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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
Do you love learng about LGBT+ history? We do, and we love sharg news about the pneers who have played a role gay liberatn. The Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a gospel-sgg Black woman who astound dienc the 1940s and 50s wh her guar pyrotechnics and powerful soprano. Tharpe was nsired… * rosetta tharpe gay *
In 2007, Gayle Wald wrote a bgraphy about the trailblazg mician, “Shout, Sister, Shout!
THE STORY OF SISTER ROSETTA THARPE … RARE FOOTAGE OF FIRE ISLAND GAY WEDDG
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.
31. THE GAYMOTHER OF ROCK N' ROLL, O.G. ELECTRIC LADY: SISTER ROSETTA THARPE
“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? 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. “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.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
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.