As a young person and a Black man, Diamante Jackson said he’s faced his fair share of obstacles finding his way in the funeral industry. “When you’re coming up in business, funeral homes have been and still are segregated today,” Jackson said. “And a lot of folks, they don’t want to help you come up.
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Entertainer Monica Van Pelt died on Jan. 31 at the age of 46. (Photo by Just Toby)
Tributes from across LGBTQ Atlanta are commemorating Monica Van Pelt, the drag mainstay who entertained fans for years. She died Sunday at the age of 46.
Van Pelt, who emceed several shows a week at Lips Atlanta, told manager Tyler King between shows on Saturday that she thought she was having a heart attack.
“I told her to go to the hospital,” King told Project Q Atlanta. “She went home. It kills me because to think there was a possibility that this could be avoided is so frustrating.”