Lady Bunny is the founder of the annual Wigstock event, as well as an occasional television and radio personality.
21 Facts About Lady Bunny
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Lady Bunny's family lived next to a florist and she would collect the thrown out ribbons in the garbage and turn them into costumes for the plays.
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When Bunny was 11, her family moved to Ghana for a year to accommodate her father, who had received a Fulbright Scholarship.
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Lady Bunny says she has an affinity for trans women and has considered transitioning.
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RuPaul and Lady Bunny later relocated to New York City together.
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In 1983, Lady Bunny moved to New York City, where she and RuPaul shared an apartment for a time.
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Lady Bunny remembers that one of the first times she performed in New York she lip-synced Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" and fell during the performance, losing her wig and a shoe.
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Soon, Lady Bunny became one of the Club Kids and in 1985, she organized the first Wigstock, an annual drag queen festival that lasted until 2005, and was later revived in 2018.
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Lady Bunny is known for her "big curves, bigger hair" and is one of the legendary and ubiquitous New York City drag queens that is still performing today.
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Lady Bunny is a staple of New York Fashion Week, she tours alongside cabaret shows, and DJs around the globe.
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Lady Bunny is the regular DJ for Empire State Pride Agenda and has served as the in-house DJ for Visionaire and V Magazine.
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Lady Bunny has been releasing her own original music since 1996.
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Lady Bunny can put together a full drag look within 20 minutes and maintains that every drag look must include faux lashes and a good wig.
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Lady Bunny has shared the stage with other popular New York City Drag Queens like Bianca del Rio.
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Lady Bunny was featured on the European leg of the Werq the World Tour.
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Lady Bunny is featured prominently in "The Tyranny of Consciousness", a 2017 five-channel video installation by video artist Charles Atlas, which premiered at "Viva Arte Viva", the 2017 Venice Biennale, curated by Christine Maciel.
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Lady Bunny served on the judges' panel on the spinoff show RuPaul's Drag U, which aired on the Logo TV network from 2010 to 2012.
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Lady Bunny was Dean of Drag and had a role of judge in the first season.
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In 2021, Lady Bunny featured in NewsBeat, a news show written by Luke Evendon with executive producer Clay Aiken.
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Lady Bunny worked as a commentator for Star Magazine's 'Worst of the Week' column.
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Lady Bunny has written for Paper Magazine, Interview, Out, Time Out, Visionaire, and Huffington Post.