Veronica Vera

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Veronica Vera
Born
United States
Occupation(s)Writer, actress
Spouse
Stuart Cottingham
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(m. 2012;died 2013)​
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Website veronicaverawrites.com

Veronica Vera is an American human sexuality writer and actress, [2] as well as a doctor of human sexuality. [3] She is best known for the films Times Square Comes Alive , Gerard Damiano's Consenting Adults, Mondo New York , and Rites of Passion, as well as her work with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from 1982. [4]

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Vera is a former Wall Street trader [5] and is also known for running the cross-dressing school Miss Vera's Finishing School For Boys Who Want to be Girls, [6] [7] on which she wrote a book, Miss Vera's Finishing School for Boys Who Want to Be Girls, published by Doubleday in 1997. [8] [9]

Vera has published two follow-up books: Miss Vera's Cross-Dress For Success and Miss Vera's Cross Gender Fun For All. [10] [11] She also wrote a monthly article in Adam magazine called "Veronica Vera's New York" that ran from 1983-1995. [12]

Vera's activist work includes a testimony she gave in 1983 that became part of the Meese Report. She was also a founder of the first porn star support group, Club 90. [13]

Miss Vera's Finishing School For Boys Who Want to be Girls

Miss Vera's Finishing School For Boys Who Want to be Girls
Company typePrivate
IndustryCourses on cross-dressing
Founded(1992 (1992), New York City, New York, United States
FounderVeronica Vera
Headquarters
New York City, New York
,
United States
Website missvera.com

Miss Vera's Finishing School For Boys Who Want to be Girls is a business in New York City that provides instruction in cross-dressing founded and run by Veronica Vera. Actor Paul Dano attended the school while researching a role in the film The Extra Man . [14] [15] One of the school's most popular topics of instruction is walking in high-heeled shoes. In 2008, Vera said more than 5,000 people, including many women, had enrolled in this class in the previous 12 years. [14]

References

  1. ↑ Kramer Bussel, Rachel (June 14, 2012). "The Golden Girls". New York Observer .
  2. ↑ "Veronica Vera Filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2014. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014.
  3. ↑ Vera, Veronica (February 15, 2023). "About Veronica Vera". Veronica Vera Writes.
  4. ↑ "Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989)". Christie's.
  5. ↑ Kramer Bussel, Rachel (July 27, 2007). "Pump it up". Time Out New York . Retrieved January 7, 2011.
  6. ↑ Richardson, Clem (November 16, 2008). "Mary Veronica's Miss Vera's School for Boys Who Want to Be Girls is in session". New York Daily News . Retrieved January 7, 2011.
  7. ↑ "At Miss Vera's, the Mirror Reveals a Changed Man". Los Angeles Times . December 23, 1993. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
  8. ↑ Tabor, Mary B. W. (October 11, 1995). "Book Notes". The New York Times .
  9. ↑ SFGN Staff (February 6, 2010). "Transform Yourself With Veronica Vera". South Florida Gay News . Archived from the original on December 8, 2021.
  10. ↑ Vera, Veronica. "Miss Vera's Cross-Dress for Success". Miss Vera's Finishing School for Boys Who Want to be Girls.
  11. ↑ Vera, Veronica. "Miss Vera's Cross Gender Fun For All". Miss Vera's Finishing School for Boys Who Want to be Girls.
  12. ↑ Vera, Veronica (February 15, 2023). "About Veronica Vera". Veronica Vera Writes.
  13. ↑ Vera, Veronica (February 15, 2023). "About Veronica Vera". Veronica Vera Writes.
  14. 1 2 Richardson, Clem (November 16, 2008). "Mary Veronica's Miss Vera's School for Boys Who Want to Be Girls is in session". New York Daily News. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
  15. ↑ "At Miss Vera's, the Mirror Reveals a Changed Man". Los Angeles Times. December 23, 1993. Retrieved January 7, 2011.

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