Stormé DeLarverie  1920-2014

Known as the butch lesbian who started the Stonewall Uprising, Storme DeLarverie had zero tolerance for discrimination, or as she called it, “ugliness.” She had a beautiful baritone voice and discovered a love for jazz at a young age, eventually becoming the master of ceremonies for the Jewel Box Revue, a racially integrated variety show featuring 25 drag queens and DeLarverie as the lone drag king.  DeLarverie called herself the “guardian of lesbians in The Village” and was a staunch protector of anyone she considered family.  She has often been referred to as the “Rosa Parks of the gay community”.

Hudsonian Godwit populations have declined annually by around 2.5%. This is approximately 44% over three generations, about 23 years.