Ruthybird M. Campbell
STONEWALL Veterans' Association
S.V.A. Recording Secretary
Up-Close with Miss Ruthybird M. Campbell
[Photograph by Elizabeth "Liberty" Smith]
Williamson with water-color portrait and an admiring Ruthybird at Chelsea Art Show
[Photograph by artist Anthony Zito]
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.
Williamson and AnDre Christie, King Storme and Ruthybird
[Photo by Rogers A. Hunt]
Ruthybird in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village, NY -- with the Birds!
[Photo by Elizabeth "Lizbit" Smith]
Ruthybird Campbell, on behalf of the STONEWALL Veterans' Association
("S.V.A.") 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
Councilwomen Gale Brewer, Rosie Mendez, Jessica
Lappin, Melissa
Viverito and Margaret Chin -- plus former Councilmembers Bill de
Blasio, David Weprin, John Liu and David Yassky, who all
moved on to bigger and better positions!
Along with other SVA-erts,
Ruthybird sometimes represents
the
S.V.A.
at conferences, streetfairs, meetings, forums and dinners.
With the
milestone of "Stonewall 40" in 2009, Ruthybird did several
interviews with newspapers
and magazines besides television locally, such as New York 1
Television News, and,
nationally, about the Stonewall Era and the S.V.A. Ruthy is
also the S.V.A. co-Liaison to the Heritage of Pride ("HOP") parade
organizers. In the Summer of 2009, Ruthybird
joined the SVA-er concert outings to see Miss Connie Francis at New
York City's Seaside Concert Series and Frankie Valli & His
Jersey
Boys, 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! In 2010, it was to see The
Beach Boys,
The Monkeys, The Turtles and Paul Revere & The Raiders!
In 2011, besides Gracie Mansion in Manhattan with NYC Mayor
Michael Bloomberg, among others, it was musically to see Betty &
The Bristol
Stompers! In 2011, Ruthybird's favorite event of the year is the
"S.V.A. 42nd Annual Conference & Stonewall Veterans Reunion".
It was held in The Greenwich Village Auditorium at which "La
Bird" spoke from the podium! And, musically, it was to see
Mary Wilson of The Supremes and Motown's The Spinners in July at
Brooklyn-by-the-Sea Concerts and in August it was
Aretha!
Williamson, NYC Public Advocate-Elect Bill De Blasio and sheepish Ruthybird
[Photo by BDB's assistant Philip Micah Jones]
To contact Ruthybird, e-femail her at: Ruthybird@netzero.net
10 January
2012
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==43rd Anniversary of the NYC Stonewall Rebellion==
[Friday night, June 27 ~through~ Thursday evening, July 3, 1969]
