1. Lee Greer Brewster was an American drag queen, transgender activist, and retailer.
17 Facts About Lee Brewster
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Lee Brewster was a founding member of the pre-Stonewall activist group, Queens Liberation Front.
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Lee Brewster continued to help raise funds and organize Christopher Street Liberation Day for several years.
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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.
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Lee Brewster was born in a log cabin in Honaker, Virginia, on April 27,1943.
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Lee Brewster was primarily raised in West Virginia, where his father was a coal miner.
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Lee Brewster moved to New York City in the 1960s after being fired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation for being a homosexual.
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Lee Brewster died of cancer on May 19,2000, in New York City.
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Lee Brewster was survived by a sister and three brothers.
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Lee Brewster worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a file clerk in the early 1960s, until he was fired for being a homosexual.
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Lee Brewster announced its opening on October 31,1969, at a ball he was hosting.
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Lee Brewster described it as the first one devoted to cross-dressers.
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Lee Brewster's boutique made efforts to provide privacy to its customers, including never having a street-level entry.
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Lee Brewster staged numerous balls and often performed as a drag queen.
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Lee Brewster advocated for people who wanted to engage in cross-dressing, notably at times when this was an unpopular position in the LGBT movement in the United States.
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Lee Brewster became active in the Mattachine Society after moving to New York City in the 1960s, and was even nominated for the position of Secretary of the organization.
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Lee Brewster coordinated the organization's drag balls and fundraising events.