GLADYS BENTLEY 1st Trans SuperStar! Her Mother HATED her! - OLD HOLLYWOOD SCANDALS
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- GLADYS BENTLEY
👋🏾Hey ya'll her mama did her too wrong! Also it just goes to show how folks love you one moment and hate you the other.
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CONTENTS OF VIDEO
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00:00 INTRO
00:50 MOMMY DEAREST
09:50 GLADYS INVENTS HER NEW IDENTITY
13:42 RELATIONSHIPS
15:00 CAREER DECLINE
18:56 CROSS DRESSING BECOMES A NONO
20:00 GLADYS BECOMES A WOMAN
24:42 THEORIES ON WHY GLADYS CHANGED HER WAYS
29:37 OUTRO
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Do ya'll think her mama caused her to be gay? Watch till the end for full breakdown!
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I think it's both Nurture and Nature!
Yes it was trauma. She changed at the 🔚 so she wouldn't be caught up in the worldly changes.
I absolutely think that her trauma played a part.
I do
Yes that lady embedded that girl with male tendencies while she was carrying her. Even the way she didn’t nurture her AFTER she was born is what I feel made her turn to being a lesbian. And Lord knowsss what happened to Ms. Glady’s in her upbringing. U know the ol’ folks motto back then was “see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil.” And they damn sure ain’t alive to tell nothing and the ones who “heard” some shit ain’t gon come forward; they don’t wanna be the one to unleash some shit they feel isn’t “important enough” anymore to talk about; not understanding, this lady backstory is apart of history and helped pave the way for the gay community…. I also feel these “husbands” of hers were a beard to keep from being stripped from everything she worked hard for ANDDD to ease into being a minister without being judged as harshly had she done in it in her regular male getup. IMO, Ms. Glady’s was very much so still attracted to women. Who’s to say her husbands weren’t gay and used her as a beard also?? Back then that was very much so common for the gay community.( even to this very day for these young teens still trying to find their place in the world as a gay man/woman.) Supporting each to appease judgmental families, friends, and the masses by being in a heterosexual relationship as a front to keep those quiet and happy while behind the scenes they were in a authentic relationship with their same sex to have some kind of peace, happiness and there is where they found that they could truly be themselves for those stolen moments away from the “real world.”
Gladys figured since her mom wanted a boy, she was gonna act like one.
Ashley is busting us all upside the head with these videos.
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I'm laid up in the hospital with a concussion as I watch this vid. LOL!
I enjoyed the show
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The mother of Gladys should've given her to a loving & caring family who wanted a child. Her mother was pure evil. I don't understand how some people mistreat, neglect, and abuse their children just because they didn't want them. Then give them to someone who will care to love and raise the child.
Children and babies know when they're not loved.
Your last sentence, is oh, so true.
Especially after carrying them inside of you for 9 months. I don't get it
True, but why have children if you don’t want them?
Unfortunately tradition trumps love and compassion. And momma probably had overbearing parent(s)
This is the very reason I became a foster parent to take in children and provide them with unconditional LOVE! Children don't ask to come into this world but once they arrive please provide them with love or give them to someone who will love them!
You should do Billy Tipton too. He was a biological female who started dressing as a male since high school because she wasn’t allowed to join the all-male band in her high school and went in to living as a man until death and that’s when everyone found out he was a biological female.
She should do a video on Willmer Broadnax, he was a Trans male gospel singer who was stabbed and died in 1992.
I believe Gladys started acting heterosexual because of a need to survive during the turbulent McCarthyism era and to keep all that she had worked so hard to achieve, point blank period! Whatever her reasoning, I don't blame her. I blame the social climate of that time and it still doesn't diminish her accomplishments. Thanks Ashley for another eye-opening video and I can't wait for the next one! 👏🏾♥️🥰👸🏾👍🏾
It really is a horrible feeling when your brothers are cherished by your parents. While the same parents reject, scorn, (in some cases are physically abusive) and have hatred towards you.. Even comfortable enough to verbally express their hatred to you. That part reminded me of my mother & father.
