Two Lexington gay icons will be topics of presentation

The lives of two of Lexington’s earliest gay figures will be explored in “True to Their Nature: The Lives of Sweet Evening Breeze and Henry Faulkner.” Jonathan Coleman, founder of the Faulkner-Morgan Archives, will share their stories at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Farrish Theatre, Lexington Public Library Central Branch.

In 1955, history was being made in a house on Prall Street. One Lexington outsider, Sweet Evening Breeze, already known for her “womanless weddings” and “passion dances,” took in a penniless young Eastern Kentucky man, Henry Lawrence Faulkner, who had little more to his name than a paintbox and a vivid imagination.

The cost for the presentation is $14 per person, with proceeds benefiting Moveable Feast Lexington, which delivers a hot meal five days a week to low-income people in Fayette County who have HIV/AIDS or those under hospice care and their dependents. Tickets can be purchased at Eventbrite.com.

The Faulkner-Morgan Archive collects, preserves and promotes the LGBTQ history of Kentucky, and holds more than 13,000 items and 150 hours of interviews.

This story was originally published August 22, 2017 at 1:57 PM with the headline "Two Lexington gay icons will be topics of presentation."