DC tried to erase the history of the Gay Ghost, a popular superhero om the Goln Age of Comics, by pretendg his old name never existed.
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- 5 REAL-LIFE QUEER GHOST STORI PERFECT FOR HALLOWEENGET YOUR SPOOK ON, GIRL!{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY SAM MANZELLAOCTOBER 31, 2018/12:58 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3439PX;WIDTH:3438PX;}BETTMAN/GETTY IMAGLIBERACE SPOOFS A DAY HIS OWN LIFE DURG A TELEVISN SPECIAL, CLUDG A SCENE WHERE HE BATHS HIS $55,000 MARBLE BATHTUB.BY SAM MANZELLAOCTOBER 31, 2018 / 12:58 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"5 REAL-LIFE QUEER GHOST STORI PERFECT FOR HALLOWEEN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-10-31T16:58:31.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-10-31T16:58:31.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SAM MANZELLA","KEYWORDS":"BOOKS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT BETTER WAY TO RG HALLOWEEN WEEK THAN A GAY GHOST STORY? READ ON FOR FIVE AMAZG (AND TOTALLY TE!) TAL OF PARANORMAL ENUNTERS WH LGBTQ APPARNS AND SPIRS, SOURCED OM QUEER HNTGS: TE TAL OF GAY AND LBIAN GHOSTS BY KEN SUMMERS.LETHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEN SUMMERS, THOR OF QUEER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE AFTERLIFE OF HARVEY MILKBETTMAN/GETTY IMAGHARVEY MILK, A HOMOSEXUAL, WAS RECENTLY ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HERE. THE NATN'S MOST NCENTRATED GAY MUNY HAS VELOPED FANCIAL AS WELL AS POLIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARVEY MILK, THE OUT-AND-PROUD CIVIL RIGHTS PNEER WHO BEME THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ELECTED OFFICIAL CALIFORNIA, IS A LEGEND SAN FRANCIS. TURNS OUT, SOME FOLKS THE CASTRO DISTRICT, WHERE MILK LIVED AND SERVED AS A CY SUPERVISOR, BELIEVE HIS SPIR STILL HABS THOSE STREETS: NICK ROMERO, OWNER OF GIVEN, A STOREONT WHAT WAS MILK'S OLD MERA SHOP, CLAIMS HE'S FELT MILK'S PRENCE THE BUILDG. (IN 2011, THAT LOTN BEME AN HRC SHOP.) AND WHILE G VAN SANT, DIRECTOR OF THE 2008 MILK BPIC, WAS FILMG AT THE LOTN, AN UNKNOWN MAN WHO LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE MILK REPORTEDLY WALKED ON SET AND SAT DOWN ON A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACTORS WERE "EXCED" ABOUT THE MAN AND ULDN'T WA FOR VAN SANT TO SEE HIM—BUT THE MILK LOOKALIKE PURPORTEDLY VANISHED BEFORE THE DIRECTOR EVEN REGISTERED HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE OTHER LIZZIE BORN HOECOURTY FALL RIVER (MASS.) HISTORIL SOCIETY VIA LETHE PRSSH13F234LIZZIEBORDENFATHER JUNE 28, 2013 -- RINCE OF ANDREW JACKSON BORN, 92 SEND ST., FALL RIVER, MASS., 1892. (SHNS PHOTO URTY FALL RIVER (MASS.) HISTORIL SOCIETY) (NEWS TAGID: ) [PHOTO VIA NEWS]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIZBETH "LIZZIE" BORN, A WOMAN OM VICTORIAN-ERA MASSACHETTS, WAS FAMOLY TRIED AND ACQUTED FOR THE GOME MURR OF