Oh the memories!!! The RHPS is on HULU as part of the Halloween season offerings...

[Aristus]

2. The RHPS helped me become an LGBTQ ally.

I played Eddie in the floor show at the Vogue Theater in Louisville, Kentucky in the early 90's. I was stationed at Fort Knox at the time, and the Armed Forces were going through the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' debate. Lot of homophobia going on, and when I advocated for LGBTQ rights, every guy I knew asked the same, stupid, lame-ass question: "How would you like to have to shower next to one of them?"

Well, I didn't fucking care what they thought. I just spent my weekends with my friends in the St. Mathews district, hung out at The Connection, a gay-bar in St. Mathews, (Never mind the 'gay' part; it was the best club in town, hands down), and occasionally acted as an escort for drag queens walking from the stage door to their cars.

As a classical-music loving, Shakespeare-reading kind of guy, I didn't fit in very well with my fellow tankers, but my friends in the Rocky Horror crowd always made me feel accepted and valued. I treasure the memories of those times to this day.