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Rena vs Jerome in High-Heeled Wrestling

9/8/2015

 
Thank you Mark Bowes & Michael Johnstone

Here is a fabulous slice of San Francisco queer counterculture history at its finest -- American High Heeled Wrestling between Rena McDonald (Adam Klein) and Jerome Caja! This infamous drag event was an ACT-UP benefit for Prevention Point at 1015 Folsom on Wednesday, January 24th, 1990. This event was also shot on VHS. I have a digitized copy of the taped event that is unfortunately not in great condition, but it might be the only record we have of it.

As far as I know, this is the only printed documentation of the event. If anybody knows of other coverage or has pictures from this event, please contact us. We would like to document what you have and add it to the digital catalogue raisonné. This is the type of rare documentation that we want to try to include in the documentary film.

Again, thank you Mark Bowes for saving and scanning this fabulous flyer, and a very special thank you to Michael Johnstone (Verasphere) for posting and sharing these INCREDIBLE B&W photos of the event. These are extremely rare images and we are thrilled that you were able to salvage your negatives and get good digital images of them.


Special Thank You Credits

Facebook: Mark Bowes
Facebook: Michael Stone
Facebook: Jerome Caja Shrine

by Anthony Cianciolo

Picture
Excerpted from the Jerome Caja Shrine FB Page
Posted by Mark Bowes
Excerpted from the Jerome Caja Shrine FB Page
Posted by Michael Johnstone
© 2015 Michael Johnstone

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