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Life
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” centers a very real & very queer Black woman
The film is based on a fictional play. But the titular character – and her bisexuality – was real.
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LGBTQ History
This out bisexual singer reigned as Empress of the Blues in the 1920’s
She sold more than 2 million records in the first ten months after she was signed by Columbia Records and performed on Broadway – and then the Great Depression hit.