Welcome to our journey through the History of Drag, starting with our exploration of the story of William Dorsey Swann! As far as we can find in our research, Swann is the earliest recorded person to refer to themselves as "queen of drag."  This is the story of a formerly enslaved person who became one of the first people in recorded history to stand up for queer rights. This story was only brought to light fairly recently thanks to the hard work of award-winning journalist and writer Channing Gerard Joseph (channingjoseph.com, @cgjoseph), where much of the information we use in this episode comes from. Complete sources will be listed below! We want as many people to know about this information as possible because of how important we feel it is, and we want to thank Channing Joseph, Peppermint & PBS, and all of the incredible people who have worked on this fascinating piece of Queer and Black history. Also on this episode, our first Drag Pop Quiz segment, and our Hometown Queen Spotlight for this week, Ceduxion Carrington! Find her on Facebook and show her all the love! Next week, we explore the history of ballroom! Sources for this episode can be found on our linktree: https://linktr.ee/TheDragChroniclesPodcast