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Editor Washington Area Editor Lee G. Brewster Carolyn Sommers Editor Contributing Editor Managing CHANGES OF ADDRESS Kay Gybbons NoLit# of change of address should b© uni not Laura McAllister less than fWo weeks prior to the dote change Staff Photographer becomes effective. Send the address of which Art Editor copies are now being received and the new Ed Trust address at which you wish to receive copies. Vicky West Publisher Official publication of Queens Publications QUEENS P O Box 538, NYC 10009 Advertising rates upon request. Copyright 1971, Queens Publications.

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We get calls nightly from tvs and drag queens who want to know where they Recently a dear friend of ours brought can get together. We have to say we're to our attention the fact that the gay sorry, but in New York there are only clubs in New York bar drag queens. A two places that cater to the drag scene. new club that opened with the help of One is a semi-private club, the other your editor has now decided that the exclusively private. drag queen and tv should not be allow- ed. Another bar, a former tv place However, until cross-dressing is made stopped the drag, went striaght-gay legal these clubs and bars have the and now wants the queen back as bus- right to exclude the drag. We can't do iness is bad anything about it until the criminal aspects of dressing is taken away. The How do we fight such obvious prejudice? only thing we can do is yell a lot and Should we not go back to places that try to embarass the clubs as they con- have barred us previously or should we tinue to say, "Go away little girl, we force ourselves upon them? can't allow you to stay. "

4 DTAG He’s wearing his wife's best dress Hope I win the contest!

Your wife called. Are they really gays?

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Dressed for the first time. And tomorrow we’ll be back in pants

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Dr c Frank Kameny, the first homosex- remain in the background and brought ual to run for congress was questioned out only on special occasions such as by members of the Queens Liberation fund-raising. F ront in regards to his anti-drag stand. Dr. Kameny, according to an article in SAN FRANCISCO the Advocate , reputedly preferred not Producer Paul Gregory in association to have the drag queen help in raising with the American Conservatory Thea- funds for his campaign for the govern- tre, presented Dame Judith Anderson ment office c When confronted with this. in the title role of William Shakespeare*

Dr. Kameny stated that it was not so. Hamlet , under the direction of William "I actually went to a drag ball and had Ball. The production opened to a three my picture taken with two drag queens, week engagement at the Geary Theatre "However, I did call the press aside in San Francisco. and requested that they not take pictures of the drag queens, as not all homosex- One of the most distinguished actress- uals were that way and it wouldnh be fair es in the English-speaking theatre. representation, " Evidently Dr. Kameny Dame Judith has long been a major fig- prefers to think that the drag should still ure on the Broadway and London stage

DRAG 6 as well as in films and television LONDON: Sex change operations costing $220 each This was, apparently, her DRAG debuL . --paid for by taxpayer -- are on the increase in Britain, an expert in treat- WASHINGTON, D. C 0 ment of sexual deviants said. Whoever would have thought that Chris- tine Jorgensen would figure in this years He was commenting on a disclosure by election and as a result people get their a Sunday newspaper that seven men minds off the high cost of livings Spiro have been changed into women in Bri- Agnew’s apt discription of Sen. Charles tain during 1970. Godell (R-NY) as the Christine Jorgen- sen of the Republican Party was a mas- A senior official of the Albany Trust, ter stroke, a perfect followup to the a charity organization which works labelling Goddell a 'radic-lib' which with homosexuals, said, "There are to some naive, confused voters suggest- a growing number of people with trans- ed a form of sexual aberration. Chris- sexual problems seeking medical ad- tine requested an apology, and received vice, It would be outrageous if such international publicity 0 Miss Jorgensen operations were only available pri- believes that even if Vice President Ag- vately. " new does not apologize to her, he may be more careful in the future about using a private citizen’s name in political DEAR ABBY: Abigail Van Buren recently reported the letter from a mother who’s daugh-

ter had fallen in love with another girl. . a female transsexual, who felt herself to be a ’man imprisoned in a woman's body, and was contemplating a "Christine Jorgensen" operation in re- verse, Abigail, who has been a free- thinker of late told her she must accept her daughter as she was if she loved her. She then quoted Freud, who in his famous

