Gay Mardi Gras gave birth to untls LGBTQ Mardi Gras krew: Armei, Petroni, Lords of Leather. Click here to fd LGBTQ Mardi Gras paras, krew, events and more.
Contents:
- GAY CARNIVAL KREW NEW ORLEANS
- A NOLA HISTORY OF GAY MARDI GRAS | GAY NEW ORLEANS MARDI GRAS
- THE LOST HISTORY OF GAY CARNIVAL
GAY CARNIVAL KREW NEW ORLEANS
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While the first official gay Carnival krewe, the Krewe of Yuga, was formed the late 1950s, “Gay Mardi Gras” had been gog on unrground way before then. Though no longer active, Yuga gave birth to other gay Carnival krew, cludg the Krewe of Petroni and the Krewe of Amon-Ra, both of which are still active. While on the surface Mardi Gras appears to be no more than a party, many say Gay Mardi Gras helped her the Gay Rights Movement the Uned Stat.
Here are some of the bt-known gay Carnival balls. Typilly held on the Saturday before Mardi Gras Day, Armei’ missn is to prerve the ctoms of gay Carnival and to help te those who seek to learn more.
A NOLA HISTORY OF GAY MARDI GRAS | GAY NEW ORLEANS MARDI GRAS
One of the olst gay Carnival krew the cy, Petroni was found 1961 and has served as a jumpg-off pot for other krew. Other Gay Carnival Events.
M., the historic BK Hoe will host a unique lecture on Gay Carnival Krew New Orleans by Wayne Phillips, Curator of Costum and Textil and Curator of Carnival Collectns at the Louisiana State Mm. Krewe of Armei - New Orleans - The Krewe of Armei holds New Orleans' most lavish and satiril gay rnival ball. Established 1969, Armei has for 37 years, held a gay rnival ball on the eveng of the Saturday before Mardi Gras.
THE LOST HISTORY OF GAY CARNIVAL
Krewe of Olymp - Hoton, Texas - a largely gay Mardi Gras krewe dited to prervg the tradn of Mardi Gras and to raisg funds for muny chari. Today, New Orleans has a number of different Carnival krew that are specifilly formed to clu membership om the cy's lol gay muny. While NOLA is nsired one of the most gay-iendly lotns Ameri acrdg to Metrosource and, that wasn't always the se almost 65 years ago.
The story of New Orleans' gay Mardi Gras was born durg a time when people who did not openly intify as heterosexual faced legal discrimatn and rtrictns not only the cy, but throughout the Uned Stat. Acrdg to Edward McDaniel, who is the current ball pta and the 60th queen of the world's olst gay Mardi Gras krewe, the Krewe of Petroni, there were laws still on the books about homosexualy the 1960s.