Oral History Interview with Thomas Frye (Clubhouse)
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Creator
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
Rights
Medium
Oral History, and Transcription
Language
English
Type
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
Collection
Citation
Delan Ellington, “Oral History Interview with Thomas Frye (Clubhouse),” Rainbow History Project Digital Collections, accessed October 24, 2024, https://archives.rainbowhistory.org/items/show/1651.
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