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☆ Disgraced former Congressman George Santos says he's bringing his drag queen alter ego 'out of the closet' on Cameo
  + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
George Santos will be making Cameo videos as his drag persona, Kitara Ravache, he said. After being expelled from Congress, Santos has used Cameo to earn money. AdvertisementDisgraced former Congressman George Santos announced on Monday that he is bringing his drag persona Kitara Ravache "out of the closet" for a limited time. AdvertisementRochard said that she had known Santos as a drag queen and that he'd competed in drag in a beauty pageant as Kitara Ravache in 2008. AdvertisementFollowing his expulsion from Congress, Santos turned to Cameo as a source of income.
Persons: George Santos, Kitara Ravache, Santos, —, Y'all, I've, Roch, "Ru Organizations: Congress, Service, New, Acc, e, eni Locations: y
☆ The High Priestess of the Personal
  + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Kate Dwyer | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Ms. Jamison, wearing an ethereal blue maxi dress, stood before a projector screen showing 19th-century spirit photography. “Being haunted can be a state of abundance,” she said. “Living in the ghost hotel is a state of abundance. Memories are raw material.”One does not check into a ghost hotel without taking inventory of its specters: “Who are you haunted by?” Ms. Jamison told her students to ask themselves. Ms. Jamison said she became acquainted with each of these while writing her new memoir, “Splinters,” which recounts the birth of her child and the end of her marriage.
Persons: ” Leslie Jamison, Jamison, Ms, Jamison’s, ”, Maggie Nelson, Roxane Gay, Eula Organizations: Columbia University
☆ Writer, Mother, Ex-Wife: Leslie Jamison Is a Self in ‘Splinters’
  + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Charles Finch | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +2 min
SPLINTERS: Another Kind of Love Story, by Leslie JamisonWe live in a golden age of autobiographical women’s writing. In its place has arisen a group of brilliant women, inclusive of trans women, with their own ideas for the form, among them Maggie Nelson, Eula Biss, Valeria Luiselli, Margo Jefferson, Alison Bechdel, Rachel Cusk, Carina Chocano — and Leslie Jamison. Jamison, now 40, is the author of a new memoir called “Splinters.” It tells the story of her divorce and first years as a single mother. “One piece of me said, It’s unbearable,” Jamison writes about being apart from her baby. When I said, Please don’t speak to me like that, he leaned closer to say, I can speak to you however I [expletive] want.” In another drop-off scene he spits at her.
Persons: Leslie Jamison, Roth, Styron, Maggie Nelson, Eula Biss, Valeria Luiselli, Margo Jefferson, Alison Bechdel, Rachel Cusk, Carina Chocano —, Jamison, Virginia Woolf, ” Jamison, ”, “ Organizations: Ford
☆ George Santos' drag is actually pretty good, but could use more eyeliner and a personality change, says a star of 'RuPaul's Drag Race'
  + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Photos and videos have emerged of George Santos apparently dressed in drag as "Kitara Ravache." Jan Sport, a star of "RuPaul's Drag Race," rated Kitara Rivache's drag look for Insider. One Brazilian drag queen, Eula Rochard, claimed she knew Santos by drag name Kitara Ravache, and alleged that he competed in drag queen beauty pageants in 2008. "I've seen a lot worse first-time drag than Miss Kitara," Jan said. Santos, who initially denied claims he ever performed as a drag queen, later appeared to admit that he had dressed in drag, telling reporters: "I was not a drag queen.
☆ Drag artist says George Santos left Brazil in 2005 and returned in 2008 'with money' to compete and lose in Miss Gay Rio de Janeiro
  + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | Virginia Alves | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Embattled Rep. George Santos once wanted to be Miss Gay Rio De Janeiro, a drag artist told Insider. But that title wasn't in the cards for his admittedly embellished resume, drag artist Eula Rochard told Insider. Reuters reported that Santos "aspired to be Miss Gay Rio de Janeiro." Rochard, who made headlines after circulating a photo she says is of Santos in a red dress, said Santos wasn't a professional drag queen. Santos left Brazil in 2005 and returned in 2008 "with a lot of money," Rochard said.
☆ Drag artist says George Santos was a left-wing Lula supporter in Brazil before going to the US and turning into 'this crazy thing'
  + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | Virginia Alves | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A drag artist who knew him in the mid-2000s told Insider Santos supported Brazil's left-wing president then. Rochard said Santos supported Lula and then "goes to the US and turns into this crazy thing there. They were all Lulistas and Anthony was too because he hung out with us," Rochard told Insider, using the name Rochard says Santos used in Brazil, "Anthony." Brazilian drag artist Eula Rochard holds a newspaper from 2008 that she says shows GOP Rep. George Santos in drag attire. Rochard met Santos when he was about 17 years old and said she used to catch Santos in "little white lies."
