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Latest tagged entries for 'GAY VERMONT'



Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Eat Cake!

Friday, 20 November 2009 6:15 P GMT-05
Oh, the life of a Drag Queen!  On Friday I was asked to attend a birthday celebration for one of Vermont's finest fighting boys. And I'm talking Army men!

Transgender Day of Remembrance 2009

Friday, 20 November 2009 12:17 P GMT-05
The Transgender Day of Remembrance is a day to celebrate and memorialize the lives lost to acts of transphobic acts of violence. All are welcome to an event tonight (11/20/09) at Burlington College.

Why we shun "beauty" contests

Thursday, 19 November 2009 6:09 P GMT-05
It was December 1999 when Lucy Belle was crowned Miss Beaver Pond... and before that, the previous Miss Beaver Pond pageant had been in 1974. The reason? Watch this...

LOOK! Up in the sky... It's a bird, it's a meteor, it's a bale of pot!!!

Wednesday, 18 November 2009 6:55 P GMT-05
This time of year we see a lot of Canadian geese heading south, and we had the Leonid meteor showers to gaze at the past few nights... but now we hear that a bale of pot fell from the sky the other day up in Newport Center.

We're #14 - Again!

Friday, 13 November 2009 11:23 A GMT-05
Vermonters are very proud to be acknowledged as the fourteenth state to join the Union. We're number 14 again - this time in how people perceive their happiness. our score has three 6's... what could that mean?

Oh, what is art? (Or - Is that Art?)

Wednesday, 4 November 2009 11:45 P GMT-05
We LeMays try to support the arts - and try to understand what others perceive as art. But, sometimes we just don't know. Swiss artist Urs Fischer currently has an exhibit at the New Museum in NYC. And what are people talking about? This.

Amber's Going on a Date!!!

Tuesday, 3 November 2009 4:35 P GMT-05
Oh, Lord, what have I gotten myself into? Last night Tim Kavanagh called and asked if I would do him a favor. After all he's done for us, of course I had to say, "Of course." And that's how next Monday I have a date (and $250!!).

Halloween '09 - Whew!

Monday, 2 November 2009 9:19 A GMT-05
We started talking about Halloween in August when we announced that we'd be part of THE event of the Halloween season, Nightmare Vermont. But there was also the Zombie Walk, Scareoke, a private party, a marriage and Dr. Mel Practice...

They DID!

Sunday, 1 November 2009 11:53 A GMT-05
After Nightmare VT, we stopped at a Halloween Party and there had been a wedding! Steve & Rob decided Halloween was a great night to get married... and they did. Good luck, girls. And we noticed neither one of you tried to pull off wearing white.

Heading Back to Stowe - Winter Rendezvous 2010

Tuesday, 27 October 2009 9:16 P GMT-05
Back in January we were thrilled to be invited to entertain at the 25th Annual Winter Rendezvous in Stowe. For a quarter of a century for one weekend of each winter, the gays have taken over Stowe and in 2010, they'll be back - and so will we.

BobTown #19 - More Good Stuff!

Tuesday, 27 October 2009 4:50 P GMT-05
In BobTown #16 I told of the P&J Center leaving Upper Church Street This week that space has been filled with some Good Stuff! Literally - Good Stuff ("a killer tobacco and adult store") has moved from above Red Square to 21 Church Street.

BobTown #18 - Justice of the Peace

Friday, 23 October 2009 9:19 P GMT-05
My term of office as a Justice of the Peace began in February and until September 1 when Vermont's Marriage Equality law took effect I hadn't performed too many of my legal duties. Here are the same sex marriages I've performed so far.

Gay Social (FUN!) Events in Vermont

Thursday, 22 October 2009 9:10 P GMT-05
Check it out - do you have something to add???

JUST ANNOUNCED: THEME FOR DRAG BALL XIV!!!

Thursday, 22 October 2009 6:23 P GMT-05
We are pleased to announce that the theme for the 14th annual Winter is a Drag Ball. We asked YOU for suggestions and we recieved over 50 various ideas...

The Haunting of '09

Wednesday, 21 October 2009 7:22 P GMT-05
Yes, Halloween IS the National Gay Holiday and we're going to be busy this year. We'll be doing Nightmare Vermont AND the Burlington Zombie Walk.

A Divine Birthday

Monday, 19 October 2009 11:22 A GMT-05
Today, October 19, is the anniversary of the birth of Harris Glenn Milstead who grew into the beloved drag performer, Divine. The House of LeMay celebrates her life, mourns her passing.

Mel Gibson Works Jodie Foster's "Beaver"

Friday, 16 October 2009 5:10 P GMT-05
Mel Gibson sticks his hand in a beaver and Jodie Foster tells him what to do with it. Hmm... Well, it's actually a beaver puppet, and Mel is portraying a character in a movie being directed by Ms. "I'm already tired of hearing beaver jokes" Foster.

Yolanda (aka Roger Anthony Mapes) is back on stage!

Wednesday, 14 October 2009 9:53 A GMT-05
That's right.  You heard it here first.  Yolanda, aka Roger Anthony Mapes, recently performed music from his latest CD, and his concert was recorded by our friends at RJD Productions (www.rjdpro.com).  You can watch two of his song

Pride of the Ocean

Tuesday, 13 October 2009 11:56 A GMT-05
With the first snows of the season falling maybe you're thinking of a warm weather getaway. The 7-day Pride of the Ocean Film Festival Cruise doesn't head out to sea until May 30, but NOW is the time you have to start thinking about it.

A look back to 1997

Monday, 5 October 2009 3:29 P GMT-05
In recognition of Gay History Month and our upcoming Leap Peepin' Cider Sippin' Revue, here's a 1997 story about us to promote that's year's Revue. It was written by Susan Green for the then weekly paper VOX. We've transcribed the article.

Drag Queen Sings Anthem at Major League Baseball Game

Monday, 5 October 2009 10:59 A GMT-05
We like to sing and are very welcomed in Beaver Pond and Burlington. Drag performer Donna Sachet did what a drag queen has never done before - she sang the National Anthem at the SF (duh!) Giants home game on Tuesday, September 29th. Wow.

Help! Name the Theme for Drag Ball 2010!!!

Monday, 24 August 2009 6:21 P GMT-05
We know that the Winter is a Drag Ball is six months away (2/13/10)... 2 rooms, 6 hours of entertainment in each room, 100+ performers and 1100+ in attendance... but we have some planning to do!! And YOU can help by suggesting a theme for the night.

NIGHTMARE VERMONT - We're in!

Thursday, 13 August 2009 10:10 P GMT-05
We ALL know that Halloween is the unofficial Gay National Holiday. We've done NINE POSTS on the subject in just the past two and half years. This year we'll be appearing at the re-vamp(ir)ed haunted "house" - Nightmare Vermont, Oct. 24,25,30,31.

Winter Rendezvous 2009 - The Recap

Monday, 2 February 2009 9:19 P GMT-05
2009 marked the 25th annual Winter Rendezvous in Stowe, Vermont, and we were asked to be a part of it.  MJW Adventures made arrangements for 300+ visitors from all around the New England region, up and down the East Coast and many other places

Flaming Flamingos

Saturday, 14 June 2008 9:17 A GMT-05
On Thursday, June 12, over a hundred people and 42 flamingos gathered at the St. John's Club for an event for the South End Arts + Business Association (SEABA) that they called The Flamingo Fling.  Our buddy Bob Bolyard works for the group a