LGBTQ+ Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Cyrana Brooks Wyker
Publication Date
4-23-2015
Date
2014-01-15
Abstract
An oral history with Joey Brooks, a drag performer. Brooks grew up in Tampa as the youngest of seven children in a Southern Baptist family. They talked about the gay scene in Tampa, Florida, in the late 1970s. Brooks also spoke specifically about the El Goya gay club in Ybor City where drag shows would take place. Brooks later started performing magic tricks and eventually drag at El Goya as a protegee of drag queen Brenda Dee. They spoke about their show career in Las Vegas as a Dolly Parton impersonator and other performances across the country. Brooks also talked about how drag culture and drag shows have changed, the changing drag queen and king looks, and the popularity of the show RuPaul's Drag Race.
Keywords
Gay men, Drag bars, Drag, Drag community, Drag kings, Drag mothers, Drag queens, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), Drag performers, RuPaul's drag race (Television program : 2009- ), Dolly Parton
Extent
01:30:32; 49 page transcript
Subject: geographic
Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.); Ybor City (Tampa, Fla.); Las Vegas (Nev.); San Francisco (Calif.); Miami (Fla.)
Language
English
Digital Date
2014
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
L34-00001
Recommended Citation
Brooks, Joey, "Joey Brooks Oral History Interview" (2015). LGBTQ+ Oral History Project. 16.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/lgbtq_oh/16
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