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  • Flashdance

    By on January 27, 2010

    Piers Morgan of America's Got Talent has become an unlikely inspiration for female impersonator Shi-Queeta-Lee. ''A bunch of lip-synching old drag queens who can't dance...

  • Sporting Makeup

    By on July 22, 2009

    Bryan Watkins has already carved out a career from something that started as a teenage gag. “A bunch of my friends were going out to...

  • RuPaul at Capital Pride 2009

    By on June 15, 2009

    RuPaul (Charles) entertains the crowd at Washington, DC’s 2009 Capital Pride Festival.

  • Pumped for Pride

    By on June 10, 2009

    Here's a tidbit that might surprise you: The person RuPaul admires most is... Judge Judy. ''I love her!'' exclaims the performer who skyrocketed to national...

  • Pride's Supermodel

    By on June 8, 2009

    ''You know, when the blistering draught scorches the earth's surface, it has to cover itself with clouds to do a repair job. And that's what...

  • Three of a Kind

    By on June 3, 2009

    Pride in Washington is not just a weekend affair. Everyone knows the big Capital Pride Parade and Festival -- June 13 and 14, respectively, along...

  • Pageantry of Pride

    By on May 27, 2009

    Two years ago, a drag king was crowned Mr. Capital Pride, and drag queens generally reign as Miss Capital Pride. But either contest ''is certainly...

  • From the Top

    By on February 11, 2009

    As the head of Channel 1 Releasing, Chi Chi LaRue is the Hugh Hefner of gay porn. From humble beginnings in tiny Hibbing, Minn., as...

  • Life's a Drag

    By on December 3, 2008

    Dito van Reigersberg has made a name for himself in Philadelphia, a founder of that city's Pig Iron Theatre Company. Pig Iron performances have earned...

  • Hair 'em, Scare 'em

    By on October 29, 2008

    While they say clothes may make the man, Ebone Bell, aka E-Cleff, says it really has more to do with the facial hair. And with...

  • Pump It Up

    By on October 29, 2008

    Look upon any pedestrian crowd, and you're bound to find any number of women casually going about their business in high heels. Enter any gay...

  • Irreverent Icon

    By on September 17, 2008

    Some might argue that ''icon'' is too reverent a word to apply to Holly Woodlawn. From Puerto Rico to Miami to Times Square, Woodlawn has...

  • Party Girl

    By on July 30, 2008

    Ebone Bell's career path is more like a multilane highway. She's been a drag king with her alter ego, E Clef. She gave D.C. the...

  • Oscar! Oscar!

    By on July 2, 2008

    For native Washingtonian-turned-New Yorker Brad Oscar, The Mystery of Irma Vep is more than just a play, it's a homecoming. ''Ironically, one of my first...

  • Unapologetic

    By on June 18, 2008

    If you watched the Tony Awards this past Sunday you saw Lily Tomlin deliver the set-up for a performance from the Broadway musical Xanadu. Reduced...