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Casa Susanna | American Experience

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Tue Jun. 27 at 9PM on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Casa Susanna was a refuge for transgender women and cross-dressing men in the 1950s-60s.

In the 1950s and ’60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a house in the Catskills region of New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe place to express their true selves.

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