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American drag queen and actor (1967–2023)
Heklina
Heklina in 2012
Born
Stefan Grygelko
(1967-06-17)June 17, 1967
Hennepin, Minnesota, U.S.
Died
April 3, 2023(2023-04-03) (aged 55)
London, England
Nationality
American
Occupations
Actor
drag queen
Stefan Grygelko (June 17, 1967 – April 3, 2023), better known by the stage name Heklina, was an American actor, drag queen, and entrepreneur in San Francisco. Grygelko's mother was Icelandic, and having been born in the U.S., he lived in Iceland in the 1980s;[1] he named his drag character after the Icelandic volcano Hekla.[2] Heklina founded the drag club Trannyshack in 1996.[3]
I think that drag queens are still the eunuch clown that's safe to laugh at. It's definitively not shocking anymore. So I don't know if America's really embraced it. The early 90s was when RuPaul [was becoming famous] and it was the first time any drag queen had mainstream exposure. I don't really see a drag queen breaking out like that [again].
— Heklina on Feast of Fools in 2006[4]
^"Coco Thoughts While In Solitude #50 with Heklina". YouTube. 22 May 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
^Swan, Rachel, "Kiss That Stud Goodbye", East Bay Express, August 13, 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
^Barmann, Jay (16 December 2014). "Heklina Talks About Mother, The New Incarnation Of Trannyshack At The Oasis". SFist. Archived from the original on 12 March 2015.
^"FOF #419 – Tricks, Treats and Trannies – 10.31.06", Feast of Fools, October 31, 2006. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
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