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Aleshia Brevard interview, part 2

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Susan Stryker interviews Aleshia Brevard, an actor, model, author, theatre professor, and trans woman. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Brevard worked at Finocchio's drag revue as a Marilyn Monroe impersonator. In this section, Brevard narrates over a series of photographs from her career in entertainment. Portions of this interview were used for Stryker and Victor Silverman's documentary Screaming Queens.

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Identifier
6969z1231
Collection
Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution
GLBT Historical Society
Creator(s)
Stryker, Susan
Contributor(s)
Brevard, Aleshia
Date Created
2001
Dates Covered
1961
1962
1967
Genre
Oral Histories
Subject(s)
Aleshia Brevard Crenshaw
Alice Cooper
Finnochio's
Harry Benjamin
LaVerne Cummings
Screaming Queens
Stormé DeLarverie
Places
California > San Francisco County > San Francisco
California > Los Angeles County > Los Angeles
California > Los Angeles County > Hollywood
California > Alameda County > Oakland
California > San Francisco County > Tenderloin
Topic(s)
Closeted transgender people
Drag community
Drag queens
Gender-affirming surgery
Hormones
Legal status
LGBTQ+ fashion
LGBTQ+ sex workers
Marriage
MtFs
Trans women
Transgender people
Transitioning (Gender)
Transitioning status
Resource Type
Moving image
Digital Format
Duration: 21:17
Language
English
Rights
In copyright
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