Letter to an American Mother : "Homo- sexuality is assuredly no advantage, but it is nothing to be ashamed of, no vice, no degradation, it cannot be classified as an illness: we consider it to be a varia- Christine Jorgensen tion of sexual functions produced by a New epithet, old politics certain arrest of sexual development. "

NEWSWEEK (1/4/71) ATLANTA Theodsre Roszak, author of "The Mak- The famous Centaur Club has been clos- ing of A Counter-Culture, " says "Talk ed and Mrs. P’s has halted gender im- to any psychiatrist and he’ll tell you personation acts. that one of the major sources of sick- ness in our society are men fighting TALLAHASSEE down their femininity and women fight- Several male homosexual transvestites " ing down their masculinity. held a drag-in at a gay bar in Tallahass-

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7 ee, Florida which refused to allow their NEW LONDON, CONN admittance. The action was the culmi- A homosexual backed by the Connect- nation of weeks of hassle between lib- icut Civil Liberties Union, is going to erated gays in the area and the bar court to challenge the State's refusal to reinstate his which had been working with Gay Lib- drivers' license. (ED 0 eration Front of Florida State Univers- This could be enforced against transves- ity for some time. As a result of the tites, hetero or homo, that's why we must unite for bar’s discriminatory policies, GLF greater strength. ) broke ties with the bar. TALLAHASSEE: MIAMI Tallahassee police have taken a progress- ANGELA KEYES DOUGLAS WINS ive and enlightened view of transsexual- COURT BATTLE ism after arresting Angela Douglas,vho TAO founder Angela Keyes Douglas won was in the area to lecture at Florida a court decision in Miami, Fla on Dec- State University. Charged with 'dis- ember 18. She had been arrested and orderly conduct', the charges were drop- charged with 'wearing the clothing un- ped and she was released with full per- becoming to his or her sex. ' The char- mission to live as a female in the area. ge was dismissed by the judge who felt A lecture on transsexualism and trans- it was a 'bad arrest. ' Legal action a- vestism was given to Lt. Peacock, Sgt. gainst the city of Miami for restitution Beagles, a couple of policewomen who may be taken. Douglas is a preopera- discussed male chauvinism with her, tive transsexual. and the police chief. Tallahassee is Florida's state capital and Angela hopes to be able to meet the governor-e- DRAG LEGAL IN D. C e new Public transvestism is fully legal in lect, Reuben Askew (his daughter is al- Washington, D.C. (Be sure to visit so named Angela) who was attacked by Lincoln's Memorial and the White defeated Governor Claude Kirk as be-

' ing ' sweet -looking and a mama's boy. House. ) during the election campaign. Angela BIRMINGHAM, ALA: hopes to have a special identity card similar to the one issued by the Center Since Mr. Sid took his case to court, no harassment has occur ed in regards for Special problems issued by the State of for to 'dressing' in this southern town. Florida transsexuals.

MIAMI: GAY MINISTER TRIES TO LOS ANGELES SILENCE DRAG ARREST Welfare assistance to transvestites was Pastor Brad Wilson of the Miami Met- cut off recently in Los Angeles. The ropolitan Community Church attempted directive does not effect transsexuals, to silence the arrest of a pre-operative according to officials as erroneously transsexual. "To fight the arrest would reported in several publications. A bring trouble for us all, " said the gay letter campaign in protest has started. minister. He threatened to turn all -mail Write to Joseph L Winkler, 3401 Rio responses sent to the transsexual over Hondo, El monte, Calif. 91731. Winkler to the federal government. The MCC- was the official who issued the directive. Miami received hundreds of dollars from drag benefits, (reprinted from TAO News- NEW YORK letter) 16 male members of the Congress of

