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southern decadence fundraisersWEDNESDAY, July 20th...5pm, Southern Decadence Grill Off,

Southern Decadence Grand Marshal XLIIJeffery Palmquist & The Page’s Bar BaronWillie Mackie invite you to a dual of BBQwith SDGMs Tony Leggio, Felicia Phillips &Derek Penton-Robicheaux cheering on thegrill masters, $10 a plate to taste/judgeincluding fixings (voting ballot with eachplate) @ The Page

SATURDAY, July 23rd...7pm, Ambush Magazine presents

29th Annual Gay Appreciation AwardsGala with “Walking the Red Carpet” withSouthern Decadence Grand Marshals XLIITony Leggio, Felicia Phillips, JeffreyPalmquist & Derek Penton-Robicheaux 7-7:45pm, followed by the Gala 8-10pm an-nouncing the Winners, benefiting SouthernDecadence 2016, $200 VIP Table’s for 4,$10 door donation @ Oz New Orleans

SUNDAY, July 24th...2-7pm, Coming Home: Decadence

Takes Biloxi, Join us for an afternoon inBiloxi welcoming Southern DecadenceGrand Marshal XLII Derek Penton-Robicheaux back home. Lynn Koval, theowner of Just Us Lounge, has opened herdoors to greet each of you with a home-cooked meal of BBQ, collard greens, andPotato Salad from 1:30 until everyone getsa plate. While you enjoy some refreshingbeverages and this great food, lean backand listen to the sounds of Rewind 228,which has reunited the great talents of LadyPatrice Pickett and Johnny Fung. The bandwill be playing all your favorites from 2-5pm.Following, at 6pm, you will be entertainedby some of the best entertainers the Coasthas to offer with Estelle Suarez, Toni D,Nicole DuBois, and Merce...des Alexanderstorming the stage. DJ Powers will beplaying the hottest hits and some classicsfor you all afternoon during the breaks andfollowing the Drag Show. We will be havinga 50/50 raffle, as well as general raffle forprizes including liquor baskets, food compsand bar tabs from various businesses bothin Biloxi and New Orleans. $40 Bus passesfrom New Orleans to Biloxi, and back, willbe available for purchase, which includesadmission to the venue, meal, etc. Only 47passes are available so get yours today.Bus will leave promptly at 12:30pm fromGrandPre’s, 834 N. Rampart St. Cover atthe Just Us door without bus pass is $15and includes the meal, admission for theband and drag show, and one ticket for thegeneral raffles. Tickets $40 @ Just UsLounge

TUESDAY, July 26th...7pm, The Quistadors present South-

ern Decadence “S”ingo with SDGMsXLII Jeffrey Palmquist, Felicia Philips, DerekPenton-Robicheaux & Tony Leggio, andyour chance to win fab prizes at SD’sversion of bingo (3 cards for $10), plus 50/50 raffle, auctions & more benefiting South-ern Decadence 2016; arrive early at 6pmwhere you can order some great eats off themenu @ Cheezy Cajun

SATURDAY, July 30th...5-7pm, The Quistadors present “Mys-

tic & Mystery: An Evening of Deca-dence” with SDGMs XLII Jeffrey Palmquist,Felicia Philips, Derek Penton-Robicheaux& Tony Leggio, with $10 Taro Card read-ings, $10 buffet courtesy of NOLA Poboys,Clover Grill & Le Fleur de Lis; plus raffleswith great prizes & 50/50 raffle benefiting

Southern Decadence 2016 @ GoodFriends Bar

SUNDAY, July 31st...4-6pm, Sippin’ with The Sisters 2nd

Annual Deviled Egg Contest benefitingSouthern Decadence 2016 with SDGMsXLII Tony Leggio, Felicia Philips, JeffreyPalmquist & Derek Penton-Robicheaux,$10 to Taste/Judge (Rules: 1. Must supplya minimum of 60 eggs (30 eggs cut in half)Grade A Large only; 2. Souffle cups will beprovided by Cutter’s (solo cup P150 1 1/2oz., eggs must be presented in soufflecups; 3. Must be presented on plattersprovided by Cutter’s - or equivalent - com-monly referred to as a crawfish platter. Ifyour eggs do not fit on the trays (for what-ever reason-2 will be provided) you mustprovide the additional tray; 4. Competitionstarts at 4pm - there will be a grace periodof 15 minutes only Competition starts at4pm - there will be a grace period of 15minutes only (limited to first 12 entries dueto space limitations); 5. Competition endsat 6pm; 6. Winners will be announced assoon as possible thereafter; 7. Judging willbe by public vote with ballots provided byCutter’s to all tasters; 8. Your eggs must fitwithin the confines of the souffle cup -meaning - the souffle cup will serve as thebase of your entry. You may fill the egg withwhatever you desire, but it must fit in thecup. 9. There will be plaques awarded forthe Winner and 1st Runner-up; 10. Youmust not place anything on the top of theegg that is not edible-(or in it)-for thatmatter-no statues or tiaras, etc.; 11. If youare late (after 3:15) you will not be eligiblefor judging (however, we will keep the eggsand enjoy them). If you do not sign up for thecompetition and just show up out of the blue- your entry will not qualify for judging(however, we will keep the eggs and enjoythem). @ Cutter’s

