Publicity photo of Gracie Allen from the Burns and Allen CBS Radio program, Wikimedia Commons Grace Allen (1895- 1964) "They laughed at Joan of Arc, but she went right ahead and built it." Gracie Allen made her stage debut in vaudeville as a singer and dancer when she … [Read more...]
Trixie Mattel Takes a Lie Detector Test. Results: Hilarious (No Lie)
Truth be told, Trixie Mattel can make anything fabulous, even a lie detector test where she gets grilled about some burning questions we all have. [Read more...]
Watch Now: The Dumpster Queens Are Back For a July 4th Spectacular
Just in time for July 4th weekend, Michael Henry and fellow Dumpster Queens Pete Zias and Michael Lucid are back at their favorite dumpster for a festive gathering, with filmmaking by Paul … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Comic Actor, Gilda Radner
As Roseanne Roseannadanna, publicity photo for Gilda Radner -Live from New York Broadway show, 1980, public domain June 28, 1946 – Gilda Radner: ”I base my fashion sense on what doesn’t itch.” Funny, talented, touching cutie-pie Gilda Radner, I still … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Gay Icon, Joan Rivers
1987, Picryl, public domain June 8, 1933 - Joan Alexandra Molinsky: "I Might Like Parisians More if They Named Their Streets Only for Gay Icons, Like Rue Liza Minnelli or Rue Bette Midler or, My Favorite, Rue McClanahan." In 1990, when he was in the middle of a very … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Double Trouble, Harvey Fierstein & Sandra Bernhard
June 6, 1954– Harvey Fierstein: "If you don't look, you don't know." June 6, 1955 – Sandra Bernhard: "Love is the only shocking act left on the face of the earth." Well, first of all, there is that voice. I always think of my voice as distinctive, made … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Eve Arden
Photo Our Miss Brooks via YouTube April 30, 1908– Eve Arden "I like Mexico; it's so… Mexican." Eve Arden was born Eunice Mary Quedens. I would have changed my name too. When she was cast in the 1934 edition of the Ziegfeld Follies, she was told to change … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “Go Out in the World and F*ck it Up Beautifully.” – John Waters
Photo by Al from Edinburgh, Scotland via Wikimedia Commons John Waters is undoubtedly one of my favorite people on our pretty planet. One of my best reading experiences of the current decade was making my way through his memoir Role Models (2011), a collection of essays about … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: “Bewitched” Actor, Dick Sargent
Via Wikimedia Commons April 19, 1930– Dick Sargent: "I wonder about Bewitched. But I guess we all wonder about something or other. Most working actors don't get a role where they become household faces. They may not know my name, I may be Darrin to people out there, … [Read more...]
#WomenWeLove: Debbie Reynolds
In How The West Was Won (1963), MGM via YouTube "I'll just stay in show business till they stuff me like Trigger, when I drop dead." Is Debbie Reynolds a Gay Icon? Abba-Dabba-Solutley! Reynolds was a lifelong advocate for LGBTQ Rights. She headlined an AIDS … [Read more...]
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