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The poster has an overall black background with text at top that transitions from pink at left to blue at right. "1990 April Fool's / Butch Femme / Soiree" printed in large font with a rough edged horizontal band below. The lower three-quarters of the poster contains smaller white text that reads, "A Night of Gender Confusion / Dance * Costume Contests * Photos * General Frolicking / Emcees and Judges: / Karen Williams * JoAnn Loulan * Tom Ammiano / Emperor XVII, Jerry Coletti * Empress XXIII, Pat Montclaire / Music by Cyndy / Saturday, March 31 * 8pm until 1:30am Gift Center Pavilion, Brannon & 8th St., San Francisco." Information on the "Wrench" and "Rose" awards appears in three columns with 9:00 Class & Trash (Classist Queer Contests and Vamp Contests), 11:00 The Theme Zone (Petty Hetoisie Couple Contest and Best Theme Contest), and 12:30 A Walk on the Wild Side (Naugahyde/Vinyl Contests and Recombinant Queer Contest). Text continues "To stimulate exhibitionism and arouse voyeurism, contestants for each category will be selected by members of a secret nominating committee. If you yearn to possess one to the coveted Wrench or Rose Awards, ARRIVE EARLY. / Tickets: $25.50 advance/$30 door / To benefit the National Center for Lesbian Rights / Tickets available after February 15 at Mama Bears, Oakland; Headlines, Castro and Polk locations, San Francisco; or send check payable to Soiree Productions & SASE to P.O. Box 31748, S.F., CA 94131.