Author: Linda Simpson
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Yee-haw! I Done Gown To A Fancy Party
Golly gosh, if my pals back home could see me now, nobnobbin’ with the crème de la crème at the annual Night of 1,000 Gowns. Held, of all places, at the Times Square Marriot Hotel, the surreal bash inducts the new rulers of the Imperial Court of New York before a crowd of decked-out countesses,…
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Eastern Gaze
On my list of cultural things to do and see: Tomoaki Hata’s current exhibit of Tokyo drag queens. Although the work is from the early 2000s, some of the portraits seem to reflect the haunting shock and mourning of current Japan. Sadly, life imitates art.
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Family Gay
One of my current pop-culture obsessions is the cartoon series Family Guy, which I watch in repeats on Netflix as I do my makeup. (Yes, I’m a late fan!) The politically-incorrect gay jokes are hilarious. Often they expose the idiocy of homophobia, other times gay culture is the butt of the joke. For instance, this…
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The Night I Snapped Elizabeth Taylor’s Photo (and Liza’s, Too)
I’m gonna give away my age if I don’t stop posting all my old photos! But a tribute to dearly departed Elizabeth Taylor is worth the risk. I shot her paparazzi-style many years ago at the Hilton Hotel as she a slew of other celebrities strode into a party after filming a television special at…
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Gee Whiz, This Former Porn Palace Looks Familiar
As long as I’ve been writing about old Times Square lately… This past weekend I caught The Ultimate Drag Off, a weekly pageant fabulously hosted by my pal Sweetie at the Times Square Arts Center. Hoo-boy, if those Arts Center walls could talk! The space used to be the porn palace Show World. And I…
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The In Crowd!
I’m thrilled to report that Dippity-Do-Drag was a gay old time! Good nutty fun was had by all! Please do it again, begged the crowd. And you know what, I just might. But I think I’d format the night a little different…