Dublin Core
Title
Life in Philly.01
Subject
A person of African descent, assigned male at birth, dresses smartly in a masculine way by day and dresses by night as a female sex worker. She reports to the court that she typically dresses this way even when attending events of her own colour.
Description
Two historians, Jonathan Ned Katz and Tavia Nyong’o, present and analyze the story and visual depiction of Peter Sewally/Mary Jones, a Black transgender person in New York City, in 1836. First published on OutHistory in 2017. Adapted with permission from Jonathan Ned Katz's Love Stories: Sex Between Men Before Homosexuality.
Source
Peter Sewally/Mary Jones, June 11, 1836, by Jonathan Ned Katz and Tavia Nyong'o. OutHistory, https://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/sewally-jones/visualizing/questions