(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 ...
June is Pride Month and Saturday is World Bicycle Day, and with Portland seeing some beautiful weather recently, it was just ...
The Portland Pride Parade won’t have a traditional Grand Marshal this year. Instead, the parade will be led by a concept: ...
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 ...
One described seeing kids "eyes light up" while watching the drag queen performances, and mentioned how good it is for the drag community for kids to be exposed to drag culture. The drag queens ...
TV presenter and comedian Paul O’Grady has died at the age of 67, his partner Andre Portasio has said. The TV star, also known for his drag queen persona Lily Savage, died “unexpectedly but ...
Drag is real art, and I think that people need to recognize that.” Sitting in the crowd with strobe lights flashing and chart-topping songs blaring overhead, with every patron in the building singing ...
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 ...
