Radclyffe Hall
United States LGBT History for 1927
State equality and discrimination bills
New York
New York state legislature tries to ban gay-themed plays while “Well of Loneliness” by Radclyffe Hall published. Great Britain destroyed all of the printed copies as “obscene”. The adaptation "Children off Loneliness" starts in theaters.
Bunny Breckinridge
President Calvin Coolidge
Washington D.C.
First appearance of "lesbian" in the Congressional Record. Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 69th Congress, Second Session. Vol. 68 pt. 3. February 8, 1927, p. 3267.
Washington D.C.
First appearance of "homosexual" in the Congressional Record. Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 69th Congress, Second Session. Vol. 68 pt. 2. January 19, 1927, p. 1943.
National
Bunny Breckinridge started his career in drag as a burlesque performer. He married a woman once but it only lasted two years. When he died he said that he had lived his life grandly!
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