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Craig Seligman's "Who Does That Bitch Think She is? Doris Fish and The Rise of Drag"

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The Cyclicality of Acceptance Backlash

The drag queen died in 1991, a dark moment for gay history. Do you think Doris thought there was ever going to be a time when advances for gays would have been permanent? "I know enough about Doris to know that Doris was by his nature an eternal optimist," she says.

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