Bobby Brule as a Dancing Banana with B.B. Hayes

Photograph of Bobby Brule dressed as a banana during B.B. Hayes' performance at A Night of Illusion: Tropical Summer Nights. Brule and Hayes are performing a Drag performance to Carmen Miranda's "Chiquita Banana." In the photograph, Hayes is standing on the right side of the image, gesturing towards Bobby Brule. Brule is on the left side of the image peeking out from inside of a banana costume. The Kings & Queens is decorated with bamboo and other tropical decorations. This photo is from a folder called "Some of our family who died of AIDS." Brule passed away circa 1988.

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Original record: Bobby Brule as a Dancing Banana with B.B. Hayes
Collection: Kim Deacon Collection
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Creator(s): Deacon, Kim (Creator)
Kings & Queens Bar (Nightclub) (Creator)
Subject(s): AIDS (Disease)
AIDS memorials
B.B. Hayes
Bars (Drinking establishments)
Communities (LGBTQ)
Decoration and ornament
Drag performance
Drag queens
Drag shows
Gay bars
Gay community
Gays
HIV
HIV (viruses)
HIV infections
HIV/AIDS
Kings & Queens
LGBTQ meeting places
LGBTQ night life
LGBTQ+
LGBTQ+ bars
LGBTQ+ chosen families
Lesbians
Patients
Positive Gay Men
Positive People
Positive Persons
Sexual minorities
Sexual minority community
Sexual minority culture
Woonsocket (R.I.)
Type: Still Image

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