The Gay Life Is a Drag
Ben Williams | Aug 05, 2010
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It's a little known fact that Utah used to love its drag queens. It's true. The Ogden Standard Examiner reported in 1924 that female impersonator Jeff Jones was one of the featured acts at Weber County's Old Folks Day Outing in Lorin Farr Park. This event was for Weber County Pioneers over the age of 70.
And if that is not proof enough for you, in 1946 female impersonator "Madam LaPura Devonovitch" (Herbert Osmond Traynor) performed at the Deseret News Old Timer Club in the Lion's House. Two Mormon Apostles, Elder A.E. Bower and Elder Mark E. Peterson were in the audience. Can someone tell me when Mormons became such sticks- in-the-mud?