Aleshia Brevard interview, part 1

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; a trans co-worker, Stormy, helped her to begin transitioning. She lived at the edge of the Tenderloin, and although she was not a central part of the trans community there, she felt more comfortable there than elsewhere. Stryker interviews Brevard about her early drag career, her transition, and the bars and venues where she spent time. This includes extensive attention to the culture and working conditions at Finocchio's. Portions of this interview were used for Stryker and Victor Silverman's documentary Screaming Queens.

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Identifier: qn59q442r
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: GLBT Historical Society
Creator(s): Stryker, Susan
Contributor(s): Brevard, Aleshia
Date Created: 2001
Dates Covered: 1955 to 1965
Genre: Oral Histories
Subject(s): Aleshia Brevard Crenshaw
Christine Jorgensen
Finocchio's Club
Harry Benjamin
Screaming Queens
Places: California > San Francisco County > San Francisco
California > San Francisco County > Tenderloin
Topic(s): Closeted transgender people
Drag queens
Gender-affirming surgery
Hormones
LGBTQ+ activism
LGBTQ+ bars
Sex work
Trans women
Transgender academics
Transgender community
Transitioning (Gender)
Resource Type: Moving image
Digital Format: Duration: 59:51
Language: English
Rights: In copyright
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