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Stormé DeLarverie (c. December 24, 1920 – May 24, 2014) was an American woman known as the butch lesbian whose scuffle with police was, according to DeLarverie and many eyewitnesses, the spark that ignited the Stonewall uprising, spurring the crowd to action. She was born in New Orleans, to an African American mother and a white father.
Jun 27, 2019 · Stormé DeLarverie. DeLarverie, who was born in New Orleans in 1920 to a black mother and a white father, spent the ’50s and ’60s as the only “male impersonator” in the Jewel Box Revue ...
May 29, 2014 · Storme DeLarverie in 1994, between pictures of herself before she was a male impersonator (left) and during the Stonewall rebellion of 1969. She fought “ugly,” her word for bias of any sort.
Mar 29, 2018 · DeLarverie performed as a drag king, or “male impersonator,” as it was known in the past, with the Jewel Box Revue from 1955 to 1969. Prior to that, she had been a singer with big bands — as swing and jazz orchestras were known — since 1939. DeLarverie was born in New Orleans in 1920. Having a white father and a black mother, she was ...
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May 24, 2014 · Stormé DeLarverie was a butch lesbian singer, performer, and activist who challenged gender norms and fought against discrimination. She may or may not have started the Stonewall Uprising, but she was a guardian of the lesbians in Greenwich Village and a master of ceremonies for the Jewel Box Revue.
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Sep 30, 2018 · Learn about the life and legacy of Stormé DeLarverie, a black drag performer and a leader of the Stonewall uprising in 1969. She was born in New Orleans, performed in the Jewel Box Revue, and fought against anti-gay and anti-black discrimination until her death in 2014.
The Beginning. 1923-1942. Stormé always said that she was the child of a Black woman and a white man and that she was born in New Orleans. Both her foster parents, Harvey and Rose (Conway) Hublitz, had connections to New Orleans. They'd met and married in Memphis in 1919 when Harvey was stationed there with the Coast Guard.
