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Ms. Kitty Litter is the drag persona of Stephen Hartley, an American drag queen, and LGBT and AIDS activist. She is considered a gay icon of Rhode Island. Ms. Kitty Litter retired briefly from drag performance in Rhode Island in 2015, and continues to perform in North Carolina.

Hartley grew up in Johnston, Rhode Island. He began performing in 1996 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island at a fundraiser for people living with HIV/AIDS.

Ms. Kitty Litter performs primarily for charitable causes, including Sojourner House. Hartley has worked as a development director at AIDS Care Ocean State, House of Hope, and, as Ms. Kitty Litter, hosted AIDS Care Ocean State's Gay Bingo. Ms. Kitty Litter performed regularly at Comedy Connection, a comedy club in East Providence.

Ms. Kitty Litter appeared in the 2008 documentary, Life's A Drag.