“SPANNING THE MODERN GAY UNIVERSE”
“SPANNING THE MODERN GAY UNIVERSE”
12/12/2008
Dynasty Handbag, the queen kook of the performance-art scene, never fails to impress with her stunning ensembles.
Discussing her fashionable ways in a recent post on “The Moment Blog” (the style and fashion blog of The New York Times) is the woman who knows her best, her alter-ego Jibz Cameron.
Among her comments:
"With this look, DH is ready to exercise and to exorcise. She is set to take on demons of any variety, be it outer or inner."
What’s next? The cover of Vogue?
12/05/2008
My Comrade Editor Linda Simpson here…
I’m so excited. Tonight, I return to the legitimate stage in the new dark comedy, The Bad Hostess.
The playwright, Les Simpson (My Comrade's publisher and my, uh, brother), was kind of enough to write me the starring role of a drag queen performer whose plans for a festive Christmas Eve party are thwarted by a raging blizzard.
The only revelers to show up are her caustic drag-diva neighbor, a coked-up club promoter and an uninvited young couple—she’s a showbiz wannabe, he’s studying to be—gasp!—a minister.
Despite my character's best efforts to keep things cheery—holiday punch, Bingo, Cheetos—the soiree deteriorates into a night of bitter family memories, despicable karaoke, and rants against God and religion. Ah, the joys of Christmas!
If you’re in NYC, come on down! It’s only $15. And I promise to memorize my lines.
Coming soon: Exclusive behind-the-scene photos!
| Filed Under: Laffs, Trantastic! | COMMENTS [5] |
12/02/2008
Transsexual superstar Amanda Lepore jets down to Miami Beach this weekend for the launch of her pricey new fragrance, “Amanda,” which comes in a bottle adorned with Swarovski crystals and retails for $950.
The event coincides with Art Basel, the annual contemporary art exhibition. The perfume—inspired by Lepore’s “soft elegance, glamour and formidable strength”— is being marketed to collectors, with a limited edition of 5,000 bottles being produced.
Someone must be getting rich off of all this. 5000 x $950 = $4,750,000…!
This isn’t the enterprising tranny's first fragrance. Back in the club-kid era, she was the inspiration for “Darling.”
Is Darling a collector’s item, too?
Did anyone hang on to their bottle?
| Filed Under: Celebrities, Trantastic! | COMMENTS |
12/01/2008
The scores of talented people cut down during the darkest days of the AIDS crisis include ultra-flamboyant disco singer Sylvester, who died in 1988 at age 40.
During the hippie era, Sylvester moved from L.A. to San Francisco and joined the gender-bending Cockettes. Later came local success as a dance artist, followed by international fame and a flurry of chart-topping hits.
It’s only fitting that the the new movie Milk, set in the Bay City during the 1970s, includes a scene with Sylvester (performing at an election-night victory party).
Playing the part is Mark Martinez a.k.a. dancer and singer Flava, whose credits include Seigfried and Roy’s Las Vegas show.
How fabulous that the movie has chosen to honor Sylvester’s wonderful spirit. Like the inspiration for Milk—pioneering politician Harvey Milk— the singer was an gay lib crusader whose life tragically ended way too soon.
11/22/2008
Take that Mother Nature! Drug enforcement authorities have announced that they uprooted and burned nearly three million pot plants last year—in California alone!—which were estimated to have a total street value of $11.6 billion.
Can you imagine how much it must cost to finance such a major operation? During this severe economic crisis, as our government plummets further and further into dept, millions of precious tax dollars are being spent by the drug police to hunt for grass!
Wouldn’t it make a hell of a lot more sense, as many leading economists have suggested, to legalize marijuana and tax it?
We ain’t too good when it comes to economics, but it seems to us there’s at least a few billion to be made in tax revenues on $11.6 billion worth of goods.
Wake up, Drug Enforcement Agency and all you other idiotic anti-pot groups! It’s time for a major policy change! Stop wasting our money!
| Filed Under: World News | COMMENTS |
11/19/2008
WHERE: Santos Party House nightclub in downtown NYC
WHAT: The “Cyber/Fetish/Gender-Hacking” party Click & Drag, which, during the late 1990s and early 2000s, reigned as one of nightlife's most spirited and imaginative get-togethers.
Last weekend’s revival of the party (as an annual event) was a collaboration with the kinky soiree SMack! and included a strict dress code. The guests eagerly obliged.
Revelers included artist Kenny Scharf (left), Claire and Dominic.
A couple of C&D’s inventors, sex journalist Abby Ehmann (left)…
… and artist Rob Roth (also on the left)
The Eggman a.k.a Rosie
Wil Fisher posing in front of one the party’s multi-media installations
Members of the Pixie Harlots dance troupe
A member ot the Vangeline Theater dance troupe (left) and Venus De Mars, lead singer of the rock band All The Pretty Horses
Burlesque star Amber Ray
Pretty party enthusiasts
Not pictured: Click & Drag’s driving force, promoter Chi Chi Valenti. Congrats on a job well done! We can harldy wait until next year!
Photos by Ves Pitts (vesphotography@mac.com)
| Filed Under: Trantastic!, On The Scene | COMMENTS |
11/17/2008
Is this really a good idea?
A LGBT protest of sorts is in the works— a “Day Without A Gay” on December 10th, which is International Human Rights Day.
On that day, homosexuals are encouraged to “call in gay” to their jobs so they can instead help various human rights organizations.
Thus, the LGBT community will take a “historic stance against hatred” and prove that “a day without gays would be tragic because it would be a day without love.”
Okay, whatever, sounds rather convoluted… Not quite sure the boss will appreciate the gesture.
“Hi sir, I won’t be coming in today. I’m feeling gay.”
| Filed Under: Activism, World News | COMMENTS |
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