Pancho Barnes didn’t make much of a society lady. In fact, people of her time may not have even described her as a lady at all. They describe her as “colorful”, “adventurous” and “wild”, but rarely does the l-word arise. Nor, from what we can find, does the word lesbian. But, believe it or not – we’re inclined to believe it – Ms. Barnes qualifies as both, as well as all the aforementioned adjectives.

Before we dive into this air diva's life, we'd first like to give a little background on this story. We must admit, we'd never heard of Pancho Barnes until two weeks ago. We're not sure if that makes us bad fags or if that's just history's iron jaws hard at work, but it's the sad truth. Another truth: we learned about Barnes from a dog. Well, the dog's owner...

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