Seligman, Craig

Summary: "In the 1970s, queer people were openly despised and drag queens scared the public; this was also the era when Doris Fish (born Philip Mills in 1952 in Australia) rose to drag queen stardom. He was a leader of the generation that prepared the world not just for drag queens on TV but for a society that is more tolerant and accepting of LGBTQ+ people. How did we get from there to here? Craig...

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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FISH, DORIS SEL

Gopal, Jyoti Rajan

Summary: "This picture book biography in verse follows the life of beloved Rajasthani drag performer Queen Harish, known as the Whirling Desert Queen of Rajasthan. Lit by an inner fire and propelled by a family tragedy, Harish defied the gender conventions of middle class Indian life, battled discrimination and intimidation, and eventually grew up to dance with Bollywood movie stars and on stages across...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Levine Querido 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GOP

RuPaul

Summary: From an international drag superstar and pop culture icon comes his most revealing and personal work to date-a deeply intimate memoir of growing up black, poor and queer in a broken home and discovering the power of performance, found family and self-acceptance.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow 2024

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RUP

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RUP