Queer music labels, '64-'96.1964-65: Camp Records, based in Hollywood, issues 10 singles and two LPs of parody songs ("Stanley the Manly Transvestite trans·ves·tite n. One who practices transvestism. transvestite Sexology A person with a compulsion to dress as a member of the other sex, which may be essential to maintaining an erection and achieving orgasm. See Transsexual. ," "I'd Rather Swish Than Fight") in sleeves with photos of beefcake beef·cake n. Informal 1. Images, especially photographs, of minimally attired men with muscular physiques. 2. Attractive men with muscular physiques, such as those in these images. models, rough trade, and cross-dressers. 1973: Alix Dobkin Alix Dobkin (b. August 16, 1940) is an American folk singer/songwriter. Biography She was born in New York City and raised in Philadelphia. She graduated from Germantown High School in 1958, and the Tyler School of Art, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, in 1962. releases Lavender Jane Loves Women, the first LP entirely written and performed by lesbians. 1973: Gay Community Social Services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales of Seattle issues Lavender Country, the self-titled debut LP by the country's first openly gay country act. 1973: Radical feminists in Washington, D.C., create Olivia Records Olivia Records was a collective founded in 1973 to record and market women's music. Olivia, named after the heroine of a pulp novel by Dorothy Bussy who fell in love with her headmistress at French boarding school, was the brainchild of ten radical feminists (the Furies Collective . Early artists include pioneers Meg Christian and Cris Williamson. 1981: Synth-pop innovator and early AIDS casualty Patrick Cowley founds Hi-NRG label Megatone Records (Sylvester, Paul Parker) in San Francisco with Natty Blecman. 1992: Fed up with the "gay = disco" mentality, San Franciscan Matt Wobensmith launches Outpunk (Pansy Division, Tribe 8), devoted exclusively to promoting queer punk acts. 1996: Romantic partners Kaia Wilson (Team Dresch, the Butchies) and filmmaker Tammy Rae Carland start Durham, N.C.'s Mr. Lady Records-home of the first two Le Tigre full-lengths--by opening a business account with $37.--Kurt B. Reighley |
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