HER OWN FATHER AND STEPMOTHER. HER STORY EVEN SPIRG A FILM THAT BUTED THIS YEAR, STARRG CHLOë SEVIGNY AS BORN AND KRISTEN STEWART AS HER MORED LOVER, HOEKEEPER BRIDGET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WHAT TRANSPIRED AFTER BORN'S ACQUTAL IS JT AS TRIGUG. DPERATE TO PE THE UNFORTUNATE NAME-LLG AND MORS THAT FOLLOWED THE ACCATNS, BORN MOVED TO MAPLECROFT, A NEARBY PROPERTY, WH HER SISTER, EMMA. (SHE WAS ALSO MORED TO HAVE SPARKED UP A LOVE AFFAIR WH ANOTHER WOMAN, ACTRS NANCE O'NEILL, WHO LATER SRNED HER BY ENDG THEIR "PANNSHIP.") DES DOWN THE LE, MULTIPLE ACUNTS OF PARANORMAL ACTIVY AT MAPLECROFT HAVE BEEN REPORTED, CLUDG SIGHTGS OF BORN'S APPARN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIBERACE LIV ONBETTMAN/GETTY IMAGLIBERACE SPOOFS A DAY HIS OWN LIFE DURG A TELEVISN SPECIAL, CLUDG A SCENE WHERE HE BATHS HIS $55,000 MARBLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GHOST OF FAMED FLAMBOYANT PIANIST LIBERACE IS SAID TO HNT CARLUCC'S TIVOLI GARNS, THE RTRANT THAT ONCE WAS LIBERACE'S TIVOLI GARNS (AND IS LOTED NEXT TO THE NOW-SHUTTERED LIBERACE MM LAS VEGAS). THE CARLUCC FAY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY AFTER LIBERACE'S TRAGIC ATH OM AIDS-RELATED ILLNS 1987. DES LATER, LIBERACE, WHO PROFSED TO HAVE A SOMEWHAT SPIRUAL NNECTN TO HIS MIL ABILI, HAS APPEARED AS AN APPARN TO WASTAFF AT THE RTRANT. HIS GHOST IS SAID TO HAVE ED MYSTER HAPPENSTANC, CLUDG FLHG TOILETS, LOCKG DOORS, AND WHISPERG PEOPLE'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON ONE MEMORABLE FEBARY 4, LIBERACE'S ATH DAY, THE SPIR REPORTEDLY ED THE POWER TO ABPTLY FAIL. STAFF, WHO RRECTLY BELIEVED WAS HIS BIRTHDAY, HUDDLED TOGETHER TO SG THE SUPERSTAR "HAPPY BIRTHDAY." SENDS AFTER THE FAL REA, THE LIGHTS AT CARLUCC'S FLICKERED BACK TO LIFE. SADLY, CARLUCC'S HAS SCE CLOSED AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WANRG WH WALT WHMANLIBRARY OF CONGRS/CORBIS/VCG VIA GETTY IMAGA PORTRA OF WALT WHMAN (1819-1892), TAKEN THE LAST YEARS OF HIS LIFE. WHMAN'S DISTCTIVE, ANK POETRY MET WH MISUNRSTANDG AND ADVERSE CRICISM FOR MANY YEARS, BUT BY THIS TIME HIS VOLUME LEAV OF GRASS (ORIGALLY PUBLISHED 1855) HAD GAED AN APPRECIATIVE DIENCE. HIS LAST YEARS WERE PLAGUED BY POOR HEALTH, AND HE WROTE LTLE AFTER A STROKE 1873. (PHOTO BY LIBRARY OF CONGRS/CORBIS/VCG VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMERIN WRER AND POET WALT WHMAN, LONG NSIRED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST FLUENTIAL LERARY VOIC OF THE 19TH CENTURY, LIVED BROOKLYN, NEW JERSEY, AND LONG ISLAND THROUGHOUT THE URSE OF HIS LIFE. HE STCK UP MULTIPLE ROMANC WH OTHER MEN, LIKE IRISH STAGEACH DRIVER FRED VGHAM, WHO WAS THE SUBJECT OF SOME POEMS OM WHMAN'S MAGNUM OP, LEAV OF GRASS. WHMAN ALSO SUFFERED VASTATG PERSONAL TRAGEDI, CLUDG UNREQUED LOVE AND THE LOSS OF TWO OF HIS BROTHERS. BEFORE HIS ATH 1892, HE ASKED THAT HIS TOMB BE LEFT UNSEALED SO THAT HIS SPIR "ULD ROAM