Veronica Vera Writes

My current thoughts on human sexuality and gender; a look back at my sex journalism from the 1980’s and beyond; people, places and events of the ongoing sexual evolution.

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Miss Vera Fairy
< 1 MIN READ

Within the lovely pink walls of Miss Vera’s Finishing School For Boys Who Want To Be Girls, Veronica Vera shares some personal history and twenty five years of history since she founded the world’s first transgender academy and crossdressing school.…Read More

Veronica prowls the city in search of sidewalk hookers, from the black women on the Lexington Avenue beat to the queens who work near the West Side highway.
8 MIN READ

Throughout the 1980’s I had a column in ADAM magazine called “Veronica Vera’s New York.” Here’s one of the treasures from my archives. I look forward to sharing more with you from my past as well as my present. Your comments are most welcome. I invite you to subscribe, and if you already have, thanks a lot!…Read More

Veronica Vera by Robert Mapplethorpe
12 MIN READ

One picture is worth a thousand words, but some are worth many thousand and sometimes thousands of dollars. This story is of such a picture, a photograph by the artist Robert Mapplethorpe. When you look, you will see me, the model. What you cannot see is the story behind the image, its provenance. On the…Read More