This article was written after Stormé’s death, but includes quotes from people who knew them later in life Stormé’s New York Time’s obituary is also a good source information We’ll talk about it more in a later episode on Stonewall, but this article from After Ellen (2018) talks about misogyny, racism, and the erasure of The Stonewall Veteran’s Association website page on Storméis not particularly well organised, and does have sections that focus more on internal conflicts within the organisation than on Stormé’s life, but it does provide some information about them, especially about their later years and involvement with the SVA. Stormé DeLarverie: In a Storm of Indifference, She’s Still a Jewel(Huffington Post, 2013) an article written by Robert West, who knew Stormé personally This video from 2009 includes clips from an interview with Stormé, including information about their childhood You can also listen to this recorded interview conducted by Kirk Klocke in 2009, including what may be the last ever recording of Stormé singing. Gay Community’s Rosa Parks Faces Death, Impoverished and Alone (Huffington Post, 2010) There are also several interviews with Stormé in the last years of their life, including:Īn Interview With Lesbian Stonewall Veteran Stormé DeLarverie (After Ellen, 2010)Ī Stonewall Veteran, 89, Misses the Parade(New York Times, 2010) This documentary also includes footage of Stormé singing, and working as a bouncer.Īvery Willard’s Female Impersonation (1971) includes the earliest interview with Stormé I’m aware of, although Willard’s writing does include facts which are contradicted in other sources. Interviews online:Ī key source on Stormé‘s life is Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box, a 1987 film by Michelle Parkerson which includes interviews with Stormé, talking chiefly about their role in the Jewel Box Revue drag show. It will come up in some of these sources, but we’ll be doing a podcast specifically focussing on Stonewall later on this year, and be sharing more info specifically about that then. Lastly, we didn’t cover Stormé’s role in the Stonewall Riots in our podcast. Secondly, a lot of the language surrounding gender and sexuality in these sources is now considered outdated and no longer used. If you’ve heard our podcast on Stormé DeLarverie - drag king, bouncer, and mother of the New York queer scene - and you want to know more, here’s some sources you can check out:Ī couple of quick notes - firstly, we used they/them pronouns when talking about Stormé (you can listen to our podcast to find out why) but you will find she/her and occasionally he/him pronouns used in these sources.
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