Photograph: "Chanaile Solitaire as Patti LaBelle" (1999)

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Title

Photograph: "Chanaile Solitaire as Patti LaBelle" (1999)

Description

Photograph of Chanaile Solitaire as Patti LaBelle by Loc Robertson. Photograph was taken at Parliament House, Orlando.

Chanaile Solitaire was a performer in the Central Florida region and was titleholder of: Miss Gay Black Ohio 1991 and Miss Lakeland 2001. Loc Robertson states that Chanaile was a transwoman, which few people knew at the time, and was more known as the big girl at the small clubs and rather than the larger nightclubs. She passed away, broadly speaking, around 2010.

Sponsored by the Cactus Club, "Men in Heels 2000" was a calendar tribute to iconic American stars which featured local female impersonators. Profit obtained was given to The Serenity House Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

Creator

Loc Robertson Photography

Source

Drag Album, Men in Heels 2000 Calendar Album

Publisher

Illusions in Revue & Ritzy Rags

Contributor

Rodriguez, Alexis

Rights

Images may be used for educational purposes only.
Image credit: Image courtesy of LGBTQ History Museum of Central Florida.
For all other purposes please email: floridalgbtqmuseum@gmail.com

Format

image/jpeg

Type

Photograph

Coverage

Orlando

Date Available

8/1/2019

Date Created

1999

Rights Holder

LGBTQ History Museum of Central Florida

Files

Men in Heels 2000 Chanaille Solitaire.jpg

Citation

Loc Robertson Photography, “Photograph: "Chanaile Solitaire as Patti LaBelle" (1999),” LGBTQ History Museum of Central Florida - Digital Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://floridalgbtqmuseum.omeka.net/items/show/587.

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