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The Beige Room
The Beige Room, also known simply as Beige Room, was an American nightclub known for gay female impersonators, in operation from 1949 to 1958 and located at 831 Broadway in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, California. History The club was owned by Al Burgess and Chinkie Naditz; and was founded in 1949 at 2215 Powell Street, and it moved in 1951 to the Broadway address. On Sundays The Beige Room would host dance parties. The performers were openly gay, unlike at other female impersonator clubs at the time. The Beige Room performers included owner Al Burgess, T.C. Jones, Lynne Carter, Leslie Marlowe, Ray Saunders, and Kenneth Marlowe. José Sarria performed at The Beige Room before moving to the Black Cat Bar. Lynne Carter was a club headliner, she was famous for doing impersonations of Pearl Bailey and Josephine Baker and would often socialize with the patrons after the performances. In total, a collection of San Francisco LGBT venues opened and flourished in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Female Impersonators
A drag queen is a person, usually male, who uses drag clothing and makeup to imitate and often exaggerate female gender signifiers and gender roles for entertainment purposes. Historically, drag queens have usually been gay men, and part of gay culture. People partake in the activity of ''doing drag'' for reasons ranging from self-expression to mainstream performance. Drag shows frequently include lip-syncing, live singing, and dancing. They occur at events like LGBT pride parades, carnivals and drag pageants and in venues such as cabarets and nightclubs. Drag queens vary by type, culture, and dedication, from professionals who star in films and spend a lot of their time in their drag persona, to people who do drag only occasionally. Those who do occasional drag may be from other backgrounds than the LGBT community. There is a long history of folkloric and theatrical crossdressing that involves people of all orientations. Not everyone who does drag at some point in thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