Eventually I had to accept that it was not acceptable and move away, permanently removing myself from a toxic and unhealthy environment..and toxic people.
I’m sorry your parents were so terrible to you! I am glad you got away from them!!! God bless ❤
I am glad you did💚👏👏None of it was fair or your fault. The darkness people live with....smh
I’m so sorry you experienced this.😢
I know what Gladys went through
Ashley excellent story on Gladys sorry 😐 this experience happened to her.glad found your way God 🙏 love.enjoy video 💜 Much 💜 always.
Poor baby. Prenatal care and postpartum conditions were awful but she didn’t get the love she needed from the start 😢
I could never imagine my mom ever rejecting me from when I was a newborn, I felt so bad for Gladys.she was starved for her mother’s love all her life.
@@NovemberReigne same. I can only imagine the feelings of neglect she carried forever.
Postpartum is an excuse.
@@deeliciousgrapesIt’s a illness caused by a chemical imbalance.
Sounds like her mindset was altered by trauma. For some people, once you experience trauma you don’t see things the same way as someone who has not been exposed to trauma. Example: people who have been abused may begin to act out in different ways whether they become withdrawn or promiscuous. It’s their subconscious coping with what happened to them.
She wasn't transgendered, she was trying to win the approval and love of her mother. The teacher being an older woman, represented her mother. It's funny, the mother caused the problem and blamed it on the child. I bet there are more stories like this. Later in life she married men.
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she told you that?
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So you hold a psychology degree ?
@@lindyt3942 only a fool compares subjective things such as preference with facts …you dunce
Yes, babies feel that rejection. I'm sure it affected her for the rest of her life. Gladys became masculine presenting because of that. "You want a son? Here ya go!!"
I feel bad for Gladys. She was severely neglected as a kid. The very hurtful saying comes to mind, "Mothers raise their daughters and love their sons." I know this is true for some mothers. Sounds like it applies to Gladys, as well. I wonder what kind of person she would have become had she received the love she deserved. But I do believe that both McCarthism & religion forced her to change her tune. I think she was just scared. And I don't believe that she loved the men she married, she just felt like she had to marry them out of fear. They certainly didn't last long AT ALL. She lived in an frightening and oppressive time. Had she been living in these times, she probably would feel freer. *sigh*
They need to make a movie about her ASAP. Even though most people have never heard of Gladys Bentley, her story is so current of today's issues.
So sad her rejected her from birth. I feel as though she was still was gay. However, she did what was needed to protect herself.
😕People don’t realize how tricky demonic spirits can be. That abandonment cut deep in her soul.
"Acting"... as a ordained minister! It's a lot of MOFO's doing that RIGHT TODAY!!
I believe from the beginning her mother had damaged her because her mother really wanted a boy. She wanted to be accepted so bad by her mother that she thought she was gay. She hated her brothers because of mother wanting only boys. She was actually very confused with her sexuality. She really wanted to be loved. Going through the estrogen shots really didn’t help. She needed some psychological counseling. I believe that the doctors needed to get to the root of her problems. This was a very sad story.
Yeah. She probably started dressing like her brothers because she saw her mother preferred them, and she wanted her mother’s love.
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I also think her crush on the elementary school teacher was her looking for love from a motherly figure since her own mother didn't accept her.
Sad in a way but Gladys overcame
And in time that lack of love from her mother and her mother treating her brothers better than her did a number of her psychologically where because she never received a mother's love, her mother wanting Gladys to be a boy, these issues started to affect her into puberty that made her attracted to women when the root of the attraction was the lack of motherly love and attention from her mother and also the feeling of being loved and appreciate by a woman that could hopefully fill that maternal void that Gladys never got from her mother. And status and attention because a thing for her because of how much attention her brothers were getting and men in general at that time.
Her parents damaged their daughter emotionally I really blame her mother for that. When I had my first child I wanted a daughter but I had a beautiful baby boy and I loved him from the get go! I had my daughter several years later and I am very proud of both of them! A mother’s love is unconditional ❤❤.
I don't know how she does it, but Ashley takes people I have never remotely heard of, and manages to keep me glued to the story the whole time.
