Queen ---link: The First Drag Queen: Who Was The First Person To Use The Term? | HistoryExtra----"In 19th-century Washington DC, Swann began hosting cross-dressing events that he and his male guests referred to as ‘drags’. Among his friends, Swann became known as ‘the Queen’ because of his role as leader and organiser of these gatherings..."

link:William Dorsey Swann - Wikipedia-----"William Dorsey Swann (c. 1858–1925) was an American LGBT activist in a time where leadership in the movement was uncommon. Born into slavery, he was the first person in the United States to lead a queer resistance group and the first known person to self-identify as a "Queen of drag"...."