AUSTIN (KXAN) — A bench downtown could soon pay tribute to the beloved homeless, cross-dressing Austinite Leslie Cochran ... often pushing an oversized cart containing his belongings and ...

Some kid pointed out his big bike cart and near-naked body. Someone else responded with, “Oh, that’s Leslie ... homeless man to the list of new things I was learning about Austin (including ...

Leslie was a vocal advocate for the rights of the city’s homeless population following several run-ins with the Austin Police Department. “It’s important to remember that his spirit was ...

the man who dared to campaign for Mayor of Austin, Texas while walking down busy streets in an exposed thong. Leslie Cochran was a homeless man who became an activist, celebrity and finally was ...

“It’s a thing of the past,” Leslie Cochran says in the ... publicly protesting the Austin Police Department’s treatment of the homeless in the city. “He would literally print out on ...

When news broke in Austin last month that Leslie, the cross-dressing homeless man, mayoral candidate, and symbol of “weird” Austin, would be leaving town for Colorado, the metaphorical ...