Do you love learng about LGBT+ history? We do, and we love sharg news about the pneers who have played a role gay liberatn. The Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a gospel-sgg Black woman who astound dienc the 1940s and 50s wh her guar pyrotechnics and powerful soprano. Tharpe was nsired…
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- GAY HISTORY: QUEER, BLACK & BLUE: SISTER ROSETTA THARPE IS MUVA OF THEM ALL
- THE STORY OF SISTER ROSETTA THARPE … RARE FOOTAGE OF FIRE ISLAND GAY WEDDG
- 31. THE GAYMOTHER OF ROCK N' ROLL, O.G. ELECTRIC LADY: SISTER ROSETTA THARPE
GAY HISTORY: QUEER, BLACK & BLUE: SISTER ROSETTA THARPE IS MUVA OF THEM ALL
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“She fluenced Elvis Prley, she fluenced Johnny Cash, she fluenced Ltle Richard, ” says Tharpe’s bgrapher Gayle Wald. In the 2007 bgraphy Shout, Sister, Shout!, Gayle Wald explored the stori of her sexual promiscuy wh both sex and nclud, “Do I thk Sister Rosetta Tharpe had attractns to and sexual relatns wh women?
THE STORY OF SISTER ROSETTA THARPE … RARE FOOTAGE OF FIRE ISLAND GAY WEDDG
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31. THE GAYMOTHER OF ROCK N' ROLL, O.G. ELECTRIC LADY: SISTER ROSETTA THARPE
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