Gladys Bentley: The Tale of Harlem’s Most Famous Lesbian

The Renaissance-era entertainer fought racism and sexism in her own way

Casira Copes
Momentum
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6 min readFeb 10, 2021

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Illustration: Casira Copes

[NOTE: For the purposes of this article, I will refer to Gladys Bentley using “she/her/hers” pronouns, as her own writing suggests that would have been preferable to her.]

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