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Racial Equality picketed the Apollo houses and signed documents in the Theatre in New York recently, charg- village town hall while the men stayed ing that transvestites were offensive home to bake bread, milk the cows and to their manhood. Chris Moore of look after the babies. the JEWELL BOX REVUE (DRAG #2) said the spokesmen for the group stat- By tradition, any man who appears on ed, "We've got enough of our own queers the street during the festival is chas- in Harlem, you don't have to import ed by the women and drenched in cold them. " (The Jewel Box Revue is the water. only 'white' show to appear on Apollo's stage). The picketing closed the show The village returned to normal at mid- temporarily. Complain to CORE, night when the women -- most of them 200 W. 135th Street, N. Y.C. the worse for drink -- returned to their roles as housewives for another USSR year. A document has been obtained from the Soviet Embassy describing nine sex con- MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. version operations performed in the Two homosexuals who want a marriage USSR in 67-68. Four of the changelings license were refused a court order for were true hermaphrodites. Such oper- one in Hennepin County District Court. ations are performed in ordinary town Jack Baker and James Michael McCon- hospitals free under socialized medi- nell, who are challenging the consti- cine. The USSR also has an Institute tutionality of a state law, has also been of Experimental Endocrinology and Re- denied in an earlier court action for a search of Chemistry of Hormones license. Mr. Baker recently won the presidency of the Student Council at LOS ANGELES the University of Minnesota. One of the Women's Liberation legal aid in Los campaign ads pictured him sitting with Angeles has granted assistance to a his legs outstreched, wearing women's pre-operative male to female trans- white high -heeled shoes. The caption was sexual seeking a divorce from a wom- Put me in your shoes. He won the off- an she was married to and legal change ice overwhelmingly. of name. The feminists provide divorce assistance to women requir- NEW YORK ing it at minimal cost. At a recent cock-tail reception for the 'gay' minister from Los Angebes, MONOC LISSXA, GREECE: the Rev. Troy Perry, members of the Women in men's clothes strolled the Queens Liberation Front questioned narrow streets Jan 9th, smoking, drink- the Reverend Perry's statement in the ing and relaxing while their husbands, Los Angeles publication HIM that he clad in dresses, stayed home and did would not marry two men, one of which the housework. would be in drag, but would marry two men. Rev. Perry when confronted Thousands of tourists flocked to this with QLF representatives acknowledged village in eastern Macedonia as the in- making the statement, and said he had habitants observed a festival said to since changed his mind. He now is date from pagan times. proud that the drag queen is part of his world and will now perform a gay The women played cards in coffee marriage with one of the individuals

9 VOL # I NO III in drag. (All right girls, be sure to On Monday, March 29th four members send us pictures of the wedding. c . . . Black and white only!) of the Queens liberation front presented themselves and causes of the trans- ALBANY vestite and the transsexual at Ros Regel- son's class on homosexuality at Pamela Nolan will be married in New full drag and hopefully the editors York University. of DRAG will attend and report the different types of transvestism full details. Mister Nolan will be Four were marrying a female. presented by the panel:The heterosexual transvestite, the homosexual transvestite, the drag queen and the transsexual. TIJUANA SPECIAL: The National Transsexual Counsel- Debbie Hartin, a transsexual also spoke from the podium. Miss Hartin recen- ling Unit reports that the second step tly received much publicity due to her in the male to female sex conversion divorce proceedings. Earlier in the operation at the Tiajuana Clinic has month, SCREW, (issue featured risen to $3000, for a grand total of #109) $5000. Debbie in an explicit article about the transsexual. A full page center spread was given to her vagina.

tv humour The moderator asked the four representatives to detail their emergence into drag. Kay Gybbons stated, "I started in grade school with the pro- per Public School supervision. " Bun- ny Eisenhower started at the age of 3 with the assistance of his sisters. Barbarella, the transsexual, realized her desire to be a woman only after attending a drag ball. Later she was discharged from the army for damaging government property. The property in question was her 'busts', as she started hormone treatment while in service. (Army regulations state that a soldier is government property)*

The panel was introduced by D* D* columnist from one of New York's gay newspapers. Earlier in the class, poet Taylor Mead, one of the innovators of the underground cinema had shown his "Rainy Day Women, " in which he had figured as transvestite, and photographer Bruce King had discussed his film-making which had begun with cov- ering drags. "No, it isn't the margerine darling. " I just won first prize at the Drag Ball.

1 o DRAG A group consisting of Lee Brewster (drag queen) Barbarella (transsexual) Bunnie Eisenhower (heterosexual transvestite) and Kay Gybbons (homosexual transvestite) spoke to a group at New York University on the various aspects of transvestism to a standing room audience.

