EDGE Now: 3 Queer Icons Who Changed the Game

In this EDGE Now episode for Queer History Month, we spotlight three trailblazers whose courage reshaped queer history: William Dorsey Swann, born into slavery and the first self-proclaimed queen of drag who organized defiant drag balls in Washington, D.C.; José Sarria, who in 1961 became the first openly gay candidate for public office in North America and later founded the Imperial Court System; and Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black trans elder whose decades of advocacy have advanced trans visibility, safety, and leadership across generations.