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I wrote this for #TheRationalWiki on #WilliamDorseySwann's #Life.
He was the first known #dragqueen in the #UnitedStates, and was involved in the #history of #American #LGBTQ #Activism in Washington, DC just after the Civil war.
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In the late 1880s, a formerly #enslaved man named #WilliamDorseySwann started hosting #private balls known as #drags, a name possibly derived from “grand rag,” an antiquated term for #masquerade balls. Held in #secret in #Washington, D.C., these parties soon caught #authorities’ attention.
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For a story on the first known #DragQueen see this #article I wrote for the #RationalWiki on #WilliamDorseySwann in #WashingtonDC.
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🏳️🌈 From slavery to voguing: the House of Swann - a guest blog by @MarjorieMorgan on the incredible and previously hidden history of William Dorsey Swann, the 18th century Queen of Drag and pioneer of modern ballroom culture.
#LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBT #LGBT+ #WilliamDorseySwann #Drag #Voguing #LiverpoolMuseumshttps://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/slavery-voguing-house-of-swann