EE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND ROAM, HAS: MULTIPLE SIGHTGS OF WHMAN'S APPARN HAVE BEEN REPORTED THE WT HILLS OF LONG ISLAND, WHERE WHMAN WAS BORN AND SPENT THE FIRST FEW YEARS OF HIS LIFE. THE HILLS SPIRED MANY OF HIS POEMS, AND 'S SAID THAT WHMAN'S GHOST N OCSNALLY BE SEEN WANRG THE HIGHLANDS, LOOKG THROUGH THE WOODS TOWARD FIRE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE "PSYCHIC PIANIST" OF SAN DIEGOLETHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VILLA MONTEZUMA, A QUEEN ANNE-STYLE HOME SAN DIEGO, IS THE REPORTED RINCE OF A QUASI-FAMO SPIR: THE GHOST OF JSE SHEPARD, A GLOBE-TROTTG GAY WRER AND "PSYCHIC PIANIST" WHO WAS BELIEVED TO CHANNEL THE SPIRS OF FAMO POSERS DURG HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER SETTLG TO VILLA MONTEZUMA, WHERE HE LIVED FOR JT TWO YEARS AFTER WAS RATED TO HIS OSTENTAT SPECIFITNS, SHEPARD PUBLISHED HIS FIRST SAY UNR THE PEN NAME FRANCIS GRIERSON. HE WENT ON TO BE KNOWN BY THIS ALIAS UNTIL HIS ATH 1927, IMMEDIATELY AFTER PLAYG A PIANO PERFORMANCE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR HIMSELF AND HIS LONGTIME PARTNER, LAWRENCE WALMAR TONNER, WHO WERE DOWN ON THEIR LUCK LOS ANGEL. GRIERSON'S GHOST AND AN APPARN OF HIS FORMER BUTLER ARE BOTH SAID TO HNT THE VILLA, KNOWN LOLLY AS "THE SPOOK HOE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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5 REAL-LIFE QUEER GHOST STORI PERFECT FOR HALLOWEENGET YOUR SPOOK ON, GIRL!{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY SAM MANZELLAOCTOBER 31, 2018/12:58 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3439PX;WIDTH:3438PX;}BETTMAN/GETTY IMAGLIBERACE SPOOFS A DAY HIS OWN LIFE DURG A TELEVISN SPECIAL, CLUDG A SCENE WHERE HE BATHS HIS $55,000 MARBLE BATHTUB.BY SAM MANZELLAOCTOBER 31, 2018 / 12:58 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"5 REAL-LIFE QUEER GHOST STORI PERFECT FOR HALLOWEEN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-10-31T16:58:31.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-10-31T16:58:31.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"SAM MANZELLA","KEYWORDS":"BOOKS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT BETTER WAY TO RG HALLOWEEN WEEK THAN A GAY GHOST STORY? READ ON FOR FIVE AMAZG (AND TOTALLY TE!) TAL OF PARANORMAL ENUNTERS WH LGBTQ APPARNS AND SPIRS, SOURCED OM QUEER HNTGS: TE TAL OF GAY AND LBIAN GHOSTS BY KEN SUMMERS.LETHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEN SUMMERS, THOR OF QUEER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE AFTERLIFE OF HARVEY MILKBETTMAN/GETTY IMAGHARVEY MILK, A HOMOSEXUAL, WAS RECENTLY ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HERE. THE NATN'S MOST NCENTRATED GAY MUNY HAS VELOPED FANCIAL AS WELL AS POLIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HARVEY MILK, THE OUT-AND-PROUD CIVIL RIGHTS PNEER WHO BEME THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ELECTED OFFICIAL CALIFORNIA, IS A LEGEND SAN FRANCIS. TURNS OUT, SOME FOLKS THE CASTRO DISTRICT, WHERE MILK LIVED AND SERVED AS A CY SUPERVISOR, BELIEVE HIS SPIR STILL HABS THOSE STREETS: NICK ROMERO, OWNER OF GIVEN, A STOREONT WHAT WAS MILK'S OLD MERA SHOP, CLAIMS HE'S FELT MILK'S PRENCE THE BUILDG. (IN 2011, THAT LOTN BEME AN HRC SHOP.) AND WHILE G VAN SANT, DIRECTOR OF THE 2008 MILK BPIC, WAS FILMG AT THE LOTN, AN UNKNOWN MAN WHO LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE MILK REPORTEDLY WALKED ON SET AND SAT DOWN ON A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACTORS WERE "EXCED" ABOUT THE MAN AND ULDN'T WA FOR VAN SANT TO SEE HIM—BUT THE MILK LOOKALIKE PURPORTEDLY VANISHED BEFORE THE DIRECTOR EVEN REGISTERED HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE OTHER LIZZIE BORN HOECOURTY FALL RIVER (MASS.) HISTORIL SOCIETY VIA LETHE PRSSH13F234LIZZIEBORDENFATHER JUNE 28, 2013 -- RINCE OF ANDREW JACKSON BORN, 92 SEND ST., FALL RIVER, MASS., 1892. (SHNS PHOTO URTY FALL RIVER (MASS.) HISTORIL SOCIETY) (NEWS TAGID: ) [PHOTO VIA NEWS]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIZBETH "LIZZIE" BORN, A WOMAN OM VICTORIAN-ERA MASSACHETTS, WAS FAMOLY TRIED AND ACQUTED FOR THE GOME MURR OF HER OWN FATHER AND STEPMOTHER. HER STORY EVEN SPIRG A FILM THAT BUTED THIS YEAR, STARRG CHLOë SEVIGNY AS BORN AND KRISTEN STEWART AS HER MORED LOVER, HOEKEEPER BRIDGET {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WHAT TRANSPIRED AFTER BORN'S ACQUTAL IS JT AS TRIGUG. DPERATE TO PE THE UNFORTUNATE NAME-LLG AND MORS THAT FOLLOWED THE ACCATNS, BORN MOVED TO MAPLECROFT, A NEARBY PROPERTY, WH HER SISTER, EMMA. (SHE WAS ALSO MORED TO HAVE SPARKED UP A LOVE AFFAIR WH ANOTHER WOMAN, ACTRS NANCE O'NEILL, WHO LATER SRNED HER BY ENDG THEIR "PANNSHIP.") DES DOWN THE LE, MULTIPLE ACUNTS OF PARANORMAL ACTIVY AT MAPLECROFT HAVE BEEN REPORTED, CLUDG SIGHTGS OF BORN'S APPARN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LIBERACE LIV ONBETTMAN/GETTY IMAGLIBERACE SPOOFS A DAY HIS OWN LIFE DURG A TELEVISN SPECIAL, CLUDG A SCENE WHERE HE BATHS HIS $55,000 MARBLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GHOST OF FAMED FLAMBOYANT PIANIST LIBERACE IS SAID TO HNT CARLUCC'S TIVOLI GARNS, THE RTRANT THAT ONCE WAS LIBERACE'S TIVOLI GARNS (AND IS LOTED NEXT TO THE NOW-SHUTTERED LIBERACE MM LAS VEGAS). THE CARLUCC FAY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY AFTER LIBERACE'S TRAGIC ATH OM AIDS-RELATED ILLNS 1987. DES LATER, LIBERACE, WHO PROFSED TO HAVE A SOMEWHAT SPIRUAL NNECTN TO HIS MIL ABILI, HAS APPEARED AS AN APPARN TO WASTAFF AT THE RTRANT. HIS GHOST IS SAID TO HAVE ED MYSTER HAPPENSTANC, CLUDG FLHG TOILETS, LOCKG DOORS, AND WHISPERG PEOPLE'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON ONE MEMORABLE FEBARY 4, LIBERACE'S ATH DAY, THE SPIR REPORTEDLY ED THE POWER TO ABPTLY FAIL. STAFF, WHO RRECTLY BELIEVED WAS HIS BIRTHDAY, HUDDLED TOGETHER TO SG THE SUPERSTAR "HAPPY BIRTHDAY." SENDS AFTER THE