Carmen Rupe (10 October 1936 – 14 December 2011), was a New Zealand drag performer, brothel keeper, anti-discrimination activist, would-be politician and HIV/AIDS activist.[1] Carmen Rupe was New Zealand's first drag queen to reach celebrity status.[2] She was a trans woman.[3]
^"Poroporoaki: Carmen – Hon Tariana Turia". scoop.co.nz. 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011. We knew her as Trevor Rupe from Taumarunui; we knew her as a loved member of the gay community, we knew her as an HIV/AIDS activist; and of course the world knew her as a flamboyant, incredible performer on stage.
^Tongarewa, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa. "Carmen Rupe – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". sites.tepapa.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
^"Carmen Rupe: Transgender Icon". Gender Centre Inc. 2011. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
CarmenRupe (10 October 1936 – 14 December 2011), was a New Zealand drag performer, brothel keeper, anti-discrimination activist, would-be politician...
Ra in the TV drama Shark in the Park and also the young CarmenRupe in the TV biopic Carmen. His solo show Neil Gudsell Uncooked produced by Merata Mita...
stage and screen, Ngāti Kurī and Te Aupōuri (1935–2007) 1936 – CarmenRupe (né Trevor Rupe, 1935–15 December 2011) – Wellington personality (mayoral candidate...
Zealand. Retrieved 20 September 2016. Nicoll, Jared (8 August 2016). "CarmenRupe lighting up Wellington streets once again". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 20...
December 2011. O'Keefe, Tracie; Fox, Katrina (2008). "Chapter 24: Madam Carmen - CarmenRupe". Trans People in Love. Routledge. p. 249. ISBN 978-0-7890-3572-1...
Kong". CNN. Retrieved February 19, 2019. "Farewell to a Kiwi heroine: CarmenRupe, 1936–2011". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved January...
GURL tells a story of CarmenRupe experience in the context of being both Maori and LGBT: "The infamous Māori Drag Queen Carmen 'Gurl' finally accepts...
Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2020-06-04. Carrera, Carmen. "Carmen Carrera: Show Girl". W Magazine. Archived from the original on 2018-04-22...
district for much of the 20th century. CarmenRupe, a transgender woman prominent in Wellington in the 1970s, ran Carmen's International Coffee House at 86...
2018. The launch date was to coincide with the birthday of the late CarmenRupe. Within weeks the crossing was defaced with tyre skid marks. Prior to...
transgender entertainer CarmenRupe, who ran with the support of local businessman Bob Jones with the slogans "Get in behind" and "Carmen for Mayor" and a platform...
Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast, Wellington Central MP Grant Robertson, CarmenRupe Sarah Lurajud, Associate Minister of Justice Lianne Dalziel and Fuimaono...
prominent transgender activists such as CarmenRupe. de Milo and Rupe met in 1961 and remained close friends until Rupe's death in 2011. On 12 February 2018...
sex workers. These communities often referred to themselves as "kamp." CarmenRupe identified as kamp when she was living in Auckland in the 1950s, and...
programme was the coverage of the 2011 death of activist CarmenRupe. She had made a documentary of Rupe's life in 2006. In 2008 she was one of several actors...
on Vivian Street. The site had previously been a coffee lounge run by CarmenRupe. The Evergreen Coffee Lounge became a prominent meeting space for Wellington's...
Bill Pearson A. W. Peet Liz Perry Mike Puru Grant Robertson Jenny Rowan CarmenRupe Madeleine Sami Frank Sargeson Amy Satterthwaite Jess Sayer Theo Schoon...
new mayors in Wairarapa". 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022. "CarmenRupe and Georgina Beyer – Gender diversity – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand"...
Auckland Philharmonia Composer-in-Residence, is based on the life of CarmenRupe, an anti-discrimination and AIDS activist as well as the first Māori...
prequel of the biopic "The Book of Carmen" which is currently in pre-production. The film is based on the life of CarmenRupe. Tewake also sang on the film's...
The 1977 mayoralty was notable for the highly publicized candidacy of CarmenRupe, a transgender drag performer and brothel keeper. With the support of...
Haka. Retrieved 14 August 2020. "Short film on Kiwi transgender woman CarmenRupe to premiere". Stuff.co.nz. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020. "Shark...
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