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Lee Brewster Obituary Noah speaks with Lady Bunny, founder of Wigstock, about Lee Brewster -- the owner of the Mardi Gras Boutique in New York, that provided a vast array of clothes -- dresses, boas, gloves, and much more -- to transvestites. Brewster also championed gay rights. He was instrumental in persuading the New York City government to delete homosexuals from the list of people who could be removed from public places. Brewster died from cancer on Friday, at the age of 57.

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Lee Brewster Obituary

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Lee Brewster Obituary

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Noah speaks with Lady Bunny, founder of Wigstock, about Lee Brewster — the owner of the Mardi Gras Boutique in New York, that provided a vast array of clothes — dresses, boas, gloves, and much more — to transvestites. Brewster also championed gay rights. He was instrumental in persuading the New York City government to delete homosexuals from the list of people who could be removed from public places. Brewster died from cancer on Friday, at the age of 57.