The Queen of Drag

We’ll start with a semi-famous drag queen who should be far more well-known than he is. William Dorsey Swann was the first drag queen in America, so it’s only fitting that his drag queen name was the Queen of Drag. A former slave, Swann threw fabulous balls at the House of Swann in Washington D.C. He evenspent 10 months in jailfor running what the judge called a “hell of iniquity.” But for the queer, formerly enslaved men who attended Swann’s balls, the House of Swann was the first place they co