Tag: drag queen
Behind the scenes at Lips Atlanta’s flawless, madcap drag brunch
Serving Sunday brunch is one thing. Pulling off a drag show is another. But serving back-to-back brunches for hundreds of guests while nine high-octane drag queens perform in full costume, higher-than-heaven hair, and a full set of lights and music? That, in the words of performer and maître d’ Evelyn Caldwell, “is just madness.”
A young RuPaul and Charlie Brown star in Al Clayton’s 1980s photography show, “Drag Queens & Club Kids”
Al Clayton's photographs, on display at Chamblee's EBD4 gallery, celebrate the campy hedonists who made Atlanta a playground for nonconformists 40 years ago.
Tip a drag queen at Lips
Lips, which opened a location on Buford Highway in 2013, dazzles with over-the-top costumes, glittery decor, divas, and dirty jokes.
28. Get insulted by Charlie Brown
Former Atlantan RuPaul may
be our national claim to drag queen fame, but locals give props to his
compatriot, Charlie Brown—a performer in our gay scene for more than four decades.
Lena Lust answers our questions
Drag queen Lena Lust (nee Lester West) has worked in more than seventy Atlanta clubs since gradually moving down South from Chicago during the seventies.
