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In red at the Forest Ballroom

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Unidentified white drag queen in red with black lace shorts being embraced from behind by an unidentified white man in a red pullover sweater at the Forest Ballroom in Kansas City; both are smiling and on the wall behind them is a handmade sign advertising an upcoming drag ball with a date of February 13, 1965.
Date Published
1965-02
Publisher
Jack Ames
Subjects
Drag queens
Bars (Drinking establishments)--Social aspects
Gay men
Men, White
Gay bars
Hugging
Signs and signboards
Drag shows
Subjects, Community
White gay men
White LGBTQ+ people
LGBTQ+ people
LGBTQ+ events
Time Periods
1961-1970
Subjects, Geographic
Kansas City Metropolitan Area
Notes

No date; likely February 1965

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : color transparencies ; 35 mm (slide format)
Member of
GLAMA: Robert Heishman Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_glama_heishman_photo-048.tif
Genres
Slides
Color photographs
Group portraits
Types
photographs
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections for more information.

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