Lazlo Pearlman: Transgender performer visits Drake

Media.www.TheLantern.com – Kimberly Snodgrass

An intimate crowd of 25 students, faculty and Ohio State guests gathered at the Drake Performance and Events Center yesterday evening for a presentaton by Lazlo Pearlman sponsored by the Sexual Studies program at OSU.

Pearlman is a London-based female-to-male transgender and is an internationally known speaker and performer. His art ranges from burlesque, cabaret, theater and vaudeville to fetish. He is also a teacher, song stylist and director who’s work reflects on the fact that he used to be a female.