Storme DeLaverie, singer/entertainer/activist
During the 1950s and ‘60s he toured the black theater circuit as the only drag king of the Jewel Box Revue, America’s first racially integrated female impersonation show.
He was in the Stonewall Inn the night of June 27, 1969, and fought back against police helping to spark the Stonewall riots.
In the 1980s and ‘90s Stormé worked as a bouncer for several lesbian bars in New York City.
Stormé is featured in the documentary Storme: The Lady of the Jewel Box.
