What do Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan, Bob Hope, Joan Crawford, Mae West,

Johnny Depp, Muhammad Ali, and Pope John Paul II have in common with renowned gay showman Jade Esteban Estrada? All have been honored with the title of Kentucky Colonel, Kentucky's highest acknowledgment of ambassadors of goodwill and fellowship around the world.

     What most of them lack in common with Estrada (with the possible exception of Crawford, West and JP2) is the ability to fill out a dress and hold an audience enrapt with a hysterical history lesson.

     Bringing to life a passel of these new characters, Col. Estrada returns to Houston this month with his "ICONS: The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Vol. 3." The award-winning solo musical comedy show, scheduled May 9, 8 p.m., benefits the Gulf Coast Archive and Museum of GLBT History and GALLO, the Gay and Lesbian Latin Organization.

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