Mar 31, 2025
“I am what I am. I don’t have to add or subtract anything… You would know if you met me. I’m not like anyone else.”
Singer Jackie Shane in the 1970s
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“I am what I am. I don’t have to add or subtract anything… You would know if you met me. I’m not like anyone else.”
Singer Jackie Shane in the 1970s
The story of Jackie Shane is the story of one of the greatest unsung soul singers of the 1960s. It is the story of an African-American trans
The story of Jackie Shane is the story of one of the greatest unsung soul singers of the 1960s. It is the story of an African-American transgender woman who had the courage, strength and soulfulness to lead her life in an open and honest manner at a time when doing so was extremely risky business. Jackie's sexuality was never a secret, but Jackie never played the transvestite or drag queen card. She wore makeup, silk shirts and jewelry onstage and off, projecting a sense of refined femininity, and did so in a manner exuding class, self-respect and dignity. Her identity was never an act designed to play with an audience's sense of exotica. Jackie was always, without apology, her authentic self. And she was always able to hold an audience in the palm of her hand, mesmerizing them with her radiant eyes, extraordinary vocal abilities, and graceful, subtle stage presence.
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Born on this day: African American rhythm and blues nightclub chanteuse and transgender pioneer Jackie Shane (15 May 1940 – 21 February 2019). The regal and enigmatic soul diva (who often looked and sounded like a fierce hybrid of Little Richard and Eartha Kitt) originally hailed from Nashville, Tennessee but had to relocate to Canada to find acclaim and acceptance in her adopted city of Toronto, Ontario. Disillusioned with the music industry, by the early 70s Shane retired and vanished so completely off the radar she was widely assumed to be dead. Luckily, Shane lived long enough to be re-discovered and embraced by a new generation of admirers as a LGBTQ icon and for her long out-of-print recorded work to be compiled and reissued on CD. (You can listen to the 2017 album Any Other Way on Spotify – and I highly recommend you do!).
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Jackie Shane
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For Women’s History Month (March)!
CUNTY VINTAGE DIVA TOURNEY - ROUND ONE
Josephine Baker
Jackie Shane
Vote for the artist you think is the cuntiest of all (or of the two.)
Josephine Baker (1906-1975) solo Songs: "De Temps en Temps," "J'ai deux amours" Propaganda: "The OG bad bitch who gave no fucks and trampled over the haters. All of the other avant-garde artists that came around after 1927 can trace their roots back to Josephine Baker. This includes such luminaries as Elton John, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, and more. When you think of Josephine Baker there is so much that just comes to mind. Things like her banana dance, her cutting edge fashion, her pioneering dance moves, her activism, and of course her punching Nazis as part of the French resistance. This woman was and still is an icon."
Jackie Shane (1940-2019) solo Songs: "Any Other Way," "In My Tenement" Propaganda: "Ok first off there's a whole documentary about this diva (Any Other Way: the Jackie Shane story) that tells her story better than I can, but quickly: Diva. Queer icon. Born 1940 in the Jim Crow south, expressed herself femininely from a young age and was supported by her aunt and grandmother, also showed her musical talents from a young age. Came to Canada when she was about 20, had her song 'Any Other Way' hit the Top 10 in Canada. Sadly not as well known as she deserves (was invited to appear on the Ed Sullivan, but the booking was conditional on her presenting as male and she refused). I'm using she/her for Jackie, since she confirmed her identity as a trans woman in an interview in 2017. In her own time, she often dodged the question in interviews."
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Jackie Shane, 1967
