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2009 Miss Gay Missouri America, Erica Foxx, Comes Out of Retirement to Roast Grey Fox

2009 Miss Gay Missouri America, Erica Foxx, Comes Out of Retirement to Roast Grey Fox

Folks are coming out of the woodwork to attend Saturday’s Roast of Grey Fox, benefitting Pride St. Louis. You may not think Grey Fox has much woodwork to speak of, but somewhere, buried under layers of paint, dust, and mildew, lies knotty pine paneling, according to Foxx. “I can’t remember the actual year, maybe 2001,

Female impersonator Stanley Rogers, Bonnie Blake, and Cat Schmidt donation one of her drag king outfits to the St. Louis LGBT History Project. | Courtesy Steven Brawley

A History of St. Louis’ Drag Scene

St. Louis’ LGBTQ+ ancestral family tree includes countless drag performers and gender nonconforming individuals. Currently, St. Louis lays claim to having the world’s oldest performing drag queen – John Chaney, who performs at the age of 94 as Bonnie Blake, a St. Louis legend. Chaney and others have paved the way to advance LGBTQ+ rights

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