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Stormé DeLarverie
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American performer and gay rights activist (1920–2014)
Film & TV
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Stormé DeLarverie (December 24, 1920 - May 24, 2014) was a biracial American drag king entertainer and later bouncer, remembered as a gay civil rights icon and the "Rosa Parks of the gay community". According to some eyewitnesses, her scuffle with the police was the spark that ignited the Stonewall riots.
Known for
- Stormé: Lady of the Jewel Box — Self1991
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Thomas
- Gender
- non-binary
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Orleans
- Place of death
- Brooklyn
- Occupation
- drag king
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- Stonewall riots
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Stormé DeLarverie (1958) - colorized (cropped).jpg
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- date of death
- 2014-05-24
- date of birth
- 1920-00-00
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Stormé DeLarverie
- sexual orientation
- lesbianism
- birth name
- Viva May Thomas
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