
I have always hated my name. Ever since I can remember I had alias’. My first was at 4 – I expected everyone to refer to me as Miss Diamond Pearl (such a little drag queen!), then later Blaine Arden Doubleday (I always loved my cousins last name), then Lacey Doubleday (very stripper), then when I started performing I had a myriad of alais’ – Chesty Chesterfield, Vera Vortex Gateway to The Galaxies, Chantilly, Chantilly Peach, Crazy Girl and now Grande Dame. I have never used my real name, never felt like a “Tiffany”. Of course then the 80′s came and the name was highjacked by a tacky tween singer and it will always be synonymous with malls and strippers, so I hated it even more! And never could stand Tiffany Rene Darwish and her crappy pop muzak. My friend Wendy gave me this t shirt for my birthday. I used to wear it as a joke. A few days ago I watched an incredible documentary about 2 superfans that take obsession to a whole new level. And they LOVE Tiffany! Jeff Turner, a 50 year old man from Santa Cruz, CA, who suffers from Asbergers Syndrome. People with this disorder are obsessive about one thing, and his is Tiffany. She has even had to get restraining orders against him. He is a devout christian, and one of the most cringe worthy moments is when he turns up to church with the playboy issue she had bared all in. The other superfan is an intersexed pre op transvestite from Denver named Kelly McCormick. Kelly had some sort of accident which resulted in head trauma. At first I thought it was an actor playing a character, because they are soo strange. But no, they are real and Kelly is madly in love with Tiffany. It’s riveting car crash viewing. And unbelievable to me that 2 people would be into her music at all! The universe is an amazing place. Here is the doc in full below. Or click the pic to watch on vimeo. Enjoy!! oxo gd
I.Think.We.Are.Alone.Now. from shan on Vimeo.






















