1. Dorian Corey was an American drag performer and fashion designer.
10 Facts About Dorian Corey
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Dorian Corey appeared in Wigstock and was featured in Jennie Livingston's 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning.
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Dorian Corey was born male, but later realized that she was a trans woman.
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Dorian Corey was one of four performers who appeared on the 1972 Pearl Box Revue LP Call Me MISSter.
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Dorian Corey founded the House of Dorian Corey, which holds over 50 grand prizes from vogue balls.
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Dorian Corey was a mother to Angie Xtravaganza who is featured in the film Paris Is Burning,.
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Dorian Corey ran and designed a clothing label called Dorian Corey Design.
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Dorian Corey's cremated remains were scattered in the waters off City Island, New York.
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Dorian Corey's legacy remains one of importance to the drag and ballroom communities, and her particular importance in the development of voguing as a cornerstone of New York ballroom culture is venerated and memorialized in the modern day.
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Dorian Corey enlists the aid of other characters to transport, mummify, and hide the body in a trunk.