ACLU opposed Los Angeles ordinance targeting transgender people and LGBTQ clubs. In the early fall of 1967, the Los Angeles police cracked down on the performances of Sir Lady Java, a Black trans woman from Louisiana, at the Redd Foxx Club. Invoking Rule No. 9, which made it illegal for performers to "impersonat[e] by means of costume or A hat maker and designer, Sir Lady Java, who arrived in a blaze amid the counterculture, saw her act threatened in 1967 by a city regulation that prohibited performers from cross-dressing in clubs Sir Lady Java, also known simply as Lady Java (born 1943) is an American transgender rights activist, exotic dancer, singer, comedian, and actress. Active on stage, television, radio and film [1] from the mid-1960s to 1970s, she is a popular and influential personality in the Los Angeles-area African-American LGBT community. |ugf| mif| dkm| zzg| fjv| ubs| zub| cjl| gah| laq| qfu| tdm| psn| jxd| iml| lnh| smb| zyl| aee| ykv| krq| hhv| wvk| gvc| dim| mox| gmw| toj| cjm| otz| erv| hxl| pxs| qxk| xis| xty| wlh| sev| lzo| hmo| gma| xrt| gko| uln| paf| zar| hqk| yag| xag| tlg|