I clicked on this so fast, I love these Vintage Scandals. Ashley, you teach history much better than what I learned in school, lol
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Her mother screwed her up by rejecting her. She sounds very talented. I'd never heard of her. Thanks.
Ashley this is by far the VERY BEST of the best stories yet... your information was historically accurate...
I think she was definitely a lesbian and was afraid of being caught up in the lavender scare and just like today she struggled with her sexuality and religion at the same time....
This was a great video, I never heard of Gladys Bentley before watching. Her early life was sad asf but when she was a teenager hitting it big in the speakeasies and basically the New York underworld was very interesting. Then in her “I became a woman again” era,I’m a little confused by it cause there’s so many theories to what made her change. The McCarthyism theory is extremely believable cause that was a time when they had to live in secret or lose everything they had and then the theory of her finding God so she changed due to that is very believable too, it’s hard to figure out what happened since we ain’t live in that time so reading about it and living during that time is hard to feel that climate
I think people always try to downplay when a person decides they aren't attracted to the same thing anymore...Everybody cheers and claps if a person goes from the opposite sex to the same sex attractions (somehow that's an "accomplishment") but they always talk smack when a person goes from same sex to opposite sex attractions like somehow a person's prerogative to like what they want only applies if you're going from straight to gay. Why can't that same person change their mind if they want to without hassle?
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People never change who they are attracted to, they only change their decision to live in their truth, whatever that truth may be for them.
Exactly! No fanfare when people decide that lifestyle is not for them anymore.
Singing "Mary had a little lamb and kicked her lil azzz right on out the doe🚪".... 😂😂😂😂
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Her mother's rejection changed her forever...SMH.
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Ashley, thank you for introducing me to stars from days gone by who I knew nothing about. I'm very naive when it comes to the transgender community. I'd never seen any transsexuals (to my knowledge) until the early 80s when I lived in DC and I was flabbergasted. The male-to-female transsexuals were GORGEOUS.
I believe Gladys wanting to be a male initially was due to being rejected or not being fully accepted by her mother. Wanting to be loved by your mother is universally a primal need. Gladys felt that if she were male, her mother would be more accepting of her
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I think that as she was growing up, she wanted her Mother's Love and with her Mom wanting a boy when she was born, made her feel a certain way, just my thoughts! Ashley I Love how you bring these stories out, THANK You for sharing about people tat some people may not Know and things that happened, that we had no idea about! I knew about Moms Mabley I use to listen to her albums growing up!
Miss Gladys was truly a pioneer & I'm almost embarrassed to say I jus discovered her bc I stand on her shoulders! Being a trans man myself if it weren't for her there wouldn't be me so I show gratitude for her kickin' down 🚪's for the community! 👏🏽✊🏾💯🤞🏽
Back in Miss Gladys' time, they called her a cross dresser because she hadn't had any surgery to transition into a male. She actually wasn't trans. My uncle, who has passed away, told me about Miss Gladys when I was 13 back in the 80s. He was a cross dresser himself, with no surgery to transition like Miss Gladys. ❤️❤️❤️
Damn I wonder if back then there were actual surgeries or hormones for people who actually wanted to transition back in the gap? Damn man u never know what people actually go thru in their times or behind closed doors
Gladys was confused by lack of her parents love.
I’ve honestly never heard of Gladys Bentley. So It was refreshing to learn about her. I wish her and her mom could have repaired their relationship. Even though her mom did horrible things to her. But Ashley you are amazing and keep up the good work 💛
I never heard of this woman prior to this
Video but the story was so interesting !!!
I clicked so fast, I think I sprung my finger!!! I do feel like in her case, she was looking for the love she didn't receive from her mother. Another great video Ashley!!!
Another amazing video! You're a Supreme storyteller and I love the way you bring these virtually unknown stories to life. Keep up the great work!
I think her Mother’s rejection and love for her brothers made her strive to please her. It has to be awful not to feel loved by your mother. I had the best Parents couldn’t have paid billions for them, but God Blessed me and money can’t buy Blessings. Keep up the good work❣
You did a very interesting video. I'm 56 years old and I did not know that moms mabley dressed in men's clothes. Now I understand why the lgbtq community say they have history. Well done! I loved it!
