Fig. 1. Taylor Mac resplendent in a costume by Machine Dazzle and makeup by Anastasia Durasova (2020). Photo: Machine Dazzle.

Fig. 2. Taylor Mac plays the banjo, awash in their signature glitter and sequins at St. Ann’s Warehouse, October 2016. Photo: Teddy Wolff.

Fig. 3. Taylor Mac in The Be(A)st of Taylor Mac, in trademark Pierrot-inspired makeup, c. 2006. Photo: Lucien Samaha.

Fig. 4. Mac in their bespoke garment composed of latex gloves as a metaphor for “The War on Terror.” Photo: Lucien Samaha.

Fig. 5. Mac in trademark sequined and glitter-bedecked makeup, c. 2006. Photo: Lucien Samaha.

Fig. 6. The bridesmaids (Jing Xu, Margaret Ann Brady) press the Lily (Taylor Mac) into the Bible, as the Great Longing (Thomas Derrah) approves. Photo: Gretjen Helene; © APrioriPhotography.com.

Fig. 7. The Bride (Davina Cohen) and the Lily, now the groom (Taylor Mac) with the flowers. Photo: Gretjen Helene; © APrioriPhotography.com.

Fig. 8. Lily (Taylor Mac) after kissing an audience member in the final scene of the play. Photo: Gretjen Helene; © APrioriPhotography.com.

Fig. 9. The Cast after being shot by the Pope; Incurable Disease leads the Great Longing by a leash. Photo by Gretjen Helene; © APrioriPhotography.com.

Fig. 10. (from L. to R.): Cameron Scoggins as Isaac, Daniel Oreskes as Arnold, Tom Phelan as Max, and Kristine Neilsen as Paige in Hir. Photo: Joan Marcus.

Fig. 11. (from L. to R.): Kristine Nielsen as Paige, Cameron Scoggins as Isaac, Daniel Oreskes as Arnold in Hir. Photo: Joan Marcus.

Fig. 12. (from L. to R.): Cameron Scoggins as Isaac, Kristine Neilsen as Paige. Photo: Joan Marcus.

Fig. 13. Taylor Mac in the nude onesie base layer of the Lesbian Decade costume, A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, St. Ann’s Warehouse, October 9, 2016. Photo: Lisa Freeman.

Fig. 14. Two mannequins showing the pieces of Mac’s costume for the Lesbian Decade in the exhibit “Costumes from Taylor Mac’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music Designed by Machine Dazzle,” Hancher Auditorium, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, April 24–28, 2018. Author photo.

Fig. 15. Mac wearing the prosthetic breasts, Macy Gray–esque vest, and butterfly wings on top of the nude onesie and denim cutoffs during the Lesbian Decade at St. Ann’s Warehouse, October 9, 2016. Photo: Lisa Freeman.

Fig. 16. Rear view of Mac in the butterfly wings during the Lesbian Decade at St. Ann’s Warehouse, October 9, 2016. Photo: Lisa Freeman.

Fig. 17. Still shot of what Stephen Colbert showed to Hillary Clinton and then the camera on the Late Show, September 19, 2017, of an act his staff had prepared for election night 2016 had she won. Laura Bradley, “Colbert’s Gift to Clinton: Naked-Man Butts Branded with ‘I’m with Her,’” Vanity Fair, September 20, 2017. https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/09/clinton-what-happened-election-colbert-late-show-naked-men

Fig. 18. Taylor Mac sings “Happy Days Are Here Again” at the opening of the fifteenth decade (1916–1926) in A 24-Decade History of Popular Music. Photo: Teddy Wolff.

Fig. 19. Taylor Mac reads from the last page of James Joyce’s Ulysses. Photo: Teddy Wolff.

Fig. 20. Taylor Mac and ensemble, “1846–1856: Whitman vs. Foster: Songs Popular Near the Breaking Point,” A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, St. Ann’s Warehouse, October 2016. Photo by Teddy Wolff. https://client.teddywolff.com/taylormacact3/h13394ad1#h3e001c89