American drag queen, transgender activist, and retailer
Lee Greer Brewster
Brewster in drag
Born
(1943-04-27)April 27, 1943
Honaker, Virginia
Died
May 19, 2000(2000-05-19) (aged 57)
New York City
Nationality
American
Known for
Drag queen and New York City boutique
Movement
LGBT rights
Lee Greer Brewster (April 27, 1943 – May 19, 2000) was an American drag queen, transgender activist, and retailer. He was a founding member of the pre-Stonewall activist group, Queens Liberation Front. In the 1970s and 1980s, he published Drag magazine. Brewster helped to raise funds for the very first U.S. celebration of Pride, Christopher Street Liberation Day in 1970.[1] He continued to help raise funds and organize Christopher Street Liberation Day for several years. Lee Brewster was active in the homophile and gay liberation movements, working with the Mattachine Society of New York as well as the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries.
^"Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee, Office Files. UConn ASC Digital Collections".
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