Steven Louis Brawley
FOUNDER, ST. LOUIS LGBT HISTORY PROJECT
Long before Steven Louis Brawley founded the St. Louis LGBT History Project, he was a young man sitting at the front bar of Magnolia's. It was the early 1990s, and he found himself entranced by the stories of local drag icon Jimmy Walker, who performed as Bette Davis. While he found her big personality intimidating at first, the Rtwo settled into a friendly routine of sharing stories. ¶ “Friends kept telling me to record these sessions. Sadly, I did not, and Jimmy passed. It was then I knew a sustained effort to preserve and promote St. Louis’ vibrant and diverse LGBTQIA+ history was needed,” says Brawley. ¶ Since founding the
