From: NewNowNext
Katharine Hepburn would be turning 110 this weekend, if the Oscar-winning icon still alive. Rumors about her sexuality persisted throughout Hepburn’s life and, while we can’t make a definitive statement, even she’d admit she had little use for gender norms.
From her intimate friendships women to her physicality and forthrightness—even her film choices and wardrobe—Kate was a queer icon before the term was even coined. In honor of her birthday, we celebrate one of Hollywood’s gayest It girls.
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The Bryn Mawr Years
Hepburn took up acting at the all-girl’s college in 1927, when she was cast in the male role of Oliver in The Truth About Blayds. To butch up for the part, she cut her hair with fingernail scissors. After receiving a review that called her “an engaging boy, roguish and merry,” she put on a pair of white trousers and a blazer and took gal pal (and rumored lover) Alice Palache out on the town. The duo were caught on their way home, and warned not to not leave campus again.
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