Welcome to our regular study session, Mama Let’s Research, where we give the 101 on vital figures in queer culture.
For this month’s column, we’re doing our homework on Liza Minnelli, an industry titan who will forever remain one of our best, brightest and most flamboyant gay icons.
As the only child of screen legend Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli was always destined to follow in her mother’s ruby slipper-clad footsteps and become an icon in her own right.
A gay icon, at that. With those Golden Hollywood-blessed genes, Liza “came out of the womb looking for the camera angle”—her words, not ours—and she hasn’t stopped tapping or warbling since.