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Marsha P Johnson, self identified drag queen and gay liberation activist, & central figure in the 1969 Stonewall uprising, snapped here by Hank O’Neal, Christopher Street, NYC June 1977.

O’Neal had taken several rolls of film from his doorstep over the years he lived on Christopher Street, and some time later Allen Ginsberg, sifting through these while visiting O’Neal, started improvising fictitious captions for each. These were published as “Gay Day: The Golden Age of the Christopher Street Parade 1974-1983“ published by Abrams, but sadly went out of print soon after. Worth tracking down if you can find it.

On Marsha’s Allen wrote:  “If I keep dressing up like this I’ll save the world from nuclear apocalypse, but will anyone love me for it? I’ll have to save the world anyway. I know what looks good.”

Photo Hank O'Neal, Christopher Street, 1977, caption: Allen Ginsberg.#marciapjohnson #hankoneal #allenginsberg #christopherstreet #gaypride #lgbtq #queer #poetrycommunity (at Manhattan, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfSSkYirflQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ginzyblog]

Marcia P Johnson, self identified drag queen and gay liberation activist, snapped here by Hank O’Neal, Christopher Street, NYC June 1977. O’Neal had taken several rolls of film from his doorstep over the years he lived on Christopher Street, and some time later Allen was sifting through these while visiting O’Neal one afternoon and just started improvising fictitious captions for each. This eventually got turned into a book “Gay Day: The Golden Age of the Christopher Street Parade 1974-1983“ published by Abrams, but sadly went out of print soon after. Worth tracking down if you can find it.

On Marcia’s he wrote:  “If I keep dressing up like this I’ll save the world from nuclear apocalypse, but will anyone love me for it? I’ll have to save the world anyway. I know what looks good.”

Photo Hank O'Neal, Christopher Street, 1977, caption: Allen Ginsberg.#marciapjohnson #hankoneal 

[ginzyblog]

LGBTQ+ activist Marsha P. Johnson . Allen's caption reads “If I keep dressing up like this I’ll save the world from nuclear apocalypse, but will anyone love me for it? I’ll have to save the world anyway. I know what looks good.” • Some time in the 1980s,  Allen was by his friend, the photographer,  Hank O’Neal’s place for a visit, and leafing through stack of his photos of The Christopher Street Parade (the precursor to Gay Pride as we know it) he started jotting down captions for his favorite ones, some 30 of the in total. This eventually got turned into a book 15 years ago as “Gay Day: The Golden Age of the Christopher Street Parade 1974-1983“ but sadly went out of print soon after. Worth tracking down if you can find it. • Photo Hank O'Neal, Christopher Street, 1977, caption: Allen Ginsberg. #marciapjohnson #hankoneal #allenginsberg #christopherstreet #gaypride #lgbtq #blacklivesmatter #queer #poetrycommunity (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB-xRoNhLOP/?igshid=1a3rqjji5quc8

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Allen’s caption:  “She’s an old anarchist from the 30’s. She read Marcel Proust in the slums of Barcelona. She used to be a movie star in Berlin 1923. Now she lives in Queens in disguise as a typical American mother.” • A final one from same series as yesterday’s post,  Allen’s imagined captions for Hank O’Neal’s Christopher Street Parade photos that ended up in “Gay Day: The Golden Age of the Christopher Street Parade 1974-1983. This on from 1977, Christopher Street, Courtesy Hank O’Neal. #hankoneal #allenginsberg #christopherstreet #gaypride #lgbtq #queer #poetrycommunity (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCCLcm7hP88/?igshid=1o1vjejku158m

[artbookdap]

HANK O’NEAL SIGNING TONIGHT 8/2 @strandbookstore – Steidl’s magnificent 40th anniversary edition of ‘A Vision Shared: A Portrait of America 1935–1943,’ in which O'Neal invited FSA documentarians John Collier, Jack Delano, Walker Evans, Theo Jung, Dorothea Lange, Russell Lee, Carl Mydans, Arthur Rothstein, Ben Shahn, John Vachon and Marion Post Wolcott to select their best work and provide commentary. #hankoneal #fsa #avisionshared #johncollier #jackdelano #walkerevans #theojung #dorothealange #russelllee #carlmydans #arthurrothstein #benshahn #johnvachon #marionpostwolcott @steidlverlag

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Photos of T.J. Martell's "Artworks for the cure" show at the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica. Imagic printed the large graphics throughout the benefit.