Miss Coco López papers
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2023
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Title: Miss Coco López papers
Dates: circa 1990-2003
Collection Number: 2021-08
Creator/Collector:
Pifferrer, Raymond
Extent: 6.25 linear feet (5 cartons)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Miss Coco López was a drag artist who performed in shows throughout the United States, including in San Francisco, New York,
Miami, and Boston. López was originally created in 1993 by Ray Pifferrer in Massachusetts as Miss Ginger Extravaganza. Pifferrer
changed names to Miss Coco López in 1995. López was an unabashedly exaggerated Cuban drag character. As Pifferrer noted, “She
was based on two of my aunts (tia Angela y tia Modesta), as well as my outrageously gay Dad.” The collection includes costumes
and wigs, audiovisual recordings, props and promotional materials, scripts, and publications and zines including Outlook,
Outweek, My Comrade, CelebrAsian, Black/Out: The Magazine of the National Coalition for Black Lesbians and Gays, Thing, and
Pansy Beat. This collection is part of the Calle 16 and Beyond Archives Project of the GLBT Historical Society.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright to material has been transferred to the GLBT Historical Society. All requests for reproductions and/or permission
to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the GLBT Historical Society Archivist.
[Identification of item]. Miss Coco López papers. Collection Number: 2021-08. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Raymond “Ray” Pifferrer, June 2021.
Scope and Content of Collection
Miss Coco López was a drag artist who performed in shows throughout the United States, including in San Francisco, New York,
Miami, and Boston. López was originally created in 1993 by Ray Pifferrer in Massachusetts as Miss Ginger Extravaganza. Pifferrer
changed names to Miss Coco López in 1995. López was an unabashedly exaggerated Cuban drag character. As Pifferrer noted, “She
was based on two of my aunts (tia Angela y tia Modesta), as well as my outrageously gay Dad.” The collection includes costumes
and wigs, audiovisual recordings, props and promotional materials, scripts, and publications and zines including Outlook,
Outweek, My Comrade, CelebrAsian, Black/Out: The Magazine of the National Coalition for Black Lesbians and Gays, Thing, and
Pansy Beat. This collection is part of the Calle 16 and Beyond Archives Project of the GLBT Historical Society.
Drag
People of color
Calle 16 and Beyond Archives Project
Latinx people