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History has a way of erasing queer heritage. But sometimes we get lucky.
A chance discovery of an old box in a storage unit would lead to the creation of PS – Burn This Letter Please. Said box contained hundreds of letters to Reno Martin, the alter ego of Hollywood agent Edward Limato, from dozens of his friends. Limato, a gay man, died in 2017 without following requests from his friends to destroy their correspondence. Limato had befriended dozens of gay men and drag queens in 1950s New York. Their letters pulled back the veil of history to uncover life in the queer underground, and a community of friends leading double lives. The resultant film offers a glimpse at pre-Stonewall gay life, drag and living on the absolute edge of society. P.S. Burn This Letter Please saves a delicate moment in history from oblivion, and edifies the people who lived it as the queer heroes they are.
Note: this article contains portions of other articles previously posted here on Queerty.
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