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The Changeling
Collection: Brandon Teena Collection Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: von Busack, Richard Date: Feb. 15, 1999 Topics: Gender expression, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ victims of rape, Murders of LGBTQ+ people Subject: A Clockwork Orange, Brandon Teena, Charles Laux, Greta Olafsdottir, John Lotter, Stephen Holden, Susan Muska, The Brandon Teena Story, The New York Times, Thomas Nissen, Wendy Carlos Description: A short review of the movie, "The Brandon Teena Story." Published in the Metropolitan on February 15th, 1999. The article looks at the techniques employed by the filmmakers as well as the story its... -
Living a Truth
Collection: Brandon Teena Collection Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Maroney, Terry A. Date: May 1, 1994 Topics: Passing (Gender), Transgender victims of hate crimes, Transmasculine people Subject: Brandon Teena, New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project Description: Terry A. Maroney responds to how his views were framed in a previous publication. Content warning: This item relates to the death of Brandon Teena, who was murdered and sexually assaulted as the... -
FTM International #65
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Alter, Levi Ethan, Yoo, Alexander Date: Dec. 2007 Topics: Gender dysphoria, LGBTQ+ civil rights, Trans men, Trans women, Transgender identity, Transgender rights Subject: Aakash Kishore, Albert D.J. Cashier, Alex Cleghorn, Alex Coleman, Alex Fox, Alexander Yoo, Aren Drehobl, Blaine Paxton Hall, C. Michael Woodward, Connor Maddocks, Cooper Lee Bombardier, Dane Travis, Dean Spade, Dylan Scholinski, Frank Miller, Genie Moore, Griffin Hansbury, Henry S. Rubin, Imani Henry, J. Levi, John Otto, Justin Cascio, Kalil Cohen, Kimrey Lee, Lazlo Perlman, Levi Alter, Lincoln Rose, Logan Grimes, Lore M. Dickey, Lyons Wakeman, Marc Vittiow, Mario Martino, Mike Dennis, Mike Vittiow, Moacyr Scliar, Moonhawk River Stone, Murray Hall, Nick Gorton, Paisley Currah, Paris Leisure, Ray Carrannante, Ray Reisner, Reid Vanderburgh, Robert Shirtliffe, Samuel Blalock, Sean M. Endress, Simon Aronoff, The Centaur in the Garden, Trans Day of Remembrance, Transition and Beyond: Observations on Gender Identity Description: Issue #65 of FTM International published in December 2007. Includes a letter from the president of FTMI; a letter to readers regarding Trans Day of Remembrance; book reviews; profiles of candidates... -
FTMi Newsletter #51
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Manley, Dion, Altrows, Dale, Michiko, Bailey, Levine, Joel, Shafer, Leah, Tanis, Justin, Rachlin, Katherine, Carter, Eric, Spade, Dean, Boots, Chris, Wilder, Marty, Raj, Rupert Date: Spring 2002 Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Bisexual people, Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ films, Passing (Gender), Trans men, Trans women, Transgender artists Subject: Androgel, Ben Singer, Eric Carter, FTM International, GLAAD Media Awards, Hiromasa Ando, Jamison Green, Kantaras v. Kantaras, Kit Rachlin, Leah Schaefer, Trans Unity 2000 of Los Angeles, Transgender Law Project Description: Issue #51 of FTM International published Spring 2002. This issue features a letter from the FTMI president; a statement from the cover artist; an article about returning to work post-medical transi... -
FTM Newsletter #35
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Feinberg, Leslie, de Maria Arana, Marcus, Craffey, Brynn, Green, Jamison, Hernandez, Michael, Dull, Victor, Forte, Patrick Jerome Date: Autumn 1996 Topics: Terminal care (AIDS) Subject: 2ND Annual FTM, 2ND National Gender Lobbying Day, AIDS Project, Birdie Jo Hoaks, Brenda Ludgate, Canadian Organization for the Rights of Prostitutes, Chanelle Pickett, David Harrison, Deanna Wilkinson, Deborah Forte, Fifth International Transgender Law Conference, GenderPAC, Gerald Ramsey, Harry Benjamin Standards of Care, Kim Elizabeth Stuart, Leslie Feinberg Health Fund, Rodney Dale Neadeau, San Francisco HIV Prevention Planning Council, Sanda Davis, Sean O'Neill, Shawn Keegan, Tyra Hunter Description: Issue 35 of FTM International published in Autumn, 1996. This special conference edition includes second annual FTM conference survey and sign ups for FTM membership. Articles include discussions o... -
FTM Newsletter #24
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jul. 1993 Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Bottom surgery, Crossdressing, Feminism, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Gender expression, Gender roles, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Intersex people, Lesbian culture, MtFs, Psychiatry, Suicide, Testosterone, Therapies, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Treatment, Veterans Subject: Animal Magnetism, Anne Fausto-Sterling, Anne Ogborn, Annual Convention of the American Psychiatric Association, Ari Kane, Bart Nagel, Brown University, Dan Riley, David W. Miller, Davis Fleming, Don Vaughan, Dossie Easton, Dr. Metzger, Female Misbehavior, George Brown, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), James Cromwell, Jamison Green, Jane Thomas, Joaquina Costa, Joseph Vega, Kasdon Obgyn, Kiki Whitlock, Kim Stuart, Laura Caldwell, Les Nichols, Leslie Feinberg, Leslie Marion Young, Lin Fraser, Los Angeles Gender Center, Louis Muljanto, Marie Keller, Marie-France Alderman, Marty L. Brown, Maximillian Wolf, Melissa Foster, Michael Maine, Monika Treut, Oakland Tribune, Orlando, Philadelphia Hilton Towers, Ricardo Samitier, Richard Green, Roxanne de Lyon, Sally Potter, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco Chronicle, Sheila Kirk, Shoshanna Gillick, Steve Dain, Stone Butch Blues, Taylor Montgomery, Teresinha Gomes, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Criminal, The Sciences, The Uninvited Dilemma: A Question of Gender, Theseus Counseling Service, This Bridge Called My Back, Tito Anibal de Paixao Gomes, Transgender Liberation: A Movement whose Time has Come, University of Oregon Health Sciences Gender Program, Vincent Tafarella, Visions Magazine, William A. Henkin, Yvonne Cook Description: Issue #24 of FTM International published in July 1993. Includes an article on Maximilian Wolf, a piece on the American Psychiatric Association convention in San Francisco, and an interview with Les... -
FTM Newsletter #23
