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To wit and to my point, rent parties (which were held in private venues) were events where rainbow folks could listen to music, dance and socialize in freedom. The doc is a fascinating look at Harlem of old, and it’s no real shock that once she took off her trademark clothing, she slipped into a man’s suit and was addressed as “Mr.
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The new documentary “I’ve Got Somethin’ to Tell You,” directed and produced by Whoppi Goldberg (HBO), touches upon Mabley’s lesbian lifestyle. Then there’s everyone’s lovable “mom” comic legend Moms Mabley. Ma Rainey (“Prove it on Me”) was rumored to have had a relationship with bisexual singer Bessie Smith. Here’s another twist (but not a surprise to anyone in the rainbow life). Where are the girls who love girls in Harlem history? Great question! They were there, but on the down low.īutch women were bold, as witnessed by singer Gladys Bentley, who was notorious for wearing men’s clothing on stage and for her marriage to another woman. Who really knows? The closet is that deep.) (“Stella, I’m coming out!” might have been Brando’s inner monologue. In the 1940s, Ebony magazine reported that at Luckey’s Rendezvous, owned by Duke Ellington’s piano player, Luckey Roberts, “male couples are so commonplace … that no one looks twice at them”: James Baldwin introduced Luckey’s to Marlon Brando, and it reportedly became his favorite hangout. The 1930s roared gay with the Mount Morris Turkish Baths, which attracted a clientele of gay Black men (and the white men who loved them). During the Harlem Renaissance, the Hamilton Lodge of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows became famous for its elaborate annual drag ball (aka the Faggots Ball). Lesbian, bisexual and straight people are mixing, smiling, and I am happy about that,” said a Harlem resident with more than 30 years of observation. “Harlem is pulling together again, don’t you think? It’s such a safe place for the gay community. In Harlem, myNewYorkeye’s first annual girly-gurl “Rent Party,” a fundraiser for the arts, will be held on June 28 from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. The other takes place on June 29 at the South Street Seaport. The first event takes place on June 28 in our lovely hamlet on St. As a self-appointed ambassador for love and understanding, let me share with you two LGBT/Pride events you should not miss if you are rainbow-influenced or just curious and supportive.