Marlow Monique Dickson Oral History

OUTWORDS guest interviewer Zackary Drucker interviewed Marlow Monique Dickson in Chicago in 2021. In the 1960s, Marlow moved from Chicago to New York, performing in bars around Greenwich Village. She was hired by Jewel Box Revue, a female impersonator company. She landed a modeling gig with Female Mimics, a trans tabloid spotlighting female impersonators. In 1967, Marlow was featured in the film The Queen, documenting a drag ball beauty pageant. In 1968, Marlow moved to West Berlin and was hired at a cabaret bar called Chez Nous. Marlow left Berlin after 25 years, and now lives back in Chicago with her husband.

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Identifier: pv63g0634
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
Institution: OUTWORDS
Creator(s): Dickson, Marlow Monique
Contributor(s): Lush, Andrew
Drucker, Zackary
Publisher: OUTWORDS
Date Created: Jun. 19, 2021
Dates Covered: 1942 to Jun. 19, 2021
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): Crystal LaBeija
Jewel Box Revue
Josephine Baker
Marlow Monique Dickson
Places: Illinois > Cook County > City of Chicago > Chicago
New York > New York County > Greenwich Village
Berlin > Berlin, Stadt
Topic(s): Black transgender people
Drag performers
Female impersonators
Older transgender people
QTPOC
Trans women
Resource Type: Moving image
Language: English
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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