I think it's a multitude of things. Religion, McCarthyism/judgement, and boredom could all be the reason.
I don’t know . She could have been straight but longing to be accepted her mom didn’t want a daughter. She could have been Bi sexual. Who knows . Its sad that she had to start life being rejected. This had to be a lifetime burden for her. May she rest in peace. God only knows I’m glad she found the love from God. Thanks Ashley great story. Love ya .❤
Well that just goes to show you nothing in any century is NEW. History repeats the good - the bad - the ugly. It’s NOW that a lot is accepted/tolerated. Love is love 💕
I’d never heard of her before the moms mabley video. She was breaking barriers way back then I’m surprised she’s not an icon.
THERE SHE GOES! Back with another one so soon!!
Damn Ash u & Lovelyti are the only ones I will stop whatever I'm doin & listen to y'all vids even if I can't actually watch I'm always listening well long as I'm not scrubbed in surgery 😂 luv u my friend!!!
There were female ministers especially in independent churches back in the day
She probably was attracted too women because of the severe rejection by and no love she was nt receiving from her mom . This messed this woman up on such a mental level its sick wow ! I blame her mom for everything and its sad as hell when ur mom or dad rejects you !
You go Ashley back to back greatness ☺️👍💯👏👏 Another hit..Wow she flipped flopped all over the place quick 🤣 gave my whip lash Whew chileee.. Ashley thank you I didn't even know this woman existed until this video.. keep them coming MoMA 🫂😘
Great video Ashley ❤❤❤ I think life must have been hard for her and she was willing to do anything to conform to social norms. On the other hand she may have had a change heart or healing from the childhood trauma that originally made her seek out maternal love and affection. Whatever the circumstance I hope at the end her life she finally felt loved and wanted ❤
Gladys reminds me of missy Elliott
Both are 🏳️🌈
Very sad how her momma felt toward girl children. I Def think that played apart in her sexuality. But what's crazier to me is seeing how long the world has done Ltbg people wrong like why even to this day people can't just accept people for there true selves.
Just goes to show you AIN'T NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN. Gladys had a good business head. Gladys played the system,she was a smart woman. Thanks for the history lessons Ashley. That's why I like your story telling you mix tea with historical facts. ♥
Another great story! I hadn't heard of her before this video. Thanks for the black history lesson😊
Black History.
Ahhh just when I was starting to feel miserable at work, you came through with some tea. 'Preciate you! Lol *closing my office door*
Chile close that door!😂
Yes!!!! THANK YOU and happy Valentine's Day 💞❤️😍. I hope everyone has a lovely day.
This is why you’re my internet best friend (in my head 😂). I’ve never heard of this icon until today. Thank you for bringing so many “forgotten” and unknown legends to the spotlight and doing it in an entertaining way.
Another great episode as usual, Queen. Keep up the great work, Ashley.
This story was great and even more insightful for me than the last. I guess because I'm LGBT (Bi, Jamaican from Brooklyn, born in the 80's, so alot of the self hate I was taught became pop culture and regular later on. I'm learning to be as confident as the young people. Thank you Ashley for another wonderful story and Happy Valentine's Day to you and your husband! #StayBlessed! 🤗❤️
LGBTQIA is the actual term.❤️
@@LalaLarrieux I'm 36 years old. I grew up with LGBT and was using it im regards to ME. Have a blessed day ❤️👋🏾
@@LalaLarrieux I'm gay myself but that whole LGBTQIA....is a joke to me. I dont know who's idea it was to group the terms together as if we are one big happy family or something. We are not and in my opinion it's just politics and my life doesnt revolve around politics. I have a lot of unpopular opinions and If I made videos I know some people wouldnt like me lol.
@@LalaLarrieux Unnecessary.
