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November 13, 2010 9:44 AM

thegang:

GB meets GB by Ginger Brooks Takahashi
She was married to a white woman Gladys Bentley, 1907–1960, 2010

“Looking for traces of queer histories in Harlem, I stumbled upon the men’s bathhouse, tales of speakeasies such as the Clam House (where gender-bending performers were the norm) and finally Gladys Bentley. She immediately caught my eye—a black woman in a tux. The year was 1920-something. The Clam House was on 133rd Street between Lenox and Seventh avenues. Gladys was writing and singing obscene versions of popular songs there.”

GB meets GB by Ginger Brooks Takahashi

She was married to a white woman
Gladys Bentley, 1907–1960, 2010

“Looking for traces of queer histories in Harlem, I stumbled upon the men’s bathhouse, tales of speakeasies such as the Clam House (where gender-bending performers were the norm) and finally Gladys Bentley. She immediately caught my eye—a black woman in a tux. The year was 1920-something. The Clam House was on 133rd Street between Lenox and Seventh avenues. Gladys was writing and singing obscene versions of popular songs there.”

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