About This Project

Image: Stormé DeLarverie collection at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

The Author:

Jeanne Stanley, Ph.D. is the CEO of Watershed Counseling and Consultation Services, a licensed psychologist, national trainer, consultant, published author and holds the appointment of Full Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education.

Her 30+years of teaching, research, academic writing, and clinical work focuses on a sense of belonging and understanding, the intersecting identities of queer, bi/multi-racial, sexually diverse, and gender diverse individuals. This book is an extension of that work and is written as a historical novel so that readers may better understand Stormé DeLarverie’s life in relation to the times in which she lived as well as our current times.

Dr. Stanley is the recipient of the Educator of the Year Award from the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education where she has been a director of two graduate counseling programs and taught several graduate courses over the years. She is also creator of the BASIS (Belonging and Sociocultural Identities in Schools) training program and is known for being an engaging presenter for businesses, universities, school districts, and conferences.
To contact Jeanne Stanley, click here.

Preserving Stormé's legacy is a community effort.

A special thank you to the colleagues and friends who have made this project possible. A full list of those interviewed and who helped in the project will be included in the book.

A heartfelt thank you to Chris Starfire. Starfire's research and dedication to Stormé's legacy have been instrumental in better understanding Stormé's DeLarverie's life.

Thank you to the individuals and organizations who have have had a part in creating this website and/or generously given permission for the use of their materials on this website: Robert Lambert, Tom Parsons, Adam Rushfield, Phylinda Moore, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.