FAL REA, THE LIGHTS AT CARLUCC'S FLICKERED BACK TO LIFE. SADLY, CARLUCC'S HAS SCE CLOSED AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WANRG WH WALT WHMANLIBRARY OF CONGRS/CORBIS/VCG VIA GETTY IMAGA PORTRA OF WALT WHMAN (1819-1892), TAKEN THE LAST YEARS OF HIS LIFE. WHMAN'S DISTCTIVE, ANK POETRY MET WH MISUNRSTANDG AND ADVERSE CRICISM FOR MANY YEARS, BUT BY THIS TIME HIS VOLUME LEAV OF GRASS (ORIGALLY PUBLISHED 1855) HAD GAED AN APPRECIATIVE DIENCE. HIS LAST YEARS WERE PLAGUED BY POOR HEALTH, AND HE WROTE LTLE AFTER A STROKE 1873. (PHOTO BY LIBRARY OF CONGRS/CORBIS/VCG VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AMERIN WRER AND POET WALT WHMAN, LONG NSIRED TO BE ONE OF THE MOST FLUENTIAL LERARY VOIC OF THE 19TH CENTURY, LIVED BROOKLYN, NEW JERSEY, AND LONG ISLAND THROUGHOUT THE URSE OF HIS LIFE. HE STCK UP MULTIPLE ROMANC WH OTHER MEN, LIKE IRISH STAGEACH DRIVER FRED VGHAM, WHO WAS THE SUBJECT OF SOME POEMS OM WHMAN'S MAGNUM OP, LEAV OF GRASS. WHMAN ALSO SUFFERED VASTATG PERSONAL TRAGEDI, CLUDG UNREQUED LOVE AND THE LOSS OF TWO OF HIS BROTHERS. BEFORE HIS ATH 1892, HE ASKED THAT HIS TOMB BE LEFT UNSEALED SO THAT HIS SPIR "ULD ROAM EE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND ROAM, HAS: MULTIPLE SIGHTGS OF WHMAN'S APPARN HAVE BEEN REPORTED THE WT HILLS OF LONG ISLAND, WHERE WHMAN WAS BORN AND SPENT THE FIRST FEW YEARS OF HIS LIFE. THE HILLS SPIRED MANY OF HIS POEMS, AND 'S SAID THAT WHMAN'S GHOST N OCSNALLY BE SEEN WANRG THE HIGHLANDS, LOOKG THROUGH THE WOODS TOWARD FIRE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE "PSYCHIC PIANIST" OF SAN DIEGOLETHE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VILLA MONTEZUMA, A QUEEN ANNE-STYLE HOME SAN DIEGO, IS THE REPORTED RINCE OF A QUASI-FAMO SPIR: THE GHOST OF JSE SHEPARD, A GLOBE-TROTTG GAY WRER AND "PSYCHIC PIANIST" WHO WAS BELIEVED TO CHANNEL THE SPIRS OF FAMO POSERS DURG HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER SETTLG TO VILLA MONTEZUMA, WHERE HE LIVED FOR JT TWO YEARS AFTER WAS RATED TO HIS OSTENTAT SPECIFITNS, SHEPARD PUBLISHED HIS FIRST SAY UNR THE PEN NAME FRANCIS GRIERSON. HE WENT ON TO BE KNOWN BY THIS ALIAS UNTIL HIS ATH 1927, IMMEDIATELY AFTER PLAYG A PIANO PERFORMANCE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR HIMSELF AND HIS LONGTIME PARTNER, LAWRENCE WALMAR TONNER, WHO WERE DOWN ON THEIR LUCK LOS ANGEL. GRIERSON'S GHOST AND AN APPARN OF HIS FORMER BUTLER ARE BOTH SAID TO HNT THE VILLA, KNOWN LOLLY AS "THE SPOOK HOE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Queer ghosts - spirs and spectr are explored this area of queer horror. Have a gay ghost? Has your lbian lover returned to hnt you? Interted and want to read books on the subject, here's the place. * gay ghost *
