José Sarria (1922 - ) caterer, drag performer, activist.
http://zagria.blogspot.com/2008/10/jos-sarria-1922-caterer-drag-performer.html10/12/2008
José was born in San Francisco, the child of unmarried Columbian and
Nicaraguan immigrants. He was raised by his mother and then by his
godmother for whom his mother worked as a live-in domestic. They
combined their households and moved to Redwood City during the
Depression of the 1930s.
They both indulged his fondness for dressing in their clothes, and
encouraged his singing. He took lessons from a retired opera singer.
In addition to English and his native Spanish, he also learned French
and German.
