Tag: Queer Power

  • Trans Activist Marsha P. Johnson is a Movie Star!

      Got a message from my  curator friend Adam Baran.   “We’d so appreciate if you could help us spread the word about our Monday night world premiere of the documentary Pay It No Mind: Marsha P. Johnson.  We’ll have Michael Musto introducing the film, and then a panel of Marsha’s friends and colleagues talking…

  • Hanging With The Housewives

    Hanging With The Housewives

    Guess who showed up at Rapture, the mammoth lesbian Pride party I hosted this past weekend… Alex McCord and hubby Simon Van Kempen from The Housewives of New York! I found them perfectly delightful—down-to-earth, jokey and very happy to be at the event.

  • Thespian Lesbian

    Thespian Lesbian

    Tonight, it’s another performance of my new play, The Emperor’s New Codpiece. Tomorrow, I’m hosting “Rapture by the River,” a mega Pride party for lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer-identified women (and their friends, of course). I’m the first drag queen ever to host the annual event!  What an honor!

  • Solidarity with the Egyptian People!

    Solidarity with the Egyptian People!

    As evidenced by some of my past Halloween costumes, I find Middle Eastern culture quite fascinating.  I sincerely hope that a new era of freedom, peace and cooperation is dawning in the region.

  • What Do You Wear To A Drag Queen Wedding?

    What Do You Wear To A Drag Queen Wedding?

    I like this political action because it’s so wacky! Next Magazine reports on a new and unusual wedding ceremony that occurs every Saturday at Times Square.   All the participants are drag queens—the bride, the groom and the organizer, Kitten Withuwip, who plays pastor. According to Ms. Withuwip, it’s a way to help convince Middle American…