Drag queen loses nursing job over 34-year-old arrest
March 14, 2010|By Sally Kestin, Sun Sentinel
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In South Florida's gay community, Ray Fetcho is known as drag queen "Tiny Tina."
To the families of elderly dementia patients, he's a godsend, a compassionate caregiver.
But now Fetcho is out of a job and his 35-year nursing career is in jeopardy, all because of a minor arrest — in 1976.
Fetcho, performing under his stage name, was emceeing a "Wet Jockey Shorts" contest at the Copa, a now-closed gay nightclub in Dania Beach, when undercover state agents investigating drug sales witnessed what they considered a lewd act. Fetcho was charged with a misdemeanor and paid a $150 fine.