Charlene Incarnate is a Brooklyn-based female performer and writer. [1] She started her gender transition as a drag queen as part of her life experience.
Charlene grew up in Alabama and moved to New York to attend New York University. [2]
She began exploring the Brooklyn drag scene in the early 2010s. [3]
Charlene is an ambassador and regular performer at the annual Bushwig festival held in Ridgewood, Queens. [4] The weekend-long festival began in 2012 and has showcased more than 750 drag stars, artists, and performers from across the country and around the world. She was crowned Miss Bushwig 2017. [1]
Charlene and Pixie Aventura, amongst other notable drag queens and performers such as Kevin Aviance, Flotilla Debarge, and Amanda Lepore, were featured in Wig , a 2019 documentary by Chris Moukarbel. The film follows the birth of the Wigstock drag festival from the 1980s and 1990s as well as the re-birth of the festival as Bushwig. [4]
She has written and spoken about drag, gender and sexuality, and queer identity and the media for BuzzFeed News and Out Magazine. [5] [6] Charlene is the older sister of musical artist Mel 4Ever. [7] [8]