“I can’t imagine anyone else believing in me with the passion and dedication that she did.” Ms. Drucker met Mr. Doroshow in 2001. “That first pageant happened, and he and his buddies hosted it as men, dressed in suits,” Ms. Tourjée said. Some didn’t like the exposure; others resented that Mr. Doroshow had created a successful business while they continued to struggle and hide. Mr. Doroshow soon became disillusioned with the pageants, Ms. Tourjée said; he organized his last in 1969 on Fire Island. After living in Europe for much of the 1980s, Mr. Doroshow returned to New York, dabbling in various projects in his final decades.

Source: New York Times November 30, 2017 22:30 UTC