Queer Newark

Newark Transgender History with local pioneer Miss Pucci Revlon. 6:00-7:30 pm. October 25, 2017. Ackerson Hall (Dean's Lounge), Rutgers University-Newark, 180 University Avenue. Miss Pucci Revlon was born in Newark in the late 1950s and has lived here for most of her life, living her truth as a transwoman since late high school. Miss Pucci attended Essex County College, which like most of Newark she found a safe and welcoming place, aside from one dramatic confrontation with a gay-bashing gang. On Wednesday, October 25, hear Miss Pucci elaborate on queer Newark clubs and the multiracial, multilingual community she grew up, as well as her memories of the North Jersey/NYC ballroom scene. After Miss Pucci’s talk, this event will also feature the debut of the Pucci Revlon Photo Archive, now housed by the Queer Newark Oral History Project (queer.newark.rutgers.edu). 
A recording of the event is available here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4
A transcript of the event is available here.