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: May 1993 Topics: Butches, Crossdressing, Femmes, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Gender expression, Gender roles, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Hormones, Jewish transgender people, Lesbian culture, LGBTQ+ activism, Politics, Practical, Social status, Socioeconomic status, Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Aaron Davis, Ariadne Kane, Bet Power, Billy Tipton, Carol Robinson, Christine Tayleur, Davis Fleming, Diane Middlebrook, Dossie Easton, East Coast FtM Group, East is Red, Feed Them to the Cannibals, Female Misbehavior, From Female to Male: The Life of Jack Bee Garland, Harry Benjamin Guidelines, Hawaii Transgender Outreach, Information for the Female to Male Crossdresser and Transsexual, Jack Garland, Jami G, Jamison Green, Kevin Horwitz, Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Leslie Feinberg, Los Angeles Gender Center, Lou Sullivan, Louis Graydon Sullivan, March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, Marie Keller, Mary Anne, Maureen Morrissey, Mis(leading) Ladies/Self-Made Men, Northampton Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride March, Of Souls & Roles, of Genes & Gender: A Treasury of Transsexual, Transgenderist & Transvestic Verse, Pat Robinson, Raj Gauthier, Recast Educational & Informational Network, Rhonnie Reed, Ron Reed, S/M Leather/Fetish Conference, Stone Butch Blues, The Plain Truth, Thurin Schminke, To My Woman Friends, Tony Anderson, Transgender Action National Meeting, Transgender HIV Service Coalition, VERA, William A. Henkin, Worker's World Party Headquarters Description: Issue #23 of FTM International published in May 1993. Includes an interview with Leslie Feinberg, a review of Feinberg's book "Stone Butch Blues", and a list of "trans-friendly films". -
FTM Newsletter #22
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jan. 1993 Topics: Butches, Crossdressers, Deadnaming, Drag queens, Femmes, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Gender expression, Lesbians, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, MtFs, Philosophy, Marxist, Testosterone, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: A Femme/Butch Reader, Joan Nestle, Anne Bolin, Ari Kane, Bay Times, Brat Attack No.3, Dallas Denny, David Schreier, David W. Miller, Dossie Easton, East Coast FtM Group, Edenews, Gera, H. Merle Knight, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Holly Devor (now Aaron Devor), In Search of Eve: Transsexual Rites of Passage, Ingersoll Gender Center, Jameson Green, Jane Ellen Fairfax, Jason Cromwell, Jeff Shevlowitz, Leslie Feinberg, Lin Fraser, Lou Sullivan, Marjorie Garber, Matthew Windsel, Max, Michael E. Main, Monika Treut, Rene-Kadar Omiani, Short Sizes Inc, Sky Renfro, Stone Butch Blues, Stonewall, Susan Stryker, The Australian Transsexual Support Association, The Eden Society, The Spirit and the Flesh, The Transgender Caucus of the 1993 March On Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, Theresa Frieden, Transgender Caucus, Transgender Liberation: A Movement whose Time has Come, Trish Thomas, Vested Interests, William A. Henkin Description: Issue #22 of FTM International published in January 1993. Includes discussions of past FTM gatherings, review of the show "Geraldo", a look at "Transgender Through a Socialist Lens". -
FTM Newsletter #21
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Oct. 1992 Topics: Bottom surgery, Crossdressers, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, MtFs, Packing (Phallus), Third gender, Third gender people, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: A Day in the Life of a Gay Boy, A Different Light Bookstore, A New View of A Woman's Body, Anne Moir, Aristotle, Beijing Number Three Hospital, Blush Entertainment, Brain Sex: the Real Difference Between Men and Women, Brendan Seaan O'Cullane, Chris Roberts, Christian David, Cleis Press, Creative Growth Enterprises, David W. Miller, Discovery Channel, Dossie Easton, Fatale Video, Good Sex, Harvard University Press, IBM PC, IFGE Conference, James Green, Jason Cromwell, Jeff Shevlowitz, Jerry Montgomery, Julia Hutton, Katherine Gordon, League of Women Voters, Leatherworks Convention, Lin Fraser, Los Angeles Times, Lou Sullivan, Lynn Montgomery, Making Sex: Body and Gender from the Greeks to Freud, Max Valerio, Medicaid, MediCal, MLA Guide, Montgomery Institute, Montgomery Medical & Psychological Institute, Pat Yancey-Jones, People Are Talking, Randy Ingersoll, Ray Watshke, Rhonnie James Reed, San Francisco City Council, San Francisco Examiner, Susan Heeger, Tama Janowitz, Tapestry Journal, The Male Cross-Dresser Support Group, The Spirit and The Flesh - Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture, Third Gender Alliance, Thomas Laqueur, Tom Duane, Transsexuals' Rap for Enlightenment and Education (TREE), University of California Berkeley, Vivian Purves, Walter L. Williams, William A. Henkin, Writer's Guide, Xia Zhao Ji Description: Issue #21 of FTM International published in October 1992. Includes updates about the FTM community, the "FTM Male Box" section, a networking column, an advertisement for a packer, and a review of M... -
FTM Newsletter #19
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Apr. 1992 Topics: African American transgender people, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy (Gender), Packing (Phallus), Trans men Subject: Ari Kane, Audre Lorde, Bill Walker, Bobby Gene The Art Machine, David Gilbert, Gay and Lesbian Historical Society, Herbie (Prosthesis), Humanitarian Award from The Minorities Trust, Lou Sullivan, Magic Johnson, Morgan Skye, Neil Wilson, Packers, Paul Walker, Rhonnie J. Reed, She Even Chewed Tabacco, The Shanti Project Description: Issue 19 of FTM International published in Month Year. Discussions on history of female-crossdressers, concerns about testicular implants, a networking column for correspondence requests, experienc... -
FTM Newsletter #14
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Dec. 1990 Topics: Drag, Drag kings, Drag queens, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy (Gender), Lesbians, Testosterone, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: Alfred A. Knopf, Americans with Disabilities Act, Annette Kobak, Bay Area Reporter, Blackwell's Worst Dressed List, Brooke Shields, Carlos Bea, Castro Theater, Cathy Brown, Cecily Mackworth, Center for Special Problems, Chez Mollet Restaurant, Chris Johnson, Colette Kirby, Crystal Club, Department of Defense, Dolly Parton, Dorian Gray, Dr. Demuth, Elizabeth Montgomery, Esther Newton, Farrah Fawcett, Focus International, FTM Get-Together, Gender Dysphoria Program, Inc., George Chauncey, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay & Lesbian Past, Home for Contemporary Theater, How To Change Your Name, Hustler, IFGE Convention, Ingersoll Gender Center, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Isabelle Eberhardt, Isabelle: The Life of Isabelle Eberhardt, J. Sonne, James S., Jason Pirro, John Weitz, Judy Van Maasdam, Julia Roberts, Kate Bornstein, Kris Kristofferson, Lily Tomlin, Linda/Les and Annie, lnformation for the Female to Male Cross Dresser and Transsexual, Lynn Falske, Man in Charge (The Executive's Guide to Grooming, Manners and Travel), Martha Vicinus, Martin B. Duberman, Matt Doutre, Mount San Rafael-Hospital, New Anatomies, Nina de Voogd, Oregon Health Sciences University, Paper, Pat Califia, Pope John Paul II, Richard F. Docter, Roberta Marie Rodgers, Rupert Raj-Gauthier, San Francisco County Jail, She Even Chewed Tabacco, Stanford Medical School, Stanley Biber, Sybil Holiday, T.J. Furber, The Destiny of Isabelle Eberhardt, The Ecco Press, The Gender Trap, The Mythic Mannish Lesbian: Radclyffe Hall and the New Woman, The Passionate Nomad: The Diary of Isabelle Eberhardt, The Portrait of Dorian Gray in the Yellow Press, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, Theatre Rhinoceros, Timberlake Wertenbaker, Transsexuality - Jude, Transvestites and Transsexuals: Toward a Theory of Cross-Gender Behavior, Vagabond, VERA, Veruschka, Wendy Nelson, William A. Henkin, Willie Nelson, Women Make Movies Description: Issue #14 of FTM International published in December 1990. Includes an announcement of the third edition Lou Sullivan's handbook, responses to Rupert Raj's submission in the previous issue (Issue #... -
