Musician, educator, activist and historian Bob Davis was Tippi’s boyfriend from 1986 until he cared for her in her final days in 1991.
He and Joshua Raoul Brody did the music and sound for Vegas in Space through their company earwax productions. It was his suggestion to write the song “Hey Hey Walk This Way” with Miss X, Tippi, Connie Champagne, and J Raoul Brody.
In 1990 he commissioned an ailing Doris to make a painting of himself in drag with Doris, Miss X and Tippi.
Doris wrote a Sentinel column describing the evening in 1990 when they got together at Ms Bob’s place to reveal the painting, and peruse the trans history collection that would eventually become the Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive. Notable guests included Carmel Sanger, Ambisextrous, Phillip R Ford, Miss X, and the Popstitutes. Doris dispenses compliments and criticisms evenly with her typically dry wit. You can read all of Doris’ columns at dorisfish.com/sentinel/
In 2018, as Ms. Bob Davis, she turned her extensive collection of transgender books, magazines, photos and ephemera into the Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive. She curated the 2023 “Doris Fish: Ego As Artform” show at the GLBT Historical Society Museum in San Francisco, designed by Robyn Adams who in turn started the Doris Fish Forever archive, which includes many items from Ms. Bob’s Sluts A Go-Go collection.
