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Actress, comedian, jazz singer and “professional lesbian” Lea DeLaria doesn’t care if you call her “Sir.” “Obviously, it’s a look I’m going for,” she joked in her previous live show, “The Last Butch Standing.” As for her pronoun of choice, the 59-year-old — who plays Big Boo on “Orange Is the New Black,” voices Miss Fritter in “Cars 3” and guest-stars on Season 4 of “Broad City” — prefers “Empress.” Now prepping for upcoming concerts, the Bushwick-based LGBT activist shares with Alexa the items — from suits to screwdrivers — that rock her world.

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"I love my custom-made black leather jacket. I'm so going to Sturgis, bitches." Leather moto jacket (sizes 12 to 26), similar styles from $590 at <a href="https://JeffCafone.com&quot; target="_blank">Jeff Cafone</a>
"I used to wait at the baggage carousel drenched in sweat, certain that someone had taken my luggage containing my music and props for my show. No longer. Not all bags look alike."Steve Madden hard-case spinner suitcases (set of 3), $220 at <a href="https://Amazon.com&quot; target="_blank">Amazon</a>
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"I bought my first Dean watch in 2006. Dean, a boutique designer on Sunset Boulevard in [LA's] Silver Lake, gives a whole new meaning to leather -- sorry, Daddy." “MW11” watch, $160 at <a href="https://Dean-Accessories.MyShopify.com&quot; target="_blank">Dean</a>
"I love a French cuff -- just ask Jake Mueser. Therefore I love a cuff link. Nobody does them better than Paul." Paul Smith “Red Lips” cuff links, $150 at <a href="https://Bloomingdales.com&quot; target="_blank">Bloomingdale's</a>
"Shameless, I know, but also hilarious. With adjustable heads and an orange handle reading, 'Lea DeLaria, for external use only,' it's the gift for the butch who has everything." Screwdriver, $15 at <a href="https://LeaDeLaria.com&quot; target="_blank">Lea DeLaria</a>
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"As I posed on the step-and-repeat for the Vulture Festival opening-night party, all anyone could talk about was my 'Female Trouble' shirt." T-shirt, $35 at <a href="https://Female-Trouble.com&quot; target="_blank">Female Trouble</a>
"Smeg is an Italian designer that has not changed their concept since the 1950s. This pink fridge looks like Palm Springs in my midcentury modern Bushwick kitchen." Smeg ’50s retro-style refrigerator, $2,000 at <a href="https://BedBathAndBeyond.com&quot; target="_blank">Bed Bath & Beyond</a>
"I know this is shocking for some, but I am a woman. I wear men's clothes. Jake Mueser is stylish and natty. He knows how to make a suit fit right." Bespoke suit, from $3,250 at <a href="https://JMueser.com&quot; target="_blank">J. Mueser</a>
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"Thank God I waited until Memorial Day weekend to put on my Doc Martens white Gibsons. The last thing I need is to be hacked to death by ['Serial Mom'] Kathleen Turner." “1461 Mono” shoes, $115 at <a href="https://DrMartens.com&quot; target="_blank">Dr. Martens</a>
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