Drag King Dred, 1997

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Jul 20

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Mildred Gerestant aka Light Ning best known by the stage name Dred was a Haitian-American Drag King and one of the most prominent Drag King performers to emerge out of the lively New York City scene in the late 1990’s. Dred was active in the scene f… — Mildred Gerestant aka Light Ning best known by the stage name Dred was a Haitian-American Drag King and one of the most prominent Drag King performers to emerge out of the lively New York City scene in the late 1990’s. Dred was active in the scene from 1995-2012, and unfortunately passed away in 2019. Dred embraced the term “gender bender” long before its cultural prominence, and is a true trailblazing queer and gender non confirming icon

Photo by Morgan Gwenwald, via Drag King History

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