... physical expression and has funny timing. Lypsinka is pro dignity, pro women and pro individual. In his act Epperson does not utter a sound, his show is made up from recordings of spoken word and music. Epperson has been recognized for his ability to convey a wide range of emotions for his act. Lypsinka made an appearance in wigstock the Movie in 1995 and was featured in George Michael’s music video “Too Funky” in 1999. He/She modeled for Thierry Mugler in fashion shows in Los Angeles, Paris and Tokyo with other stars such as: Julie Newmar, Ivana Trump, Jeff [...]
Simon Doonan the Man Behind the Window
... Doonan born in Reading, England in 1952 grew up in a crazy family and worked for various department and specialty stores before moving to London in the early 1970′s. In 1973 Simon took a job with Aquascutum before moving over to Nutter’s of Saville Row, Simon’s crazy window dressing was seen by Tommy Perse of Maxfield a uber boutique specializing in designer fashion in Los Angeles. In 1979 Simon moves to Los Angeles to take a job with Maxfield to be their chief window dresser, while designing windows and scraping to get by he takes various jobs. In 1981 [...]
1979 Plummer Park Community Center Los Angeles Gay Men’s Chorus
... a July night in 1979, a small group of men opened the doors to a room at the Plummer Park Community Center in Los Angeles (now West Hollywood) and waited and wondered if anybody would show up. They had posted flyers around the neighborhood announcing the formation of a new gay chorus and this night was to be its first rehearsal. To their great surprise, 99 men appeared and a chorus was born. Within three months of that rehearsal, founding director Harold Kjellberg led the group through its first major event: the March on Washington, D.C. and the first [...]
Touko Laaksonen AKA Tom of Finland, Cartoonist, Gay Comic Creator
... job in advertising. Once he could devote his efforts full-time to his erotic drawing, Tom combined photorealistic attention to detail with his wildest sexual fantasies to produce a body of work that, for sheer homoerotism, will probably never be surpassed. 1973 was also the year of Tom’s first art exhibition, in Hamburg, Germany, but that experience was so negative (all but one of the drawings were stolen) that it would be 1978 before he would agree to another exhibit, in Los Angeles, for which he made his first trip to America. Over the next couple of years, a [...]
Charles Pierce 20th Century’s Foremost Female Impersonator
... the Queen of England and in Harvey Fierstein‘s Torch Song Trilogy in 1988 as Bertha Venation, also Nerds of a feather in 1990 and The Butcher’s Wife in 1991 as Beau. His television credits were Chico and the Man in 1976, Starsky and Hutch in 1977, WonderWomen in 1978, Laverne and Shirley in 1980, Designing Women in 1987 and did a voice over in1988 for Ducktales. Charles Pierce died on May 31, 1999 he was 72 years old and was cremated, his ashes now rest at Forest Lawn Cemetary in Los Angeles. Courtesy of ednayarkspay, Thank you. Charle Pierce, Chandler [...]
Old 1979 Holly Woodlawn, Divine, Ron Link, Tomorrow Show Hosted by Tom Snyder
... Dreamlanders. A New York paper said of Milstead’s films in the 1980s, “Those who could get past the unremitting weirdness of Divine’s performance discovered that the actor/actress had genuine talent, including a natural sense of comic timing and an uncanny gift for slapstick.” Ron Link born September 6, 1944, in Columbus, Ohio, Women Behind Bars, Truck and Warehouse Theatre, New York City, 1976, thenWhitehall Theatre, London, England, 1979, later Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 1983, then Alcazar Theatre, San Francisco, CA, 1984, Footbridge Theatre Sydney, Australia, 1985, and Theatre de Poche, Brussels, Belgium, 1986. And a Nightingale Sang, [...]
Biography of Rupaul Before Rupaul’s Drag Race
... right-wing, I decided to return to public life. I had come very close to hanging up my high heels forever and just letting my legacy speak for itself, but ultimately, I felt my presence was needed as a true example of freedom. While promoting “RuPaul Red Hot,” my first studio album in 7 years, I was offered a job doing morning radio with Michelle Visage in New York City. Michelle and I jumped at the opportunity to work together again, which also meant we’d have to leave Los Angeles, where we had both been living for several years. [...]