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Contents:
- THE LOST KREW OF GAY CARNIVAL
- GAY CARNIVAL
- RUDY GAY EXPECTED TO DRAW TERT OM WARRRS, LAKERS, MAVERICKS, BULLS, PELINS
- THE SECRET GOLN AGE OF GAY MARDI GRAS BALLS
- THE LOST HISTORY OF GAY CARNIVAL
THE LOST KREW OF GAY CARNIVAL
Everythg You Wanted to KnowALL ABOUT USWorkg wh the muny Armei striv to te and prerve the tradns of Gay Mardi Gras, s tradns, art-form, and social impact on the muny. A fundraiser for our 59th Annual Gay Mardi Gras – 3pm$15 Admissn(Food Available Until We Run Out). The Mystic Krewe of Amon-Ra is lookg forward to celebratg ’s 59th year Gay Mardi more about the Krewe & Communy the past 58 Years “THE KREWE OF AMON-RA’S RICH HISTORY”, the History of the Krewe of Amon-Ra reunted by the Krewe’s Charter Member & Emprs, Mrs.
Kg Cake Queen XXV Tiffany Alexanr wh iends at her Coronatn Ball (photo: TJ Boudrex)If you live New Orleans, there’s a chance you’ve attend one of the several gay Carnival balls prented each Carnival season. Perhaps the most amazg thg about the gay balls is that they are produced by relatively few people, pendg on the size of the krewe.
GAY CARNIVAL
Their but ball 1971, Camelot, is still remembered as one of the most legendary balls a gay krewe has ever produced.
RUDY GAY EXPECTED TO DRAW TERT OM WARRRS, LAKERS, MAVERICKS, BULLS, PELINS
Smh wr, “The mere mentn of the word “Camelot” wh the secretive realm of gay Carnival still evok a sense of wonr, magic, awe, and ultimate envy. Durg his time those krew, he learned om the legendary Elmo Avet, the creative spir behd the first two gay krew.
The Krewe of Ishtar, gay Carnival’s only lbian krewe, was found by Diane DiMicelli, Rosemary Po, and Sue Mart.
THE SECRET GOLN AGE OF GAY MARDI GRAS BALLS
”As the aforementned brief sketch illtrate, the evolutn of gay Carnival krew is not only a fascatg study personaly nflicts and petivens, but also of imagative brilliance.
THE LOST HISTORY OF GAY CARNIVAL
Dpe all the drama, the gay krew and the balls they’ve produced have provid an important outlet for the creative and artistic talents of the gay muny—vatns, posters, set signs, stume signs, etc.
Regardls of why they fad away, however, the lost krew are an tegral part of gay Carnival history.
Gay Carnival tradns began mid-twentieth-century New Orleans as a genr-bendg parody of ele Mardi Gras tradns, particularly the humorls ronatn balls of aristocratic, segregated clubs like Rex and the Mistick Krewe of Com. After the rise of gay Carnival krew the 1960s and 1970s, queer culture beme a mastay of Carnival New Orleans and a force for LGBTQ+ visibily and muny engagement Louisiana.