Photo from WQXR via YouTube May 17, 1866- Erik Leslie Satie: I am by far your superior, but my notorious modesty prevents me from saying so. In the early autumn of 1976, I had a brief, but very intense affair with a world-famous classical guitarist. A class act, he … [Read more...]
#TBT: A 14-Year-Old Edward Furlong Covers The Doors “People Are Strange” (And It’s Very Strange)
This is a goddamn delight, that's what it is. As boinboing explains: Just after teenage Edward Furlong blew up in Terminator 2, he released an album, titled "[Read more...]
#BornThisDay: “The Wizard Of Oz” Author, L. Frank Baum
1911, Photo from Wikimedia Commons May 15, 1856 - L. Frank Baum: The Queerness Doesn't Matter, So Long As They're Friends.Dorothy Gale, "The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz" One of the true classics of American literature, The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz was originally … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Composer, Lou Harrison
May 14, 1917 – Lou Garrison: We get more dangerous as we accumulate knowledge, and that's both a sadness and something to control, try to learn to live with, make terms with. Portland's own Lou Harrison was a composer known for his unusual lyrical musical style and the use of … [Read more...]
#LGBTQ: One of the First, Great Pioneers of Gay Rights Lived in a Thruple
Photo via Magnus Hirschfeld Society If some young person should ever argue that the Gay Rights Movement started with Stonewall, just bring up the subject of Magnus Hirschfeld (1868 – 1935) the German physician and sexologist. An outspoken advocate for sexual minorities, in … [Read more...]
#Resist: The Drag Story Behind “Flower Power”, the Iconic Photograph from 1967
Photo by Bernie Boston via Wikipedia Commons Flower Power is an iconic photograph taken by Bernie Boston (1933- 2008) a photographer for the Washington Star newspaper, a publication that is no longer with us. It was shot on October 21, 1967, during the National … [Read more...]
Just How Queer Was Kate?
Photo via YouTube Writer Gore Vidal vouched for his buddy Scotty Bowers who claims that he set Katharine Hepburn up on dates "with over 150 different women" in his dishy, juicy book Full Service: My Adventures In Hollywood And The Secret Sex Lives Of … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: There Once Was An Old Queer Named Lear
May 12, 1812- Edward Lear: The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea In a beautiful pea green boat, They took some honey, and plenty of money, Wrapped up in a five pound note. The Owl looked up to the stars above, And sang to a small guitar, 'O lovely Pussy! O … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Salvador Dalí
S Courtesy of Salvador Dalí Foundation May 11, 1904 – Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquis of Dalí de Púbol: Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure … [Read more...]
#Breaking: Dems’ “Love Act” Seeks to Address the “Lavender Scare” Purging of Queer Federal Government Workers in the 1950s & 1960s
Pentagon Workers Protest, 1965, NY Public Library Archives Interrogations of suspected queer people were a regular thing for federal employees in the 1950s and 1960s, with questions like: "Do you identify as a homosexual or have you ever had same-sex sexual relations?". This … [Read more...]
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