gay rights. Panti has riled up conservative Catholics and won global admirers in a social media tour de force that is dominating Irish water-cooler talk.
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Equality House hosts ‘Drag Down Bigotry’ show in Westboro neighborhood
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Westboro Baptist Church, home of the “God hates Fags” movement, found itself with ringside seats to drag show on Saturday, organized by its neighbor, the rainbow painted Equality House.
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Gays hit the catwalk at drag queen contest in Zimbabwe
HARARE, Zimbabwe — And the winner is … Ezmerald Kim Kardashian. That was the stage name for a young man who won the title of Miss Jacaranda at a drag queen pageant in Zimbabwe.
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Former ‘Satanic Drag Queen’ to receive ‘Ex-Gay of the Year’ Award
Liberty Counsel’s Mat Staver won’t be the only person honored at this year’s Ex-Gay Awareness Month festivities. The event’s organizers, Voice of the Voiceless, announced today that a former “Satanic Drag Queen” will receive their “Courage Award.”
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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ star Sahara Davenport dies at age 27
LOS ANGELES – Sahara Davenport, who made a name for herself on the second season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and who recently released a single “Go Off,” has died. She was 27.