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The prince of pansies, the squire of sissies, the friar of fussbudgets - all hail Franklin Pangborn, a pioneer who was upping the queer quotient decades before the first pump was thrown at Stonewall.
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FRANKLIN PANGBORN
January 23, 1889 - July 20, 1958
January 23, 1889 - July 20, 1958