citybutch
06-19-2009, 08:14 PM
Has passed away...
From Lesbian Connection:
"Ricci Cortez, a pioneer in burlesque, passed away in Sept. 3rd, 2008. She was 83.
........... while travelling in Houston, she met her first long term lover Marion. The two were together about 10 years. Then Ricci got involved with Rita Wanstrom, and the two of them were affectionately known as "Mama Bear" and "Papa Bear". Four years into their relationship, Ricci and Rita opened a women's bar in Houston in 1967 called the Roaring Sixties. Over the next few years the bar was raided a number of times by the police, with more butch-looking (sic) women being arrested and hauled away for "wearing clothes of the opposite sex". Rita once said, " a lot of club owners back then said women couldn't come in if they didn't turn their pants around(so the zippers in the back) or wear dresses." After one of the raids, Rita began organizing fundraisers so the women could hire an attorney to fight the local ordinance....."
This is someone who set the stage for our ability to fight for our rights of equal protection. I felt the need to post...
RIP Ricci... You were one hot Momma....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_jWvckvFic
btw, if this is posted elsewhere... my apologies
From Lesbian Connection:
"Ricci Cortez, a pioneer in burlesque, passed away in Sept. 3rd, 2008. She was 83.
........... while travelling in Houston, she met her first long term lover Marion. The two were together about 10 years. Then Ricci got involved with Rita Wanstrom, and the two of them were affectionately known as "Mama Bear" and "Papa Bear". Four years into their relationship, Ricci and Rita opened a women's bar in Houston in 1967 called the Roaring Sixties. Over the next few years the bar was raided a number of times by the police, with more butch-looking (sic) women being arrested and hauled away for "wearing clothes of the opposite sex". Rita once said, " a lot of club owners back then said women couldn't come in if they didn't turn their pants around(so the zippers in the back) or wear dresses." After one of the raids, Rita began organizing fundraisers so the women could hire an attorney to fight the local ordinance....."
This is someone who set the stage for our ability to fight for our rights of equal protection. I felt the need to post...
RIP Ricci... You were one hot Momma....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_jWvckvFic
btw, if this is posted elsewhere... my apologies