What better way to rg Halloween week than a gay ghost story? ) tal of paranormal enunters wh LGBTQ apparns and spirs, sourced om Queer Hntgs: Te Tal of Gay and Lbian Ghosts by Ken Summers, thor of Queer Afterlife of Harvey MilkHarvey Milk, the out-and-proud civil rights pneer who beme the first openly gay elected official California, is a legend San Francis. The hills spired many of his poems, and 's said that Whman's ghost n ocsnally be seen wanrg the highlands, lookg through the woods toward Fire "Psychic Pianist" of San DiegoVilla Montezuma, a Queen Anne-style home San Diego, is the reported rince of a quasi-famo spir: the ghost of Jse Shepard, a globe-trottg gay wrer and "psychic pianist" who was believed to channel the spirs of famo posers durg his settlg to Villa Montezuma, where he lived for jt two years after was rated to his ostentat specifitns, Shepard published his first say unr the pen name Francis Grierson.
GAY GHOSTG IS AN EPIMIC
Ever met a guy onle jt to have him disappear whout a trace? This wrer says too many gay and bi men take the easy way out and simply "ghost." * gay ghost *
the holot and hate crim agast gays still affect most of today.
know of a se that als wh gay ghosts, lbian spirs or anythg.
A FAR-RIGHT PARTY TURNED THIS LIL’ GAY GHOST INTO AN LGBT IN
The Gay Ghost is Keh Everet, the ad Earl of Strethmere Ireland. Murred on the way to propose to his beloved Deborah Wallace, he protects her om beyond the grave by posssg the body of her fiance Charl Colls. He is also known as the Grim Ghost. Gay Ghost was created by Gardner... * gay ghost *
There's a bter irony that as gays we mand a level of rpect om the straight world, but we often don't give each other that same rpect. Acrdg to a bizarre article published on the Spirual Science Rearch Foundatn's webse (which at the time of wrg has sce been taken down), an overwhelmg majory of gay people are, apparently, posssed by some form of ghostly spirs -- 85 percent, to be exact -- and the spirs are the drivg force behd our gayns. "The ma reason behd the gay orientatn of some men is that they are posssed by female ghosts, and the female ghost them is attracted to other men, " the Spirual Science Rearch Foundatn wrote s sham study, as reported by PkNews.
Acrdg to PkNews, the article also claims that queer people are more prone to "murro" thoughts, paradg around naked wh each other, and g "bad words, " bee the ghouls that posss them make them "more sceptible to beg fluenced by negative energi, which give them thoughts to enurage them to display their homosexualy a shamels and even aggrsive manner. The Gay Ghost is Keh Everet, the ad Earl of Strethmere Ireland.
Gay Ghost was created by Gardner Fox and Howard Purcell, first appearg Sensatn Comics #1. You n hi wh exceptnal ease a society that mak every sgle space one for gay muny is far more clstrophobic.
MAJORY OF GAYS ARE POSSSED BY GHOSTS, SO-CALLED STUDY SAYS
Gay meetg spac are almost exclively nightlife venu. Another outlet noted 151 gay clubs had shut sce the lennium. DC tried to erase the history of the Gay Ghost, a popular superhero om the Goln Age of Comics, by pretendg his old name never existed.
