# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-sarria
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:10:04.081Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-sarria"
name: "José Sarria"
slug: "jose-sarria"
description: "José Julio Sarria, also known as The Grand Mere, Absolute Empress I de San Francisco, and the Widow Norton, was an American political activist from San Francisco, California, who, in 1961, became the first openly gay candidate for public office in the United States. He is also remembered for performing as a drag queen at the Black Cat Bar and as the founder of the Imperial Court System."
tagline: "Performer, LGBT activist, first openly gay political candidate in the United States"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jose_Sarria_2010_by_John_Stephen_Dwyer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1923-12-13"
deathDate: "2013-08-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.92
  momentum:             8.076923076923077
  historical:           7.062748
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0636318/"
    handle:    "nm0636318"
sources:
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Sarria"
    title: "José Sarria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "خوسيه ساريا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7"
    title: "خوسيه ساريا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Sarria"
    title: "José Sarria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Sarria"
    title: "José Sarria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Sarria"
    title: "José Sarria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Sarria"
    title: "José Sarria"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3249062"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3459375"
    title: "Jose Sarria"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump