Gladys Bentley was a part of the Harlem Renaissance as a performer &ndash; she played piano and sang in ways that drew huge crowds starting in the 1920s, and she was completely out as a lesbian. But her story takes some surprising turns. Research: <ul> <li>Adkins, Judith. &ldquo;These People Are Frightened to Death.&rdquo; Prologue Magazine. National Archives. Summer 2016. Vol. 48, No. 2. https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2016/summer/lavender.html</li> <li>Britannica Editors. "rent party".&nbsp;Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Nov. 2016, https://www.britannica.com/topic/rent-party</li> <li>Chase, Bill. &ldquo;House Rent Parties Were an Institution.&rdquo; New York Age. Oct. 29, 1949. https://www.newspapers.com/image/40993834/?match=1&terms=Gladys%20Bentley</li> <li>Church, Moira Mahoney. &ldquo;If This Be Sin: Gladys Bentley And The Performance Of Identity.&rdquo; University of South Carolia. (Theses and Dissertations.) 2018. https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5705&context=etd</li> <li>&ldquo;Colored Detective Lieutenant Acquitted of Murder Charge.&rdquo; Philadelphia Tribune. Aug. 4, 1927. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1135383911/?match=1&terms=Maceo%20Sheffield</li> <li>The Doll House advertisement. Dec. 12, 1947. https://www.newspapers.com/image/580248504/?match=1&terms=Gladys%20Bentley</li> <li>&ldquo;Gladys Bentley, Entertainer, Dies.&rdquo; Alabama Tribune. Montgomery, Alabama. February 12, 1960. https://www.newspapers.com/image/554602763/?clipping_id=66402293</li> <li>&ldquo;Harlem&rsquo;s Gladys Alberta Bentley, Friend Of Cary Grant, Stanwyck, And Others, Way &lsquo;Out&rsquo; Ahead Of Her Time.&rdquo; Harlem World. June 24, 2023 https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/harlems-gladys-alberta-bentley-friend-of-cary-grant-stanwyck-and-others-way-out-ahead-of-her-time/</li> <li>&ldquo;J.T. Gipson Dead.&rdquo; California Eagle. July 17, 1952. https://www.newspapers.com/image/693556889/?clipping_id=172230200</li> <li>Levette, Harry. &ldquo;Movie Lots Gossip.&rdquo; The Call. Aug, 22, 1952. https://www.newspapers.com/image/957555211/?match=1&terms=%22Never%20Married%20to%20Gladys%20Bentley%22</li> <li>Moses, Alvin. &ldquo;Alvin Moses Says.&rdquo; Chicago Defender. Dec. 30, 1944. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1135809373/?match=1&terms=Gladys%20Bentley</li> <li>&ldquo;New York Police Launch Drive on Harlem Cafes.&rdquo; The Chicago Defender. March 17, 1934. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1136311398/?match=1&terms=Gladys%20bentley</li> <li>Onion, Rebecca. &ldquo;An Affectionate 1932 Illustrated Map of Harlem Nightlife.&rdquo; Slate. April 15, 2016. https://slate.com/human-interest/2016/04/e-simms-campbell-s-1932-illustrated-map-of-harlem-nightlife.html</li> <li>Roy, Rob. &ldquo;&rsquo;8 to the Bar,&rsquo; Style Gladys Bentley Made Famous, a World Favorite Today.&rdquo; The Chicago Defender. May 14, 1955. https://www.newspapers.com/image/1135895140/?match=1&terms=Gladys%20Bentley</li> <li>Russonello, Giovanni. &ldquo;Gladys Bentley.&rdquo; New York Times. Overlooked. 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/obituaries/gladys-bentley-overlooked.html</li> <li>Shah, Haleema. &ldquo;The Great Blues Singer Gladys Bentley Broke All the Rules.&rdquo; Smithsonian. March 14, 2019. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/great-blues-singer-gladys-bentley-broke-rules-180971708/</li> <li>&ldquo;Wales Padlock Law Censors Risque Theater.&rdquo; EBSCO. https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/social-sciences-and-humanities/wales-padlock-law-censors-risque-theater</li> <li>Wilson, James F. &ldquo;Bulldaggers, Pansies, and Chocolate Babies PERFORMANCE, RACE, AND SEXUALITY IN THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE.&rdquo; University of Michigan Press. 2010.</li> <li>Winchell, Walter. &ldquo;On Broadway.&rdquo; Evening Courier. Feb. 6, 1933. https://www.newspapers.com/image/480106281/?match=1&terms=%22Gladys%20Bentley%22</li> <li>Yaeger, Patricia. &ldquo;Editor&rsquo;s Note: Bulldagger Sings the Blues.&rdquo;&nbsp;PMLA, vol. 124, no. 3, 2009, pp. 721&ndash;26.&nbsp;JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25614318</li> </ul>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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