Charlene Incarnate is a Brooklyn-based female performer and writer.[1] She started out her gender transition as a drag queen as part of her life experience.
Early life and education edit
Charlene grew up in Alabama and moved to New York to attend New York University.[2]
She began exploring the Brooklyn drag scene in the early 2010s.[3]
Work edit
Charlene is an ambassador and regular performer at the annual Bushwig festival held in Ridgewood, Queens.[4] The weekend-long festival began in 2012 and has showcased more than 750 drag stars, artists, and performers from across the country and around the world. She was crowned Miss Bushwig 2017.[1]
Charlene and Pixie Aventura, amongst other notable drag queens and performers such as Kevin Aviance, Flotilla Debarge, and Amanda Lepore, were featured in Wig, a 2019 documentary by Chris Moukarbel. The film follows the birth of the Wigstock drag festival from the 1980s and 1990s as well as the re-birth of the festival as Bushwig.[4]
She has written and spoken about drag, gender and sexuality, and queer identity and the media for BuzzFeed News and Out Magazine.[5][6] The musical artist, Mel 4Ever, is her younger sister.[7][8]
References edit
- ^ a b "Charlene is taking over the planet". Time Out New York. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ Nichols, James Michael (2015-05-25). "ASSEMBLAGE: Meet Trans Artist And Performer Charlene". HuffPost. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "These Trans and Cis Female Drag Queens Have Some WORDS for RuPaul". them. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ a b "HBO's Wigstock Doc Remembers a Time 'When Drag Was Punk Rock'". Bedford + Bowery. 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Angel's Gender Identity Is 'RENT's' Most Enduring Mystery". www.out.com. 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ Incarnate, Charlene (8 March 2018). "RuPaul's Version Of LGBT History Erases Decades Of Trans Drag Queens". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Premiere: Mel 4Ever Goes Full Throttle Doll In "About Fashion" Video". Nylon. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ "Mel 4Ever Also Wants Justice for "Jennifer's Body"". www.logotv.com. Retrieved 2022-10-28.