FTM Newsletter #12
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jun. 1990 Topics: Authors, Ball culture, Bottom surgery, Butches, Crossdressers, Dental dams, Femmes, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Intersex people, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ events, MtFs, Queer community, Queer relationships, Safer sex, Self-perception, Sex accessories, Testosterone, Transgender community, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: Adam's Word, Babe Bean, Butch Femme Soiree, Claremont Counseling Center, Driftwood Lounge, Free University, From Female to Male: The Life of Jack Bee Garland, Gender Clinic, Gender Dysphoria Trust, Gender Worker, Gertrude Stein, Get-Together, Gift Center Pavilion, Harry Benjamin INternational Gender Dysphoria Association Symposium, Hidden: A Gender, Hustler, ISE General Account Fund, Jack Bee Garland, Janus Information Facility, John Armstrong, John Money, Johnny A, Kate Bornstein, Lady Bird Johnson, Lee Nichols, Lin Fraser, Lou Sullivan, Louis Gorren, Mary Louise Medacco, Metamorphosis, National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), Paul Walker, Rites of Passage, Roxanne Cherry, Rupert Raj-Gauthier, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Standards of Care, Sterling Winterhalter, Steve Antonetti, The Adam Society, The Imperial Star Empire Turnabout Ball, Thomas Kelenske, Weekly World News Description: Issue #12 of FTM International published in June 1990. Includes an article discussing AIDS/HIV, an opinion piece on the magazine "Hustlers", and a book review of "From Female to Male: The Life of J... -
FTM Newsletter #10
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Dec. 1989 Topics: FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Trans men Subject: Alice B. Theatre, Annie Sprinkle, Bodyshock, Charlotte Clarke, Claremont Counseling Center, David Gilbert, Eli Coleman, Elijah Allan Wallach, FTM Get-Together, Harry Benjamin INternational Gender Dysphoria Association Symposium, Hidden a Gender, J. Kenney, Jean Van Aarle, Kate Bornstein, Kegan Paul, Les Nichols, Leslie Martin Lothstein, Lin Fraser, Liz Hodgkinson, Loras Cigrand, Lotte C. van de Pol, Lou Sullivan, M. Edgerton, Martin Rawlings-Fein, Michael Dillon, Michael Nee Laura, Rudolf M. Dekker, Scott A. McPherson, Social Group For TS Parents, Stanley Biber, Stephen Whittle, Steve Dain, Steven Kessler, Susan Finque, T/S Crossing, The Well Known Troublemaker, Walter Bockting, Yoshiho Kumagi Description: Issue #10 of FTM International published in December 1989. Discusses symposium on surgery, letters from FTM's about surgery, announcements of social groups/upcoming events, a tribute to Michael Dil... -
FTM Newsletter #9
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Sep. 1989 Topics: Binding (Chest), Crossdressers, FtMs, Passing (Gender), Testosterone, Trans men, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Adam's Word, Americans with Disabilities Act, Berne (Betty) Lewis, Billy Tipton, Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet, Chez Mollet Resturant, Claremont Counseling Center, Dan Riley, Eli Coleman, Emmon, Fair Housing Act, FTM Get-Together, Gay Comix, Gay Freedom Day Parade, Gender Dysphoria Trust, Gender Minority Program, Harry Beard, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Human Resources Committee, International Symposium on Gender Dysphoria, J. Jordan, Jean van Aarle, Jesse Helms, Joe Clark, Joni Israel, K. Hollinger, Lin Fraser, Majorie deMuynck, Michael Jackson, Partners in Process, Paul A. Walker, Roxanne Cherry, Rupert Raj, Sheila Kirk, Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, Stonewall Inn, Stonewall Rebellion, Sybil Holiday, The Adam Society, Walter Bockting, William A. Henkin, William Armstrong Description: Issue #9 of FTM International published in September 1989. Includes several open letters, a recap of the tenth FTM Get-Together, and a trans comic. -
Antoinette Pezet Oral History Interview
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Pezet, Antoinette, Durgin, Emily Date: Nov. 16, 2017 Topics: Bisexual people, Bisexuality, Civil unions, Families of military personnel, Fatherhood, Gay religious groups, LGBTQ+ Christians, LGBTQ+ veterans, Motherhood, Trans women Subject: Antoinette Pezet, Circle of Hope, Jean Vermette, SAGE, SAGE Maine, The Crying Game, Transsupport Maine, YWCA Description: Antoinette Pezet was born in New York April 23, 1937 as William Anthony Pezet. She recognized she was bisexual in her early teens. Her family was accepting of her sexuality very early on. Before en... -
Andrew Kimber Citino Oral History Interview
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: University of South Florida Creator: Cyrana Wyker, Wyker, Cyrana, Citino, Andrew Date: Nov. 11, 2013 Topics: Drag bars, Drag kings, Drug addiction, Gender affirming surgery, Lesbians, Trans men Subject: 6pak, 6S Boutique, Chiq Bar, DC Playhouse, Frank Moreno, Jimmy Emerson, Kid Rock, Michael Keeffe, Mo B. Dick, Trans*Action Florida -
Dykes Do Drag
Collection: Clothing Collection Institution: Wearing Gay History Creator: Date: 1993 Topics: Drag, Dykes, Lesbian culture, Lesbians Description: Purple shirt with blue and pink lettering; imaged of a high heel and statue of liberty -
Vicky Vogue
Collection: Clothing Collection Institution: Wearing Gay History Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Clothing, Drag community, Drag families, Drag queens, Gender expression Subject: Vicky Vogue Description: Description: White shirt with black lettering; image of Vicky Vogue -
Lynn Conway Full Interview
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Taylor, Evan, Conway, Lynn Date: Feb. 4, 2020 Topics: Blogs, Engineering, Internet, LGBTQ+ activism, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Surgery, Transgender activism Subject: Harry Benjamin, IBM, Michael Bailey Description: Oral history with Lynn Conway. Discussion of her work with IBM, her relationship to STEM, and her activism. -
STONEWALL STORIES PART I OF II
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Bronski, Michael, Carlo, Vivian, Robinson, Colin, Poggi, Stephanie, Burns, Randy, Shively, Charley, Stowell, Sterling, Nestle, Joan, Lorde, Audre, Ewing, Tess, Rose, Steven, Abelove, Henry Date: Jun. 11, 1989 Topics: AIDS awareness, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, Gay community, HIV/AIDS, Homophiles, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Police harassment, Stonewall riots, Transvestites Subject: Bread and Roses, Daughters of Bilitis, Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Gay Community News, Gay Liberation Front, Gay Women's Liberation, Lesbian History Archives, March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, Marsha P. Johnson, Mattachine Society, Radicalesbians, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, That Certain Summer Description: A collection of stories and remembrances from the Stonewall riots and 1969. Writers comment on memory, inclusion, and what the riots mean as a symbol. Originally published on pages 14 through 17 of... -
