31. The Gaymother of Rock n' Roll, O.G. Electric Lady: Sister Rosetta Tharpe — History is Gay

Contents:

• GAY HISTORY: QUEER, BLACK & BLUE: SISTER ROSETTA THARPE IS MUVA OF THEM ALL
• THE STORY OF SISTER ROSETTA THARPE … RARE FOOTAGE OF FIRE ISLAND GAY WEDDG
• 31. THE GAYMOTHER OF ROCK N' ROLL, O.G. ELECTRIC LADY: SISTER ROSETTA THARPE
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

GAY HISTORY: QUEER, BLACK & BLUE: SISTER ROSETTA THARPE IS MUVA OF THEM ALL

In 2007, Gayle Wald wrote a bgraphy about the trailblazg mician, “Shout, Sister, Shout! Edor’s note: This article was updated wh an terview wh Gayle Wald, thor of “Shout, Sister, Shout!

Take the jump blu of Billy Wright, the “slow drag” vol style of Big Maybelle, or the “hip shak’ mama” Patsy Vidalia, the drag queen who MCed New Orleans club the Dew Drop Inn and threw the cy’s annual Gay Ball. “She fluenced Elvis Prley, she fluenced Johnny Cash, she fluenced Ltle Richard, ” says Tharpe’s bgrapher Gayle Wald. In the 2007 bgraphy Shout, Sister, Shout!, Gayle Wald explored the stori of her sexual promiscuy wh both sex and nclud, “Do I thk Sister Rosetta Tharpe had attractns to and sexual relatns wh women?

THE STORY OF SISTER ROSETTA THARPE … RARE FOOTAGE OF FIRE ISLAND GAY WEDDG

We do, and we love sharg news about the pneers who have played a role gay liberatn. Rare footage of Fire Island gay weddg offers a peek at pre-Stonewall era LGBT life.

Rare footage of a mock gay weddg on Fire Island recently sold for a whoppg $980 on eBay.

31. THE GAYMOTHER OF ROCK N' ROLL, O.G. ELECTRIC LADY: SISTER ROSETTA THARPE

“While you do see some women and children, the bulk of the 3 8mm home movie featur gay men at the beach, ” the listg reads. At the time, LGBT people uld only live openly a handful of pockets around the untry, as gay sex was outlawed. Even the suatn that someone uld be gay uld stroy a reer.

Footage of a gay pool party 1945 has surfaced onle and ’s pretty credible.

Footage of a gay pool party 1945 surfaced onle and ’s pretty credible. Story set out to fd gay men who were alive the 1940s and talk to them about their liv and experienc. His new film Gay Home Movie, which he’s currently workg on, offers a rare peek to a largely visible world when LGBT people were forced to live and love the shadows.

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

Story has high hop for the documentary, which has already ptured the tert of gay Hollywood executive Brian Gran, bt known for his role velopg South Park. One of the foundg fathers of rock ‘n’ roll, Ltle Richard was a mil force to be reckoned wh: A gay black man who helped shatter the racial divi on the mic charts and troduce black R&B to mastream whe Ameri durg the hyper nservative 1950s.

The origal lyrics of “Tutti Ftti” clud referenc to a gay man: “Tutti Ftti, good booty / If don’t f, don’t force / You n grease , make easy.