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LGBTWho: The queen who fought back

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This podcast takes a deep dive into the history of William Dorsey Swann who was the self proclaimed ‘first drag queen’.

With extracts from author Kit Heyam and American drag queens Angelique Young and Rita Room, we look further into how Swann’s legacy lives on today and how drag is being effected by the republicans anti-drag crusade.


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