Theater Award for Best Solo Performance, and the Helen Hayes Award for Best Non-resident Production in 2003. Quotes "I don't like the term 'drag queen,' because it describes an amateur. Why not call me an actor? I suppose drag artist would be okay." Epperson has commented that, 'It's so easy to do misogynistic drag humor' but that he has 'deliberately tried to avoid that'. He adds that, 'A lot of women, when they see the show, felt liberated and empowered.' (...) He intends his own work as 'a commentary of performance in general and drag performance specifically.' However outrageous Lypsinka may be, she is always at heart affectionate toward the women to whose work she performs." See also LGBT culture in New York City List of LGBT people from New York City References External links Lypsinka official webpage Profile, MetroWeekly.com 1955 births American male stage actors American entertainers American drag queens American gay actors LGBT people from Mississippi Living people