in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village which would then become a hub of gay culture and the epicenter of a series of riots in 1969 which resulted in galvanizing the gay community against their oppressors. At the forefront of this movement, drag queen Flawless Sabrina organized multiple pageants across the United States which showcased drag queens much like a traditional beauty pageant. She was arrested many a time and appeared in drag in
public, including while being a guest on talk shows, which was unheard of at the time.
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