Author: Linda Simpson

  • Urban Oasis

    TONIGHT!  Monday Night Bingo continues at our new location, the very pretty rooftop lounge of Hotel Chantelle.     Hooray, this past weekend’s unbearable humidity is no more!  Today’s weather is DQ friendly!  

  • Had Enough of Manly Athletes?

    The Drag Queen Olympics are being held in Amsterdam today! Categories include Handbag Toss, High-Heel Sprint and Tug-O-Love.     May the best woman win!  

  • Nude Dinner

    Just arrived in my In Box… San Francisco drag doyenne Juanita Moore’s latest newsletter. Ms. Thing has been busy, including hosting a dinner party for “local gay slut culture guide” Das Einhorn.   What do you serve to a naked journalist?  

  • At the Cinema

    Lincoln Center was the scene of this year’s New Fest, NYC’s annual queer movie-a-thon.     It’s a cautionary tale: Jobriath was so so massively over-hyped and manipulated by his record company (before he even released an album) that he was bound to be a disappointment. Being gay, gay, gay made it pretty tough for…

  • Remembering Page

    My great friend Page died TEN years ago today.     Wow… What if she were still alive? I like to think she’d be healthy and happily performing and creating art. This print ad for her video compilation “Revolt in Style” is from 1996.    

  • Half & Half

    Photographer Leland Bobbé captures drag queens barefaced and adorned with cosmetics. Behold the transformative power of MAKEUP!