ESTHER NEWTON MADE ME GAY
A rare look at queer history and gender studies through a living icon who studied queer space from urban gay bars to Fire Island, encompassing amazing archival footage and inspiring intergenerational testimonials
Description
A celebratory documentary that explores the life and times of a trailblazing cultural anthropologist and expert on LGBTQ+ spaces. Drawn to the drag scene as a student in the 1950s and identifying as both butch lesbian and between genders, Esther Newton has spent six decades writing about and forging queer communities, from clandestine gay bars in the city to the wilds of Fire Island.
Loving captured by director Jean Carlomusto, ESTHER NEWTON MADE ME GAY is a rare look at queer history and gender studies through a living icon, encompassing amazing archival footage and inspiring intergenerational testimonials.
Join us following the screening for our Women’s Night Out Party at The Ace Hotel New York, co-hosted by The Mixx! You’ll receive a free drink when you show your ticket from the screening!
Presented in partnership with the Lesbian Herstory Archives
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Director
Jean Carlomusto
Producer
Shanti Avirgan, Jean Carlomusto
Cast
Esther Newton, Holly Hughes, Louise Fishman, Tom ''Panzi'' Hansen, Amber Holibaugh, Shaka McGlotten, Gayle Rubin