Herbert Spiers: November 8, 1945-March 2, 2011

Obituary of Herbert Spiers under construction, along with a list of representative photographs (dated, if possible), and an alphabetical bibliography of works about and by Spiers, and a Timeline of his life.

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Obituary

To be written

Basic Info:

Born: November 8, 1945, Columbus, Ohio

Died: March 2, 2011, 11:35 pm, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City

Surviving Partner: Joe Daniel

Surviving Relatives:

Memorial service?

Donations to?

Bibliography

Spiers, Herb. "The Art of Gabriel Picart." 2009?

CBC Digital Archives: "Drag queens on Halloween". Broadcast Date: Oct. 30, 1973

Spiers interviewed. CBC description: "Exuberant cross-dressers, gay-baiting hecklers and glamorous female impersonators: they're all part of the scene at Toronto's Club Manatee on Halloween night in the early 1970s. The unlicensed gay dance club hosts a popular drag show every Halloween, attracting both friendly and hostile crowds. In this CBC-TV film from 1973, vignettes from the street outside are interspersed with scenes of three men and a woman dressing up for the evening – the men in women's clothes and makeup, the woman with a man's hat and pencil moustache. Warning: This item contains offensive language."

Herb Spiers. Facebook.

Spiers, Herb. Interviewed by Sarah Schulman, July 2, 2008. Act Up Oral History Project. Interview Number: 090

Spiers, Herb. Ph.D. Thesis.

Spiers, Herb. Photograph. Cover, The Body Politic (Toronto), <pub data, page?>

Spiers, Herb. Photograph naked. The Body Politic (Toronto) <pub data, inside page? >

Timeline

1945, November 8

Born, Columbus, Ohio

1973, October 30

CBC Digital Archives: "Drag queens on Halloween". Broadcast Date: Oct. 30, 1973 Spiers interviewed. CBC description: "Exuberant cross-dressers, gay-baiting hecklers and glamorous female impersonators: they're all part of the scene at Toronto's Club Manatee on Halloween night in the early 1970s. The unlicensed gay dance club hosts a popular drag show every Halloween, attracting both friendly and hostile crowds. In this CBC-TV film from 1973, vignettes from the street outside are interspersed with scenes of three men and a woman dressing up for the evening – the men in women's clothes and makeup, the woman with a man's hat and pencil moustache. Warning: This item contains offensive language."

2008, July 2

Spiers, Herb. Interviewed by Sarah Schulman, July 2, 2008. Act Up Oral History Project. Interview Number: 090

2009

Spiers, Herb. "The Art of Gabriel Picart." 2009?

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