Jose Sarria

Did you know, the first openly gay candidate to run for a public office in the United States was a Latino man and a drag queen? Jose Sarria was an instrumental activist to the LGBTQ+ community, he was a veteran, a drag queen and an empress.

On today's episode, Cristina tells Carmen about the historic and iconic, Jose Sarria

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Sources

https://sfbaytimes.com/jose-sarria-the-drag-queen-who-changed-san-francisco/

https://latina.com/the-empress-is-a-man-the-drag-royalty-of-jose-julio-sarria/#amp_ct=1686458693576&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16864586406550&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Flatina.com%2Fthe-empress-is-a-man-the-drag-royalty-of-jose-julio-sarria%2F

https://legacyprojectchicago.org/person/jose-sarria

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Sarria

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