The History of Drag (Part One) | Town Hall: A Black Queer Podcast

The History of Drag (Part One) | Town Hall: A Black Queer Podcast

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On the first half of a very special two-part episode of Town Hall: A Black Queer Podcast in honor of Pride Month, Bob the Drag Queen and Miss Peppermint dive deep into the great, glittering, glamorous history of drag, with a special focus on the black queer icons who paved the way. Writer, Director, and Actor of “The Real Black Swann: Confessions of America’s First Black Drag Queen”, Les Kurkendaal-Barrett, shares the powerful story of William Dorsey Swann, a trailblazer in the world of drag. Bob and Peppermint discuss New York City’s racist drag pageant system which led icon Crystal LaBeija to create “The Royal House of Labeija” where black and brown queens could showcase their talent. They also discuss The Lady Chablis’ legacy and Marsha P. Johnson’s fearless activism. You won’t want to miss a single second of this special episode!

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  1. My black history also includes this! I'm not an LGBTQ+, I identify as she her and cis but I enjoy learning about history of black people, black queens, black queers, black women. Black LGBTQ+!!!

  2. literally had goosebumps while listening to this, thank you for educating us children and the coming generation of queers❤ we need more queer history documented like this

  3. I just watched Paris is burning and it auto played into this AND I’m too emotional to watch this rn but once I’m okay and I revived from this, you already know this is the next thing I’m gonna watch lol. Queens talking about the essence of queer royalty after watching a doc about the beginning of the queer movement TO the royalty slayness divaness that y’all exude. Groundbreaking really

  4. Absolutely ❤ the education of today's lgbtqia+ community on the history of pride and the pivotal role of black, queer, marginalized individuals in the fight for equality.

  5. Saw part two uploaded and ran over to watch this first idk why it didn't show up on my feed. I love and appreciate y'all so much thank you for all the knowledge ❤

  6. I lived in the 80s in Atlanta. I would visit Savanah a lot. Whenever I did, I saw the Lady perform. She was very talented and sweet to talk to. Rest in peace, sweetheart. ❤❤

  7. It’s fantastic that your showing us queer history, there are many efforts to hide this. I hope that you include all types of “drag” including drag kings in the future.

  8. i was lucky enough to have The Lady Chablis home bar Club One as my fav gay bar in college down in Savannah GA. I always knew I was missing out on the best years of the club every time i passed the beautiful mural of The Lady Chablis. I love that place, gay bars are so important

  9. I regret so much that i missed seeing Lady Chablis in the 90s in Savannah. I was there for a drama teacher training but was too nervous to go alone to the club, and the other teacher from my school was too conservative to go with me. Hate that i missed her.

  10. Happy pride! Learned so much from this and I appreciate all the work and love y'all put into this, really looking forward to the next one!

  11. It makes me so happy to see queer history being told! We are the only ones that ever can and ever will tell our stories so it makes me very proud to have this history!

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