Fabienne Gondrand (@fabiennegondrand.bsky.social)

Over 100 years before RuPaul was telling us to "sashay away", William Dorsey Swann, who had been born into slavery in 19th Century America, was making a name for himself as the world’s first self-described “drag queen” #cakewalk #LGBTQI #ChanningJoseph www.bbc.com/reel/video/p...

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How a former slave became the world's first drag queen How a former slave became the world’s first self-described “drag queen”. https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p08ts62f/how-a-former-slave-became-the-world-s-first-drag-queen?al_applink_data=%7B%22target_url%22%3A%22https%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.bbc.com%5C%2Freel%5C%2Fvideo%5C%2Fp08ts62f%5C%2Fhow-a-former-slave-became-the-world-s-first-drag-queen%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0Rwxf2a597uctg65gbZ1GZwnFID3nm1HBAhKq1W0xo2_SGcpVsV7w4hhw_aem_2E0jvDPPSrv_uPpS_Aouyw%22%2C%22extras%22%3A%7B%22fb_app_id%22%3A6628568379%7D%2C%22referer_app_link%22%3A%7B%22url%22%3A%22fb%3A%5C%2F%5C%2F%5C%2F%3Fapp_id%3D6628568379%22%2C%22app_name%22%3A%22Facebook%22%7D%7D