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"In Search of Countess Part 1" Stephen J. Lewis H/T About Face Theatre

Tomorrow is Fat Tuesday, and what better way to celebrate than to listen to stories from a nearly 100-year-old resident of the French Quarter, George Eagerson, AKA Countess Vivian. The untold story here is life as African-American gay man in the south. In Part 1 of the 2010 interview, George recounts social realities of New Orleans, such as his initiation into gay sub-culture.  George is given the name Vivian and then Countess by older members of the gay community.  More on Part 2 when George tells about surviving Katrina after the break.