Roxy, aka Ken, has been out in Calgary’s LGBT community for nearly 20 years.  Ken is proud to have worked at Source Adult Video for 22 years now, and 4 and a half years at Goliaths/Texas Lounge - his favorite watering hole. "A lot of people don’t get me sometimes, especially when I’ve had too many ‘buka," he says.

Ken had been videotaping the ISCCA Coronation for 6 years, so he knew the people from the court quite well.  One drunken night in 1999, half an hour before the close for applications for Emperor/Empress of the ISCCA, he had a bet with a fellow drag queen.  He put his application in, and soon became Empress 23 of Calgary, he claims by a narrow margin of only 13 votes.  Otherwise she has held the title of Princess 24, and others.

Roxy recently hosted her 11th Annual Disney Show at the Texas Lounge, a drag show to raise money for Beswick House, an AIDS Hospice.  Otherwise she has participated in fundraising events for numerous other charities.  She says, "It’s all about the community.  I may not be the best but I believe in the charities."

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