![]() This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Year should not be greater than current year Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Sorry! There are no volunteers for this cemetery. and rubbing elbows with other famous performers of the time, including Billie Holiday. She became known as a famous drag king, performing in suits and a false pencil mustache, touring clubs across the U.S. If there is one thing that we’ve learned from the last few women featured on this list, it is that the struggle for female equality often inseparable from other liberation struggles. Born in New Orleans, DeLarverie moved to Chicago when she was 18 because she feared being murdered for being gay and biracial in the South. Ambassador and in 1998 to 2000 as elected Vice-President of the. GREAT NEWS! There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. It was a rebellion, it was an uprising, it was a civil rights disobedience it wasn’t no damn riot. A self-proclaimed gay superhero, Storm Delarverie ( Decem May 24, 2014, Pronouns: she/her in public, he/him in performance) was a drag king, bouncer, and neighborhood activist who outspokenly protected LGBTQ+ communities in our neighborhoods and Lower Manhattan. Over the many years, Storm DeLarverie has electedly served as Chief-of-Security, S.V.A. This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 15 photos to this memorial This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 30 photos Miss Storm DeLarverie was a butch lesbian whos scuffle with the police over LGBT Rights in New York City caused a media uproar. This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has 20 photos You may not upload any more photos to this memorial She worked for much of her life as an MC, singer, bouncer, bodyguard, and volunteer street patrol worker, the "guardian of lesbians in the Village." She is known as "the Rosa Parks of the gay community. She is remembered as a gay civil rights icon and entertainer, who performed and hosted at the Apollo Theater and Radio City Music Hall. ![]() She was born in New Orleans, to an African American mother and a white father. ![]() Stormé DeLarverie was an American woman known as the butch lesbian whose scuffle with police was, according to Stormé and many eyewitnesses, the spark that ignited the Stonewall uprising, spurring the crowd to action. Inductee to the National LGBTQ Wall off Honor
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