Heklina
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Steven Thor Grygelko (June 17, 1967 - April 3, 2023), known professionally as Heklina, was an American and Icelandic actor, drag queen, LGBT rights activist and entrepreneur. Born near Minneapolis, Minnesota to an Icelandic mother, he lived in Iceland for several years in the 1980s, and adopted the name "Heklina" after the Icelandic volcano Hekla. Heklina founded the San Francisco LGBT/drag nightclub and live show Trannyshack in 1996.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stefan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hennepin County
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Heklina drag queen performing.jpg
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- pseudonym
- Heklina
- birth name
- Stefan Grygelko
- date of birth
- 1968-06-17
- Commons category
- Heklina
- writing language
- English language
- date of death
- 2023-04-03
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Career
- ''Mother'' (formerly ''Trannyshack'')
- Theater and community activities
- Oasis
- ''Mommie Queerest''
- Death
- Filmography
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Steven Thor Grygelko (June 17, 1967 - April 3, 2023), known professionally as Heklina, was an American and Icelandic actor, drag queen, LGBT rights activist and entrepreneur. Born near Minneapolis, Minnesota to an Icelandic mother, he lived in Iceland for several years in the 1980s, and adopted the name "Heklina" after the Icelandic volcano Hekla. Heklina founded the San Francisco LGBT/drag nightclub and live show Trannyshack in 1996.
==Career==
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