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Drag artist Linda Simpson shares her personal treasure trove of photographs to tell an important story about 1980s/90s queer culture in The Drag Explosion.

arrow Medical personnel rub their hands as they leave the emergency room at NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital in March, 2020. MARY ALTAFFER/AP/SHUTTERSTOCK The first known case of COVID-19 in New York State was reported one year ago today, when it was publicly announced that a Manhattan woman was found to be infected with the virus. The March 1st case set off a month with an exponential increase in infections that would soon lead to a relentless blare of sirens through...

Photofest; Al Pereira/Getty Images The 300,000 Americans who have died from the disease this year included actors, art directors, animators and playwrights — even an iconic movie villain. Rachel Bloom, Lee Daniels, Nathan Lane, John Mulaney and others celebrate the lives of their friends and collaborators. Broadway Playwright Terrence  McNally A chat from the afterlife with the gifted dramatist leaves an actor feeling lucky to have ever known him By Nathan Lane So I think I may have chatt...

RuPaul and Other Drag Pioneers Come to Life in Stunning New Photo Book Linda Simpsons "The Drag Explosion" captures the hunty icons of New York Citys drag scene in the 80s and 90s. Before RuPaul became a household name, she was a fixture of New York City’s downtown drag scene during the 1980s and ‘90s, appearing at Wigstock and East Village clubs like Pyramid. Linda Simpson — the alter ego of writer and former Time Out New York editor Les Simpson — was there, docum...