In 1967, drag performers from all over the country converged in New York City to participate in the Miss All-America Camp Beauty Contest held at Town Hall. A new documentary captures their story.
It was two years before the Stonewall Riots. The American Medical Association still classified homosexuality as a mental disorder. Coming out as gay could mean job loss, social ostracism, or far worse. The whole notion of, of millions of people clogging the streets to celebrate Pride, would have seemed like a ridiculous dream, even a cruel joke, a half-century ago.
But passionate desire has a way of surviving—even thriving!—regardless of the odds. So it was that, undaunted, drag performers from all over the country converged in New York City in 1967 to participate in the Miss All-America Camp Beauty Pageant held at Town Hall.
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