Lee Brewster
| Lee Greer Brewster | |
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Brewster in drag
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| Born |
April 27, 1943 Honaker, Virginia |
| Died | May 19, 2000 (aged 57) New York City |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Drag queen and New York City boutique |
| Movement | LGBT rights |
Lee Greer Brewster (April 27, 1943 – May 19, 2000) was an American drag queen, transvestite activist, and retailer. He was a founding member of Queens Liberation Front and in the 1970s and 1980s published Drag magazine.
Brewster was born in a log cabin in Honaker, Virginia on April 27, 1943. He was primarily raised in West Virginia, where his father was a coal miner.
He moved to New York City in the 1960s after being fired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation for being a homosexual.
Brewster died of cancer on May 19, 2000 in New York City. He was survived by a sister and three brothers.
Brewster worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a file clerk in the early 1960s, until he was fired for being a homosexual.
In the 1970s and 1980s, he published Drag magazine.
Brewster owned Lee's Mardi Gras Boutique (now Michael Salem Boutique), a 5,000 square feet (460 m2) clothing store in a loft on West 14th Street in New York City's Greenwich Village. The store catered heavily to drag performers. He announced its opening on October 31, 1969 at a ball he was hosting. He described it as the first one devoted to cross-dressers. Initially the business was mail order based, but after so many people began coming directly to his apartment, he opened a store around the corner from his Hell's Kitchen apartment. It included a bookstore with a comprehensive collection of books on topics related to transvestites. The store moved several times before arriving at its location on West 14th Street.
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