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From outlaw to icon: Bambi on trans survival, fame, JK Rowling and the fight that isn’t over

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Bambi, the Parisian icon who danced for Hollywood , became an icon in the 1950s .

The Carrousel de Paris cabaret in the late 1940s emerged as a glamorous, audacious resistance.

Elvis Presley , Ava Gardner , Édith Piaf, Maria Callas and Marlene Dietrich all flocked to the cabaret.

The history of queer liberation shifted in this cabaret, one sequin at a time.

In 1950s Paris , Bambi bought hormones casually over-the-counter, “like salt and pepper at the grocery’s.

Living openly as a woman was illegal.

Homosexuality remained criminalized for decades : in Britain until 1967 , in parts of the U.S. until 2003 .