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Lord Cornbury
New York's earliest alleged transvestite governed colonial New York for the British as early as 1702. Lord Cornbury reportedly wore his wife's clothing in public on a daily basis. Legend has it that he wore gowns to formal dances and his wife's funeral. He was once arrested on a false charge of prostitution while strolling along Broadway before his identity was discovered.
A painted portrait of the supposed drag governess resides at the New York Historical Society. In 1952 the New-York Historical Society purchased at auction a full-figure portrait, identified as Lord Cornbury was a royal governor of New York and New Jersey from 1702 to 1708. T...
New York's earliest alleged transvestite governed colonial New York for the British as early as 1702. Lord Cornbury reportedly wore his wife's clothing in public on a daily basis. Legend has it that he wore gowns to formal dances and his wife's funeral. He was once arrested on a false charge of prostitution while strolling along Broadway before his identity was discovered.
A painted portrait of the supposed drag governess resides at the New York Historical Society. In 1952 the New-York Historical Society purchased at auction a full-figure portrait, identified as Lord Cornbury was a royal governor of New York and New Jersey from 1702 to 1708. T...
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