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25 - Julie D'Aubigny - The Cross-Dressing, Sword-Swinging, Bisexual Opera Singer
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Julie D'Aubigny also known as Madame de Maupin was a duelling, gender non-conforming, bisexual badass, who also happened to be an opera singer. Find out why this mischievous scamp received not one, but TWO pardons from the Sun King himself, Louis XIV!
orld Pageant is a historic event that you've probably never heard of. On November 20th 1970, worlds collided with rigging accusations, bombs, thinly-veiled racism and the second wave of feminism, all topped off with a sparkly tiara.
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