#drag history

whowearsthetrousers:

Risë Stevens as Prince Orlovsky, Die Fledermaus

lejazzhot:

Victor Victoria, 1982.

fyeahqueervintage:

(viaquam-nos-animadverto)

unheroicconduct:

Ella Wesner, male impersonator. circa 1880. Photos by Napoleon Sarony. George Eastman House Collection, and Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

whowearsthetrousers:

A nice postcard from 1906

People of Pride #20: Jose Sarria

Jose Sarria ruled the streets of San Francisco both as Jose and as the “Nightingale of Montgomery Street”, read more about his lasting impacts here:

https://www.sfgate.com/opinion/openforum/article/Honoring-a-gay-pioneer-s-contribution-to-San-2496252.php

http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/united-we-stand-divided-they-catch-us-one-by-one-the-extraordinary-jose-sarria/109625