坎迪丝凯恩变性路上的光荣与梦想_时事

坎迪丝凯恩变性路上的光荣与梦想

高中毕业后不久，凯恩搬到纽约，希望能成为一名职业舞蹈演员。她住在当时比较脏乱破旧的肉库区的一个单人套房旅馆里，后来获得了上西区舞蹈班Steps的奖学金，在切尔西的前同性恋俱乐部Roxy里做猫女郎(kittygirl)。

“I had a tray and I would sell candy, cigarettes and lollipops, she said. “And then I realized Iloved doing drag.

“我拿着一个托盘，卖糖果、香烟和棒棒糖，她说，“然后我发现自己喜欢变装。

There, Ms. Cayne fell in with Lina Bradford, also known as the “gender illusionist Girlina, andthe two became inseparable. Ms. Cayne worked by day at the wig bar at Patricia Field’s boutiquein Greenwich Village, and performed by night with Ms. Bradford at Boy Bar in the East Villageand the Tunnel in Chelsea.

在那里，凯恩偶然结识了莉娜·布拉德福德(Lina Bradford)，后者也被称为“性别魔术师格莉娜(Girlina)，她们俩形影不离。白天，凯恩在格林尼治村帕特丽夏·菲尔德(Patricia Field)的时装精品店的假发部工作，晚上，她和布拉德福德在东村的男孩酒吧(Boy Bar)以及切尔西的隧道酒吧(Tunnel)表演。

They did triple pirouettes in four-inch pumps and knew the words to every disco song. A crowdfavorite was their lip-synced rendition of “No More Tears (Enough Is Enough), with Ms. Caynechanneling Barbra Streisand and Girlina as Donna Summer.