PANEL AVAILABLE FOR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS The above group is available for speaking engagements before various organizations. For information contact QUEENS PUBLICATIONS

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France produced two famous transvest- I also took extreme care of my neck, ites, one of which was the ABBEE Fran- rubbing it every night with veal broth cois Timoleon de Choisy, who was born and a pomade of sheep's foot oil in 1644 to a middle-aged mother who which makes the skin soft and white. persistently regarded him as a girl and My hair was done into large black dressed him as such;he never in fact curls. I had big diamond earrings, wore men's clothes until he was 18 years a dozen patches, and a necklace of old. Initially he tried to make a career false pearls. " for himself on the stage at Bordeaux, an enterprise that lasted only five mon- Chois y appeared in public so dressed ths . "I played in comedy at the theat- when he was young. His father was re dressed as a girl, " he writes in his Chancellor of the Duke of Orleans, so famous MEMOIRES o "Everybody was the best salons in Paris and the coun- deceived and I had lovers, but was very- try were open to the family. No one discreet and had a reputation for pru- seems to have minded overmuch and " dence and virtue. de Chois y's mem- it is said that young girls copied the oirs are outstandingly candid and self- fashions that Chois y set, particularly revealing and frequently describes his hair styles. (Such social accept- dresses and occasions: "I had a bod- ance was also seen in the case of Mon- ice embroidered with natural flowers sieur Philippe d'Orleans, brother of on a silver ground and a skirt of the Louis XIV, who was spoiled by ladies same material with a long train. The of the court. He frequently dressed skirt was fastened up on both sides up as a girl and sang curious songs with'yellow and silver ribbons c The for the courts amusement. DeChoisy bodice was very high and padded out was brought up as a friend to Monsieur to make it that appear 1 naa a bust, and the two boys delighted in their and as a matter of fact I had as shared amusements. much as a girl of 15. " After his abortive attempt to go on- It is clear that his mother was large- to the stage, he entered the Church as ly responsible for Choisy' s continual his family wished and, recommended choice of female garments and fem- by the Bishop of Paris, was received inine behavior. "My mother made me as an Abbe. He retained his women's wear bodices that were extremely clothes, wore patches and had his ears tight and this pushed up the flesh and pierced. He had some sexual adven-

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CAROLYN’S CORNER by Carolyn Sommers

The Awards Club of Washington has to be in my estimation one of the best organized group of people in the nation. It has a membership of close to 500 people and its leadership is Jerry Buskirk. I visited with Jerry at her posh apartment and over coffee we chatted about its beginning and its growth.

It all began with the introduction of the first ’’Miss America" pagent in 1961. It was originally referr- ed to as "Bill Frye’s Masquerade Ball" and it was changed to its present title in 1963.

With this uniting idea, Jerry and other people got together and formed an organizing committee to

perpetuate the pagent and the group c There are now two committees in operation who oversee the many functions of the Awards Club. /A There are countless number of people who give of time and talent to make their functions the successes they are. : The Awards Club has done much for t/C charity and civic undertakings and is respected by the community minded officials.

Two of the year’s outstanding events are the "Miss America" pagent, done in true regal splendor and the "Emmy A- wards of Washington", with all the e- motion of its television counterpart.

This past October 24th was the scene of the 1970 "Miss America" gala. It was held in the Washington, D. C. Civic Center. It was truly spectacular in its splendor as a crowd of over 500 people looked on. The contestants represent- ing the states were as stunning as the gowns and the swim suits they wore in the competition.

Jerry said, "We expect the 1971 pagent " t o be even bigger and better. H

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13 Hormones Make A Difference % DO

Pre-operative transsexual, the beautiful Barbarella puts the finishing touches on her make-up. She then offers to help her new found friend, Josie from Birmingham, Ala. Josie just started hormone treatment. 4 1 DPAG Barbarella has beautiful breasts. So does Josie, but she needs a little help from the cosmetic and undergarment industries, "Barbarella" helps Josie tape for the cleavage effect.

Josie has to paint in the cleavage now; but in a few months she’ll have the same beautiful breasts as does Barbarella. After putting on her hair she and her friend are ready to face the public as two beautiful girls. They went to the "April in Paris" drag ball arriving in a horse drawn carriage.

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The Curtain Rises on HKHiR

To the consternation and bewilderment the past year have had transsexualism of the vast majority of homosexuals, it as their central subject, MYRA BRECK- is , as Queens Liberation Front has of- ENRIDGE and CHRISTINE JORGENSEN ten stated, the female impersonator who STORY were responsible for enlighten- is leading the vangard in public accep - ing and loosening up a few American tanceand will be more quickly assimi- stays. lated than the straight homosexual. Looking quite promising is Emersons Much of this acceptance can be attri- Film release of THE SECRET OF DIN- buted to the entertainment field which AH EAST. Opening to good business has suddenly opened up all its avenues in Los Angeles, Kansas City and Sea- to the transvestite. ttle, "Dinah East", the story of a well- known glamour- movie star who sudden- On the legitimate stage, on neighbor- ly dies and is exposed as a man. hood movie screens, at favorite night spots, and lastly, but most important Mae was quite taken in by the story and of all -- on millions of television sets had a private showing. So far, there the female impersonator is winning the has been no comment from 'la West American public over in positive and flattering portrayals. And is it any surprise that the drag queen taking a page from Women's The motion picture, always quick to Liberation, has demanded and won the pick up on new trends in American aud- right to star and perform by and as her- iences, has had a plethora of films hav- s elf ing transvestites in either central or sub-plot characterizations. It is the Holly Woodlawns, the Jackie Curtis', and the Harlows who are the GOODBYE GEMINI, THE KREMLIN frontrunners on this whole new breed

LETTER, (George Sanders), THE MAG- of starlets c IC CHRISTIAN (Yul Brynner),THE DAM- NED, (Helmut Berger), WUSA, (Paul While all are certainly not the glamour-

Newman) and IN LIKE FLINT (Lee J c Cobb) ous or ultra -feminine types, all are are just a few motion pictures using fe- shockingly convincing in their particu- male impersonators as a subordinate lar role of female impersonation but integral part of the story line. Andy Warhol, not one to miss out on a However, two of the bigger pictures of good thing, has always had transvestism con't page 18

16 DPAG (1) French comedian Jean Paul Belmondo doing a strip tease (2) John Hansen as Christine Jorgensen (3) This feminine exterior is really vet- eran actor Lee J. Cobb in 20th Century Fox's "In Like Flint. "

(1) The now famous Sabrina from the QUEEN one of the first pictures to include the transvestite. (2) Beneath that blonde wig, feather boa and black sheath dress lurks the usually dignified actor George Sanders.

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curtain rises

incorporated into his underground mov- tumes and opulent musical numbers ,

ies c reminiscent of those big musical productions of the 30's, still captivate mix- While Mario Montes was his first drag ed audiences wherever the production

star, it is through the personage of the tours c So beautiful are the 'girls’, the wild-eyed and bushy haired Holly Wood- backers defy the audience to identify lawn that Andy has soared to new record the one existing genital female!

breaking heights with his current hit. . TRASH. But perhaps one of the least realized in- Miss Woodlawn, so comfortable and re- cursions transvestism has had in the en- alistic in her far out person, works won- tertainment field is contained in the ly- ders on an unsuspecting movie audience. rics of some of our top recording hits. The Beatties, "Get Back", and the Kinks, Managing to capture all the attributes infamous "Lola", (see DRAG Vol. I, #1) of a re-incarnated movie queen of the actually caused controversy over radio 30's, she is nothing short of sensation- playing because the lyrics strongly im-

al in TRASH. . e <, and she steals the pic- plied homosexual-transvestite tendenc- ture right under Joe Dellasandro's butt- ies.

ochs ! It has been rumoured that Holly was disqualified from an Academy a- LAUGH IN, CAROL BURNETT, DON ward nomination only because the diff- KNOTTS, and DEAN MARTIN are just iculty in deciding which category- Best a few of the television shows which can actor or Best actress --would prove too be depended upon to spotlight one of the traumatic an effect on the Academy's girls. But when one of us can make the

members ! longest running most venerated and as American as apple pie show, I think it Carnegie Hall, the pinnacle and ulti- is safe enough to say -- We're In!. The mate desire of any performer recent- show -- ED SULLIVAN in the person of

ly had the distinction of having one of JIM BAILEY (Ed. note. « no connection the world's leading female impersona- with the sudden demise of Mr. Sullivan's tors. show. ) While the number was a knock- out, it was JIM BAILEY's flawless looks Straight from a triumphant stay in Eng- on an ever close-up television camera land, LYNN CARTER floored a packed, which defied any late -tuner ins to doubt standing room only house of gays and they were looking at the 'real thing' straights, and won herself a standing o- Even Miss Burnett had trouble keeping vation. her eyes from Mr. Baileys' clevage,

