"Delicio Del Toro"

Des Buford
desireebuford@gmail.com

He's a tall, dark, and handsome cafe con leche heartthrob who was kicked out of Menudo for one too many pelvic provocations. A recovering catholic school boy who once dreamt about moonlighting upon bended knee, Delicio Del Toro, has a weakness for culo shaking, uniforms, and gay-ass music. "El Rey de Sucio y Queer" began performing in 2005 and has shaken his well-endowed bon-bon throughout the Trans Francisco Gay Area & currently performs with the chunky hunks of CHUBB. Off the stage he is a professional gay-for-pay at Frameline where he is Operations Director for the world's oldest and largest LGBT film festival.

Owen Smith

aka Owen Washington/Mr. Washington formally Dix Washington has been doing gender performance since May of 2002. Owen is one of the co-producers of Baltimore's Gender performance group The Charm City Boys. In his free time Owen works as a gender activist and works as gender educator speaking at colleges all over the east coast. Owen works as a sex educator at a queer owned and woman and trans operated sex toy store.

"Indy"
mearagirl@yahoo.com

Indy started performing with the DC Kings in 2002 and never looked back! After attending IDKE5 in Minneapolis, performing with the DC Kings at IDKE6 in Chicago and IDKE8 in Austin, Indy moved to Seattle in 2007 and is attempting to figure out how to keep drag as an important part of life out here, in addition to attending IDKE9 and IDKEX. Indy is also very proud of stage managing the Great Big International Drag King Show 4, 5, 6 and 7, at the 9:30 Club in DC, which was superfantastic!

"The Rev"

Becky Harrison
BeckyH11@yahoo.com

The Reverend Roy Rogers (or sometimes known as Becky Harrison) has been performing with Columbus Ohio's premiere drag troupe, The Royal Renegades, since 2004, and currently is the Promotions Manager for the troupe. Described as a bizarre combination of Elvis, Chris Farley, James Brown, and Wilford Brimley (for his cool 'stache and smooth aroma of Jovan's Sex Appeal for Men), you never know what to expect when The Rev takes the stage. Other interests include family, friends, dixie jazz, the mixology of fine spirits, blackjack, men's neckwear of any kind, and, of course, gender performance art. Aside from the Royal Renegades, The Rev can be found performing in and around Columbus, and is always dedicated to the spirit of the ever-growing IDKE community.

"Cody Las Vegas"

"Eddie Adonis"

Eddie Adonis
mr.eddie.adonis@gmail.com

Eddie Adonis’ journey began on the streets of dirty Jersey and he has been known to bring all the sleaze that Jersey is known for to the stage. Raised by his virgin mother, who attributes his conception to a strangely stimulating encounter with an enchanting unicorn, young Eddie amazed those around him with his immortal feats of strength and super-human sense of style. He started performing in Washington DC due to a drunken promise back in 2002, and with the goal of finding out what it meant to be an All-American boy. He currently can be found in Baltimore dazzling the folks of all genders with his mesmerizing smile. Charm City certainly holds this boy’s heart and he is proud to co-produce the Charm City Boys and is thrilled to have the opportunity to show you how he and the rest of the troupe put the “Charm” in Charm City for IDKE XII.

Erin Tarr
efastfriday@yahoo.com

As part owner of the 11 year old production company, Fast Friday Productions (FFP), Erin can be most often be found cracking the whip backstage and at the office. At FFP she dons a multitude of hats--namely Director of Operations, stage director, information specialist extra-ordinaire, and whatever else finds its way to her clipboard. As Ops/Stage/Technical Director and Registration Coordinator for IDKEs 1-4, (shows and registration consultant IDKEs 5 & 7) Erin and her stage/tech teams set standards of efficiency and effectiveness in pre-/live/post-show organization, execution and follow-thru, that has been replicated in scores of gender-bending shows, large and small. Need help setting up that pesky registration flow chart? How to handle the "Pre-Game" revolving door that becomes a concrete dragshow lineup? Could you use some suggestions on how to move 100-plus performers thru two small dressing rooms? Ask Erin -- she's more than willing to help!

"Sammy Tomato"

Sena Hussain
senahussain@gmail.com

Sammy Tomato is a drag king out of Vancouver (Coast Salish Territory), BC, Canada, and a member of the drag troupe DKUnited. He founded the Drag Union in Vancouver, a grassroots collective group of gender performers that put on shows following an anti-oppression mandate. He also founded The Sapphic Sentinal, a queer women’s and trans-inclusive newspaper in Vancouver. Sammy also plays in a Taqwacore (Muslim Punk) band called Secret Trial Five. Although performing in political pieces is his passion, his strongpoint is humorous numbers with a twist.

