Adore Delano performs “I Adore You” at Capital Pride 2014
By Metro Weekly Contributor
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June 9, 2014

Adore Delano performs “I Adore You” from her album “Till Death Do Us Party” at the 2014 Capital Pride Festival in Washington, D.C.
King Tyra, best known under his former stage name Tyra Sanchez, has announced an apparent lawsuit against RuPaul, Michelle Visage, and World of Wonder (WOW) Productions, alleging “intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, false light, and tortious interference with prospective economic advantage,” according to a Statement of Claim he posted to social media.
In a Facebook post, the winner of the second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race claimed there has been a “systematic and malicious campaign” to “discredit and destroy career and livelihood.”
"Are you asking the kinkiest thing we've done?" came the typically bold response from Nymphia Wind.
That wasn't precisely the question I had posed to her and sister international drag superstar Plastique Tiara as we discussed the duo's upcoming performance at Mid-Atlantic Leather's main event party, Kinetic Presents KINK: Double Trouble. But since Nymphia brought it up, do tell.
"Well, when in London, you explore," Nymphia said, coyly referencing her time on the city's nightlife scene as a baby queen, years before becoming Season 16 winner of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Patagonia, the outdoor clothing and gear retailer, has sued drag performer Pattie Gonia for trademark infringement, claiming that similarities in their names and branding have caused “confusion and deception” among consumers.
In the lawsuit, filed January 21 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the company is seeking $1 in nominal damages and asking the court to block Pattie Gonia -- the drag persona of Wyn Wiley -- from registering her name as a trademark or selling merchandise bearing it, reports The Independent.

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