Bash, Dominic

Name: Dominic Joseph Bash

Biography:

[DOMINIC BASH, HAIRDRESSER WHO HELPED AIDS VICTIMS]

Source: Ralph Cipriano, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Dominic Bash, 46, a South Street hairdresser who ministered to men dying of AIDS and made flamboyant public appearances in drag, died Sunday at his South Philadelphia home of complications from AIDS. Mr. Bash, who had pale, shoulder-length, blond hair, loved to be outrageous. Last year, he led the Lesbian and Gay Pride Parade, strutting from Rittenhouse Square to Penn's Landing in a purple-and-pink sequined leotard and a lavender feathered boa. In 1991, Mr. Bash wasPublished on 1993-01-27, Page B06, Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA)

Dominic was a marvelous activist and hairdresser and salon owner in Philadelphia. He had a fabulous drag persona, Madominic. The name of his salon, The Abbey, reflected a deep religious faith that he often proclaimed, as in that name, with a great camp twist.

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Date of Birth:8/14/1946

Date of Death: 1/24/1993

Age at Death: 46

Memorial:

File:bashmemorial.pdf

Employment: Hairdresser, The Abbey Salon.

Social/Political Groups: ACT UP, Dignity Philadelphia

Bars/Clubs he attended:

His friends included: Chris Bartlett, Matty Hart, Jim Littrell

Testimonials to him: Dominic was a fiery friend and the first man who ever took me inside a gay bar in the late 1960's. He wore leather then; feathers came later. JL