WEDNESDAY, August 3rd...5-8pm, Burgers and Dogs For South-

ern Decadence, Krewe du Royale Revel-ers’ Grand Reveler II Will Antill and Lord ofMisrule Frank Perez will be grilling up juicyhamburgers and delicious hot dogs as wellas serving up scrumptious potato salad andother fixin’s. $10 gets you an amazing mealand benefits Southern Decadence, whoseofficial charities are NOAGE and ARNO.ARNO is Animal Rescue New Orleans, thecity’s only no kill shelter. NOAGE stands forNew Orleans Advocates for GLBT Elders.None of us are getting younger and we alllike pets. And we certainly like to eat! Socome join us and support Southern Deca-dence! @ Cafe Lafitte in Exile

THURSDAY, August 4th...9pm until, Oz Southern Decadence

Employee Turnabout & Buy-A-Boy Auc-tion hosted by Persana Shoulders benefit-ing Southern Decadence 2016 and its chari-ties with SDGMs XLII Derek Penton-Robicheaux, Felicia Philips, JeffreyPalmquist and Tony Leggio; catch all yourfavorite Oz Employees get in drag andperform for you, plus the hot, hot, hot Buy-A-Boy Auction where sexy studs step up tothe auction block to be sold to the highestbidder which includes exclusive dinnerpackages for 2, credit cards accepted aswell as phone bids at 504.300.9525 duringauction, doors open 8:30pm, $10 door do-nation, 50/50 raffle, Official Southern Deca-dence Posters signed by the grand mar-shals for $10 & more @ Oz New Orleans

SDGMs (front) XLII Tony Leggio, XLI Marsha Delain & Rip Naquin,XIV Kathleen Conlon; (back) XLI Frankie Fist,

XLII Derek Penton-Robicheaux, Felicia Phillips & Jeffrey Palmquist

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JUNE IS GAY PRIDE MONTH LGBT Pride month is June and LGBT Pride marches around the world are

usually held the last Sunday of June. On November 2, 1969 at the Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile

Organizations meeting in Philadelphia, it was proposed that a demonstration beheld annually on the last Saturday of June in New York City in order tocommemorate the 1969 spontaneous demonstrations of Christopher Street.This demonstration was to be called Christopher Street Liberation Day. Thepurpose of this proposal was to be an annual reminder of the Stonewall Bar Riots“in order to be more relevant, reach a greater number of people, and encompassthe ideas and ideals of the larger struggle in which we are engaged-that of ourfundamental human rights.” Homophile organizations throughout the countrywere contacted with the suggestion that they hold parallel demonstrations on theday making it a nationwide show of support.

We who are old enough to havegrown up closeted, fearful, sometimesshamed, sometimes full of guilt andalways questioning why we were dif-ferent, are still amazed at how muchand how quickly our lives have changedsince that proposal was accepted atthe conference in Philadelphia and theStonewall riots that inspired it.

Queer was still used to describeus, but the word “Gay” was starting tobe used in our communities. FollowingHarvey Milk’s election in San Fran-cisco, Gilbert Baker, one of his sup-porters was asked to come up with asymbol for the gay community. It wasto be a positive alternative to the pinktriangle imposed by Nazis to identifyand persecute homosexuals. It is stillused, often alongside or superimposedupon the Rainbow Flag. Baker’s first

flag had eight stripes, but after the1978 march and production problemsof the flags it was reduced to six strips.

My husband and I have fond memo-ries of the New York City Pride Days.We lived just 2 and 1/2 blocks from theStonewall Inn. We marched in the first1970 Christopher Street Gay Libera-tion Day Parade from in front of theStonewall Inn up Fifth Avenue to theCentral Park Sheep Meadow with sev-eral friends.

The first marches were both seri-ous and fun, and helped inspire a wid-ening activist movement. The eventswere fully participated in by lesbianwomen, bisexual people andtransgender people as well as by gaymen of all races and backgrounds.This reminds me that we often forgetthat the leaders of Stonewall riots were

predominantly trans (people of color):Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera,Storme DeLarverie. They dared tostand up while most of us pretty youngthings stayed in the background scaredshitless.

By the late 1970s and early 80sAIDS messages appeared in the cel-ebrations and the word Pride began totake hold. I do beiieve that despite thedevastation we were beginning to betaken more seriously and supportedmore by onlookers. The city beganpainting a purple line along ChristopherStreet in front of the Stonewall eachyear.

At the 1994 march, my husbandand I participated in holding up thehistoric mile long Rainbow flag dis-played for the first international marchon the United Nations during the 25thanniversary of Stonewall. I don’t re-member what route we marched, but Iknow that we started at the UN on 1stAvenue and ended at ChristopherStreet. The beads I’m wearing weregiven to our group that day by a friendwho made them by hand.

By the late 90s we were growingolder and began filming the paradesand sitting on our stoop to watch theparade of people going by for all theGreenwich Village bars and otherevents. All dressed and decorated forthe day, we were such a stoop staplethat each year some people would go

by just to see if we were still there. Weposed for many pictures and our mostmemorable day came when a straightcouple gave us a flower display theybought just for us.

My last march was with the ScreenActors Guild following the newly signedsame-sex marriage bill. I stepped outof line as we approached GreenwichAvenue where my to be husband wasfilming and asked him to marry me.

Gay Pride was not born of a needto celebrate being Gay, but our right toexist without persecution and discrimi-nation. So instead of wondering whythere isn’t a straight Pride movement,be thankful you don’t need one.

The gay part is to be happy andhave our civil rights. To be treated asa human being. We had a need to meetwith men and women interested insomething other than bars booze anddance music. We loved those thingsbut needed something more — some-thing to connect with our souls. There-fore, the diversity of the colors in theRainbow flag.

To own our pride is important. Tocelebrate our community and to re-member all those who have come be-fore us and those who walked besideus in the fight for our freedom andrights.

--Ray Durand Krewe of Armeinius Historian

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