Charles Pierce, by A. Loudermilk.

To celebrate LGBT History Month, 2013, Polari is publishing a daily series of LGBT Heroes, selected by the magazine’s team of writers and special contributors.

“The most famous Bette Davis impersonator in the world, he impersonated other stars too, like Mae West, Katherine Hepburn, Joan Crawford, bigger than life females who were, as Pierce often noted, ‘almost female impersonators themselves’.”

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It’s madness, and part of Polari’s WTF Friday features. Darren Hayes, drag queens, gross indecency and words of wisdom! …

“This week it looks like Darren Hayes has a stalker whilst other readers are getting philosophical and also quite abstract. “

Barb Wire to the Rescue!

Polari‘s designer writes about a drag queen’s act of defiance. To celebrate International Day Against Homophobia/Biphobia and Transphobia Polari Magazine is publishing a series of stories from its writers about homophobic, transphobic and biphobic incidents.

“Pamela Anderson had come to defend me! I knew it was Pammy, because she bore a stencilled-on Barb Wire tattoo down her immaculately Immac’d right arm.”