American Experience

Casa Susanna

In the 1950s and ’60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a house in the Catskills region of New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe place to express their true selves.

Casa Susanna

1h 36m

In the 1950s and ’60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a house in the Catskills region of New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe place to express their true selves.

Previews + Extras

  • Trailer | Casa Susanna: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Trailer | Casa Susanna

    S35 E6 - 2m 10s

    In the 1950s and ’60s, an underground network of transgender women and cross-dressing men found refuge at a house in the Catskills region of New York. Known as Casa Susanna, the house provided a safe place to express their true selves.

  • Chapter 1 | Casa Susanna: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Chapter 1 | Casa Susanna

    S35 E6 - 8m 52s

    Casa Susanna was a refuge for transgender women and cross-dressing men in the 1950s-60s.

  • The Tea on Drag: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Tea on Drag

    S35 E6 - 4m 44s

    Through award-winning shows like "RuPaul's Drag Race," drag has re-emerged into American pop culture consciousness. But where does the act come from? How long has it been around? And how is drag different from other kinds of gender nonconforming expression?

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