Tag Archives: queer icons

Dynasty

Here at Loverboy we’re big, big fans of camp, catfights and costumes that use every colour on the palette – surprising to hear, we know. 😉 We adore the original 80s soaps like Dynasty, Dallas, The Colbys, Falcon Crest etc. When we heard a couple of years ago that Dynasty was being rebooted we crossed […]

Wayne Hollowell

In the latest in our series focusing on queer artists, Loverboy’s Fallon Gold spoke with Wayne Hollowell. Wayne is a prominent part of the queer art movement and queer celebrity art movement. He also made some early films with a certain Rupaul Charles, one of which you can see with your own eyeballs at the […]

Mansfield 66/67

Sometimes watching a film about someone you love is like eating a big bag of sweets. Such a treat, pleasure, a welcome indulgence. It’s divoon, darlings! Jayne Mansfield is one of those stars who is more famous for her image (and death) than she is for her work. As is stated in the spectacular new […]

Ebersole & Hughes

  If you’ve paid attention then you know by now that Loverboy adores Jayne Mansfield. Rival blonde bombshell to Marilyn Monroe, the ultimate dumb blonde who had a genius IQ, a muscleman hubby who built her a pink palace, mother of Detective Olivia Benson (no, not Taylor Swift’s cat but rather actress Mariska Hargitay), embraced […]

Randy L Schmidt

Randy L Schmidt has written books on Karen Carpenter, Judy Garland and – his latest – Dolly Parton. Oh, for some reason Loverboy was interested. Resident camp queen aficionado Fallon Gold met with Randy and talked queer icons, fantasy duets and Karen Carpenter’s drumming prowess.   Fact: Dolly Parton is magnificent. When I saw her […]

Ikonz: Ann Miller

If you’ve not heard of Ann Miller, it’s time to educate yourself in all things Annie, children. Fallon Gold explains why this unsung camp icon is one of the greatest and big wiggiest of them all. There are four stages of Ann Miller. And if that sentence reminds you of the saying that there are […]