THE RELEVANT QUEER: Claire Waldoff, German Cabaret Singer

“Clear the house of all the men / It’s time for the women to get on in!”

Claire Waldoff illustration by Troy Wise

TRQ: Claire Waldoff, Born October 21, 1884

Cabaret singer Claire Waldoff was born on October 21, 1884 in Gelsenkirchen, Westphalia in the German Empire. Brash and infectiously comical, Waldoff’s vocal style is…