Sylvester James was also a member . He went on to be a disco star and is especially remembered for "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)", but remained faithful to his drag heritage until his death from AIDS at age 41.
Dahlia, despite being an alumna from the American Conservatory Theatre, had to work as a stripper after surgery. She married, but her husband died in a bike accident.
Bobbi was in two of the Cockettes films: she played the lead role in Tricia’s Wedding, 1971, and was Cynthia in Elevator Girls in Bondage, 1972. She was then in Alejandro Jodorowsky's cult movie The Holy Mountain, and was assistant to actress Judy Carne. Finally, after surgery she married either a cop or a dentist in Las Vegas, and became the lead showgirl at the Tropicano.
Here is a photograph of Bobbi.
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| courtesy of Clay Geerdes |
This is found of p327 of new luscious 50-year anniversary tribute to the troope, which has lots of pictures, and cuttings, and even more pictures.
- Fayette Hauser. The Cockettes—Acid Drag & Sexual Anarchy, 1969-1972. Process Media, 2020.
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