Dorian Corey



Dorian Corey (circa 1937 – 29 August 1993) was an American transgender performer and designer featured in the 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning.

Corey grew up in Buffalo, New York. After study at the Parsons School of Design, she toured in the 1960s in the Pearl Box Revue, a cabaret drag act.

Corey died of AIDS at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in Manhattan.

After Corey's death, a mummified body with gunshot wounds was found in her belongings. A note attached to the body said, "This poor soul broke into my apartment and I was forced to shoot him."