COCKETTES, ANGELS OF LIGHT, PERFORMER Scrumbly by Bud Lee, 1971. Go to lgbtqhp.org and search “Cockettes” or “Angels of Light.” Scrumbly was a key member of the Cockettes. I was in the biggest commune, the Cockette commune, but there were other Cockette houses too, with groups of Cockettes living in them.

BERKELEY GAY LIBERATION FRONT, COCKETTES, ANGELS OF LIGHT, PERFORMER Tahara began dressing in drag in founded by the Cockettes’ founder, Hibiscus. I started a theater troupe called the Cockettes, and I would like you to be in it.’ About a month after the movie filming, we finally got the Cockettes together. A lot of the Cockettes took their clothes off. The crowd loved it.

BEREKELEY GAY LIBERATION FRONT, COCKETTES, ANGELS OF LIGHT, PERFORMER During the gay liberation revolution The Cockettes represented the satirical cutting edge of gay liberation, while the Angels of Light emerged www.lgbtqhp.org/post/tahara https://www.lgbtqhp.org/post/gary-alinder-tahara https://www.lgbtqhp.org/post/cockettes-oral-history

COCKETTES, ANGELS OF LIGHT, PERFORMER Rumi Missabu as Maxine in "Elevator Girls in Bondage" by Michael Rumi was an original member of the late 1960s San Francisco hippie performance troupe, the Cockettes. The Cockettes were high-action, out-front, out-of-the-closet entertainers, and the satiric cutting edge Rumi left the Cockettes after a year and a half, traveled to Canada, moved to New York, and then hitchhiked Episode 4 of Season 2 of The QueerCore Podcast is about how a crazy Cockette wasn’t going to play by

COCKETTES, ANGELS OF LIGHT, PERFORMER Gender bending pioneers discuss their time living and breathing as hippie queer Cockettes featuring Scrumbly, Sweet Pam, and Tahara. Transcript: https://www.lgbtqhp.org/post/cockettes-oh Related Features • Llee Heflin Occult Podcast Series

COCKETTES Rumi Missabu was born in Hollywood, took a bus to San Francisco, made a wrong turn, got lost He was an original member of the San Francisco hippie performance troupe, the Cockettes. The Cockettes were high-action, out-front, out-of-the-closet entertainers, the satiric cutting edge of Rumi left the Cockettes after a year and a half, moved to New York, and then returned to San Francisco Episode One of the QueerCore Podcast is a crystal clear glimpse into the crazy, ex-Cockette’s kaleidoscope

COCKETTES, ANGELS OF LIGHT, PERFORMER Tahara by unknown, June 28, 1974. Far out, brother! Sister! Tahara was part of the Berkeley Gay Liberation Front, the Cockettes, the Angels of Light, and more! The Cockettes were a hippie drag performance troupe founded on December 31, 1969.

The Cockettes were not just gay men. I had nothing to do with the Cockettes, nor did I want to. August and Chris: Before Rumi was a Cockette, he was a male groupie. August: What do you want the Cockettes to be remembered for? I have a personal legacy that includes the Cockettes.

Bernadicou, originally published in the Bay Area Reporter Bambi Lake was a performer who sprang out of the Cockettes the radical, gay, hippie performance troupe, and the Angels of Light, the free-theater child of the Cockettes After studying theater at Cañada Junior College, in 1970, she met future Cockette piano player Peter The Cockette’s founder, Hibiscus, took her under his wing, and together they became Angels of Light. Related Features • The Cockettes: Scrumbly, Sweet Pam, Tahara  Oral History • Rumi Missabu's Crazy Cockette

COCKETTES, ANGELS OF LIGHT, PERFORMER Rumi Missabu as Pola Negri in Hollywood Babylon by David Wise, He was a founding member of the late 1960s and early 1970s Cockettes, a radical drag performer and counterculture After the dissolution of the Cockettes, Rumi spent over 35 years off the grid, living in almost complete

How did you meet Hibiscus, the founder of the Cockettes? Scrumbly: Johnny McGowan and— Tahara: All the Cockettes before they were Cockettes. That was early before the Cockettes. The Cockettes— Scrumbly: Not us. and the Cockettes?

year-old Jayne Harris joined their brother Hibiscus—founder of the legendary San Francisco troupe the Cockettes—as Women Center and the Gay Student's Union with Amy Horowitz Oral History • Bambi Lake Dancing with The Cockettes

Founded in 1969, the Cockettes were high-action, out-front, out-of-the-closet entertainers and the satiric Rumi left the Cockettes after a year and a half, traveled to Canada, and moved to New York, where he Following a notable appearance in Bill Weber and David Weissman’s 2002 documentary The Cockettes , Rumi skillfully navigated the resurgence of interest in the Cockettes, displaying the finesse of a seasoned In 2005, he became the archivist of the Cockettes after the death of Cockette Kreemah Ritz.

COCKETTES, ANGELS OF LIGHT, PERFORMER Scrumbly and Tom Nieze by Peter Hujar, 1971. stage in this episode as we sit down with Scrumbly, Sweet Pam, and Tahara, legendary members of the Cockettes

The Cockettes and the Angels of Light defined radical queer performance. We have featured numerous Cockettes and Angels of Light: Tahara , Rumi Missabu , Scrumbly , Sweet Pam I saw some of the Cockettes addressing androgyny in a way that was very compelling. The Cockettes also had a house on Haight Street. The stimulus for the Cockettes was Hibiscus. He founded the group and the Angels of Light.

Records, and Diana Press with Ginny Berson and Coletta Reid Oral History • Bambi Lake Dancing with The Cockettes

Bambi Lake (1950-2020) was a chanteuse who sprang out of the Cockettes, the radical, gay, hippie performance troupe, and the Angels of Light, the free-theater child of the Cockettes. He later became the piano player for the Cockettes. He plays for Donald Trump—he used to play in Nob Hill after the Cockettes. I met him a year and a half before my time with the Cockettes.