And what else but the world renowned DICK MARTIN and JIMMY BROWN, stars JEWEL BOX REVUE can become an of N.B.C.'s LAUGH IN are that shows annual attraction for New Yorkers? Al- leading drags. While Mr. Martin goes though the revue is a long-standing, in for laughs with elderly, pat r only long-running show, being in existance types of impersonations, it is Jimmy comes across as a smashing last for many years, fresh new faces, cos- who of the red hot black mamas. con't page 34

18 DRAG The exact origin of the castrati is not Women sopranos existed, naturally, but known. Their necessity arose through they performed privately and did not the Church, wherein, St. Paul had for- finally appear on the public stage in bidden women to raise their voices. It- Borne until the end of the 18th Century. aly seems to have been the country During these years the castrati flour- where they flourished from the earliest ished magnificently, having to play all days, though an unsuccessful attempt the roles demanding soprano voices -- was made to shift the blame to Spain, male or female as the composer had. some of whose choristers had develop- set them. Many travel writers of the ed a falsetto range. period, including Goethe, were favour- ably impressed by the performances Their appearance on the stage was the they heard. There must have been some result of the familiar ban on women per- extraordinary performances and ap- forming on the boards. By the early 17th pearances with the castrate Marianino, Century, all the arts were breaking away a hefty six-footer, sweeping on as a from Church domination and in Italy the delicate princess. The castrati devel- beginnings of secular opera were under oped breasts and usually grew extreme- way. But the Church still forbade wo- ly plump, and when they grew older men to go on the stage- licentiousness must have resembled vast flowery gal- and potential prostitution were its rea- leons sailing across the stage. sons. Ironically by doing this, the These social conditions led to ro- also tacitly condoning cas- Church was mantic stories. Just as one occasion- tration. company of men might be A ally comes across a novel set in E- able to produce some members capable lizabethan England where a gid. dis- straight on the stage; of playing women guises herself as a boy, goes on the but the idea of a baritone- voiced heroine stage and plays a boy playing a girl, is ridiculous, even for opera. clearly so in the 18th Century Rome there con't page 24

19 VOL # I NO III The first question asked by tourists is, "Where is the drag queen contest to be held?" This contest is undoubtedly the biggest 'happening 1 of MARDI GRAS day. 20 DRAG The street is full of beautiful queens who come from all over the coun-

try for this grand parade., It is said that the Texas and N 0 Y 0 queens us

ually walk away with the prizes 0

VOL # I NO III GRAND PRIZE PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER WINNERS (for loudness)

