The former slave who became the world's first drag queen - BBC REEL
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The former slave who became the world's first drag queen - BBC REEL
Over 100 years before RuPaul was telling us to 'sashay away', William Dorsey Swann, who had been born into slavery in 19th Century America, was making a name for themself as the world’s first self-described drag queen. LGBTQ+ historian Channing Joseph, author of House of Swann, explains how he discovered the forgotten history of one of the ...
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