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How Harvey Fierstein's Bad Sex Led to Good Art

Death, Sex & Money

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All the Gay People I Know Are Really Cont Cont Harvy

Harvy finished high school in 19 69, just as the gay rights movement in new york was beginning to take hold. One of his inspirations for what became torch song trilogy came from a night of cruising at a place called the trucks along manhattan's west side highway. Harvy delivers this monolog in front of a vanity while putting on his drag make up.

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