The Empress Is a Man

Stories from the Life of José Sarria

Michael R Gorman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

1998
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-56023-917-8 (ISBN)

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You may be familiar with the tremendous life achievements of José Sarria, an integral player in the gay rights movement, but never before have you heard the intimate details of his incredible life as they are portrayed here. In The Empress Is a Man: Stories from the Life of José Sarria (winner of the Lammy Award in the transgender category), Michael Gorman exposes Sarria’s life in a frank manner and with a unique storytelling ability that simultaneously causes amusement and sadness. Sarria’s amazing life story tells of his perserverance to advance the cause of equality for gay citizens.At a time when gays were arrested, institutionalized, and castrated, Sarria did not try to hide his beliefs and convictions. Sarria was ahead of his time, becoming a significant figure in gay history and culture. You’ll find The Empress Is a Man fascinating as you read about the life of this truly courageous, outrageous, and remarkable man. Some of Sarria’s experiences and achievements you’ll read about include:

being the first openly gay male to run for political office
being one of America’s most important female impersonators
entertaining throughout the world, live and on film
postitively affecting the gay community
founding an extremely successful charity fundraising organization
being featured in a PBS documentary
serving in the Army in The Battle of the Bulge in WWIIUntil recently, gay and lesbian stories were published in very limited venues and often at great personal risk, forcing knowledge of this history to be passed down orally. The Empress Is a Man reflects this tradition by telling much of the story in Sarria’s own words. Adding to the enjoyment and originality of this book is a structure similar to the dramatic style of a play or novel. Each section ends with an exciting climax, although the book is chronological in order. The Empress Is a Man is an untraditional book about an untraditional man.

Michael R Gorman

Contents
Preface

Acknowledgements
Part One: We Are Family
The Empire Begins
The Cemetery
The Disturbance
For Unto You Is Born This Day in the City of San Francisco
Kidnapped!
Enquiring Mind
A Voice for All Ages
The Mexican Dancer
The Baron
Hermano a Hermano
Part Two: They Say That in the Army
The Boys from Texas
You’re in the Army Now
André and the Girls
Corsets in the Wind
Part Three: The Black Cat
She Is Like, Out and About: A Regular USO Show. Mmm-Hmm Honey! You Hear What I’m Saying?
Jimmy and the Black Cat
The Arrest
Pierre
God Save Us Nelly Queens
Nervous Queens in the Temple
Singing into the Silence
The American Legion Performance
I Am a Boy
The Feud
Blessings from the Black Cat
The Society for Individual Rights Anniversary
The Ice Queen
The Election
Rising to Heaven, or Thereabouts
Pearls!
Part Four: The Imperial Court
San Francisco
The Victorian Chapter
The Diva
Senator Emperor
Cinderella Did Drag
To Oz?
Get Me to the Church in Drag
The Great Idaho-Utah War
Mr. DeMille?
Bridges
Two Old Farts
His World

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.4.1998
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	560 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-56023-917-4 / 1560239174
ISBN-13	978-1-56023-917-8 / 9781560239178
Zustand	Neuware