LONDON — It’s April 15 and the Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst is sitting inside a small theater at the London Book Fair. To her left rests a six-foot high image of her autobiography “Being Conchita,” which has already been translated into five languages. The cover photo — a close-up of her face — is so detailed you can count her eyelashes, and the individual hairs that make up her beard.
The night before, Conchita — the drag persona of a male singer named Tom Neuwirth — had sparred with a homophobic politician on a popular Austrian chat show. But today …read more
Source: European Voice