KATZ TO US: HISTORY LIVES
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Young, Allen, Schreiber, Ron, Katz, Jonathan Date: Feb. 5, 1977 Topics: Book reviews, Crossdressing, Gay men, Interviews, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ archives, LGBTQ+ books, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ people of color, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: Antioch, City College, Coming Out! (play), Committee of the Gay Activists Alliance, Communism, Emma Goldman, Gay American History, Gay Community News, Gay Socialist Action Project, Harry Hay, High School of Music and Art, Jim Steakley, Jonathan Katz, Karl Marx, Lucy Ann Lobell, Lucy Terry Prince, Mattachine Society, Murray Hill, Resistance of Christiana, The Early Homosexual Rights Movement, WBAI Description: Interview with Jonathan Katz, author of Gay American History, and an inset review of the book. The interview covers Katz's research, thoughts on academia, personal politics, and insights into LGBT ... -
An Intimate Circle of Friends
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Moody, Linda Date: Oct. 13, 1984 Topics: Crossdressing, Lesbian artists, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ archives, LGBTQ+ theater, Sexism Subject: Addie Manning, Anne Whitney, Boston Area Lesbian and Gay History Project, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Cushman, Edwin Booth, Eliza Cook, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Gay Community News, Hamlet, Harriet Hosmer, Janet Kahn, Macbeth, Matilda Hays, Oliver Twist, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare Description: This article details the life and history of Charlotte Cushman and her circle of friends, many of whom were lesbians and engaged in crossdressing. There are several small typos in the article; Cush... -
GCN STONEWALL NATION 69~79: What Happened, Anyhow?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Stein, Cindy Date: Jun. 23, 1979 Topics: Drag queens, Gay liberation, Lesbians, Police harassment, Stonewall riots Subject: Allen Ginsberg, Dave Van Ronk, Dick Leitsch, Donn Teal, Gay Community News, Howard Smith, Lucian Truscott IV, New York City Police Department, New York Daily News, New York Mattachine Society, New York Times, The Gay Militants, Village Voice Description: An account of the Stonewall Riots, originally published on page 9 of volume 6, number 47 of Gay Community News, in the Stonewall 10th Anniversary issue. The author mentions drag queens being presen... -
FROM STONEWALL TO THE PUERTO RICAN PRIDE PARADE: THE EPIC ROLE OF TRANSVESTITES
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Negron, Frances Date: Jun. 1994 Topics: Gay men, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ people of color, Stonewall riots, Transphobia, Transvestites Subject: Communidad Orgullo Gay, Gay Community News, Gay Liberation Front, Latino Gay and Lesbian Coalition, Maida Tilchen, National Gay Task Force (NGTF), Pa'Fuera, Puerto Rican Pride Parade, Puerto Rico, Stonewall 25, Stonewall Rebellion, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: An overview of Puerto Rican involvement in the LGBT+ movement, especially Sylvia Rivera's involvement in the Stonewall Rebellion. Originally published on page 22 of volume 20, issues 1 and 2 of Gay... -
A home of our own
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: The Ad Hoc Committee to Support the Lesbian Herstory Archives Date: Jun. 23, 1991 Topics: Anti-lesbian violence, Archives, Butches, Dykes, Femmes, Lesbian activism, Lesbian African-Americans, Lesbian archives, Lesbian bars, Lesbians, Lesbians of colour, Male impersonators, Persecution of lesbians Subject: Becky Johnson, C. Walsh Theater, First African Meeting House, Gay Community News, Jenifer Firestone, Jewel Box Revue, Joan Nestle, Lesbian Herstory Archives, Michelle Parkerson, Red Shades Affinity Group, Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box, Stormé DeLarverie, West Village Description: An article summarizing an event to benefit the Lesbian Herstory Archives, featuring a short film about Storme Delarverie and appearances from notable lesbian activists. Originally published on page... -
Queens at Heart (1967)
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: UCLA Film and Television Archive Creator: Date: 1967 Topics: Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Femininities, Gay bars, Gender affirming surgery, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Hormones, LGBTQ+ suicide, Medicalization, Sex (Act), Trans women, Transphobia Subject: Jay Martin Description: "This short pseudo-documentary offers a rare look at trans life and drag ball culture in mid-1960s New York." According to Jenni Olson, the LGBTQ historian and archivist who rediscovered the film i... -
Divine
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Divine, Holland, David Date: Nov. 13, 1976 Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Gender identity in the theater, Motion pictures, Off Off-Broadway theater, Theater Subject: Allen Ginsberg, Andy Warhol, Babs Johnson, Divine, Female Trouble, Gay Community News, John Waters, Multiple Maniacs Mondo Trasho, Museum of Modern Art, Pink Flamingos, Roman Candles, Shakespeare, Tom Eyen, Women Behind Bars Description: An interview with Divine, the drag queen and actor. Originally printed on page 9 of Volume 4, number 2 of Gay Community News. Photography by Deborah Irmas. -
Crossing Sexual Borders: Interview with Three Male-to-Female Transeuxals
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Tommi Avicolli Date: May 3, 1975 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Gender dysphoria, Gender expression, MtFs, Parents, Psychology, Trans women, Transgender children, Women's movement Subject: Erickson Educational Foundation, Gay Community News, Information for the Family of the Transsexual, Marilyn Monroe, New Words (Feminist Bookstore), Olivia Records, The Gay Alternative, The Linen Closet Description: Interviews with three transsexual women, ages 19 and 22, all from Pennsylvania. The article is reprinted from the Philadelphia paper The Gay Alternative. The article is printed on pages 8 and 12 of... -
Coming Out as Transsexual
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Christina Ann Debosco Date: Jan. 31, 1988 Topics: Diversity, Drag, Intersectionality, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: Buffalo Transition Support, Gay Community News, March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation Description: A letter to the editor of Gay Community News from Christina Ann Debosco. Debosco requests that more information and writing by and for transgender individuals be published in the newspaper. Origina... -
San Francisco Minstrels!