22 DRAG A FEW MORE OF THE CONTESTANTS

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE JUDGES HAD A DIFFICULT TIME SELECTING THE WINNERS*

VOL # I NO III 23 ABBE de Squalling tures too; he kept a mistress and at were stories of women getting on the one period went through with a false stage pretending to be castrati and marriage with a young woman dress- singing women's parts. ed up as a man 0 In 1685 he sailed for Siam as part of the entourage of the Like other female impersonators French Ambassador to the King 0 He throughout the ages, the castrati were remained in that country for only three adored by women and were highly fet- months, preaching devoutly to the crew ed wherever they went. They earned of the ship on which he returned to large salaries and were vain, quarrel- France, but still hankering after his some and often remarkably stupid.lt corsets and skirts . He led a fairly was only the poorest of families who public life and was well known, but in would allow their little sons to suffer his later years he assumed male clo- the humiliation of the surgery, so in- thes, only wearing some of his old itially the singers had no social or dresses from time to time* In his intellectual back ground. (This was be- Memoir es he attempts a little self- cause fees were offered for promis- analysis which is rather touching? ing children). They were, however, impeccably trained with rigorous at- "I have tried to find out the strange how tention to deportment and gesture as idea to of came me believing myself a well as vocal finesse. One of the most woman c It is an attribute of God to be celebrated was Carlo Broschi, known -- loved and adored and man so far as as Farinelli; he came from a noble fam- -- his weak nature will permit has the ily (which was most unusual) and ulti- same ambition* It is beauty which cre- mately rose to an almost magical pos- ates love and beauty is generally the ition of power over Philip V and the woman’s portion; when it happens that Spanish court. The life-span of the men have, or believe they have, attract- castrato voice was longer than that ions for which they may be loved, they of a woman's soprano and so, during try to increase them by putting on wo- the rising ascendency of women in op- mens’ attire* They then feel the inex- era, the castrati had many advantages pressible pleasure of being loved* I in the maintenance of popularity. have had that pleasant experience many a time* When I have been at a ball or In his Memoires , Giacomo Casanova a theatre in a beautiful dress with pat- has some remarks about the castrati ches and diamonds and when I have that reveal the delight they took in the heard someone whiener near me: impersonation of women. Many would "There is a pretty woman" I have go about off-stage in female clothes and felt a pleasure so great that it is be- flirt with men in the side -walk cafes of yond all comparison. " Venice and Pome. In one such place Casanova mistook Bepino Della Choisy was eighty- one (the same age Mamana, a famous castrato, for a de when he died in as Chevalier Eon real woman, "The impudent creature, Paris in 1724* His effort at self-ex- looking fixedly at me, told me that if amination is remarkable considering I liked he would prove that I was right, the period* Even today the desire to " or that I was wrong. attract the sort of admiration reserv- is still given as one of ed for women In another passage he describes a vis- the reasons for transvestism in men* DRAG it to the opera in Rome when another celebrated castrato was singing the leading female part. "He was the com- lasisant favourite, the mignon of Car- dinal Borghese, and supped every even- ing tete-a-tete with His Eminence. " He describes the scene in the theatre: DRA "In a well-made corset, he had the waist of a nymph and, what was almost incredible, his breast was in no way inferior, either in form or in "A STUDY beauty, to any woman’s; and it was a - bove all by this means that the mon- ster made such ravages. Though one OF MEN knew the negative nature of this unfor- tunate, curiosity made one glance at his chest, and an inexpressible charm WHO acted upon one, so you were madly in love before you realised it. To resist the temptation or not to feel it, one ENJOY would have had to be cold and earth bound as a German, When he walked about the stage during the ritornello WEARING of the aria he was to sing, his step was mage stic and at the same time voluptu- ous; and when he favoured the boxes with WOMEN’S his glances, the tender and modest roll- ing of his black eyes brought a ravish- CLOTHING” ment to the heart. It was obvious that he hoped to inspire love to those who liked him as a man, and probably would not have done so as a woman. 11 SUBSCRIPTION RATES:

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It was about 7:45 pm on January 20th that small groups of people started to gather on the corner of 59th Street and the Avenue of America in front of the

/ ^ famous Carnegie Hall. By 8:15 the / Then in a bizarre costume of red, white group swelled into a sizable crowd. and blue sequins emulating the Statute Each time a professional or amateur of Liberty complete with a torch, Lynn impersonator would arrive in costume did a take-off of Mae West that in this and make-up a buzz would run through - reviewers estimation just did not quite out the assemblage as "she* would wind come off. ’her’ way to the entrance of the Hall. "It's at The occasion was Lynne Carter After a short pause for intermission a Carnegie Hall", a one woman show of highly believable Marlene Dietrich came impressions by "Miss" Carter. Murmers on stage in a copy of La Dietrich’s fam- of through the excitement whirlwinded ous see through dress. This was a de- lights packed auditorium as the house lightful episode. Betty davis in a heat- dimmed to darkness to start the per- ed debate with Bill Baily was a credible formance. portrayal. For the finale Mr. Carter again brought Pearl Baily on stage in first "Miss" Carter did an impress- the now famous impersonation of the ion of the British stage and screen act- great singing star. ress, Hermione Gingold in a hilarious " discussion of "Disney for Adults. This As the house lights rose again for the was followed by Phyllis Diller, and to end of the show the audience got up and the entire it audience was Miss Diller gave the performer a standing ovation on the stage and not Lynne Carter so y for this star who had so deftly created precise the in was impersonation voice such a believable impression of so many and actions. famous women.

