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Tag: Underground History
Gay Marriage in 1988! In My Comrade Magazine!
Way back in 1988, gay marriage was considered so unbelievable and unattainable, that it was a fantasy story-line in the underground magazine that I used to publish, My Comrade. Little did we realize that 23 years later(!), same-sex weddings would become legal in New York. The images are fuzzy Xeroxes, but obviously still quite relevant!
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…
Back in the Day! Times Square Photo Essay With Mr. Fashion
I’m showing my age by posting these old photos of Times Square, but fantastic and feisty Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York requested that I do so after I sent over a couple of them taken outside the Gaiety Theater, which Jeremiah recently posted about. The photos are from 1988 and feature the late great Mr. Fashion…
My Shady Hunch
Is The Brady Bunch the only inspiration for this cute invite for an upcoming party at Eastern Bloc—a birthday bash for promoter Eddie Black? Or did a classic nightlife flyer from days of yore influence the design?
Black Her-story Month
It is my honor to have been a witness, with camera in hand, to so many great moments in African-American drag history.
Mama Says Goodbye
She was a lioness! Ellen Stewart, founder of NYC’s legendary La MaMa Theater (in 1962) and champion of the offbeat and avant-garde, has died at age 91.