Born: August 12, 1907, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: January 18, 1960, Los Angeles, California, United States
Genre: Blues
Record label: Suncoast Music
Albums: Ground Hog Blues
Buried: Lincoln Memorial Park, Carson, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Gladys Bentley (1907-1960), one of the most flamboyant blues entertainers of the XX century, began performing in New York City as a singer and male impersonator. Bentley was known for being open about her lesbianism, and incorporated it into her stage show. In the years prior to her death, she adamantly tried to recant her lesbianism and married a man several years her junior. Bentley became an active member of the "Temple of Love In Christ" Church and was on her way to becoming an ordained minister at the time of her death from pneumonia at the age of 52. She is buried at Lincoln Memorial Park (Carson, CA 90746).
Queer Places, Vol. 1 edited by Elisa Rolle
ISBN-13: 978-1532901904
ISBN-10: 1532901909
Release Date: July 24, 2016
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