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attitudes so the demonstrators did- n't know what their reaction would be to the three thousand invaders. this hour, n stung the drag queens, tv's Would they allow the gays to demon- and homosexuals attending the church strate without any trouble? Would the services prior to the march on the drag queen and tv be arrested? How State Capital in Albany, Sunday, Mar- did they feel about the invasion? Ac-

ch 14th. The march was in support of cording to one of the N. Y c newspapers, the bills currently before the legi- "Well, they loved Lee Brewster, any-

slators in behalf of liberalized laws on way. . . Lee displayed 'her' womanly homosexuality. Amongst them are bil] charms to stupified firemen and their for the repeal of impersonation laws, hardhat buddies. " The Albany KNICK- according to the Gay Activists Alliance FOCHER NEWS reported the demon- news release. stration and speeches in their article, "We're not afraid anymore", the sig- This is the first time in the history of nature line of the Rev. Troy Perry. the homophile movement that the gay Womens Lib Leader, Kate Millet, organizations have publicly acknowle- Lee G. Brewster of QLE and the Rev, in the article. dged as one of their goals the legali- Troy Perry were quoted zation of female impersonation. Amongst the QUEENS delegation was Bunny Eisenhower who explained to Queens Liberation Front supporters , passersby why he dressed. His wife

t (Street ransvestites S.T A.R 0 T Ac- was with him and contributed to his de- tion Revolutionaries) and their guests fense and the two enlightened many. went to Albany on one of the four bus- Bobbie, who gives drag balls and dances es chartered by the NY GAA, slowly and his friend carried the QUEENS banne marched out of the church with the during the entire march. song still ringing in their ears and tears in their eyes. . . "Grant us cour- The town was stunned but no trouble oc- " age for the facing of this hour cured. After the demonstration the par- ticipants returned to New York feeling a Albany is known for its small town spirit of unity and satisfaction.

30 DRAG 31 VOL II NO III The Passing Parade

The trip to Albany was fun S Before going to church the Queens delegation took a small walk through town.

Bunny and Lee walking down the street in Albany. Famous New Yo rk columnist, D. D. Griffo joins the demonstrators as an uptight citizen looks on.

32 DRAG S 0 ToA 0 Ro (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries) was out in full force for the demonstration. Standing next to Lee Brewster is Sylvia Rivera leader

of the militant transvestite group c

Sylvia (S. T 0 A 0 R e ) and Lee (Q 0 L c F c ) lead the march on the capital* Both militant transvestites spoke to the press and 3, 000 spectators. The Rev 0

Bunny and wife after a long trip. Even the kids were for us ! B

YOL # I NO III 33 SQUALLING boy bunny. Walking down spiral - the very nose of his mistress's husband a stair case to a rock strip-tease beat, fat- merely by turning up at the house in his my her could not believe his eyes. stage costume. This was possible be- With his gorgeous legs and with toss cause no matter where the opera was a of his hair, Geraldine has soared to the Number supposed, dramatically, to be taking ONE television show position. place- -ancient Rome or mythological Greece--the costumes worn on stage Yes, girls, we can hold our heads up were elaborate counterparts of pre- high and join the multitudes Hammering vailing fashion. Castration did not for social acceptance and justice. Lash- apparently preclude the first two of ing back on our record, we can proud- the three canonical conditions of vir- ly say, "We've come a long way. Baby!" ility laid down by Cardinal Peretti de Montalto, the future Sixtus V, in 1581 All this, after being so maligned and ( Erectio, introductio . emissio, )ffl ridiculed by so many of our own bro- thers and sisters. CURTAIN HARVEY KORMAN, one of CAROL BUR- NETTS regulars, is somewhat of a phe- nomena. Although big and burly, Mr. Korman makes a startling transformation in female attire. Unforgettable to this viewer was his authentic and hilar- ous portrayal of one of the King sisters.

LOUIS NYE, MILTON BERLE, JONA- THAN WINTERS, DOM DE LOUISE and PAUL LYNDE are just a few other per- formers who give varying types of female impersonations. But perhaps no one has done more for the transvestite than a little ball of black fire, fully lib- erated and embodying all the militancy of todays woman GERALDINE JONES in the person of FLIP WILSON.

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NEW YORK Box 297 BATON ROUGE, LA Box 609 Attractive, professional man, very mas- Very feminine TV loves minis and sheer culine, likes young, slender, pretty exotic lingerie, especially silk undies feminine queens who look well enough and hose, would love to correspond in drag to be taken out to dinner, etc. with every TV and TS who is sincere Fee refunded to all who answer. Pho- I'm AC /DC. Cauc. Laurie

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