Collection: Ephemera Institution: Peabody Essex Museum Creator: Date: May 12, 1874 Topics: Female impersonators, Minstrel shows, Theater Subject: A. Smidt, Beaumont Read, Billy Birch, Birch, Wambold, and Backus' San Francisco Minstrels, C. Henry, Charley Backus, D. S. Wambold, E. Kirwan, J. Wills, Johnson & Powers, Joseph Norrie, Mechanics Hall, S. Watts, T. A. E. Richardson, T. P. Jones, The Great Ricardo, W. Blakeney, W. S. Mullaly, W. Schwab Description: Advertisement for event featuring minstrel and female impersonation act The Great Ricardo -
The Celebrated Rentz Santley Novelty Company
Collection: Ephemera Institution: Peabody Essex Museum Creator: Date: circa 1870 Topics: Burlesque (Theater), Female impersonators, Theater, Vaudeville Subject: 4 Aesthetic Four 4, Alice Daily, Alice Smith, Andy and Annie Hughes, Annie Boyd, Billy Buckley, Blanch Moncrief, Bruno Kennicott, Don Jose, Dutch Daly, Edgar Edgerton, Edith Sinclair, Emma Alfredo, Emma Wilson, Esther Vaughan, Fannie Florence, Fred Wilson, Georgia Lester, Harry Morris, Harry Woodson, Kate Gresham, Laura Bennett, Lillie Ashford, Lizzie Paine, Louise Giroux, Lulu Mortimer, M. B. Leavitt, Mechanic's Hall, Millie Ellsworth, Rentz Santley, Teddy Raynor, The Masher's Quadrille, The Rentz Santley Novelty Company, The Spanish Dude, Topsy Robins, Victoria North, W.M. Skuse -
The Evangeline Combination
Collection: Ephemera Institution: Peabody Essex Museum Creator: Date: Feb. 12, 1877 Topics: Dance, Female impersonators, Opera, Theater Subject: A. S. Pennoyer, BABA, Blanche Selickson, C. M. Winter, Clara Fisher, Cora Verne, Edward E. Rice, Edwin S. Tarr, Eliza Weathersby, Estelle Stroelin, Evangeline, Flora Lee, George H. Cassidy, George Ulmer, Golden and Dixey, Harry Braham, Harry Hunter, Harry Josephs, Hattie Richardson, Herman Singleton, J. Cheever Goodwin, J. P. Steele, J. R. Quincy, Lizzie Webster, Louise Winans, Lucy Wood, M. C. Daly, Mechanic Hall, N. C. Goodwin Jr., Niblo's Garden, Seth M. Crane, Stella Richings, The Boston Museum, The Evangeline Combination, The Heiffer Dance, The Lydia Thompson Troupe, W. W. Bullock Description: Advertisement for a production of Evangeline featuring female impersonator Harry Josephs as Catherine. -
Donna Sachet Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Sachet, Donna Date: Jul. 27, 2016 Topics: Child abuse, Coming out, Drag, Drag queens, Gay bars, Gay Christians, Gay community, Gay men, Gay movement, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Lipsynching, Methodist Church, Police harassment, Stonewall riots Subject: ACT UP, Bette Davis, Beverly Sills, Black Cat Bar, Campus Crusade for Christ, Donna Sachet, Donna Summer, Empress of San Francisco, Fire Island, Gay Men's Chorus, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), GLAAD Media Awards, Joan Crawford, José Sarria, Juanita More, Judy Garland, Mark Leno, Miss Gay San Francisco, Perry Ellis, Shanti Project, Tavern Guild, The Celluloid Closet, Trannyshack Description: OUTWORDS interview with Donna Sachet conducted by Mason Funk on July 27, 2016 in San Francisco, CA. Donna is a drag performer, community activist, and author. Donna has raised millions of dollars f... -
Bradley Picklesimer Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Picklesimer, Bradley Date: Mar. 28, 2018 Topics: Anti-gay violence, Berdache, Drag, Drag queens, Gay discos, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Hormones, LGBTQ+ porn films, Police raids, Sexual assault, Siblings, Stonewall riots, Transitioning (Gender), Transvestites Subject: ACT UP, AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), Bernard Jay, Bradley Picklesimer, Café LMNOP, Chi Chi LaRue, Club Agogo, Courtney Act, David Bowie, Divine, Francis Marion Picklesimer, Henry Faulkner, Jayne County, Judy Garland, Lee Angelique, Martha Lynn Stone, Miss Bradley, Sweet Evening Breeze, The Montparnasse, The Thrusters, Wade Littrell Description: OUTWORDS interview with Bradley Picklesimer conducted by Kate Kunath on March 28, 2018 in Meally, KY. AT 20, Bradley opened his first downtown club in Lexington, KY with the help of his brother and... -
Valda Prout Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Prout, Valda Date: Aug. 6, 2016 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Coming out, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Gay bars, Gender affirming surgery, Hair removal, Homophobia, Hormone therapy (Gender), Police harassment, Police raids, Racism, Segregation, Slurs, Theater, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, West Indian Americans Subject: Agassiz Village, Auntie Mame, Dorothy Mallory, Dr. Risch, George L. Prout, Jacque's, La Belse, Mae Bonds, Paul Robeson, Phil Black, Punch Bowl, Summer Stock, Valda Prout Description: OUTWORDS interview with Valda Prout, conducted by Mason Funk on August 6, 2016 in Washington DC. "Today, Valda lives in a small apartment just north of Logan Circle in Washington DC, a short walk f... -
Marcus Arana Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Arana, Marcus Date: Jul. 26, 2016 Topics: Biphobia, Bisexuality, Child abuse, Coming out, Feminism, FtMs, Gender identity disorder, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Intersex genital mutilation, Intersex people, Lesbian separatism, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ night life, LGBTQ+ spiritual people, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Poverty, Public bathroom bills, Queer people, Stonewall riots, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Two-Spirit people Subject: Advocates for Informed Consent, Anita Bryant, Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS), Briggs Initiative, Center for Individual Responsibility, Christine Jorgensen, City College of Fresno, Claire Skiffington, Community United Against Violence (CUAV), Dan White, David Harris, David Rubin, Donald Laub, Dubcoe Park, Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask, George Moscone, Harvey Milk, Human Rights Commission of San Francisco, Humboldt State University, James Green, Joan Baez, John Briggs, Larry Baskin, Lina, Marcus Arana, Octavian Haight, People's Union Co-Op Farm, Pinocchio, Queer Nation, Renee Richards, Rock Hudson, Ronald Reagan, Running Eagle, Steve Dain, Stonewall Parade, Tom Ammiano, Tom Waddell Clinic, Trans March, University of California San Francisco Description: OUTWORDS interview with Marcus Arana conducted by Mason Funk on July 26, 2016 in San Francisco. In 1976, Marcus moved to the “queer paradise” of San Francisco, falling immediately in love with the ... -
