PARIS (AP) — Decades before transgender became a household word and “RuPaul’s Drag Race” became a worldwide hit — before visibility brought rights and recognition — there was Bambi, the Parisian icon ...

PARIS — Decades before transgender became a household word and “RuPaul’s Drag Race” became a worldwide hit — before visibility brought rights and recognition — there was Bambi, the ...

Such was their then-fame that the name of Bambi’s housemate, Coccinelle, became slang for “trans” in Israel — often cruelly. Once Dietrich, the starry queer icon, arrived at the tiny ...