The Cowboy Of The West Village

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Gay, Documentary, Society & Culture, Sexuality, Lgtbq, Lesbian, Relationships, Asian, Politics, Conversations, Storytelling, Health & Fitness, Homosexuality

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The story of Storme DeLarverie, a true American hero.

— Storme DeLarverie’s obituary in The New York Times.

— The Nod is hosted by Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings. It's produced by Kate Parkinson-Morgan and James T. Green. Sarah Abdurrahman is their senior producer. This story was edited by Annie-Rose Strasser, Alex Blumberg and Jorge Just. Additional editing help from Sarah Geis and Jordan Barnes. Fact checking by Nicole Pasulka. Engineering from Cedric Wilson and Matthew Boll.

Music in this episode by Calid B, Bobby Lord, Haley Shaw, The Five Du-Tones and The Morrie Morrison Orchestra. Nancy theme by Alexander Overington.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey folks, this is Kathy and Tobin.
0:04.7	This week we want to share an episode of one of our favorite shows out there.
0:08.6	It's called The Nod and it's hosted by Brittany Loose and Eric Eddings.
0:12.5	Love them, great people.
0:14.2	They feature conversations and deeply reported stories about Black culture, as they like to
0:18.5	say the show is all about Blackness from Blackness's biggest fans.
0:22.6	And we wanted to play their episode about Stormy Delabiye, who is one of the leaders of
0:26.6	the queer rights movement in the US.
0:28.7	You think you'll like it as much as we do?
0:30.8	Brittany has the story.
0:32.8	OK, so mental picture time.
0:38.0	The year is 1957 and you're seated at the Apollo Theater up in Harlem and the show is
0:43.6	about to start.
0:45.0	You know, the orchestra and the pit is tuning up and the lights are starting to dim and
0:49.6	everyone in the audience is hushed and dressed to impress.
0:55.7	So the band starts and the lights come up and suddenly the entire stage is populated with
1:00.3	25 of the most dazzling divas that you have ever seen in your life.
1:05.8	You know, in all different shapes and sizes and colors.
1:08.7	I mean, you know, they have headdresses with feathers and crystals and the cleavage is
1:12.8	hiked up high and their eyebrow arches are like damn, they're touching heaven.
1:17.5	And then the announcer who's kind of like the anchor for the show makes an entrance.
1:22.6	Introducing the world's most unusual show.
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