Joanne and Julie Nemecek Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Nemecek, Julie, Nemecek, Joanne Date: Jul. 17, 2017 Topics: LGBTQ+ Baptists, Marriage, Transgender people Subject: Bethel College, Christine Jorgensen, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Joanne Nemecek, Julie Nemecek, Michigan Equality, PFLAG, Renee Richards, Roberts Wesleyan College, Soulforce, Spring Arbor University, Susan Stanton Description: OUTWORDS interview with Joanne and Julie Nemecek, conducted by Mason Funk on July 17, 2017 in their home in Spring Arbor, Michigan. Julie is a proud grandmother, Presbyterian church elder, and publ... -
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Date: Jul. 27, 2016 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Catholic Church, Drag, Drag queens, Gay men, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Misogyny, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Normalization, Passing (Gender), Police, Sex work, Sissies, Stonewall riots, Substance abuse, Trans men, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Women's movement Subject: Ashley, Christine Jorgensen, Cookie, Evelyn, Frank Smith, Grandma Cerils, Helen, Judy Garland, Kitty, Madison Society, Major!, Marcus Arana, Marsha P. Johnson, Mattachine Society, Miss Major, Monica, Natalie Wood, National Lawyers Guild, Puppy, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: Interview with Miss Major Griffin-Gracy conducted by Mason Funk August 27, 2016 at the apartment she shared with her son in Oakland. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy was one of a group of transgender women... -
Elizabeth Coffey-Williams Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Coffey-Williams, Elizabeth Date: Aug. 8, 2016 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Cookie Mueller, Divine, Donna Reed, Elizabeth Coffey-Williams, Female Trouble, John Waters, Johns Hopkins Gender Identity Clinic, Mink Stole, Multiple Maniacs, Pat Moran, Pink Flamingos, The Carry On Thrift Shop Description: OUTWORDS interview with Elizabeth Coffey-Williams conducted by Mason Funk on August 8, 2016, in Philadelphia, PA. After moving to Baltimore in 1970 she met rising film director John Waters, and she... -
Oral History Interview with Erika Joyner
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project Creator: Joyner, Erika Date: Sep. 29, 2016 Topics: Bi+ people, Christianity, LGBTQ+ musicians, Public bathroom bills, Trans women, Transgender activism Subject: 1968 Democratic Convention, Appalantic Federation of Co-ops, Detroit Committee to End the War in Vietnam, Ladies and Gents of the Blue Ridge, Loose Gravel, Metropolitan Community Church, People Against Racism, Roanoke Diversity Center, Students for a Democratic Society, The New Left, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Wayne State Univeresity Description: Interviewers: Rebecca Proctor, Kalyn Fowler Interviewee: Erika Joyner Date: 29 September 2016 Duration: 57:17 Transcription prepared by: Kalyn Fowler and Sarah Groft -
Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc. fonds, 1991, 2014-2019
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: The University of Winnipeg Creator: Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc. Date: Unknown Topics: Coins, Canadian, Decriminalization, Gay pride, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ events, Oral history, Two-Spirit people Subject: Albert McLeod, Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity, Canadian Museum of Human Rights, International Two‐Spirit Gathering, Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc., LGBTQ2 Museum, New York Pride, Royal Canadian Mint, Sandy Saulteaux Spiritual Centre, Two Spirit Pow-Wow, Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc., Two‐Spirited Collection Advisory Council, University of Winnipeg Archives Description: Fonds reflects the role and activities of Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc. as an advocacy organization for Two-Spirit people. Fonds includes records generated by the organization itself -- from... -
Tangarra Photo Album
Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Bars (Drinking establishments), Birthday parties, Costume, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ obituaries, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Art Goodrich, Bill Krurnowski, Buddy Herrick, Buffalo Underground, Cherry Cooper, Chris Scarlet, Claudette, David Ward, Emily Breen, Fay Norman Traveling Floor Show, Federal Gardens, Gerace's Cafe, Jamie Lyn, Janice Reese, Jeanie Lynne, Jerri Paris, Jerry Jans Trio, Jim Beamer, Jimmy Smith, Jocko's Supper Club, John Fanning, Juanita Taylor, Ken Walters, Lorraine Anthoine, Ninfa's, Pat Neal, Pat Norman, Paul Hood, R. Hollywood, Rita Butler, Rose Bud, S. Davis, Stage Door, Tangarra, Teddy Ray, Vet's Club, Villa Capri, White House Inn Description: Tangarra was Buffalo's first female impersonator. Tangarra began performing as a teenager in the late 1920's. This album contains photos of Tangarra from the 1930s to the early 2000s. -
Vicky Vogue Photo Album 1
Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Clothing, Drag, Drag queens, Gay pride, Leather community, LGBTQ+ events Subject: Imperial Court of Buffalo, Vicky Vogue Description: The first in a series of photo albums of "Buffalo's Drag Mamma" Vicky Vogue. -
Candy Darling and Andy Warhol at movie premiere (1)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Beaton, Cecil Date: 1969 Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, Trans women Subject: Andy Warhol, Candy Darling, Midnight Cowboy Description: Candy Darling and Andy Warhol at the premiere of "Midnight Cowboy" in 1969 at the Manhattan Theatre. -
Candy Darling and Andy Warhol at movie premiere (2)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Beaton, Cecil Date: 1969 Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, Trans women Subject: Andy Warhol, Candy Darling, Midnight Cowboy Description: Candy Darling and Andy Warhol at the premiere of "Midnight Cowboy" in 1969 at the Manhattan Theatre. -
