Gay Rights Activist Forced From St. Vincent's Hospital Into Nursing Home
April 20, 2010 9:55pm
By Matthew Nestel
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GREENWICH VILLAGE — After spending the past month in St. Vincent's Hospital, Stormé DeLarverie, a founding member of the gay rights movement, has been forced into a Brooklyn nursing home as the bankrupt hospital prepares to close its doors.
Stormé (pronounced Storm-ee) DeLarverie, 89, became a legend in the LGBT community after famously punching a police officer during the historic standoff against NYPD in their attempted raid on the Stonewall Inn in the West Village. She was also the famed "Drag King" of the traveling Jewel Box Revue performance troupe.