Blackmail My Love, by Katie Gilmartin, November 22 at CSC
Center for Sex and Culture Gallery is delighted to present Katie Gilmartin’s illustrations for her noir mystery entitled Blackmail, My Love which is set in San Francisco in the Dark Ages of Queerdom: 1951!!
Saturday November 22, 8 - 10 pm
opening reception and book release party @ CSC
1349 Mission Street, San Francisco
Performance adapted from the novel of the legendary drag artist José Sarria doing a stand-up routine about Alfred Kinsey, followed by a rousing chorus of Sarria’s favorite “God Save Us Nelly Queens,” led by Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Inc. Fifties hors d’oeuvres by Sister Penny Costal. Fifties attire welcome!
“Vivid and dark…” Louise Barros
“A gripping tale of murder, corruption and bittersweet revenge…at the same time a compelling look at a moment in queer history when an oppressed and fearful minority began to discover its secret wellsprings of courage and resolve. “
Paul Russell
to order the book: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20893874-blackmail-my-love