COCKETTES, ANGELS OF LIGHT, PERFORMER Clockwise from upper left: Billy Orchid, Divine, Scrumbly Koldewyn I left and went into the Angels of Light. Scrumbly, for example, did music for the Angels of Light. Tahara: Oh, I was in the Angels of Light, which came out of the Cockettes. I was in the Angels of Light at that point, and I was doing free theater, and we'd had a whole schism

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he was 16 years old, his family moved to Lewiston, Idaho, and they agreed that he could stay in Los Angeles He went on to study theater at Los Angeles City College. In New York, he performed with Hibiscus and the Angels of Light in a show called The Enchanted Miracle

So stopping the Vietnam war, environmental issues, women’s and gay rights, fighting racism, they were have the same opportunities as men, all of those issues were very connected: fighting racism, fighting With my lesbian and left background, she invited me to move to Los Angeles and work with her. Featuring Ginny Berson and Coletta Reid • The Gay Liberation Front in The LGBTQ History Project • The Angels of Light Oral History: Tahara, Gregory Cruikshank, Beaver Bauer • A Female Rocker from Fanny, Svelts

This was the era of the civil rights movement. There was ONE, Inc. in Los Angeles and the Society for Individual Rights in San Francisco, but we decided but he also took the guy to San Francisco and introduced him to Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who ran City Lights City Lights eventually published some of his work. Related Stories • Greg Cruikshank and the San Francisco Angels of Light Oral History • The LGBTQ+ Rainbow

It has been lightly edited for clarity and readability, but I have preserved the original substance and Related Stories • Bambi Lake: The Cockettes and Angels of Light in San Francisco Oral History • Ruby

He was at the Stonewall Riots and acted in plays with the Cockettes , Angels of Light , Hot Peaches, We saw some women's rights, senior rights, housing rights, and more. People said, there's going to be this meeting, we're going to fight for rights. It parallels AIDS activist Larry Kramer, but the anger is about—well, no one was going to do anything I believe in guardian angels, and I am polyfaith. I believe that all experiences are positive.

LOS ANGELES GAY LIBERATION FRONT Morris Kight and Don Kilhefner at the Gay Community Services Center The police walked out, the lights went off, the music started playing again, and history was made by He lights up, but I don't think he wants to talk about it. August: It's a painting of this lady named Bambi Lake, who was in The Cockettes and Angels of Light. Llee: Oh, my God, The Cockettes, the Angels, they were angels of light.

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We knew we couldn't talk about gay rights or the rights of sexual minorities without self-identifying they didn't want the Human Rights Party to be seen as only interested in gay rights, in sexual minority rights, because of the broader platform that the Human Rights Party had. Gay Liberation Front, and Callen-Lorde Community Health Center Oral History • Greg Cruikshank: the Angels of Light and Tuxedomoon Oral History About The LGBTQ History Project The LGBTQ History Project is a

They all fought each other, right? was not like the late-night talk shows today. I felt right at home. I always went to anti-war demonstrations and civil rights demonstrations. Related Stories • Bambi Lake: The Cockettes and Angels of Light in San Francisco Oral History • Bambi

LOS ANGELES GAY LIBERATION FRONT Llee Heflin (left), Stanley Williams (center), and John Platania (right From there, I moved to Los Angeles. The gay scene in Los Angeles exploded on acid. We were on the cutting edge. We were fighting the fight. We organized a Saturday night at The Filling Station, a major bar in Los Angeles.

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In February of 1970, he moved to Los Angeles and became a member of the Los Angeles Gay Liberation Front Morris Kight, from the Los Angeles Gay Liberation Front, described San Francisco’s scene by saying Central It was like a light bulb. It absorbed the vibe. I moved to Los Angeles in February of 1970. I got involved with the Los Angeles Gay Liberation Front.

LOS ANGELES GAY LIBERATION FRONT, GAY WOMEN'S LIBERATION Carolyn Weathers by unknown, circa 1970. Now we are taking you to sunny Los Angeles, California, 1970. So my sister and her lover, Anita Ornelas, moved to Los Angeles around 1963. So I moved to Los Angeles in my little Volkswagen Bug. I was the first out lesbian on a Los Angeles talk show, but I wasn't supposed to have been.

Immediately, I sought out the Gay Liberation Front in Los Angeles. It was founded by Morris Kight, who is an important figure in gay history in Los Angeles and nationally Eastern Regional Conference of Homophile Organizations because Craig, who I absolutely adored, was a lightning I said, "We represent the homosexual community of Los Angeles." ​ As Don said, people like Morris Kight and others here in Los Angeles made a difference for us.

My dad might say that someone was a sissy, or you don't want to be a sissy. Right now, there are all sorts of other things that are in the Bible that we don't talk about, right? So I thought, well, he was in his hometown, right? He knew all these people, right? Shelley, the Mother of Gay Liberation, Oral History • Scrumbly, Sweet Pam, and Tahara Cockette and Angels of Light Oral History About The LGBTQ History Project The LGBTQ History Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit