Oral History Interview with Thomas Frye (Clubhouse)

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Abstract

The membership side of the ClubHouse. Experience of identifying and finding community as a young black gay woman at the Clubhouse in 1975/76. ClubHouse clothes. DC club bar scene in the mid 70’s; Third World club/bar. Miss Chocolate became a ClubHouse model and dancer. Leroy Carey wanted to hire her---both working at Neiman Marcus in the late 70s in D.C.. The ClubHouse punch. The originality and power of the music by the DJ’s at the ClubHouse.

Date Created

April 2020

Contributor

Glenn C Reimer, along with a team of volunteers

Medium

Oral History, and Transcription

Language

English

Coverage

African American LGBTQ Spaces, LGBTQ Bar/Club, 1980's DC, Late 1970's DC

Spatial Coverage

Washington D.C

Temporal Coverage

1970’s – 1990

Rights Holder

The Rainbow History Project

Citation

Delan Ellington, “Oral History Interview with Thomas Frye (Clubhouse),” Rainbow History Project Digital Collections, accessed December 9, 2024, https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/items/show/1651.

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