Gay easter

Recent Posts Ambush on the Road — St. Proud Member. The weekend is packed with events that bring out the LGBTQ community’s most dazzling and creative outfits, along with a ton of elaborately decorated hats. The Purple Party, which was a drag show featuring the likes of classic performers such as Big Momma and Clorox Bleachman, also featured auctions and food.

Sadly, Miss Fly was murdered in Turner and Miller took over the bar after her death.

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Here’s what you need to know to join in this bunny-hopping good time. We showcase the fashion and creativity of the LGBT community. The parade will consist of numerous carriages, walking groups and convertibles. Easter Sunday marks the annual Gay Easter Parade in New Orleans' French Quarter.

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Funds are raised through sponsorships and a series of fundraisers. Why Purple? From drag brunches to pastel fashion, here’s why Easter might just be the gayest holiday of them all—cue mimosas and resurrection. Email info ambushpublishing.

In New Orleans, every gathering is an occasion for glitz and glamour—but Gay Easter is a showstopper even by our standards. It always drew a great crowd. Antill bartended and managed The Double Play for years and continues to do so at Crossing. And it was so fun decorating the bar for the party.

Thus, the Purple Party began as a double-celebration of sorts: a fundraiser for the Gay Easter Parade as well as an anniversary celebration. Held on Easter Sunday, the Gay Easter. The annual parade is a fundraising event for Food for Friends, a division of CrescentCare.

Turner recalls he and Miller were vacationing in Vermont when that state legalized civil unions for same-sex couples. In her later years, it was the only event at which Marsha would still perform. One of the earliest annual fundraisers is the Purple Party.

Turner and Miller owned The Double Play for seventeen years before selling the bar to current owner Dr. Randy Speights, who renamed the bar Crossing.