If you were around in ’70s gay Atlanta, you’d likely know all about Diamond Lil.
The famed drag queen moved to Atlanta in the ’60s and found a living performing at Mrs. P’s on Ponce de Leon. Known as “Queen of the Jukeboxes,” her iconic performances were legend.
It was a different time for Atlanta’s LGBTQ population, says Atlanta journalist and author Martin Padgett. Depending on whom you ask, the period represented the city’s gay heyday, albeit one full of struggle for visibility and political agency.
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