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FOF #2956 – Translocas: Puerto Rican Art Gender Warriors

With the high visibility of drag queens on TV and social media and (even this podcast) there’s an idea that drag is just another form of show business, but it’s so much more. For Puerto […]

Posted in: Drag & Trans, Drag Queens & Kings, Podcast, Writers 3 years ago 3

Bonus: The Magical Life of Walter Mercado

TV psychic astrologer Walter Mercado, the flamboyant astrologer who captivated generations of people all around the world just passed away in Puerto Rico at the age of 87.

Today queer Latinx historian Larry La Fountain joins us to take a look at the magical life of Walter Mercado and why this bejeweled gender and sexually ambiguious superstar meant so much to so many people around the world.

Posted in: Drag Queens & Kings, Podcast, Writers 4 years ago 0

FOF #2801 – The Magical Life of Walter Mercado

TV psychic astrologer Walter Mercado, the flamboyant astrologer who captivated generations of people all around the world just passed away in Puerto Rico at the age of 87.

Today queer Latinx historian Larry La Fountain joins us to take a look at the magical life of Walter Mercado and why this bejeweled gender and sexually ambiguious superstar meant so much to so many people around the world.

Posted in: Drag Queens & Kings, Podcast, Writers 5 years ago 3

FOF #2571 – You Can’t Stop Despacito

Everyone knows the Grammys are a sham, so why are folks getting so upset that Despacito got overlooked?

Today the always fabulous Larry La Fountain, queer and Latinx studies professor at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor joins us to look at the crisis in Puerto Rico and this remarkable song’s power to change the world.

Posted in: Drag Queens & Kings, Podcast, Writers 6 years ago 2