Ruthybird M. Campbell
STONEWALL Veterans' Association
S.V.A. Executive Committee
[Photograph by Elizabeth "Liberty" Smith]
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 with water-color portrait and an admiring Ruthybird at Chelsea Art Show
[Photograph by artist Anthony Zito]
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
.
====41st Anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion====
[Friday night, June 27 ~through~ Thursday night, July 3, 1969]
