“Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency” and “Survivor” star J.P. Calderon does a cover shoot for Instinct Magazine’s March 2008 issue, one year after he originally came out in the publication’s February 2007 cover story. Pick up the issue March 1.
Submitted by: SidneiAdS
The feature documentary, The Sons
of Tennessee Williams, tells the story of the
gay men of New Orleans who created a vast
and fantastic culture of “drag balls” starting in
the late 1950s. These men worked with the
traditions of Mardi Gras to bring gay culture
into public settings in the early 1960s.
By 1969, there were four gay Mardi Gras
clubs, legal ly char tered by the state of
Louisiana, throwing yearly extravaganzas at
civic venues around the city. “Society matrons
b e g g e d f o r b a l l t i c k e t s f r om t h e i r
hairdressers”.
They succeeded in bringing down the
Jim Crow type laws that targeted gay people
during this period. For offenses such as
public assembly, same-sex dancing and crossdressing
you could go to jail, lose your job and
worse. They staged a flamboyant, costumed
revolution without politics and won freedoms
during a time, as now, when laws and people
fought against them.
Please consider being a financial sponsor of this important history project. All donations, large and small, qualify for federal tax exemption.
The release of the movie is scheduled for May 2009
Submitted by: SidneiAdS
THE SONS OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS is the story of the gay men of New Orleans who created a vast and fantastic culture of “drag balls” starting in the late 1950s. These men worked with the traditions of Mardi Gras to bring gay culture into public settings in the early 1960s. By 1969, there were four gay Mardi Gras krewes, legally chartered by the state of Louisiana, throwing yearly extravaganzas at civic venues around the city. “Society matrons begged for ball tickets from their hairdressers”.
They succeeded in bringing down the “Jim Crow” laws that targeted gay people for offenses such as public assembly, same-sex dancing and cross-dressing. They staged a flamboyant costumed revolution without politics and won freedoms during a time, as now, when laws and people fought against them.
Release of this movie is scheduled for April 2009.
Submitted by: SidneiAdS
