{"id":2272,"date":"2021-01-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=2272"},"modified":"2021-01-17T13:01:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T17:01:13","slug":"lauren-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=2272","title":{"rendered":"Lauren Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/97980345_10216742156091235_1207994276810588160_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"856\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/97980345_10216742156091235_1207994276810588160_n.jpg\" alt=\"Lauren Taylor\" class=\"wp-image-108769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/97980345_10216742156091235_1207994276810588160_n.jpg 696w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/97980345_10216742156091235_1207994276810588160_n-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Lauren Taylor<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Lauren Taylor was an entertainer out of Austin, Texas. \u00a0Lauren is\u00a0known for her impersonations of Bette Midler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Titles and Awards<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=18431\"><strong>Miss Gay USofA 1998<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=23209\">Miss Gay America 1997<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=25626\">Miss Gay Texas America 1996<\/a><\/strong><br>Prelim to Miss Gay America<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=23563\">Miss Gay Houston America 1996<\/a><\/strong><br>Prelim to Miss Gay Texas America<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=62743\"><strong>1st Alternate to Miss Gay Midwest America 1996<\/strong><\/a><br>Prelim to Miss Gay America<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=23209\">1st Alternate to Miss Gay America 1996<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=25117\"><strong>1st Alternate to Miss Gay Texas USofA 1994<\/strong><\/a><br>Prelim to Miss Gay USofA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-columns\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a 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class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/16996010_1098310903631814_970949770197141637_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"598\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/16996010_1098310903631814_970949770197141637_n.jpg\" alt=\"Newly-crowned Miss Gay Texas America 1998 Kofi is congratulated by Mr. Gay All-American 1998 Antonio Edwards and Miss Gay America 1997 Lauren Taylor (MGTX 96.)\" class=\"wp-image-69887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/16996010_1098310903631814_970949770197141637_n.jpg 598w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/16996010_1098310903631814_970949770197141637_n-150x89.jpg 150w, 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Texas\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=77874\">Rumors Beach Bar<\/a> &#8211; Third Coast Downtown Bar<\/li><li><strong>Houston, Texas <\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=108749\">Neon Boots Dancehall &amp; Saloon<\/a> &#8211; Rich&#8217;s<\/li><li><strong>San Antonio, Texas <\/strong>&#8211; Wild Club<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lauren Taylor: Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/darrell.cantu\">Facebook<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lauren Taylor was an entertainer out of Austin, Texas. \u00a0Lauren is\u00a0known for her impersonations of Bette Midler. Titles and Awards&#8230; <span class=\"gridview-grid-post-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=2272\">read more<span class=\"gridview-sr-only\"> Lauren Taylor<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-2272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainers","tag-texas","wpcat-6-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/108769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}