☆ George Santos partied in drag over a 3-year period, new videos appear to show, despite his suggestion it was a one-off
  + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
George Santos initially denied dressing in drag before admitting that he did it for fun at a festival. Videos and photos, spanning 2005 to 2008, appear to show Santos as his drag persona Kitara Ravache. Santos initially denied the allegation of being a drag queen, writing on Twitter: "The most recent obsession from the media claiming that I am a drag Queen or 'performed' as a drag Queen is categorically false." Rochard told the news agency that in 2005 Santos was a "poor" drag queen who usually dressed in a simple black dress. Videos and photos, spanning from 2005 to 2008, indicate that Santos may have been dressing in drag at events for several years, despite his denial that he was ever a drag queen.
☆ Rep. George Santos responds to drag queen photos: 'I was young and I had fun at a festival'
  + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
I was young, and I had fun at a festival," Santos told reporters. Santos previously said claims that he was ever a drag queen were "categorically false." Santos initially denied the reports, writing on Twitter: "The most recent obsession from the media claiming that I am a drag Queen or "performed" as a drag Queen is categorically false." A report from Politico further suggested evidence of his drag queen past, as the outlet uncovered an old Wikipedia entry in which someone using a known Santos alias wrote about having performed as a drag queen in Brazil. The revelations about his drag queen past also come amid a right-wing anti-gay disinformation campaign attempting to link drag shows to "grooming."
☆ Rep. George Santos denies ever having been a drag queen
  + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Matt-Lavietes-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Matt Lavietes | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +4 min
Embattled Republican Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., said claims that he performed as a drag queen are “categorically false.” His denial comes shortly after a Brazilian drag performer shared on social media an image of herself and another person in drag, whom she identified as the newly elected congressman. “The most recent obsession from the media claiming that I am a drag Queen or ‘performed’ as a drag Queen is categorically false,” Santos, who has been the subject of international headlines for weeks for fabricating parts of his résumé, tweeted Thursday morning. Rochard, who is identified as Eula Rorard in the photo, claims the other person in drag went by the stage name Kitara Ravache and is, in fact, Santos. As of Thursday afternoon, the images had been widely circulated on social media and news websites. A lawyer for Santos did not return NBC News’ request for comment regarding the congressman’s stance on the proposed policies related to drag performances.
☆ Brazilian drag artist says GOP Rep. George Santos 'couldn't cut it' as a drag queen: 'He is crazy'
  + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Brent D. Griffiths | Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
A Brazilian drag performer said Thursday that GOP Rep. George Santos "couldn't cut it" as a drag queen. Santos has denied having performed as a drag queen. Santos had an "outgrown sense of grandeur" and "lied all the time," Rochard told NBC, adding Santos "never the type of drag queen who could hold down the show." "The most recent obsession from the media claiming that I am a drag Queen or 'performed' as a drag Queen is categorically false," Santos said in a tweet from his official account. She added that Santos competed as a drag queen at a 2008 beauty pageant in Rio.
☆ Embattled U.S. Rep. Santos was drag queen in Brazil pageants, say associates
  + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Steven Grattan | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
The embattled freshman congressman has also faced calls from fellow New York Republicans to step down over fabrications about his career and history. Three years later, Santos competed in a drag beauty pageant in Rio, Rochard said. Another person from Niteroi who knew the congressman but asked not to be named said he participated in drag queen beauty pageants and aspired to be Miss Gay Rio de Janeiro. Santos is the first openly gay Republican to win a House seat in Congress as a non-incumbent, but has positioned himself as a staunch conservative on many social issues. Santos competed in a drag beauty pageant that year but lost, Rochard said.
☆ George Santos competed as a drag queen in Brazil in 2008, report says, further adding to his wild backstory
  + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Rep. George Santos competed as a drag performer in 2008, former acquaintances said. Santos, who is gay, has backed anti- LGBTQ legislation and conspiracy theories. Two acquaintances of Santos' from the Niteroi suburb of Rio de Janeiro told Reuters that Santos used to compete in drag beauty pageants there. According to MSNBC columnist Marisa Kabas, who spoke to Rochard, Santos went by the drag name Kitara. Kabas shared a newspaper picture that allegedly showed Rochard and Santos in drag together.
☆ Why George Santos is denying that he performed as a drag queen even as he leaves a litany of other questions unanswered
  + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Santos faces more pressing questions, but performing in drag could hurt his standing with fellow Republicans. "The most recent obsession from the media claiming that I am a drag Queen or 'performed' as a drag Queen is categorically false," Santos, who is gay, wrote on Twitter, calling the recent allegations an "outrageous claim." According to Rochard, who also provided photos allegedly showing Santos in drag, Santos performed under the name "Kitara Ravache." Nearly three dozen of Santos's Republican colleagues introduced a bill taking aim at drag queen story hours. But Santos is also the first non-incumbent gay Republican elected to Congress, and is one of just a handful of out gay Republicans to ever serve in Congress.
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