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…
Miss Leading (Tippi) appeared in the Gay Freedom Day Parade in her Anita Bryant drag for the Anita Bryant Look-A-Like Contest in June 1977. Excerpt from: NOT TRYING TO PASS AS ANYTHING BUT OUTRAGED: Cross-Dressing and Drag in Protests, Demonstrations, and Social Activism By Ardel Haefele-Thomas, Ph.D. & Ms. Bob Davis, MFA By 1977 about…
Pearly Gates of Leila and the Snakes (wearing a Doris Fish 1977 t-shirt!!) Jasper Havoc assists Doris Fish with makeup for Jane Dornaker. This feature was in the James Moss magazine “San Francisco Gay Life–Where It’s At” number 3 in 1977. Jane Dornaker, Pearly Gates, Eddie Troia, and Doris Fish met up while performing with…
Doris Fish performs at a Tubes show, 1976. Photo © Daniel Nicoletta. All rights reserved. Not for distribution. The Tubes Talent Hunt Poster. 1976. The Tubes Doris visited San Francisco for the first time in March 1975, and returned for an extended stay in the summer of 1976. That year she entered a talent competition…
The unforgettable tagline for Blonde Sin: The Sin They Left out of the Bible. Courtesy Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive (included in the 2024 "Ego As Artform" show at SF GLBT Historical Society) Blonde Sin was the final iteration of the show which began at the 1979 Sluts A Go-Go debut show, evolved during the early…
Ambisextrous was the opening act (first Sluts A go go full show in SF at 330 Grove), Oct. 28, 1979 Photograph © by Daniel Nicoletta All rights reserved Ambi Sextrous, a flamboyant bearded drag queen of the Cockette’s variety, came from a wealthy family in Oklahoma and lived on a trust fund. It’s been said…
Miss X and Doris Fish on the set of Vegas in Space as Queen Veneer and Miss Tracy Daniels. Photo by Daniel Nicoletta All Rights Reserved
Arturo Galster on the set of Vegas in Space, 1984 Photo by Daniel Nicoletta @dannic100NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION
Tippi on the set of Vegas in Space, as director Phillip R Ford makes adjustments to the set. 1984 Photo by Daniel Nicoletta @dannic100NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION
Miss X as Queen Veneer on location for Vegas in Space, 1984 Photo by Daniel Nicoletta @dannic100 NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION Miss X as Queen Veneer on location for Vegas in Space, 1984 Photo by Daniel Nicoletta @dannic100 NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION WITHOUT PERMISSION