Demure Butchness #1
Collection: Zines Institution: Queer Zine Archive Project Creator: Timmer Date: 1992 Topics: Crossdressers, Drag queens, Faggots, Female impersonators, Gay community, Gay men, Gender expression, Gender roles, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ night life, LGBTQ+ sex workers, LGBTQ+ zines, Masculinities, Popular culture Subject: 1808 Club, Alphonse, Casablanca Show Lounge, Christian Slater, Club Kids, Dow Corning, Emilio Estevez, Glam Slam, Lady Miss Jill, Madonna, Miss Brett Marie, Miss Gay San Francisco, Miss Gay USA Minnesota, Miss Lisa, Miss Methadone, Morgan Chessler, Mr. Ron, Ms. Epiphany, MTV, Robin West, Rosie Perez, Saloon, Tanya Michaels, Tasha Monet Description: An article titled "Drag Hag Review" can be found on pages 21-24. -
National Variety Artists Exotic Carnival and Ball Police Raid (2)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Oct. 26, 1962 Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressers, Police raids, Transgender people Description: An image capturing an event where 44 cross-dressed people, some of whom were transgender, were arrested for "indecent exposure" and "masquerading" as a result of a police raid at the National Varie... -
National Variety Artists Exotic Carnival and Ball Police Raid (1)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Oct. 26, 1962 Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressers, Police raids, Transgender people Subject: Manhattan Center Description: An image capturing an event where 44 cross-dressed people, some of whom were transgender, were arrested for "indecent exposure" and "masquerading" as a result of a police raid at the National Varie... -
Transvestite and Transsexual Liberation
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Independent Voices Creator: Maxwell, Pat Date: Jan. 1, 1971 Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Crossdressing, Detention of LGBTQ+ people under a hospital order, Drag, Gender expression, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Homophobia, Legal name change, LGBTQ+ civil rights, Queer rights, Sexism, Transgender activism, Transgender rights, Transphobia, Transsexual people, Transvestites, Women's movement Subject: Abbie Hoffman, Arthur Miller, Fems Against Sexism, Marilyn Monroe, Queens, Queens Liberation Front, Radical Queens, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), The Cockettes, The Transvestite-Transsexual Action Organization (TAO), Trans lib, Transvestites and Transsexuals Description: Clipping from page 10 of Detroit Gay Liberator, volume 1, issue 8, published on January 1 1971. -
Can Men Be Women? Some Lesbians Think So!
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Independent Voices Creator: House, Penny, Cowan, Liza Date: Sep. 1, 1977 Topics: Feminists, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Lesbian separatism, Medical care, Medical practitioners' statements, Transphobia, Women's movement Subject: Angela Douglas, John Money, Larry Kubic, New York Times, Olivia Records, Payne Whitney, Renee Richards, Robert J. Stoller, Sandy Stone Description: DYKE presents two conversations in print, one between editor Liza Cowan and trans-specializing psychologist Edna Lerner, and the other a response featuring Janet Meyers and Alix Dobkin. Feature ru... -
Crossing Sexual Borders
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Independent Voices Creator: Avicolli, Tommi Date: Sep. 1, 1974 Topics: Bi+ people, Black transgender people, Bottom surgery, Drag queens, Feminists, Gender expression, Gender roles, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Sexual roles, Stonewall riots, Transsexualism, Transvestism, White transgender people Subject: Cybil Shepherd, Dr. Burou, Erickson Educational Foundation, Gay Activists Alliance/Philadelphia, Information for the Family of the Transsexual, Marilyn Monroe Description: Clipping from pages 4-6 and 26-28 of The Gay Alternative, issue 8, published on September 1 1974. -
Donna Mae Stemmer photographs and ephemera, 1989-2010 : Ms.Coll.42
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center Creator: John J. Wilcox Jr. Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center Date: Feb. 23, 2021 Topics: Clothing, Fashion, Korean War, 1950-1953, Lawyers, LGBTQ+ veterans, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender political activists Subject: AIDS Walk Philly, CBLSL Steve Lehman Community Service Award, City of Brotherly Love Softball League (CBLSL), Donna Mae Stemmer, Lambda Awards, Leslie Phillips, Millennium March on Washington, Phillips v. Plotkin, Philly Aids Thrift, The Jaded Lounge, Venture Inn, Westbury Bar and Restaurant Description: Donna Mae Stemmer was a lawyer, Korean War veteran, fashion icon, and trans activist from Pennsauken, New Jersey. The collection includes thousands of 3 1/2 x 5 in. and 4 x 6 in. color photographs ... -
Transsexualism: is gender absolute?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Independent Voices Creator: Hagberg, Karen A. Date: circa 1979 Topics: Gender roles, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ literature, Radical feminism, Transphobia, Transsexualism Subject: Janice Raymond, The Transsexual Empire: the Making of the She-Male Description: Appears on Page 22 of New Women's Times Volume 5 Issue 16. Writer Karen A. Hagberg critiques Janice G. Raymond's 1979 book THE TRANSSEXUAL EMPIRE: THE MAKING OF THE SHE-MALE. Hagberg weighs Raymond... -
NYC Gay Pride
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: Independent Voices Creator: The Gay Liberator Date: Aug. 1, 1973 Topics: Drag queens, Female impersonators, Gay activism, Gay pride, Gay pride parades, Heterosexual women, Latino/a/x transgender people, Lesbian activism, Lesbian feminism, Lesbian pride, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ events, Stonewall riots, Transgender activism, Transvestites Subject: Arthur Bell, Bette Midler, Craig Rodwell, Jean O'Leary, Lee Brewster, Oscar Wilde Book Shops, Queens Liberation Front, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, The Village Voice, Vito Russo Description: Clipping from page 5 of The Gay Liberator, issue 29, published August 1, 1973. -
