WindyCityMediaGroup.com – by Jacob Anderson-Minshall
When Angelique Munro, Chicago?s ?Sultry Siren,? appeared on the 2004 Ricki Lake Show, ?Surprise, I?m a Drag Queen,? the performer still identified as a female impersonator. She?s no longer pretending.
For over a decade, the talented drag entertainer has performed throughout the Chicago area as well as in New York, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. She?s appeared on Lake?s namesake show as well as Tyra Banks? talk show and E! Entertainment?s Wild in the Windy City. Munro?s also served as promotional spokesperson for numerous companies.
But it wasn?t until earlier this year that Munro came out as transgender. ?It?s only since my mom died [ that I ] started to accept and embrace my true self,? she said. ?In a sense, it?s as if my mom?s death was like a rebirth for me; she set me free to become the woman I was meant to be. The ?boy? in me?is no longer in my eyes, I?m a girl and once I have my plumbing rehabbed I?ll be perfect?well?nobody?s perfect.?