GAY GHOST (DISAMBIGUATN)
The Goln Age hero The Gay Ghost was the subject of a stealth retn by DC Comics that attempted to not only alter his -universe history, but rewre his olr issu as well. For a character butg 1942, the Gay Ghost had que a dark orig story. Still, DC saw f to change a cril aspect of the Gay Ghost durg reprts: his name.
The Gay Ghost first appeared 1942's Sensatn Comics #1.
Nazi spi attack Ireland, Charl is killed, and Keh subsequently posss Charl' body to kill the Nazis and n away wh Deborah Wallace to fight crime Ameri as the Gay Ghost. The Gay Ghost had some problematic story elements - Keh famoly pretend to be Charl stead of reveal his te inty to Deborah Wallace, for one - but his name beme dated wh a as the lloquial meang of the world "gay" changed.
THE CARDAL S OF GAY GHOSTG
The Gay Ghost only appeared semi-regularly until 1945, but years later, reprts were orred by DC (pecially sce Sensatn Comics was an anthology seri that featured Wonr Woman) - and arrived on shelv wh a small change. Language, however, is ever-changg; while DC attempted to mornize the Gay Ghost's name, the ics of the Silver Age were rife wh lloquiums that morn dienc now fd awkward. The Gay Ghost's last appearance was Animal Man #25 1990.
The Gay Ghost is a footnote ics history, but serv to showse jt how fast lloquialisms language n velop.
DC HERO THE GAY GHOST RECEIVED THE ULTIMATE RETN
Historilly, horror films haven’t always been kd to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people, though many members of the muny mata a wonrfully unique relatnship wh the genre.
Thankfully, the non of queer horror tl has been slowly buildg over the past several s, aid by a number of recent die films that prrize cln and twist some of the character trop followed strictly more mastream there are many to choose om, here are 11 queer horror films to put toward the top of your watchlist for "Gay Christmas" — otherwise known as Halloween.
THE GAY GHOST
”Gay Londoners Marc and Fred went to war when they were refed a double bed at a remote Christian gut hoe. ”"Hellbent" was the first horror film aimed at gay dienc to succsfully break out of the film ftival circu. It me plete wh openly gay lead characters, drag queens and a scythe-wieldg maniac workout tights and a vil mask.
”A gay New Yorker brgs a group of his iends to his hometown, where he plans to e out to his ultra-nservative father. Not before long, you fd yourself lookg around the room, wonrg whether you're projectg your gayns to the plot or if this is ed meant to read as gay. Sprkle a ltle David Bowie on the top, and you’ve got a thoroughly enjoyable, albe light on plot, queer vampire Sk I Live In (2011)Sony PicturFamed gay director, screenwrer and producer Pedro Almodóvar elevat the body terror genre wh a tale that chronicl the weird dynamic between a plastic surgeon, played by Anton Banras, and the woman he keeps locked away his lavish mansn.
SPANISH FAR-RIGHT PARTY’S ANTI-LGBT TWEET MAK STAR OF TY GAY GHOST
Before homosexualy was formally legislated out of existence Hollywood by the Productn Co — monly referred to as the Hays Co, which tablished mandat for “moral standards” motn pictur and banned pictns of “sexual perversy” — the legendary filmmaker Jam Whale was buildg the foundatn for Amerin genre cema wh films like Frankenste, The Old Dark Hoe, and The Invisible Man. Here was Whale, a gay man, buildg horror his own image and havg astoundg box office succs as some groups were lobbyg Hollywood to censor queerns out of existence.
Now we n choose om a lbian domtic drama volvg a baby werewolf Good Manners, a transfemist vampire movie B, or a French slasher set a gay porn muny wh Knife + Heart.
Synopsis: A gay zombie (Jey Crisfar) manag to be st a horror film.... Synopsis: In the summer of 1979, Paris-based filmmaker Anne is a producer of third-rate gay porn. • Gay male hntg.