"Natty Boom"

D. Ebony Dumas
nattyboom@gmail.com

Natty Boom has performed with the DC Kings and QueerMinion of Kwid since 2005. Natty is very invested in maintaining and expanding the diversity of both organizations. Before moving to Washington D.C., Natty performed with the Distinguished Iron City Kings of Pittsburgh, PA for 2 years. Outside of performing, Natty has worked with labor unions, progressive non-profits, and campus organizations. In order to stay sane, Natty loves to rock out, eat, sleep, and search for fierce and exciting experiences.

Open Position
Where will IDKE XII be?

When the host city for IDKE XII is chosen, a host city liaison will be chosen from the host city conference committee. Go to our hosting page to find out more about hosting an IDKE.

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Bio to come.

"DJ Love"

Donna Jean Troka
dtroka@emory.edu

Donna Jean Troka performed with H.I.S. Kings as d.j. love for just over two years in Columbus. She was one of the founders of the first IDKE, and acted as the previous chair of the IDKE Board. She also co-edited The Drag King Anthology with Katie LeBesco & Bobby Noble. She earned her Ph.D. in American Studies from the Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts (ILA) at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Her dissertation is an oral history of three Midwestern drag king troupes. Presently, she works in Campus Life at Emory University and in the fall she will begin teaching as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Women's Studies at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia.

"Flare"

Clare Smyth
kingflare@yahoo.ca

Flare is a drag king/burlesque performer from Toronto who created the Toronto Drag Kings and the International Drag King Film Festival. He has been seen on Maury Povich, Queer as Folk, and Vision TV. After kinging for seven years, Flare decided to express the more feminine side of his/her personality and did burlesque with the Scandelles. Now, Flare does drag/burlesque to express gender fluidity and to show that boy dykes don’t get enough exposure in this mainstream world.

"Jake Wakeman"

Julie Applegate
qulery@msn.com

Julia M. Applegate/Jake Wakeman is a founding member of H.I.S. Kings and IDKE, presently active with the Royal Renegades of Columbus. In addition to her works with the drag king community, Julie teaches women's studies, work with the HIV+ community, swims, and travels as much as possible. Most of all Jake would like to share the fact that it has been the most thrilling, exploratory, transformative, and sometimes destructive thing he’s ever experienced. Passionate participation can do that to a person!

"Ken Vegas"

Kendra Kuliga
kingken_lasvegas@yahoo.com

Ken Vegas is IDKE host city liaison responsible for spreading the word on how to host future IDKEs. Ken has performed as a king for eight years and is producer of monthly drag king shows at Club Chaos and Apex in Washington, D.C. Ken is also the producer and founder of the DC Kings (www.dckings.com) and the producer/promoter for the annual Great Big International Drag King Show (www.greatbigdc.com). Ken is co-publisher and co-founder of Kindom International Drag King Magazine.

"Red Rider"

Alana Kumbier
alanalkumbier@yahoo.com

Alana Kumbier/Red Rider has been performing as king, femme, and other genders in between for the past four years, most recently with Columbus, Ohio's Royal Rengades. She brings to the Board her experience as a volunteer at the first IDKE, and as a conference/workshop coordinator for IDKEs 2 and 3. Currently, she is serving as the Board's archive coordinator, as well as conference co-advisor.

"Jodi Bon Jodi"

"Jake Danger"

Mel Corn
melcorn@gmail.com

Jake Danger co-founded the Disposable Boy Toys, a Santa Barbara-based drag collective, in 2000. Since moving to Oakland in 2003, Jake has continued performing with his partner, Damien, as the Dangers. Besides performing, Jake runs practical, educational, and political workshops about drag and gender performance, sits on the IDKE board, produces drag events, and participates in many activist ventures! Oh, and, Mel Corn, aka Jake, is a PhD candidate and studies and teaches contemporary art and queer theory.

"Cherry Poppins"

Allison Stelly
allison.stelly@gmail.com

Cherry Poppins (known to a few as Allison Stelly) comes to the IDKE Board with a varied background in publishing, promotions, organizing, and theater. She is currently based in Austin, Texas, and is a member of Kings N Things and the Austin Dragsters. Although she was once upon a time known to sketch on the facial hair, these days she's more interested in the impact of performing fierce, flaming, queered femininity. She's still young enough to believe that she can save the world.