Useful Links
Gladys Bentley (1907-1960)- Biography
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/bentley-gladys-1907-1960/ Black History LGBTQ Icons: The Little-Known Story Of Gladys Bentley https://madamenoire.com/1212643/gladys-bentley-lgbtq/ The Great Blues Singer Gladys Bentley Broke All the Rules For the Smithsonian’s Sidedoor podcast, host Haleema Shah tells the story of an unapologetically gay African-American performer in 1920s and 30s https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/great-blues-singer-gladys-bentley-broke-rules-180971708/ Gladys Bentley: Drag King of the Harlem Renaissance A gender-bending, famed blues musician and drag king who was a part of the Harlem Renaissance. She performed with drag queens and openly loved women, until later in life when she was pressured to conform to 1950s social standards. https://www.pbs.org/video/masters-of-drag-gladys-bentley-1heuuh/ |
Primary Sources
“I Am Woman,” Gladys Bentley (Ebony Magazine, August 1952)
In this article, written by Gladys Bentley in 1952 for Ebony Magazine, Bentley renounces her years of inhabiting ‘the no-man’s land which exists between the boundaries of the two sexes.
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In this article, written by Gladys Bentley in 1952 for Ebony Magazine, Bentley renounces her years of inhabiting ‘the no-man’s land which exists between the boundaries of the two sexes.
’http://shirletteammons.com/?p=899