Kim Christy
Kim Christy (born 1950) was a female impersonator of the 1960s and 1970s, magazine editor and publisher,[1] book author,[2] screenwriter,[3] adult film producer,[4] and first genderfluid person to be inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame.
Early life
[edit]Christy was born Ken Olsen to Gertie Olsen[5] and her husband in the Bronx, New York. Christy was raised in the Bronx, where he attended Catholic school at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church.[5] He began dressing in semi-drag and going out in public at age 14.[5] At age 15, he met Billy Schumacher, whose drag name was International Chrysis, at the Tenth of Always, a bar.[5] In 1964, when the two appeared, in drag, in Life magazine by chance, Christy's parents reacted poorly, ushering him out of the house "within a year or two."[5] Christy and Chrysis came to share a small apartment on Mott Street, near Broome Street and Houston,[5] in what later became known as SoHo in New York.
Career
[edit]Christy first became a model with the help of Lenny Burtman, an editor for the fetish magazine Exotique.[6] She then became a stripper and showgirl at Club 82. She toured the United States as a female impersonator, subsequently working as a photographer for the publications Mode Avantgarde, Hooker, Eros, and Exposé.[4] She eventually became editor of the publication Female Mimics[7][8] and the aforementioned Exotique. Part of Female Mimics was the She-Male calendar.[9] Years later, he edited the original Exotique issues into book form,[10] then published a historical survey of sex and fetish images called The Christy Report (2001).[2]
Awards
[edit]- Best Fetish Producer (1998)
- Adult Video News Hall Of Fame inductee (2004)[11]
Filmography
[edit]Though Christy's full filmography is unknown, some relics of his work remain online.[12][13]
| Year | Film | Distributor |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Dreamlovers | |
| 1981 | She-Male Encounters | |
| 1981 | She-Male Encounters 2 | |
| 1983 | Divine Atrocities 2 | |
| 1983 | Corrupt Desires | |
| 1983 | Sulka's Wedding | |
| 1984 | Sulka's Daughter | |
| 1984 | True Crimes of Passion | Caballero Home Video |
| 1985 | Mama's Boy | |
| 1985 | Squalor Motel | |
| 1985 | She-Male Salsa | |
| 1985 | Desperate Women | |
| 1987 | She-Male Encounters 13: She-Male Reformatory | |
| 1988 | She-Male Sanitarium | |
| 1988 | She-Male Encounters 18: Murder She-Male Wrote | |
| 1988 | She-Male Encounters 17: She-Male Sorority | |
| 1989 | Sulka's Nightclub | |
| 1989 | She-Male Encounters 19: Toga Party | |
| 1990 | Trisexual Encounters 11 | Pleasure Productions |
| 1993 | My Girl | Sin City |
| 1993 | My Girl: Transaction 2 | |
| 1997 | She-Males Down Under | Leoram Inc. |
| 1997 | Boy Chicks I | Sin City |
| 1997 | Boy Chicks II | Sin City |
| 1997 | Blue Bunny Caper | |
| 1999 | She-Male Sorority Secrets | |
| 2001 | She-Male Cherry Busters I | Leoram Inc. |
| 2002 | Revenge of the She-Males |
References
[edit]- ^ Vera, Veronica (October 8, 2002). Miss Vera's Cross-Dress for Success: A Resource Guide for Boys Who Want to Be Girls. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 9780679647263 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Quinn, John; Christy, Kim (2001). The Christy Report. Ediz. Inglese, francese e tedesca. Taschen. ISBN 3822862142.
- ^ "Sulka's Wedding" – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ a b Quinn, John; Christy, Kim (January 10, 2001). The Christy Report. Ediz. inglese, francese e tedesca. Taschen. ISBN 9783822862148 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d e f "Kim Christy's Lost World". www.advocate.com. February 12, 2011.
- ^ "Exotique Complete by Christy - AbeBooks". www.abebooks.com.
- ^ "F.M.I. Female mimics international". MAGCORP, the Magazine Corporation of America. January 10, 1991 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Subject: Kim Christy - Digital Transgender Archive Search Results". www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net.
- ^ Halperin, David M.; Traub, Valerie (January 10, 2009). Gay Shame. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226314389 – via Google Books.
- ^ Noble, Barnes &. "Exotique|Hardcover". Barnes & Noble.
- ^ AVN, Heidi Pike-Johnson. "Evil Angel, Wicked Pictures Big Winners at 2004 AVN Awards AVN". AVN.
- ^ "Internet Adult Film Database". www.iafd.com.
- ^ "Kim Christy". IMDb.