C-™. ' 1 1 f * V Jr II tl VOLUME 6 NUMBER 2 He mixes drinks and sex [7TTTT 35 Hip new tv spot CONTENTS BEST OF THE BUNCH: DAISY DEE'S BALL Foto-feature 4 PART III : SPOTLIGHT ON CROSS-DRESSING Exclusive feature 15 BRUNETTE TO BLONDE - THE TV WAY! Foto-feature 25 FROM STUD TO FOX Foto-feature 36 AUNT BERTHA DOES A GOOD DEED Illustrated fiction 44 VEGAS FLASH: LA CAFE Foto-feature 50 PERSONAL ADVERTISEMENTS 57 FEMALE MIMICS is published quarterly by Jenifer Jordan Associates Ltd., P.O. Box 3896, Hollywood, California 90028 . Copyright, © 1975 by Jenifer Jordan Associates Ltd. All rights reserved on entire contents. Nothing may be reproduced, in whole or in part, without written permission from the publisher. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited materials. All manuscripts, photos and artwork must be accompanied by return postage. All photos in this publication were posed by professional models except as otherwise noted. Neither said photos, or words used to describe them are meant to depict the actual conduct or personality of the models. No data on models will be released. Any similar! ty between real persons and characters depicted in fiction or semi-fiction herein is purely coincidental. Exclusive distribution by Parliament News, Inc., 21314 Lassen Street, Chatsworth, California 91311. Printed in the U.S.A. If there is one theme that is con- stant in FEMALE MIMICS, it is that the art of female imperson- ation is of genuine interest to most entertainment-seeking Americans, and deserves more coverage and exposure in the national entertainment media. For those who need proof, have a look at the photo-feature en- titled DAISY DEE'S BALL, a Thanksgiving Eve get-together of New York's TV set. Not only was the ball a smashing success, but the number of contestants - and the enthusiasm of the crowd - were overwhelming. This is nothing new. Flip Wilson's Geraldine helped make him the nation's number one television comedian, and John Davidson's phenomenal portrayal of a killer in drag on The Streets of San Francisco qualified the handsome singer as an exceptional actor. In any case, we're sure you'll find this issue of FEMALE MIMICS more than merely interesting. And remember: when it comes to female im- personation there is only one magazine -- FEMALE MIMICS! 3 , -4,v &&>? , -.. c VV; jW^v , [j juft •..|V JH It's a once-a-year funfest freak-out for New York's campy set and also the hair-down delight of the Big Apple's tv community, staged this year at Brooklyn's Cotillion Lounge. Daisy Dee's Ball is the name of the affair and as you can see, it is truly a wild, gay, fun-filled evening for everyone. wore make-up and gowns and It is not every night that such a fanfare greets New when only women is fantastic success. York's style queens. In fact, except for the usual all the rest - and as such, it a straight fashion community tv night spots, transvestism would seem to be Obviously much of the because the show a dying art, what with the line between the dress turned out for the night perhaps in of fashion. I of the sexes, growing more blurry with each passing was bound to be nostalgic, terms dresses any more? year. This night is a throwback to the old days mean, what femme 7 m -JOdii . i- Contestants were drawn from the audience -- anyone in drag who wanted to compete. Needless to say, it being Thanksgiving Eve, most of the audience seemed to be in drag and a fascinating cross- section of New York's tv com- munity was represented. : There was a tremendous amount of high spirits gathered around the runway as the show moved on -- most seemed sincerely interested and enter- tained by the show, and the contestants responding to the audience's howls of approval really got into the whole act. Winners were selected by a panel of judges awarding prizes in various categories. Most of the interest in the audience stemmed from the straight females who were there -- many of them seeing drag queens for the first time in their lives. Little doubt that they approved wildly, feeling they had stumbled onto a whole new thing - that, believe it or not, in New York City! . With a success like this to point to, the TV crowd than this! As a matter of fact, with the recent in New York is hoping for still more extravaganzas upsurge in TV work in television (Flip Wilson, in the near future. After all, promoters interested John Davidson, Jim Bailey) there seems to be little in a nice profit and a good show could do worse doubt about America being ready for it. spcruernr ON COCSS EEESSINS PART THREE at what? Better THAN what? Better in So far, in this series of three essays on Cross Better time and so-on. These Dressing, we have been working in an intellectual what manner, at what — vacuum! We have determined that Cross Dressing questions cannot be answered. earlier Age, before anyone clearly under- does in fact take place, and that it is much more of In an of inquiry, the Univer- a problem with men than with women, partly be- stood the scientific method Paris was famous for its cause women are able to satisfy any craving for sity of the Sorbonne in all over the world cross-dressing within the social framework, with- Disputations. Scholars from inconvenience, to out comment or criticism. We have considered the would gather there, at terrible such subjects as fundamental change that has taken place in the sit for months at a time discussing stand on the point of a West during the past four hundred years, as the “How many angels could twenthieth century standard clothing for both sexes seems to be pin” or, even more weird to our had come into the changing from skirts to trousers. way of thought, “If the Savior could the work of sal- In addition, in Part Two, we have looked into world in the shape of a pea, so efficaciously.” some of the reasons why Cross Dressing has an ap- vation have been performed man will spend an peal to many men. We have taken note of the la- Crazy! we cry. Yet, modern collar saying such tent homosexualily frequently present in male evening, getting hot under the had come transvestism, and of the over-riding fear of castra- things as, “Now, if Harry Wolinsky passed to Johnnie Forest, so tion that accounts for much of it. down the center and and Team A would However, with all this we have not adduced any and so would have happened meaning nothing, positive evidence that Cross Dressing does in fact have won!” Abstract argument, original material that is ipso take place at all! Manifestly we all know that it because based on Savior was NOT a pea. Harry does—or at least we assume it does, unless of facto illusory. The noth- course we have precise personal experience to DID NOT pass to Johnnie. There is actually guide us. But it is possible to discuss a subject in ing worth talking about! It would cer- conderable personal experience to guide us. But it We shall not fall into that error. for me to entertain is possible to discuss a subject in considerable de- tainly have been quite easy science” in writing tail without actually having anything to discuss! you, and to “blind you with does not, in Abstract argument and disputation is common with authority about something that can we even today when a large part of the populace is at fact happen. (If this were not so, then how with adults or least moderately literate. For instance, “Which is account for the popularity of Sci-Fi it has not the better football team, Team A or Team B?” fairy stories with young children?) But mislead, but to inform you on Now this is an impossible matter about which to been our purpose to There- argue and quite unfit for intelligent discussion. this curious phenomenon of Cross-Dressing. of Personal The whole subject is so utterly subjective. There fore we shall now give a number either ac- are no real criteria on which to make a judgement. Statements from several people who are January 1974. Subject: Police Superintendent, Aged forty-nine years, married twenty-five years, two children. Near the top of his career; due for promotion to Chief Superintendent in June 1974. It isn’t easy for me to talk about this. I’m glad of the chance though, because I’ve had to keep it secret for about thirty-five years, and as a police- man I knew how great the strain is of keeping se- crets. If the villains I have to deal with could brag about their crimes, they’d not be so likely to do silly things and get themselves arrested. Make it harder for us in the Force. That man in Crime and Punishment . Raskal-something-or-other . you remember, he was so desperate to confess that he finally confessed to the policeman who was after him. Well, what I do isn’t criminal; but it’s a bit shameful. I mean, if anyone got to know and it got back to the Office, that would be the end of my ca- reer. And I’d hate for my wife to get to know about it. She looks up to me, and if she knew, she’d feel contempt instead, and I couldn’t stand that.