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José Sarria  

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  • José Julio Sarria, born in December 1923, also known as Absolute Empress I, the Widow Norton, and Mother José, is a drag queen entertainer, political activist, founder of the International Imperial Court System, and the first openly gay person in the United States to run for public office. He also worked for the creation of the League for Civil Education in 1960 and the Society for Individual Rights in 1963. [Source: Encyclopedia of Gender and Society; Sarria, José]

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