Fabiola and Saffron discuss the queer history and layered performances of 1968’s The Queen, featuring camp icon Crystal LaBeija.
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Theme music by Harrison Lurie
Referenced articles:
Hillman, Betty Luther. “‘The Most Profoundly Revolutionary Act a Homosexual Can Engage in’: Drag and the Politics of Gender Presentation in the San Francisco Gay Liberation Movement, 1964–1972.” Journal of the History of Sexuality, vol. 20, no. 1, 2011, pp. 153–81. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40986358.
Portwood, Jerry. “Why ‘The Queen’ Documentary is an Essential Queer Time Capsule.” Rolling Stone Magazine, 16 December 2019, https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/queen-doc-sabrina-frank-simon-kino-lorber-crystal-labeija-852591/.
Yaeger, Lynn. “This 1960’s Documentary Sheds Light on the Dawning of New York’s Drag Scene.” Vogue, Conde Nast, 26 June 2019, https://www.vogue.com/article/the-queen-frank-simon-miss-all-america-camp-beauty-contest.