"Cody Las Vegas"

Cody
cody_las_vegas@yahoo.com

Cody (Papa Bear to a select group) has been performing since 1998. He's been a member of the Chicago Kings, GenderForce, and Chicago's Most Unwanted. He also traveled with Club Casanova during the fall of 2002. As an FTM, he's been transitioning in front of audiences and educating when he can. His personal motto is, "to entertain, to educate, and to eradicate hate". He's attended several IDKEs as performer and panelist, and he's happy to help in anyway possible to make IDKE successful.

"Jodi Bon Jodi"

Jodi Kansagor
joedvice@gmail.com

Jodi Bon Jodi (aka Joe D. Vice / Jodi Kansagor) was a member of DK PDX, Portland OR's premier drag troupe until early 2006 when the troupe disbanded. Since then she has focused on other projects, including receiving her MBA from Portland State Uni, forming Glam Star Burlesque, working with Femme Affinity Group Portland and singing for her all girl butt rock band, Thruster. Jodi Bon Jodi loves expensive cosmetics, cheap beer and condescension.

"Big Papa / Big Mama"

Dante Celeiro
brownbear573@yahoo.com

Dante started his drag career in 1990, back in his home town NYC, where he helped build health education programs for youth. He now makes his home in the hot desert of Tucson, AZ where he owns handy house boyz painting & interior design and is honored to have been performing with and managing boys r us for almost 5yrs. He's excited to help bring IDKE XI to life.

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.

"Ked"

Ked Dixon
kedixon@gmail.com

Ked Dixon aka Kyle G. Reigner aka M. Vendetta LaCroix has been performing with various troupes in New Orleans, LA since the Spring of 2002. She currently runs with the Crescent City Kings, a drag collective whose only rule is to "Be Awesome or Leave". In addition to gender performance, Ked is a budding local comedian, and strives to combine the drag, comedy and burlesque communities in New Orleans to create a supernova of entertainment. When she's not on stage, Ked works as an HIV prevention specialist and peruses the ever-elusive MSW at the Tulane School of Social Work. Ked enjoys comic books, voudu and learning in general. If she could pick a superpower, she'd want to have a Green Lantern ring.

"Delicio Del Toro"

Desiree Buford
desireebuford@gmail.com

He's a tall, dark, and handsome café 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 with The Transformers, The Cock Rockers, Citizen Kings, & 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.

"Honey D'Lovely"
honey_dlovely@yahoo.com

Honey is a member of Tucson's Boys R Us. Bio yet to come.

Fatti Kiasara
fatoumata@gmail.com

Bio to come.

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.

Open Position
Apply to become a board member

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.

"Dante DiFranco"

Julie Jitterbug Pearce
dantedifranco@yahoo.com

Dante DiFranco has been performing as a drag king since 1999. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota in Duluth, a reporter for the local NBC and CBS affiliates, and the author of the book, The Art of Kinging. Dante has performed around the world, has produced various drag king films and documentaries, and he has produced a solo tour in 2002, “Gender Distortion,” as well as touring with “The Men of Club Casanova.” Most importantly, Dante is passionate and dedicated to the drag king culture and strives to enhance and deepen the community as a whole.

"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.