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Ruthybird M. Campbell
STONEWALL Veterans' Association
S.V.A. Executive Committee



Ruthybird

[Photograph by Elizabeth "Liberty" Smith]
 

 






Ruthybird Turkeybird

Ruthybird or Turkeybird?
[collage by Roy's Artwork]


Ruth M.F. Campbell ("Ruthybird") had a zest for anyone as outrageous as she was at the time of the late 1960s, especially with flambouyancy and overdone make-up.  That answer was some of the femme Gay boys of Greenwich Village, particularly the 'flame queens' along Christopher Street.  Most of the Gay nightlife activity centered on Greenwich Avenue and Christopher Street in near proximity to the now famous Stonewall Club.  Although the flame queens were basically not permitted in The Stonewall Club (besides, most of them did not have the admission fee), Ruthybird helped many of them with their make-up and attire across the street on the benches in Sheridan Triangle Park.







   
Ruthybird WLH art show

Williamson with water-color portrait and an admiring Ruthybird at Chelsea Art Show
[Photograph by artist Anthony Zito]


 






Ruthybird

Ruthybird in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village -- with the Birds!
[Photo by Elizabeth "Lizbit" Smith]


Ruthybird Campbell is in regular communication with several New York public officials such as U.S. Congressmembers  Anthony Weiner (Queens), Carolyn Maloney (Manhattan East Side), Joseph Crowley (Bronx), Yvette Clarke (Brooklyn) and Jerrold Nadler (Manhattan West Side) and NYC Councilmembers John C. Liu, Rosie Mendez, Bill de Blasio, Melissa Viverito and Dan Garodnick on behalf of the STONEWALL Veterans'.Association.  She sometimes represents the S.V.A. at conferences, meetings, forums and dinners.  With the milestone of "Stonewall 40" in 2009, Ruthybird did several interviews with newspapers and magazines besides television locally and nationally about the Stonewall Era and the S.V.A.  Ruthybird is also an in-person liaison to the Heritage of Pride parade organizaers for the S.V.A.  In the Summer of 2009, Ruthybird joined the SVA-er concert outings to see Miss Connie Francis at New York City's Outdoor Concert Series and Frankie Valli & His Jersey Boys, also outdoors, in good old Brooklyn!  Later in the Summer of 2009 it was to see, at the same great scenic outdoor location, the Queen of Disco Donna Summer!     
   
 


23 June
2010

Gracie Mansion, N.Y

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====41st Anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion==== 
[Friday night, June 27 ~through~ Thursday night, July 3, 1969]


 
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