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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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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+!!!
Thank you so much for taking time to share our history and educate the children! <3
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
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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
Thank you all so much for putting this together, this history must never be forgotten amazing job and effort put into this !
This is such a cool series
Someone needs to help these real historical characters get portrayed in television and movies.
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.
Thanks for producing this important documentary that helps educate the community about queer history.
i love this, it moved me to tears so i'm so grateful, happy pride ppl!
I did not realize until she mentioned it that THE Lady Chablis was not a woman!! She was so beautiful
C'mon , Peppermint! Looking particularly beautiful. As usual. 😊❤
Happy Pride Month!!!Bob The Drag Queen and Peppermint 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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 ❤
Omg we got the same birthday April 26 19-
Peppermint always looks angelic
RACIST
Jaida as THE Lady Chablis just makes sense😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
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this is so important now! thank you
Thank you so much for doing this podcast. I'm ashamed of how little of this I knew
This was so awesome!!! Thank you!!!
Great job
This is so interesting!!!
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. ❤❤
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.
Yes!!!
Happy pride everyone! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Now that I look back at Jaida Essence Hall playing The Lady Chablis for The Snatch Game, she BODIED the character. Literally the same people.
Happy Pride! Thank you for this!
Would love to see this documentary!
Thank you legends for teaching us children. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
thank u for this ! ❤
Don't forget Ms Silvia! ❤❤❤
Ms Crystal gathered them all. Imagine dealing with Pepper Labeija as a teenager? Crystal said,"hold on, baby, I got this"
Ms Crystal suplexed those judges. It's so good and I love it. ❤❤❤
Teach the children about our origins! I didn't know how much I missed Chablis's face until y'all rolled that footage. ❤❤❤
Thank you for the episode! I didn’t know all this! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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
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.
You guys should definitely get the narration portion animated‼️
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Thank you so much for this ! Happy pride 😍😍
Super informative! Loved this one!
Very informative!! Keep up the great content!
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!
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!
Yas!
What a great book report, thank you. I've actually learned a few things!