Spy: Drag queen Buckwheat tells her story at the museum
13 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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As his famous drag queen persona Buckwheat, Edward Cowley has travelled the world as an ambassador for Rainbow NZ now he will feature in a new Auckland Museum exhibition.
Tāmaki Herenga Waka: Stories of Auckland will include a story of the iconic bar Staircase - the safe place for Auckland s rainbow community prior to the Homosexual Law Reform Act of 1986.
When the exhibition opens in March, visitors will see Buckwheat s Golden Goddess dress, and watch a short film of Cowley taking a walk down memory lane as he transforms into Buckwheat.