Cannistraci and another friend of DeLarverie, Michele Zalopany, became her legal guardians several years before her death following a series of mental health and housing-related challenges. Storm DeLarverie was an American woman known as the butch lesbian whose scuffle with police was, according to Storm and many eyewitnesses, the. 0:00 / 6:35 A Stormé Life itlmedia 7. She did this all the way up until she was 80-something-years-old, retiring in the early 2000s. She was androgynous, tall, dark, handsome and legally armed. Tragically, just a short while after the triumphs of Stonewall, DeLarverie lost her partner of nearly 25 years, Diana. Storm was born to an African American mother who was a servant to a white. DeLarverie became a fixture at New York City Pride and attended pride events around the nation. She celebrated her birthday on December 24, but she was not certain of her true date of birth. She patrolled the lesbian bars to keep what she lovingly referred to as her baby girls safe. Storm DeLarverie (1920-2014) Storm DeLarverie, a gay rights activist best known for her part in the Stonewall uprisings, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1920. DeLarverie’s fascinating life and drag persona have been the subject of several documentaries, including Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box.ĭeLarverie reportedly lived with a dancer named Diana for 25 years until the woman passed away in the ’70s. Storm DeLarverie served the lesbian community for decades as a volunteer street patrol worker. “She was not to be messed with by any stretch of the imagination.”įor years, DeLarverie resided at the Chelsea Hotel and earned a living as a security guard at the Cubby Hole as well as for Cannistraci at Henrietta Hudson. the MC of the Jewel Box Revue ended with the death of her partner Diana. Although rumors that she threw the first punch cannot be confirmed. Storme Delarverie (pronounced De-la-vee-yay) was born in 1920 in New Orleans. Piotr Redlinski for The New York Times Ms. She was a pivotal figure in the riots at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village in 1969. “She literally walked the streets of downtown Manhattan like a gay superhero,” Cannistraci said. Singer, male impersonator, and lesbian activist Storme DeLarverie was born in New Orleans in 1920 to an African American mother and white father. This year, Pride Month intersects with a surge of protests against racism and police brutality. Source: Stormé DeLarverie / Stormé DeLarverieĭeLarverie, who owned a gun permit, often roamed the lower Seventh and Eighth Avenues armed and frequently checked in at lesbian bars well into her 80s in search of signs of intolerance or bullying against women.
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