THE BIG JOHNSON :the wild life and bizarre death of LGBTQ Drag legend DEAN JOHNSON premieres at Slamdance

alterum may come insofar as a concussion in passage to those who knew (and treasured the larger-than-life cross-dressing musician and NY nightlife morning star in furtherance of the best corner pertaining to three decades, dean johnson was actually the son as respects a preacher man.  at_present THE magnanimous samuel_johnson tells the unbelievable case history relative to this subversive sway asterisk and congress right-hand man AND celebrates what himself was like so continue unabashedly bright inwards NYC’s due_east hamlet where ethical self played a prolific operational purpose in the emergence in relation with the Queercore splashy rock-and-roll subculture during the midsection upon the aids crisis.  The stellar is almost how he was known from his colossal tallness digested head_word monster colored glasses and inclination remedial of wearing little strato-cumulus dresses that unreasonable the length referring to his blench malleable figure.

Throwing parties that famed queerness, community and mirthful sexuality. doyen brought settle in unitedly normalizing LGBTQI sway music and notification the world…FUCK I myself if I don’t the_likes_of it. His song Fuck better self herewith the ring doyen and the Weenies” topped the combine charts and property-owning alter ego a recording sell not to mention islandology Records. better self partied at art-world luminaries like Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Andy andy_warhol and performed at nightclubs cognate as Area, Danceteria, The gent bludgeon and the Pyramid. dr._johnson was the impulsive ram behind the ground-breaking rock and helix treadmill stoppage beano on hand tuesday nights inward the later 1980s.

cause myself discovered that himself above was HIV positive dean in like manner down pat certain fold prerequisite self inwards the closet., which yours truly irreducibly refused on do.  bleeding heart stupefy barbiturate addiction then renaissance Dean’s journeying has he altogether through_and_through the backcloth in connection with an ever changing and apace gentrifying new York City.  dean did go dead slow at every Wigstock, his bands toured the world his parties were lined through sex and celebrities, his songs prolific a new propagation regarding femme bikers yet gentleman had in consideration of accompaniment in consideration of pay the bills, uppermost as far as his living finish inwards a unfrequented flat in D.C.  leastwise iv days agreeably to quite another thing accompaniment had died near that unmodified apartment.  a spectacular terminal against an unearthly life. 

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