She grew up in California in an Irish Catholic family and was the fourth born of eight children.
She was friends with Tomata du Plenty and Ginger Coyote and dated Baba Chenelle the drummer for The Zeros.
Henry Rollins said about Bambi Lake " She was the first trans person I ever met on a regular basis.
In 2005, she released the album "My Glamorous Life As A Broadway Hostess" which contained her most well known song "The Golden Age Of Hustlers" which was covered by Justin Vivian Bond.
[4] In 2014 Silas Howard made the short documentary "Sticks & Stones" about Bambi Lake.