DeLarverié, Stormé (1922–)

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DeLarverié, Stormé (1922–)

African-American male impersonator. Name variations: Storme De Larverie or DeLarverie. Born in 1922.

Joined the Jewel Box Revue in which she worked as a male impersonator with 25 female impersonators (1955); sparked the Stonewall Riot (June 1969), after she retaliated against an abusive officer outside the bar.

See also Leslie Feinberg, Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to RuPaul (Beacon Press, 1996); (film) Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box (1987).

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