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Revision as of 03:50, 27 December 2010
The Sweet Gum Head was a popular Atlanta bar/disco at 2284 Cheshire Bridge Road that opened in November of 1971. Notable as the place where gay entertainer Wayland Flowers and Madame got his start. It is now a straight gentlemen's club. It was owned by Frank Powell. Powell had considerable influence in Atlanta's drag and bar community. The Sweet Gum Head help once a week drag contests, which helped lead the city to become the premiere place in America for drag.[1]
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1. Rebels, Rubyfruit and Rhinestones: Queering Space in the Stonewall South, 2001
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- ↑ Rebels, Rubyfruit and Rhinestones: Queering Space in the Stonewall South, 2001
