Lee Brewster

From GenderWiki
Revision as of 18:14, 18 December 2013 by Annie (Talk | contribs)

Jump to: navigation, search

Lee G. Brewster (April 27, 1943 - May 19, 2000) was a well-known gay and transgender advocate, activist, merchant, and event promoter.



Lee was active with the New York chapter of the Mattachine Society, one of the world's



Lee was co-founder of the Queens Liberation Front (QLF), one of the first transgender advocacy organizations. QLF was highly involved in the repealing of New York City's anti-crossdressing laws in the early 1970s.



Lee also founded Queens Publications, publisher of Drag Magazine, beginning in 1973.




Lee died of cancer in May of 2000 at age 57.


http://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/24/nyregion/lee-brewster-57-style-guru-for-world-s-cross-dressers.html

http://www.andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fam/biob5/brewst02.html

Personal tools
Namespaces

Variants
Actions
Navigation
Tools