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On a Scale from 1-6 Kinsey Weighed in on Sexualites
If it's June 23, it must be Alfred Kinsey's birthday!!! Born in 1894, Kinsey went on to be the first major researcher of human sexuality. According to Wikipedia...
Kinsey is generally regarded as the father of sexology, the systematic, scientific study of human sexuality. It is likely that Kinsey's study of the variations in mating practices among gall wasps led him to wonder how widely varied sexual practices among humans were.
During this work, he developed a scale measuring sexual orientation, now known as the Kinsey Scale which ranges from 0 to 6, where 0 is exclusively heterosexual and 6 is exclusively homosexual; a rating of 7, for asexual, was added later by Kinsey's associates.
His Kinsey Reports-starting with the publication of Sexual Behavior in the Human Male in 1948, followed in 1953 by Sexual Behavior in the Human Female-reached the top of bestseller lists and turned Kinsey into an instant celebrity. Articles about him appeared in magazines such as Time, Life, Look, and McCall's. Kinsey's reports, which led to a storm of controversy, are regarded by many as an enabler of the sexual revolution of the 1960s.
But probably one of the best things to come from Kinsey is his inspiration for the dragappella group known as The Kinsey Sicks. Again with the Wikipedia...
The Kinsey Sicks began in 1993 when a group of five friends (largely lawyers and professional activists) went to a Bette Midler concert in San Francisco, dressed as the Andrews Sisters. Assuming they'd be among many drag queens, they found themselves to be the only ones. They were approached that night by a woman who asked them to perform at her upcoming 50th birthday party. Though their initial reply was, "we don't sing," the group was surprised to learn that all of them had previous musical experience.
In July 1994, The Kinsey Sicks (then consisting of Ben Schatz as "Rachel," Irwin Keller as "Winnie," Maurice Kelly as "Trixie," Jerry Friedman as "Vaselina," and Abatto Avilez as "Begoña") drew a large and enthusiastic crowd at their first public performance on a street corner in San Francisco's Castro District. A year later, Avilez died, and was never replaced, leaving the Kinsey Sicks as a quartet (a formation that has remained consistent ever since.) Since then, The Kinsey Sicks have produced and performed full-length theatrical productions and concerts around the country. The group eventually became successful enough for its members to leave their former occupations to concentrate on performance.
We LeMays have seen them perform in Burlington (twice) at the Ira Allen Chapel (where we have also performed) as well as in P'town.
And if Alfred were alive, the girls would sing to him...