MAY 29ND - JUNE 5TH, 2019 THE ULTIMATE QUEER GUIDE Free LGBT+ weekly

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Sunset Strip in The Standard where you
can go for a twirl - really hit the dance
floor to great music and not worry about
people taking pictures all night.
Where do you like to go, or do when you
have a night off?
I’m a longtime homebody. Introvert, and
now that I’m an empty nester with one
college grad living in the bay (my daughter)
...and my youngest (my son) in NYC
soon to be a grad. I still have habits of
cooking a good dinner, lighting candles.
Peaceful. good music, not a lot of TV but
sometimes Project Runway. Sometimes
‘Snapped - always glad I pulled myself
together and never did anything diabolical
after watching ‘Snapped!’ I have
a few friends where we have breakfast
get togethers, I like that, low key stuff...
Pancakes, egg whites and ‘tea’ :)
What’s new on your play list?
I’m still enjoying ‘A Moon
Shaped Pool’ the most
recent Radiohead album.
Their music is calming. I’m
obsessed with Nora En Pure
on the dance tip, Bonobo.. I
like dance and electronica..
jazz..and course everything
else. Oh - and Robert Glasper
is awesome fusing jazz and
hip hop. Love that also Kaytranada..Pablo
Nouvelle has
a brilliant song called I Will
ft, Sam Wills, that I love...and
anything Rihanna.
Tell me about your LGBTQ+ fans?
They are the best and most loyal. And
will cut a troll like a sharp sushi chef up
on my social media pages!
What’s your favorite charity or cause?
Anything for children, LGBTQ, civil
and human rights. Of course I’m proud
as well to have been on the forefront of
HIV/AIDS Awareness with projects like
Red, Hot & Blue..I did the first AMFAR
for Elizabeth Taylor when it was a small
event at the Four Seasons in Beverly
Hills, DIVA’s with Sheryl Lee Ralph, and
tons more. Before it was really mainstream.
What living person do you most admire?
My mother - she’s gone through so much
- overcome heroin and crack addition.
From dolman sleeves to prison blues to
working with those who have been in
her shoes. she’s now in her 80’s and I just
marvel at her and proud she overcame
her demons. People don’t know that side
of my life. I’ve been protective of her but
now she sees how it can be an inspiration
to others.
What exciting project or event do you
have coming up?
Working on the debut album with my
new group SRL. It’s titles “Bridges’ -- I
also have a new folk duet of all things
with Peter Harper called ‘A Million
Miles’ - current single ‘Sanctuary’.. all
sorts of stuff and working on my memoirs.
Though RuPaul advised me to pitch
it as a movie (biopic).
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