Missabu." Rumi Missabu: I had just graduated from L.A. Rumi: It said Rumi Missabu. I was forever that person. I became that person. LISTEN RUMI MISSABU THE QUEERCORE PODCAST Related Stories • Rumi Missabu Season Four Part One Podcast : The Cockettes and Beyond • Rumi Missabu Season Four Part Two Podcast: Male Groupies • Rumi Missabu

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COCKETTES, ANGELS OF LIGHT, PERFORMER Rumi Missabu as Maxine in "Elevator Girls in Bondage" by Michael Rumi Missabu was born in Hollywood, took a bus to San Francisco, made a wrong turn, got lost, and was Rumi was an original member of the late 1960s San Francisco hippie performance troupe, the Cockettes. His only form of identification was an expired San Francisco library card that said “Rumi Missabu.” LISTEN TO RUMI ON THE QUEERCORE PODCAST HERE READ OUR FEATURES ON RUMI HERE  AND HERE More Features •

COCKETTES, ANGELS OF LIGHT, PERFORMER Rumi Missabu as Pola Negri in Hollywood Babylon by David Wise, Three episodes of Rumi Missabu! Who is Rumi? After the dissolution of the Cockettes, Rumi spent over 35 years off the grid, living in almost complete Rumi Missabu truly made the greatest comeback since Lazarus. PODCAST TRANSCRIPT HERE Related Stories • Don Kilhefner: Radical Faeries Co-Founder QueerCore Episode • Ruby

"If You Cry at My Funeral, I’ll Never Talk to You Again" By August Bernadicou Rumi Missabu at home by Rumi Missabu, gender-bender, identity curator, and visual storyteller, passed away on April 2, 2024, Rumi Missabu as Madame Gin Sling in Pearls Over Shanghai by David Wise, 1970. His only form of identification was an expired San Francisco library card that said "Rumi Missabu." Rumi’s biographer, August Bernadicou, summed it up by saying, “Rumi Missabu was a groundbreaking performer

COCKETTES Rumi Missabu was born in Hollywood, took a bus to San Francisco, made a wrong turn, got lost Rumi left the Cockettes after a year and a half, moved to New York, and then returned to San Francisco The closest form of identification he had was an expired San Francisco library card that said "Rumi." Get ready to get lost in Rumi’s wacky, outta-this-world life!   LISTEN ON ALL STREAMING PLATFORMERS HERE READ OUR FEATURE ON RUMI MISSABU HERE More From QueerCore •

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