About Chris

Chris Jay is a photographer, performer, and emcee. While photographing Washington D.C. nightlife, Jay took to the stage as a drag king and performed with troupes like the DC Kings, Chocolate City Burlesque and Cabaret, and Pretty Boi Drag. In the last decade, Jay received a number of awards including Best of Gay D.C.’s Best Artist in 2016, Best Drag King in 2017, and Baltimore’s King of Pride in 2018. In 2020 they developed a book of portraits called Some of the Dopest People I Know, which… more