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Heklina | |
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| Born | Stefan Grygelko June 17, 1967 Hennepin, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | April 3, 2023 (aged 55) London, England |
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Stefan Grygelko (June 17, 1967 – April 3, 2023), best known by the name Heklina, was an American actor, drag queen, LGBT rights activist and entrepreneur based in San Francisco, California. Born in the Minneapolis area,[1] Grygelko's mother was Icelandic; he lived in the Nordic country for a period of three years in the 1980s,[2] with the name "Heklina" being created after an Icelandic volcano, Hekla.[3] Heklina founded the iconic San Francisco LGBT/drag nightclub and live show Trannyshack in 1996.[4]
I think that drag queens are still the eunuch clown that's safe to laugh at. It's definitively not shocking anymore. So I don't know if America's really embraced it. The early 90s was when RuPaul [was becoming famous] and it was the first time any drag queen had mainstream exposure. I don't really see a drag queen breaking out like that [again].
— Heklina on Feast of Fools in 2006[5]
- ^ Moen, Matt (April 4, 2023). "Drag Legend Heklina Dead at 55". PAPER Magazine. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
- ^ "Coco Thoughts While In Solitude #50 with Heklina". YouTube. May 22, 2020. Archived from the original on December 12, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- ^ Swan, Rachel, "Kiss That Stud Goodbye", East Bay Express, August 13, 2008. Retrieved September 20, 2009.
- ^ Barmann, Jay (December 16, 2014). "Heklina Talks About Mother, The New Incarnation Of Trannyshack At The Oasis". SFist. Archived from the original on March 12, 2015.
- ^ "FOF #419 – Tricks, Treats and Trannies – 10.31.06", Feast of Fools, October 31, 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2009.