Leynon, from Mexico, was a well-known performer in US female-impersonation
nightclubs in the 1950s. When Perry Desmond was hired for a first chance as a performer at New Orleans’ My-O-My
Club in 1956, Leynon stepped in to help Desmond with make-up and costume. Desmond records that she was viciously murdered in a transphobic hate crime in Mexico a few years later.
- Perry Desmond & Dr. R. L. Hymers. Perry: A Transformed Transsexual. Impact Christian Books. 2004: 31-2.
Queer Music Heritage.
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