Vilet Labossier interview

Interview with Vilet Labossier by Adam Harrington. Vilet is a drag persona performed by Robert Labossier in Rhode Island since the early 1990s. Topics in order of discussion include: developing a drag persona and career as a performer; changes in drag community since the 1990s including Imperial Court of Rhode Island and serving as Empress XIII; RI Pride events; stage manager for pageants; drag brunch. This interview was created as part of the Queer Stories Project - an oral history project developed by Dr. Virginia Thomas to train LGBTQIA young adults to conduct oral history interviews with LGBTQIA adults in Rhode Island. Queer Stories Project was funded by Rhode Island Council for the Humanities.