civil rights - The First Drag Queen Was a Former Slave

Channing Gerard Joseph
The Nation.

Washington DC, ca. 1880

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ezs note:  Here is a fascinating account of William Dorsey Swann. (changing first names was more of a rarity in the 1800s.) Please read this!