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  • How an Andalusia civil rights leader inspired a Palm Beach drag icon

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• The Best Drag Activist, Local Entertainer, Drag Performer, Advocate for the Transgender Community, and Local Celebrity in Palm Beach Goes To... (outsfl.com) — A celebrated Palm Beach drag performer traces her activism back to her great-grandfather, an NAACP president and church deacon in Andalusia who marched with Dr. King. Her family’s civil rights legacy in Andalusia shapes her ongoing work for LGBTQ equality and community service today.
   

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