Preview-Stud Pin Archives
A chat with Stud Pin Archives Creator Chloe Miller-
Gidget made hundreds and hundreds of buttons for the Stud, some of them were just fun and some carried more weight. Chloe Miller tells us why she started archiving the Stud Pin collection and shares three buttons with us. One celebrates Larry LaRue, who brought punk music to the queer dance floors of SF. One shows solidarity with the victims of the Atlanta child murders. One makes fun of the pope and was released just before his visit to SF during the height of the AIDS epidemic
Hosted by Vivvy/Mica Sigourney
Edited and Produced by Terra Haywood
Logistics Produced by Ben McGrath
Design by Neven Samara Music by Paige Turner
Papa Visit 1987
By 1976 Etta James had opened for Elvis, toured with Little Richie, released ten studio albums and had several number one hits on the Rhythm and Blues charts. So what brought her to the Stud with it’s “postage stamp sized” stage, and dressing rooms across the street (imagine her crossing Folsom Street in the middle of the block to get from the green room to the stage).
Honey Mahogany joins host Vivvy to dish about Etta James, Beyonce, and queer appreciation of high femme blackness.
Honey Mahogany is a member of the Stud Collective, and cofounder of the Compton’s Transgender Cultural district in San Francisco. She’s also a drag queen, legislative aid in City Hall and was a contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Link to the BAR article referenced in this episode is here
Below is a photo of the original contract with Etta James-
More photos of more contracts (some handwritten by James) are available to our Patreon members Here
An Image of Etta James contact in the Stud Rolodex- photo by Chloe Miller
