Photo via Wikimedia Commons She is an eternal Diva, and she certainly deserves the status of Gay Icon, see if you agree. Sophia Loren has had the pleasure of enjoying the special company of Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, and Richard Burton, along with her Italian … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Anne Francis
MGM publicity shot via Wikimedia Commons September 16, 1930 – Anne Francis: "Of course, I don't like being the vamp, but sexy roles are the plums these days." Honey West is a television series that aired on ABC in 1965–1966 with 30 episodes in its single season. Based … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Country Music Icon, Patsy Cline
1960 Decca publicity photo, public domain September 8, 1932– Patsy Cline: "I recorded a song called, I Fall To Pieces, and I was in a car wreck. Now I'm worried because I have a brand-new record, and it's called Crazy!" On a spring evening in 1963, Cline boarded a small … [Read more...]
Remembering Gender Anarchist, Sylvester
Sylvester James Jr. (1947 - 1988) I feel real when you kiss meI feel real when you touch meI feel real when you want meI feel real Sylvester's soaring falsetto marks him as one of America's greatest singers, performing songs in nearly every genre. He personified strength … [Read more...]
#WomenWeLove: Yvonne De Carlo & the Real Latin Female Stars of the Golden Era
1955 publicity photo, Public Domain For the first half of the 20th century, Hollywood was just crazy for Latina film goddesses. There was Myrtle Gonzalez (1891-1918), one of Hollywood's very first Latinx movie stars. She worked in silent pictures, and died at 27 years old, … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Gay Rights Pioneer, Edward Carpenter
Edward Carpenter, photo in public domain via Wikipedia Commons August 29, 1844 - Edward Carpenter: "I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't." Edward Carpenter Gay Rights Activist, Socialist, Feminist, … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “Put a Little Love in Your Heart, & the World Will be a Better Place.” – Jackie DeShannon
"Put A Little Love In Your Heart…" is a perfect sentiment for these demented and demanding times. As World of Wonder's resident Boomer, I am here to tell you that we sure loved the LOVE in the 1960s. The talented, prolific, versatile Jackie DeShannon was one of the first … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “A Good Writer is One Who Produces Books That People Read. So If I’m Selling Millions, I’m Good.” -Jacqueline Susann
1951 portrait by Bruno of Hollywood, public domain via Wikimedia Commons 50+ years after Valley Of The Dolls was first published, gay guys are still obsessed with the feuding, boozing, pill popping ladies of the camp classic novel and film. Neely O'Hara, Anne Welles, Jennifer … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “A Girl Should be Two Things: Classy and Fabulous.” – Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel (1883-1971) was once one of the most recognizable women in the world. Among her many friends and lovers were Pablo Picasso, impresario Sergei Diaghilev, Igor Stravinsky, Jean Cocteau, and Winston Churchill. She had a 15-year affair with Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “Think Onstage Nudity is Disgusting, Shameful and Damaging to All Things American. But if I Were 22 With a Great Body, It Would Be Artistic, Tasteful, Patriotic, & a Progressive Religious Experience.” – Shelley Winters
1950 publicity photo by John Engstead, public domain In a crazy coincidence, on this day in 1958, Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the USA, and on this day in 1920, Shelley Winters was born. In the 1962 film version of Lolita, Winters' promiscuous, … [Read more...]
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