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OH 2131

About the Interviewee

IntervieweePatron, BellaDonna (b. 1987)

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 2131
Date(s) of interview
Description

Denton drag artist. Experiences doing drag in Denton; earliest experiences with media, relationship with grandmother and mother, and her first time seeing drag live, all of which inspired her own performance and drag persona; local artists who became her community; how the drag family operates and how her drag family is different, more of a “sisterhood.” Significance of bars including Mabel Peabody’s Beauty Parlor and Chainsaw Repair and Crossroads, which served as formative queer spaces in Denton for queer performers; her business and podcast.

Interviewer(s)Zachary Prater
Physical Description88 pp.
Terms of UseOpen

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