Drag queens getting into `Boardwalk Empire’ spirit

How big is “Boardwalk Empire,” the HBO hit series about Prohibition-era Atlantic City? Even the drag queens are getting in on the act.

The Miss’d America Pageant, an annual drag show that used to be held the day after the Miss America Pageant was held in Atlantic City, is adopting the HBO show’s theme for this year, in which it will seek to crown a new “Boardwalk Empress.”

Last year, a Marilyn Monroe buff in a dress made of 30,000 rhinestones won the pageant. That winner, Scott Cooper, will be a co-host along with Carson Kressley, host of ABC’s “True Beauty” and Bravo’s “Queer Eye For The Straight Guy,” and Robert “Sandy Beach” Hitchen.

The pageant will be held at Boardwalk Hall on Jan. 16.

Last year, seven contestants competed in evening wear, talent and interviews.

This year’s show will feature set details and production numbers to mimic a 1920s Atlantic City speakeasy in keeping with the “Boardwalk Empire” theme.

Judges will include Michael Musto, a Village Voice reporter; Vicki Gold Levi, an Atlantic City historian and author; Diane Mitchell, a WAYV radio personality, and Mark Segal, editor of the Philadelphia Gay News.

Contestants are being sought for the pageant. They must be 21 or older, and, according to pageant rules, “be 100 percent male with no breast enhancements or hormones.”

Entry forms are available at the Greater Atlantic City GLBT Alliance Web site, http://www.acglbt.org .

GOP Candidate's Drag Queen Fund-raiser

Marc Morgan, a candidate for the Washington, D.C. city council’s Ward 1 seat, will host a fundraiser complete with drag queens to help draw in the city’s young gay voters.

According to The Washington Post, Morgan, 37, who is gay, will host the event Sunday at a nightclub in Dupont Circle. The purpose of the fund-raiser, titled “Latin Flava,” is to diversify his voter base. He explained, “You normally don’t see Republicans that A, court the gay vote and B, court the Latino gay vote.” As for how the idea of a club event came together, he elaborated, “There are three or four gay Latinos who are supportive of my efforts and wanted to host a fund-raiser and we put this together to pull in a totally different young Latino crowd.”

Morgan’s district has historically voted for Democrats, like incumbent Jim Graham. Morgan has raised $15,000 to date, more than any other Republican running this term in the primary.

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Forget about spending your money to learn how to be a conspiracy theory entertainer at Glenn Beck University, get your education at LOGO!

RuPaul and your favorite queens are back! The Dean of Drag has finally opened her “school for girls!” at RuPaul’s Drag U, where everyday women undergo extreme transformations…drag queen style.

Tune in tonight at 9p for the series premiere and chat LIVE with other fans of Drag U during the show at LogoTV.com.