In 1985, a performer named Lady Bunny founded Wigstock, in New York’s Tompkins Square Park, and the dream was this: drag artists like Bunny and RuPaul (then relatively unknown) would share the stage with fabulous pop stars such as Deee-Lite and Deborah Harry to promote wigs, glitter . . . (Subscription required.)
SOURCE: The New Yorker at 12:00AM on January 16, 2012