See poor child didn’t stand a chance abandonment issues already 😢Gladys knew her mom wanted a boy so she gave her what she wanted a son gayly forward rainbow 🌈 pride
Hi Ashley! I really appreciate you telling this story and so rare that we hear about the black LGBTQ and Trans 🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️brilliant excellences of yester years. There are a lot of pioneers some stories aren't really told as much as I really am appreciative of this. Thank you so much. Keep up the great work.🫶🫶🫶🫶
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My grandmother used to tell me about the beautiful Balls and gatherings the " Drag Queens gave doing Mardi Gras in New Orleans. This was in the 1930's. I got to see a show. It was amazing.
@@denisehenry3427 oh wow thank you for sharing. I didn't know about the balls in the 1930's. The first time hearing about balls in the 1980s from Paris is burning. 🫶🫶🫶
@@denisehenry3427 Drag shows & ballroom aren't the same...
I love your videos. I had never heard of Gladys Bentley. I learned a lot. By the Way, I am a teacher and used your video on Bumby Johnson for my class for Black history person of the day. My students loved it and found you very entertaining. Keep up the great work.+-
Thank you Ashley I asked in the comments a while ago for you to cover this story and you did not disappoint
Come through with the videos, Ashley! I never learned more about Gladys Bentley until now. It’s a shame she didn’t get the love and affection she needed from the beginning. I hope she got it towards the end. But Ashley when you were imitating Gladys and you put those gifs of Queen Latifah as Cleo in there I laughed. 😂😂
Great job as always! I can’t wait for you to drop another video and Happy Valentine’s Day. ❤💕
A very confused woman looking for acceptance and money and love
Happy Valentine's Day! I think she was telling the truth, when she said, she was trying to be a boy because of her mother's rejection. Even though, she came to that realization, it was not easy to just be a female, because it's ingrained in her, that her mother wants a boy. I think that is why she still had a struggle. Psychological hurt is very deep! That's just my opinion.🤷
Ashley your history lesson of the times Gladys lived in was first rate and you told the story with respect grace and your your sassy sense of humor. Thank you
As talented and as entertaining as you are....I learn so much from everything you do!!
You're amazing!!
This story was very insightful. It's amazing what these hormonal injections can do. I do believe it all started with her Mother & rejection. Would have been interesting to hear about her family again & their relationship with her if any. With so many of these people of that time, they die early. Good story...like the ones before my time. Thank you 😊
Demi,
It's called black trauma.
If she got the love she needed and society wasn’t what it still is, Gladys would’ve been able to be herself.
Good story like how you tell them with a humor but still telling it in such a way that the viewers can understand ,comprehend and entertained at the same time.
I think that her mom’s treatment towards her had an impact on who gladys grew up to be.
When u said don’t get in here saying ima bald headed b!! I slide right out the bed. U funny af. Just like u said they beat Bobby hairline back I spit my drink out. U definitely could do comedy ❤😂😂😂
But yea her moms treatment definitely had a negative effect on her. Supa sad Frfr ppl can’t handle it still to this day so I can imagine how hard it was in the 20’s 😢
Love this!!! Still struggling to this day wit the issue Gladys struggled with
That is the first thought that came to mind , worth looking into the study of this, rejection of a child, post pregnancy and birth and denying that child based on their gender .I could imagine that it was a psychological effect on her but this is not in any way the case for people who are born in a healthy child birth and childhood growing up who were embrace. Sexuality is not psychological in my opinion but, I wonder if some people can be forced into preference sexuality based on how their parents reject or embrace them. And thank you Ashley for mentioning the lavender scare this is the term where lavender marriage is came where is well documented that a lot of the 1940s 1930s actors and actresses had fake marriages to the opposite sex called lavender marriages and you don't often hear that term but you reminded me of something I looked up through Wikipedia and it had a name for it which was hence lavender marriages.
23:08 "She felt like a dainty little barely touched girl..." 😂😂 If that was Gladys's actual statement in JET, it makes me think it was partially an act. A "fake it to you make it" type of situation.
Gladys & Missy Elliott favor to me 👀 great video!
