Black and white portrait of Freda Lay. Photographer TBD. Freda Lay was one of the original Sluts A Go-Go. A tall, pretty, AMAB from Pittsburgh, PA, who was into drag. She and Brad Chandler (X) met in Hollywood working at a gay porn cinema. The two relocated, with Freda’s boyfriend, to San Francisco in the…
Arturo Galster as Noodles Nebula. Photograph © by Daniel Nicoletta All rights reserved Arturo Galster
Born Philip Clargo Mills in Sydney, Australia August 11, 1952. Died June 22, 1991 in San Francisco, California. Note: The Craig Seligman biography quite fairly uses the male pronoun to describe Doris, as Doris/Philip did indeed identify as a cis man. This website, however, uses the female pronoun for Doris, as that is how Doris…
Australian queen Tula Bond (left) Tippi (center) with Doris Fish (right). Tippi and Doris are both still in the teal mermaid dresses from the "You Only Live Twice" number. Photo taken at the Sluts going away party in Sydney, 1980. Photographer TBD. Tippi starred as Princess Angel in Vegas In Space. Photograph © by Daniel…
Robin Clark on the first day of shooting Vegas In Space. Photo likely by Doris Fish. Robin Clark Born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1956. Currently resides in Virgina and is an accomplished fine artist. RobinClark.com A friend of Phillip R Ford’s from film school at San Francisco State, Robin Clark was the cinematographer on Vegas…
Jaqueline (Jackie) Hyde An early, close friend of Doris, Jackie attended the National Art School and was a member of Sylvia and the Synthetics (performing as Sandra Lo Moan) and she later performed often with Doris at Cabaret Conspiracy. She currently resides in Paris.
Phillip R Ford surrounded by a bevy of beauties. Miss X, TBD, Tippi, Doris Fish, TBD. Photo © Daniel Nicoletta. All rights reserved. Not for distribution. Stage and film producer, director and entertainer Phillip R. Ford served most of the 1980’s as “honorary straight man” in the legendary San Francisco drag troupe Sluts-A-Go-Go. He is perhaps…
Miss X and Doris, Castro Street Fair, 1983 Photograph © by Daniel Nicoletta All rights reserved Miss X Born Dalton Bradley Chandler II, Cincinnati, OH, October 28, 1951. Currently resides in Phoenix, AZ. After dropping out of college in Ohio, he spent a couple of years in Los Angeles, where he became friends with Freda…
Photographer and promoter Martin Ryter worked with Doris Fish in 1980-81 on a magazine style gay cable television show for The Advocate magazine called Click TV. They filmed studio interviews with local celebrities and taped segments all over San Francisco and beyond. Doris accosted the Village People at a movie premiere, chatted with Joan Baez…