User:JKizzieHumanities/Ms. Kitty Litter
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Ms. Kitty Litter | |
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| Born | Stephen Hartley |
| Years active | 1999-present |
Ms. Kitty Litter is the drag persona of Stephen Hartley, an American drag queen, and LGBT and AIDS activist. She is considered a gay icon of Rhode Island.[1] Ms. Kitty Litter retired briefly from drag performance in Rhode Island in 2015, and continues to perform in North Carolina.
Hartley grew up in Johnston, Rhode Island [1]. He began performing in 1996 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island at a fundraiser for people living with HIV/AIDS.[2]
Ms. Kitty Litter performs primarily for charitable causes,[1] including Sojourner House.[3] Hartley has worked as a development director at AIDS Care Ocean State,[4] House of Hope, and, as Ms. Kitty Litter, hosted AIDS Care Ocean State's Gay Bingo.[5] Ms. Kitty Litter performed regularly at Comedy Connection, a comedy club in East Providence.
Ms. Kitty Litter appeared in the 2008 documentary, Life's A Drag.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Pelletier, Jenna (20 December 2015). "GENDER-BENDING PHILANTHROPY 'Miss Kitty' sheds celebrated persona". Providence Journal. p. 1. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Ms. Kitty Litter is Retiring". Rhode Island Monthly. 2015-12-15. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ^ "Doing Good Gala nets $75,000 for Sojourner House." Providence Journal (RI), sec. RI Features, 11 Dec. 2016, p. 8. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/161364A9844EB4F8. Accessed 2 Jan. 2020.
- ^ "Drama Queen: Kitty Litter". Providence Monthly. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ^ BARBARISI, DANIEL. "Not 'your grandmother's bingo'." Providence Journal (RI), All ed., sec. LOCAL NEWS, 12 June 2005, pp. B-01. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/152429BD264FF3F0. Accessed 2 Jan. 2020.
- ^ Life's a Drag: A 2007 Dragumentary, retrieved 2020-01-02