Busby, Hugh

Authors

Hugh Busby
Danielle Buckingham

Document Type

Audio

Publication Date

9-26-2020

Abstract

In this interview, Hugh Busby discusses growing up gay in Picayune, Mississippi, and his journey to self-acceptance. His religious upbringing initially made it difficult to accept himself as a gay man. As a child, he faced homophobic ridicule for not living up to traditional gender expectations for young boys. In college, Busby was able to find community, especially in the gay bars such as Le Bistro’s Cha Cha Palace in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where he and his friends frequented. Busby also shares how he established a thriving Drag career in Memphis as his alter ego Imagene Azengraber, and the experience of being crowned Miss Tupelo Pride 2019.

Relational Format

audio recording

Comments

Additional files include: abstract, photos, field notes, audio file. Transcript is available on request.

Rights

In copyright. For permission to duplicate, repost, or otherwise re-use these images, please contact the Invisible Histories Project: Mississippi

Recommended Citation

Busby, Hugh and Buckingham, Danielle, "Busby, Hugh" (2020). Queer Mississippi (Complete Collection). 46.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/queerms/46