About the Show
It took one punch to start a gay revolution. It took one gender-bending lesbian to throw that punch. This is her story! Stormé DeLarverie is revered for throwing the first punch—or series of punches—at police during the now infamous 1969 raid at NYC’s Stonewall Inn. Much like Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in 1955 played a pivotal role in the Civil Rights Movement, Stormé’s scuffle with the NYPD in 1969 during a raid at the Stonewall Inn was a watershed moment for Gay Rights.
Stormé’s journey begins in New Orleans as a child of mixed race, learning to fight for herself and for her identity. While performing in Chicago with big bands as a singer under the stage name Stormy Dale. She teams up with Danny Brown, proprietor of the Jewel Box Revue (America’s first racially integrated and gay-owned drag show) and performs as emcee and male impersonator Stormé DeLarverie.
