Walter Cole, better known as the iconic drag queen who performed for decades as Darcelle XV and a fearless advocate for the LGBTQ community, has died.
Walter Cole, better known as the iconic drag queen who performed for decades as Darcelle XV and a fearless advocate for the LGBTQ community, has died of natural causes in Portland, Ore. He was 92.
It provided a lifeline for many in the city’s LGBTQ community, including Cole, he told the newspaper in a 2010 interview. Cole preferred female pronouns when performing, but told the Oregonian he preferred male pronouns offstage. When speaking of Darcelle, Cole, a gay man, referred to his persona in the third person using female pronouns. “I’m an entertainer with a capital E,” Cole told Stanley. “Darcelle is a character — like in a play — and I work very hard at her.”
After decades of advocacy by LGBTQ activists organizing for civil rights and freedoms, Stanley said she was saddened to see how drag has become so polarized in the current political climate. After dabbling in a coffee store and a jazz club, Cole purchased the space that would become Darcelle XV Showplace in 1967.
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