He fought for queer freedom a century before Stonewall, reigning over a secret world of drag balls in Washington, DC, in the 1880s and becoming the first American activist to lead a queer resistance group. He also became, in the same decade, the first known person to dub himself a “queen of drag.” Channing Gerard Joseph offers a peek into some fascinating research for a book...
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