Story highlights. Michael Skakel, a Kennedy relative convicted of the 1975 murder of a 15-year-old neighbor, walked out of a Connecticut courthouse Thursday on bail.
In England the Decadents were 1890s figures such as Arthur Symons (âthe blond angelâ), Oscar Wilde, Ernest Dowson, and Lionel Johnson, who were members of the Rhymersâ Club or contributors to The Yellow Book.
20 Southern Decadence Dos and Don'ts. 20 Southern Decadence Dos and Don'ts (Click MORE on the right for more background on 'Decadence.') Southern Decadence, the biggest gay party in the South, began way back in the days of Richard Nixon and Karen Carpenter. In 1972, a group of New Orleans gay friends threw a Southern Decadence Party where attendees dressed as their favorite Dixie decadent. It was a hit, and the friends did it again the following year; it eventually grew to encompass LGBT parties throughout the city.