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Contents:

• INSI THE UNDISVERED GAY MARDI GRAS
• THE SECRET GOLN AGE OF GAY MARDI GRAS BALLS
• A NOLA HISTORY OF GAY MARDI GRAS | GAY NEW ORLEANS MARDI GRAS
• GAY TRADI WORLD PRI MARDI GRAS FLOAT 2023
• GAY PARTI & EVENTS
• FIRST GAY MARDI GRAS
• INSI THE UNDISVERED GAY MARDI GRAS
• THE SECRET GOLN AGE OF GAY MARDI GRAS BALLS

INSI THE UNDISVERED GAY MARDI GRAS

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 Though no longer active, Yuga gave birth to other gay Carnival krew, cludg the Krewe of Petroni and the Krewe of Amon-Ra, both of which are still active.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.

THE SECRET GOLN AGE OF GAY MARDI GRAS 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. 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.

From annual extravaganzas thrown by gay Mardi Gras krew to block parti that ve you to leave your hibns at home, every day of gay Carnival is an opportuny to show up as you are, wherever you are. In Carnival tradn, Twelfth Night marks the mencement of the season’s paras and ftivi, and the Mystik Krewe la Rue Royale Revelers kicks off style wh a night of grand, gay jubilatn at the Mardi Gras Mm of Costum and Culture.

Tickets and pacy are limed, so don’t wa to secure your spot this n’t-miss rnerstone of gay rnival. But those who are lucky enough to attend this dazzlg formal event get to wns a gay Mardi Gras tradn that has been gog strong for nearly 60 years. Want to experience the splendor of Gay Mardi Gras while supportg a good e?

A NOLA HISTORY OF GAY MARDI GRAS | GAY NEW ORLEANS MARDI GRAS

Everythg om the outlandish and satiril to the formal and refed feels right at home this legendary Bal Masque, which ntu to sell tickets to the public to pass on the history and grand tradn of gay Mardi Gras. The world’s olst gay Mardi Gras Krewe returns for another triumphant eveng of queer rilience.

Found at a time when anti-gay laws were still place much of the untry, this Krewe has long been revered for s ditn to ung the LGBTQ muny, even when was dangero or difficult to do so. Tap to your bawdy si wh the only krewe the untry that specifilly ters to the gay leather muny while promotg tn, raisg public awarens, and dismantlg stigmatizatn of this often-overlooked (and prejudged) queer subculture.

This Gay Carnival tradn celebrat s 73rd year wh a lic multi-urse luncheon at Arnd’s Rtrant. Gay Mardi Gras Bead Toss.

GAY TRADI WORLD PRI MARDI GRAS FLOAT 2023

This is, que lerally, one of the crowng moments of Gay Mardi Gras.

Let the gay tim roll! Arrivg for this weekend of Mardi Gras allows you to have an awome experience wh paras and gay balls, but wh smaller crowds.

Gay Mardi Gras Balls. In the late 1950s, the first gay Mardi Gras krewe – the Krewe of Yuga – was formed as a spoof of tradnal Mardi Gras krew. Gay rights have e a long way sce then, and the gay Mardi Gras krew have also evolved wh the tim.

GAY PARTI & EVENTS

Pl, you’ll get to see many of the stum om the Gay Balls if you missed them. Two of the veted ems om the most proment all-female krew are the creme la creme of gay throws. Dance your way through the Mardi Gras weekend at NOLA’s two biggt gay dance clubs.

Take the scen of Mardi Gras om the balny at Cafe Lafte Exile - the olst ntuoly-operatg gay bar the Uned Stat. ” Louisiana State Mm The flamboyant stum, the arne ctoms, the meldg of the genteel to the occult, the heapg rabows of beads: New Orleans Mardi Gras seems almost herently, stereotypilly gay. It was only a matter of time before gay men breached the ball divi wh high mp flourish, dazzlg drag subversn and feathered headpiec that often towered five or more feet the air.

In 1958 the first explicly gay krewe, the Krewe of Yuga, held s first mock ball an Uptown home, wh a krewe Capta, a Queen (the “Yuga Rega”), a Kg, butant and maids.

FIRST GAY MARDI GRAS

The ball was a cisive move om r, private gay gatherg to liberate, drag-filled parody. The annual return of the Yuga Rega and her urt beme the most anticipated gay event of the season, and gowns were sewn and sequed for months preparatn.

But the gay ball stake had been planted, and several more krew sprang up, willg to rry s glter-ftooned banner. ” Louisiana State Mm The orig and history of gay Carnival krew is the subject of an extensively rearched, forthg book by Smh, the first of s kd, due Febary om Universy Prs of Mississippi.

“It was not a great time to be gay New Orleans – but was also a great time to be gay New Orleans, ” Smh said. “The natnwi Lavenr Sre and ernment purg of homosexuals the early ’50s had brought many gay people out of the shadows, to the glarg light.

INSI THE UNDISVERED GAY MARDI GRAS

” New Orleans, wh s Carnival and tourist tra, had a reputatn for beg a tolerant cy, and so s gay populatn began to grow exponentially. Acrdg to Smh, a tightkn gay culture formed around several Bourbon Street bars like Miss Dixie’s Bar of Mic and Bourbon Hoe, which, like bars around the untry, protected their gay patrons wh “pay-offs and backdoor als.

) Along wh the Starle Room, Mack’s and the Renzvo, the spots formed a gay bar-hoppg circu that attracted lumari like playwright Tennee Williams, thor John Rechy and fashn photographer Jack Robson. Later, 1970, a ranged man started a fire below gay bar UpStairs Lounge, which killed 32 people. ) As the gay muny grew more publicly visible, veloped s own unrground work to exprs self away om watchful ey.

It was an tert Robson’s photography that led Smh to rearch and prerve gay krewe roots. Smh, a farm boy om Arkansas, had moved to New Orleans the 1970s and spent more than 20 years on the gay ball scene. “When I got to New Orleans, the gay culture there was somethg very special, was unlike anythg I had seen, or would see anywhere, ” he relled.

THE SECRET GOLN AGE OF GAY MARDI GRAS BALLS

” Later, after he moved to Los Angel, Smh disvered “a treasure trove” of photographs of gay New Orleans by Robson.