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Mar 13, 2022 · Harvey Fierstein first questioned his gender when he was 7 years old. The Tony-award-winning playwright behind Broadway hits including "Kinky Boots" and "Newsies" recounts the story in his...
Mar 15, 2022 · Fierstein's had a lifetime of what he refers to as "gender issues" and had started asking himself if he was a girl as far back as 5 years old. "It was not in our vocabulary then," he says.
- Jeffrey Masters
Feb 23, 2022 · Broadway Legend Harvey Fierstein Opens Up About His Gender Identity: 'I Don't Know Who I Am'. In a new memoir, the truly trailblazing actor and playwright (perhaps best known for playing...
- Jason Sheeler
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Feb 28, 2022 · Harvey Fierstein first questioned his gender when he was 7 years old. The Tony-award-winning playwright behind Broadway hits including “Kinky Boots” and “Newsies” recounts the story in his new memoir, “I Was Better Last Night.”
- Avery Kleinman
Oct 22, 2015 · Fierstein, who came of age among a group of drag performers at the famed La MaMa experimental theater in the ’70s, cautions that people have a hard time separating gender from sexuality when it...
- Christopher Wallenberg
Mar 1, 2022 · Playwright and actor Harvey Fierstein reveals how a chubby gay kid from Brooklyn became a Broadway powerhouse and LBGTQ crusader.
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Feb 24, 2022 · Broadway Icon Harvey Fierstein Gets Candid About His Gender Identity. Long before RuPaul made drag queens into celebrities, Harvey Fierstein made them visible. His Broadway debut was as the playwright and star of "Torch Song Trilogy," about a gay drag performer in search of love and acceptance.
