I get a lot of CRITICISM from Blacks, and from whites, and from everybody about who I am and my IMAGE. And with BLACKS I always say, if we can’t deal with where we’ve been, it’s gonna be hard to go somewhere.  

– Patrick Kelly

 Photo: “Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love” at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Plaque of Patrick Kelly Paris, 6 Rue du Parc Royal, 1987-1990, on loan from Bjorn Guil Amelan and Bill T. Jones. Photo © Rhonda P. Hill