6/12/19

THOMAS HIGGINS TEA SALON

THOMAS HIGGINS TEA SALON 
    
 JUNE 19TH, 2019  
        5PM 
           SALON ENDS PROMPTLY @7PM 

        $20 COVER  PREPAY RESERVATION  
            $25 CASH DAY OF THE SALON  
  
          ~ENJOY~       
      HAND-BLENDED TEA 
        CAKES & DAINTIES  
           VIEW EROTIC ART     
        ENGAGING JOVIAL CHATS 
       ENJOY A PIE!   
       RELAX & HAVE A NICE CUPPA 
         HOSTED BY RICK CASTRO  
    
  TOM OF FINLAND HOUSE  
1421 LAVETA TERRACE  
ECHO PARK, CA 90026   


Thomas Higgins 
 June 17, 1950- November 10th, 1994
born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. 
He was the son of Leo and Kay Higgins. He attended high school at Assumption Abbey in Richardton, North Dakota. After attending the University of North Dakota in 1967 on a special summer program for gifted high school juniors, he decided to enroll at the University. At UND, he was the Arts and Entertainment editor of the Dakota Student, as well as a writer for In Which, a publication of the Honors Program. He was also a member of the Young Democratic Club of North Dakota, the Interdorm Council, and acted in the play MacBird. He was also involved in the production of an underground newspaper entitled the Snow Job. This publication resulted in his suspension from UND in March 1968. 

He moved to Twin Cities, where he became a gay activist. He became one of the four Archons (ministers) in the Church of the Chosen People, which advocated homosexuality as a "healthy and fulfilling personal option." 
Thomas Higgins is  infamous for throwing a pie in the face of
 anti-gay activist Anita Bryant on October 14, 1977, in Des Moines, Iowa. 

Anita Bryant, a popular singer turned spokeswoman for the Florida citrus industry, added "antigay crusader" to her résumé in 1977. A conservative Christian, she became enraged when the Miami - Dade County government enacted a gay rights ordinance that year. Not satisfied with campaigning for antigay discrimination in Florida alone, she took her crusade national.

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