Veronica Vera
Veronica Vera is an American human sexuality writer and actress. She founded the cross-dressing school Miss Vera's Finishing School For Boys Who Want to be Girls in New York City in 1992. She co-founded the first porn star support group, Club 90.
Veronica Vera
- Name
- Veronica Vera
- Birthplace
- United States
- Occupation
- Writer, actress, instructor
- Born
- 1946 · United States.
- Fields
- pornographic film
- Education
- Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality · Kean University
- Languages
- English
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Veronica Vera is an American human sexuality writer and actress. She founded the cross-dressing school Miss Vera's Finishing School For Boys Who Want to be Girls in New York City in 1992. She co-founded the first porn star support group, Club 90.
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• Name — Veronica Vera • Birthplace — United States • Occupation — Writer, actress, instructor • Website — veronicaverawrites.com
Career
Career
Vera is a former Wall Street trader and a doctor of human sexuality.
Acting and modeling
Acting and modeling
Vera appeared in such films as Times Square Comes Alive and modeled in an erotic photography session for Robert Mapplethorpe in 1982.
Writing
Writing
Vera wrote a monthly article in Adam magazine called "Veronica Vera's New York" that ran from 1983 to 1995. Her book Miss Vera's Finishing School for Boys Who Want to Be Girls was published by Doubleday in 1997. She has published two follow-up books: Miss Vera's Cross-Dress For Success and Miss Vera's Cross Gender Fun For All.
Activism
Activism
Vera's activist work includes a testimony she gave in 1983 that became part of the Meese Report. In 1983, she co-founded the first porn star support group, Club 90.
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• Name — Miss Vera's Finishing School For Boys Who Want to be Girls • Type — Private • Industry — Courses on cross-dressing • Founded — (1992, New York City, New York, United States • Founder — Veronica Vera • Hq Location City — New York City, New York • Hq Location Country — United States • Website — missvera.com Vera founded Miss Vera's Finishing School For Boys Who Want to be Girls, a business in New York City that provides instruction in cross-dressing, in 1992. One of the school's most popular topics of instruction is walking in high-heeled shoes. In 2008, Vera said more than 5,000 people, including many women, had enrolled in this class in the previous 12 years.
Personal life
Personal life
Vera is a native of Linden, New Jersey. She married artist Stuart Cottingham in 2012.
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Life and career
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1946
Veronica Vera born at United States.
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- 1.Veronica Vera Filmography. The New York Times. 2014.
- 2.Kramer Bussel, Rachel. Pump It Up. Time Out New York. July 27, 2007.
- 3.Veronica Vera. HuffPost.
- 4.Times Square Comes Alive. AVN. July 1, 1987.
- 5.Lieberman, Hallie. Club 90: The Secret Women's Club That Rocked the Porn World. The Daily Beast. September 30, 2023.
- 6.Baum, Geraldine. At Miss Vera's, the Mirror Reveals a Changed Man. Los Angeles Times. E1. December 23, 1993. 0458-3035.
- 7.Christie's. Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989) Marty and Veronica, 1982. April 15, 2010.
- 8.Tabor, Mary B. W. Book Notes. The New York Times. C21. October 11, 1995. 0362-4331.
- 9.Transform Yourself With Veronica Vera. South Florida Gay News. February 6, 2010.
- 10.Vera, Veronica. Miss Vera's Cross-Dress for Success. Miss Vera's Finishing School for Boys Who Want to be Girls. n.d.
- 11.Vera, Veronica. Miss Vera's Cross Gender Fun For All. Miss Vera's Finishing School for Boys Who Want to be Girls. n.d.
- 12.Brunnick, Michelle. Veronica Vera and Robert Mapplethorpe, Pioneering Transgender New York. The Iris. J. Paul Getty Museum. July 29, 2016.
- 13.Schuessler, Jennifer. The Woman Who Tried to Make Porn Safe for Feminism. The New York Times. March 11, 2024. 1553-8095.
- 14.Wissot, Lauren. Annie Sprinkle on Reuniting with Golden Era Porn Legends for CineKink's 'A Tribute to Club 90'. Filmmaker. February 24, 2015. 1063-8954.
- 15.Oksman, Olga. 'Drag Is Great, But This Is Beyond Drag': inside Miss Vera's crossdressing school. The Guardian. June 17, 2016.
- 16.Richardson, Clem. Mary Veronica's Miss Vera's School for Boys Who Want to Be Girls is in Session. Daily News. November 16, 2008.
- 17.Bussel, Rachel Kramer. The Golden Girls of Porn: A Panel Discussion at the Museum of Sex. The New York Observer. June 14, 2012.
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Formation and teaching. Vera studied at Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality and Kean University. The record notes the qualification doctorate. Recorded as having studied at Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality and Kean University.
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