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Where Slaves Became Queens

16 Joseph Henry House

Bayard Rustin, Frances Thompson and William Dorsey Swann have been largely erased from U.S. history, but they and other Black queer leaders played central roles in movements like emancipation, civil rights, and LGBTQ+ pride. Journalist and queer culture historian Channing Joseph will discuss their little-known stories, connecting the origins of drag in the 1880s to […]

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