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Diane Wood Middlebrook - Suits Me - The Double Life of Billy Tipton
(Repost from Livejournal)
Billy Tipton was a minor Depression-era jazz musician who, among other things, organized the Billy Tipton Trio for the vaudeville circuit. However, he was born Dorothy Lucille Tipton and apparently decided to don the male costume in order to get a job as a saxophone player. He ended up living the rest of his life as a male.
( Playing jazz requires pants )
(Repost from Livejournal)
Billy Tipton was a minor Depression-era jazz musician who, among other things, organized the Billy Tipton Trio for the vaudeville circuit. However, he was born Dorothy Lucille Tipton and apparently decided to don the male costume in order to get a job as a saxophone player. He ended up living the rest of his life as a male.
( Playing jazz requires pants )
