TRANS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE: ALEXIS ARQUETTE

𝙾𝙽 𝚃𝙷𝙸𝚂 𝚃𝚁𝙰𝙽𝚂 𝙳𝙰𝚈 𝙾𝙵 𝚁𝙴𝙼𝙴𝙼𝙱𝚁𝙰𝙽𝙲𝙴: 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚊𝚢 𝚌𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚑. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝟷𝟽, 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚑 𝚘𝚗 𝙰𝚕𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜 𝙰𝚛𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎. 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚡𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚠 𝙰𝚛𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚔 "𝙸 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝙸 𝙳𝚘." 𝙰𝚛𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 - 𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝙸. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚐𝚊𝚠𝚔𝚢, 𝚋𝚒𝚐-𝚕𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚠𝚔𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 - 𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝙸. 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛, 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚑 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙰𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚢𝚗𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚋𝚘𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚀𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗 - 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚞𝚜𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙰𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚅𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎'𝚜. 𝙸𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝙰𝚛𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙰𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚢𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚒𝚛-𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖. 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑. 𝙰𝚛𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎'𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚙𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝙸𝙽 𝙷𝙾𝙻𝙻𝚈𝚆𝙾𝙾𝙳: 𝙱𝙴𝙷𝙸𝙽𝙳 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚂𝙸𝙶𝙽 (𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝟸𝟶) - 𝟸𝟶 𝚃𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚃𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝. 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚂𝚘𝚘𝚗!

DEATHIVERSARY: BERRY BERENSON-PERKINS (SEPT. 11, 2001)

Berinthia "Berry" Berenson-Perkins was an accomplished fashion photographer and actor who stood by her husband, "Psycho" actor, Anthony Perkins, through his AIDS diagnosis. Through her better-known sister, actress Marisa Berenson ("Death In Venice," "Cabaret" and "Barry Lyndon"), Berry came to photograph a roll-call of Hollywood stars. In 1973, Berry married Perkins while 3 months pregnant, which prompted her mother, Marquesa Gogo Berenson di Cacciapooti, to publicly call her a "degenerate." During Perkins' therapy to "cure" his homosexuality, he was asked to flip through a Vogue magazine and pick out his ideal woman. He pointed to a spread on Berry. Years later, they met at the townhouse Perkins' shared with his lover, dancer Grover Dale. There was little doubt that Perkins was both sexually attracted to and in love with Berry. Then, in 1990, Perkins tested positive for HIV. He wanted it kept secret even from their closest friends, which heaped a tremendous burden on Berry. On September 2, 1992, Perkins died with Berry clutching his hand. Nine years later, on September 11, 2001, Berry boarded American Airlines Flight 11, which would ultimately crash into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. 

All 92 people on board were killed, including David Angell (the creator and executive producer of the television sitcom "Frasier"), his wife, Lynn Angell. "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane had been scheduled to be on the flight but arrived late, missing the flight. MacFarlane now only flies private. Actor Mark Wahlberg was also scheduled to be on the flight but canceled his ticket at the last minute. There would've been no talking bear movie, and I wouldn't be married to my husband if MacFarland and Wahlberg had been on the flight. But that's a story for another day.

COMING SOON: RAMON NOVARRO (Oct 30, 1968)

9-30-55

The day James Dean died. Pick up a copy of Dead in Hollywood: James Dean (#6) HERE!

50,000,000 Tab Fans Can't Be Wrong!

I’m back from vacation and I have some very exciting zines and events coming up! So please don’t go anywhere. I’m also happy to announce - and on the deathiversary of Tab Hunter - that I am putting the finishing touches on the zine “50,000,000 Tab Fans Can’t Be Wrong” on the life and death of Hollywood hard on and closeted gay boy, Tab Hunter (for those of you waiting on your orders, I will be doing two big mailings this week - internationally and domestically). Also, if you don’t know who Tab Hunter is you should start watching some of his movies before you check out my zine!

"𝙸 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗' 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚢𝚊, 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚗𝚎! 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚜𝚕𝚎𝚎𝚔. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚑 𝚗𝚎𝚠 '𝚟𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎!"

-𝚃𝚘𝚍𝚍 𝚃𝚘𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝚆𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜' 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎, "𝙿𝚘𝚕𝚢𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛."

Tab Hunter: The Last Shred of Truth