To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Jaleh Daie, managing partner at Aurora Equity and seed ...

Raafe Purnsley, better known as Stormie Daie, has spent the last decade-plus as one of the most beloved drag performers in Durham. If they've ever told you that it all began in the Bull City, however, ...

Stormie Daie arrived at Saturday’s Apex Pride a few minutes late — event organizers said she had difficulty finding parking for her royal carriage — but like any good drag queen, she was fashionable ...

Stormie Daie at Chapel Hill’s Drag Storytelling event this month. Photo by Ellie Heffernan. What do you get when you combine chalk, balloons, children’s books, and a whole lot of light blue sparkles?

Editor’s note: Since we first reported this story May 15, the drag queens’ presentation to students at a Durham charter school has been picked up by national media outlets including CNN. Listen to the ...