Sir Lady Java, a pioneering ... "The significant thing about Java," Sahar said, "is Java came long before the ballroom was created, ... Sahar said she first heard Java's name about 15 years ago, ...

Sir Lady Java, pioneering transgender performer and activist in L.A. nightclub scene, dies Sir Lady Java, left, with actor Hailie Sahar, who is set to play Java in a biopic. Java died Saturday at 82.

At first, it was lonely being Sir Lady Java. She was a drag singer, an actress, an erotic dancer and a stage-patter comedian in mid-1960s Los Angeles before there was much of an open gay, lesbian ...

Sir Lady Java, who died this month at the age of 82, brought groundbreaking suit against the LAPD in the 1960s.

In the Los Angeles club scene of the 1960s, Sir Lady Java—a dancer, comedian and drag queen—was a two-shows-a-night fixture. “I loved the people that came to see me, it delighted me,” she ...

EXCLUSIVE: They say you can’t take on City Hall, but someone forgot to tell Sir Lady Java. Now Pose star Hailie Sahar and Genius: Aretha director Anthony Hemingway have teamed to bring the ...

EXCLUSIVE: They say you can’t take on City Hall, but someone forgot to tell Sir Lady Java. Now Pose star Hailie Sahar and Genius: Aretha director Anthony Hemingway have teamed to bring the ...

Sir Lady Java, a pioneering ... "The significant thing about Java," Sahar said, "is Java came long before the ballroom was created, ... Sahar said she first heard Java's name about 15 years ago, ...

Sir Lady Java, a pioneering transgender performer and activist, died Saturday at 82 following a stroke, close friends said. Sir Lady Java, pioneering transgender performer and activist in L.A ...

Sir Lady Java, a pioneering transgender performer and activist who boldly challenged discriminatory laws and police harassment as a star of the Los Angeles nightclub scene in the 1960s, died Saturday ...