About Chris

Chris Jay is a photographer, performer, and podcast host. While photographing Washington D.C. nightlife, Chris took to the stage as a drag king and became members of troupes like the DC Kings, Chocolate City Burlesque and Cabaret and Pretty Boi Drag. In 2017 Chris started the daily Facebook Live Podcast Coffee with Chris, which ran for 5 years. In the last decade Chris has received a number of awards including Best of Gay D.C. Best Artist in 2016, Best Drag King in 2017, and 2018’s Baltimores King of Pride. In 2020 Chris developed a book of portraits called SOME OF THE DOPEST PEOPLE I KNOW which includes photographs of local performers, activists, and other artists in the Baltimore/Washington area. Currently Chris is the President of Baltimore’s Clifton Pleasure Club as well as the newly formed Lived Experience Storytellers Collective. 

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