(AP) — Walter Cole, better known as the iconic drag queen who performed for decades as Darcelle XV and a fearless advocate for Portland’s LGBTQ+ community, has died of natural causes in ...
Darcelle XV was a real drag queen. By the time he died at 92 last month in March, Walter Cole was the cherished icon of Portland, Oregon's LGBTQ community and had been certified as the world's oldest ...
It was 11 a.m. on a muggy July morning in 2016 and Darcelle was running late, as any fashionable octogenarian diva should — and what’s 10 minutes, anyway, when you’ve been a drag queen since ...
Darcelle XV Showplace is no stranger to world records. Opened and operated by namesake Darcelle XV—herself the oldest ...
titles with LGBTQ themes were the most targeted Teresa Nowakowski LGBTQ+ Pride Darcelle XV, the world’s oldest performing drag queen, died in March, but her spirit will live on Mikelle Street ...
A drag queen collapsed and died on stage while performing his grand finale. Alice Harlequeen, the alter-ego of painter and decorator Al Warwick, was performing the Barbra Streisand number So Long ...
On May 18, Oregon restaurants and wineries will join forces to support UKANDU’s efforts to aid families impacted by childhood cancer. The Portland-based nonprofit has helped thousands of kids ...
The Queen Mother died peacefully in her sleep today with the Queen at her bedside. She passed away at 3.15pm at Royal Lodge, her Windsor residence, Buckingham Palace announced. Her death came six ...
A Boston drag queen who was targeted by a neo-Nazi group during a drag queen story hour in Jamaica Plain said the demonstration only encourages her to continue with drag peformances. Patty Bourrée, ...
Walter Cole, better known as the iconic drag queen who performed for decades as Darcelle XV and a fearless advocate for the LGBTQ community, has died of natural causes in Portland, Ore.
It was 11 a.m. on a muggy July morning in 2016 and Darcelle was running late, as any fashionable octogenarian diva should — and what’s 10 minutes, anyway, when you’ve been a drag queen since before ...