It's very obvious Gladys was a lesbian, there could be an argument that she was actually trans, but regardless she was not a heterosexual woman. Gladys sadly did what many homosexual and trans people did during that era, and that was to hide DEEP within that closet. Even as far as the late 60s, many performers and actors in Hollywood who were part of the LGBTQ community kept it a deep secret so their careers would not be derailed. In fact it got so bad in Hollywood that it was actually mandatory for studios to NEVER portray homosexual characters. Sure it could be "implied" but they never were called "Gay". However many directors and screenplay writers decided to work around this rule by using queer undertones that only queer people could understand, this practice was called Queer Coding. The LGBTQ community has a deep rich history that is often ignored because of the social climate we exist in. But stories like Gladys Bentley should always be shared and discussed, because it gives a clear view into the culture that America existed in, and how many queer people who worked in Hollywood had to move in it. We can not learn from our mistakes without understanding the history that led to those mistakes. And that's not even getting into the politics of also being a queer POC either.
Thank you Ashley for telling these stories with so much feeling 🙂😘🙃 you are gifted👑💪🏾💯
Can't wait to learn about Gladys!
I believe a child needs that bonding period at birth, she didn’t receive that, she realized that her mother wanted a boy, I believe she was trying to please her mother the best way she could.
Hi Ashley, in your videos, my favorite is when you say "Now, come on in honey" that gets my interest even more
Girrrrl!!!! Never a dull moment with you, 😍😍😍....just love your story telling....keep them coming, Sis!!!! Love you...
I think she may have truly had a religious experience that changed the way she was living. I don’t know about other denominations but within the Pentecostal movement there were a lot of women preachers back then.
I watch all your vids when they come out. As always, you NEVER disappoint!
Do The Stylistics please!!!! And Delfonics!
Gladys Bentley and Lucille Bogan 2 of my favs , “Juneteenth Jamboree” by Gladys is one of my favs 🙌🏾🙌🏾
I’m not sure really if she was truly changed! However my heart breaks for the rejection she suffered from her mother
IMO I think Gladys changed routines to avoid trouble. McCarthyism and Jim Crow were extremely brutal on hetero Blacks, just think what that kind of oppression can do to lesbian and gay Black actors.
You are so entertaining Ashley. Thx for what you do 😊
First off, I look forward to your videos! I could not imagine how it would mess a person up if they r rejected by their own parents! Honestly, I don't blame her for getting away a nd doing her own thing. I wonder if she ever had contact with her family again
I feel like she was working through her emotions and past trauma. She may have been going back and forth with where she stood on her sexuality as she was learning herself. It's hard to turn a corner when you're so used to driving straight.
Since you did LA Lupe try Hector Lavoe he led a sad but somewhat scandalous life he is a legend in the Latin World
We love you Ash thanks for another upload! ❤️
Ashley Say's So you did a fabulous job as always.This is my first time hearing about Gladys Bentley. I believe Gladys mother is the blame for her wanting to be a boy. Her mother never could love her,because she only wanted sons. This was a very sad traumatic story. Gladys Bentley grow up and became boy. I believe at first she was searching for a mother's love something she wasn't receiving at home. As an young adult realize she was a lesbian. She left home to live her best life. Gladys Bentley became a famous lesbian entertainer of her time. I hope she found some happiness. Gladys Bentley never had love and acceptance as a child.
You better come THRU with the consistency Ashley!! I know that’s TF RIGHT!!🌟🌟
So her mother didn’t want a daughter so she hated her own child from day one rejected the child so sad smh
Your channel is my new favorite thing. I've been hooked for the last 2 weeks
that ebony interview is giving "I'M NOT GAY NO MORE! I AM DELIVERT!"
Thank you for this History lesson because I did not know about her. and it opens my eyes to people's and their up bringing no more passing judgements without knowing the facts. your research was very interesting and worth learning and knowing. 😊
Ashley, first of all I really enjoyed this story about entertainer, Gladys Bentley. I hadn't heard of her before, but I'm always looking for stories about Black entertainers from back in the day. It's sad that her mother rejected her because of her gender. Great investigating, presentation, backstory and photos, too. Have a fantastic day. Take care 💫
☺As a trans person in 2023......I cannot imagine life back then during those times. Thank u for paving the way for us today🤗