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Gladys Bentley

Born August 12th, 1907 – Philadelphia, PA

Died January 18, 1960 – Los Angeles, CA

Blues, Classic Blues, Vaudeville, Boogie Woogie, Blues Piano, Drag, Male Impersonator – New York, Los Angeles San Francisco

Also Performed as Bobbie Minton

Discography:

Queer Music Heritage:

http://www.queermusicheritage.us/bentley78.html

Videos:

Them Their Eyes From You Bet Your Life:

Before Stonewall Gladys Bentley Segment:

Musictonic:

http://musictonic.com/music/Gladys+Bentley#v=7e2vLNaQB3A

Books:

If This Be Sin – Autobiography – some excerpts – was it ever published?:

http://www.astraeafoundation.org/uploads/grants/LesbianWritersFund/1112/excerpts/Traber.html

How Does A Bull Dagger Get Out of A Footnote? Or Gladys Bentley’s Blues – Regina V. Jones – ninepatch: a Creative Journal for Women and Gender Studies, Vol 1, Isuue 1, Article 31 – Jones, R. , 2010-03-17 “How Does Butch Get Out of the Footnote? Or Gladys Bentley’s Blues” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the 34th Annual National Council for Black Studies, Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, New Orleans, LA <Not Available>. 2013-12-11 from http://citation.allacademic.com/meta/p401450_index.html:

http://encompass.eku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1039&context=ninepatch

Gladys Bentley Page from the Encyclopedia of Lesbian Histories and Cultures:

http://books.google.com/books?id=YTyBAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&dq=gladys+bentley&source=bl&ots=C4dTFzzAL7&sig=R3keg8QqUh1QBLthHqfwARF3mRw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2X-8UuiBIJLxoAT794DwAw&ved=0CFsQ6AEwBjg8#v=onepage&q=gladys%20bentley&f=false

Gladys Bentley Page from Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance:

http://books.google.com/books?id=z6Cs0Y1pvRAC&pg=PA113&lpg=PA113&dq=gladys+bentley&source=bl&ots=ej3OXdHBsu&sig=MzLlhiV6r-dEwlSNLwt2zQeAefE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=roO8UuaNEoiDogTkz4LYAg&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAjhG#v=onepage&q=gladys%20bentley&f=false

Gladys Bentley Page in The Gay & Lesbian Theatrical Legacy:

http://books.google.com/books?id=zeaFlyP8-CwC&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=gladys+bentley&source=bl&ots=wDdNgwidYW&sig=4O2L5XO1w-dLkOQEQ5Gmws5ymEo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=roO8UuaNEoiDogTkz4LYAg&ved=0CF0Q6AEwCDhG#v=onepage&q=gladys%20bentley&f=false

Gladys Bentley Page in Bulldaggers, Pansies, Chocolate Babies:

http://books.google.com/books?id=XHIGhKWPy9AC&pg=PA163&lpg=PA163&dq=gladys+bentley&source=bl&ots=TlF9c08idp&sig=x5w5S6shIfeNqc4hNwOmrFH32g0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=yIW8UtqfC8T9oATmwoK4Dw&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAThQ#v=onepage&q=gladys%20bentley&f=false

Thompson, S. L. “Gladys Bentley and A’lelia Walker: Queering Black Women’s History” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Women’s Studies Association, SHERATON HOTEL (DOWNTOWN) ATLANTA, Atlanta, GA <Not Available>.2013-12-09 from http://citation.allacademic.com/meta/p551139_index.html:

http://research.allacademic.com/one/www/www/index.php?cmd=www_search&offset=0&limit=5&multi_search_search_mode=publication&multi_search_publication_fulltext_mod=fulltext&textfield_submit=true&search_module=multi_search&search=Search&search_field=title_idx&fulltext_search=Gladys+Bentley+and+A%E2%80%99lelia+Walker%3A+Queering+Black+Women%E2%80%99s+History

Gladys Bentley Page in The Gay 100:

http://books.google.com/books?id=jACXalmJ3nEC&pg=PA322&lpg=PA322&dq=gladys+bentley&source=bl&ots=wkFji_svu0&sig=ob8noUKs-Mzeqoxn-9ezjQlth8I&hl=en&sa=X&ei=so68UqiqBYL7oATnx4HQBQ&ved=0CFwQ6AEwBziCAQ#v=onepage&q=gladys%20bentley&f=false

Gladys Bentley in Slumimg:

http://books.google.com/books?id=Pcs6T-NVz0wC&pg=PA92&lpg=PA92&dq=gladys+bentley&source=bl&ots=2GduGOsJjH&sig=5yllWqReAdp228tTtfhSdod9jU4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nZC8UsW0KYTloASRsYKgDg&ved=0CE8Q6AEwBDiMAQ#v=onepage&q=gladys%20bentley&f=false

Library Thing:

http://www.librarything.com/tag/Gladys+Bentley

Bios:

Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Bentley

Queer Cultural Center:

http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/Pages/Bentley/BentleyBio.html