Pretzels
Collection: Sheet Music Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Yablokoff, Herman Date: 1927 Topics: Female impersonators, Musical theater Subject: National Theatre Description: Cover of Pretzels sheet music. -
Christine no Wonder Woman
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Community Date: Mar. 20, 1981 Topics: Costume, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ night life, Nightclubs, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Warner Brothers, Wonder Woman Description: Clipping from page 4 of Community, March 20-April 3, published by Tex-Ray Communications. -
Charlotte McLeod Interview Transcript
Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Stryker, Susan Date: Aug. 22, 2002 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Marriage, Parenting, Passing (Gender), Social movements, Soldiers, Transgender identity, Transsexual people Subject: Christian Hamburger, Christine Jorgensen, Donald Laub, Dora Richter, Dorothy Kilgallen, Elmer Bell, Elsie Monroe, Harry Benjamin, Hirschfield Institute, Lili Elbe, Ralph Heidal, Stanford Gender Identity Clinic, Yvonne DeCarlo -
The Phi Journal, Iss. 28 (November, 1987)
Collection: The Phi Journal Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Beeman, Wendi Date: Nov. 1987 Topics: Buddhism, Clothing, Clubs, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Families, Gatherings, Lingerie, Marriage, Meetings Subject: Emerald City News, IFGE Chicago, Tapestry Magazine, The Renaissance Education Association, World War II -
[Scrapbook #3]
Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Cabaret, Crossdressing, Dancers, Drag queens, Exotic dancers, Homosexuality, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Lingerie, Military, Police raids Subject: Arlen d'Vioux, Art West, Barbara Ann, Barbette, Billie Kamp, Billy Halle, Bobbie Lindie, Bret Stewart, Carter Frey, Cha Pih Yung, Charles Vail, Cheri Collins, Chris Scarlet, Chuckie Fontaine, Danny Brown, Delbert Huber-Watkins, Doc Benner, Dot Fuller, Edwin Weber, Elton Paris, Francis David, Francis Renault, Francis Russell, Francis Stillman, George Rogers, Georgie Dunn, Gita Gilmore, Gypsy Rose Lee, Hans Waltz, Harvey Lee, Jackie Jackson, Jackie Maye, Jacques Menier, Jay Brennan, Jeanette Jiousselot, Joel Andre, Johnny Mangum, Jonny Kiss, Joy Diamond, Julian Eltinge, Karyl Norman, Keri Zoltan, Kit Russell, Kitt Russell, Koro, LaVerne Cummings, Lee Mong, Lissi Paris, Loopie Knight, Lucian, Madame Arthur, Mae Westish, Mei Lanfang, Mickey Cortez, Minette, Nicki Gallucci, Niki Gordon, Paris DeLaire, Pat Gilmore, Pat LaVerne, Paul Marin, Phil Black, Primo, Ray James, Ray Leen, Rickie Paige, Ricky Renee, Ronald Quiggins, Rosebuds, Sandy King, Signor Pasquale Errico, Stanley Rogers, Terri Lane, Tommie Lee, Tytanic, Una Hale, Windy Starr, Zuidema -
Transgendered, Iss. 3 (Autumn, 1995)
Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Berube, Debra Date: Autumn 1995 Topics: Appearance, Assigned gender, Clothing, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Depression, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Gender dysphoria, Knowledge, Theory of, Masculinities, Medical interventions, People with disabilities, Self-acceptance, Support groups, Transgender people -
[Scrapbook #2]
Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Black transgender people, Children of transgender people, Clothing, Communism, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag balls, Femininities, Gender, Gender realignment surgery, Hairdressers, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Intersex, Job placement, LGBTQ+ people of color, Marriage, Military, Partners of transgender people, Photographic models, Plastic surgery, Pregnancy, Sexual practices, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transphobia, Typists Subject: Alain Garap, Angie Cerniglia, Bambi, Barbara Buick, Bili Day, Billie Kamp, Bryant Haliday, Burha, Cecil Saint Laurent, Charlotte McLeod, Christine Jorgensen, Coccinelle, Dahl Iverson, Dane Worth, Diana Dors, Douglas Zimmerman, Eddie Plique, Eise LaRoe, Elizabeth Kimberly Belvedere Hughes, Florence Robinson, Fran Novak, Frank Little, Franz Little, George Davies, Georgina Prince, Gina Bell, Hedy Jo Star, Herman Katz, Hiroshi Maruyama, Howard Knox, Jack Werboff, Jacques Dufrenoy, Jean Cocteau, Jeanette Jiousselot, Jeanne Eagles, John G. Eckhardt, John Lewis, John Murphy Goodshot, Josephine Baker, Julian Eltinge, Kathleen Little, Kim Novak, Laura Hughes, Laura Stebbings, Leonard Mastromarro, Leonard Sillman, Lucky Sarcell, Luis Laurite, Marilyn Monroe, Martha Ramiro, Maurice Leznoff, Mei Lanfang, Michel Marie Poulain, Naja Karamuru, Peter Howard, Phil Black, Ray Leen, Rene LaFont, Robbie Ross, Robert Cowell, Robert Francas, Roberto Navarro, T.C. Jones, Tony Midnight, William Westley -
[Scrapbook #1]
Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Cabaret, Crimes, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag balls, Drag queens, Gender realignment surgery, Hairdressers, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Hormone therapy, Intersex, Law, LGBTQ+ people of color, Lingerie, Mardi gras, Military, Rape, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transsexual people Subject: Ava-Graph films, Avis, Baby Martell, Bambi, Beryl Kaye, Billy Richards, Brandy Alexander, Bunny Lake, Caprice, Capucine, Carroll Baker, Catherine Millinaire, Chickee Ramos, Chris Moore, Chris Scarlet, Claudio Gora, Claudis Williams, Clifford Cayer, Coccinelle, Coleen Dewhurst, Dale Roberts, Daniel Emilfork, Danny Dan, Danny La Rue, Diana Dors, Dianna Adams, Donna Mae, Edith Le Bec, Edna Barge, Edward Lloyd Jr., Emilio Tellez, Female Mimics (FM), Florence Robinson, Gabriel Jabour, Gary Lynn, Gene Chandler, George Schroeders, Gigi Duval, Ginger Halliday, Harvey Lee, Holli White, Jack Murphy, Jackie King, Jacques Audiberti, Jacques Dufilho, James Butler, James Lapossie, James Louis Law, Jan Britton, Jay Stevenson, Jean Aron, Jinx Austin, Joe Baker, Joe Chandler, John Hooton, Joie Tone, Keni Harlowe, Kiki Moustic, Kitt Rogers, La Poupee, La Rey, Lena Sibya, Leslie Carroll, Leslie Douglas Ashley, Lonnie Carrol, Marilyn Marks, Mark Vickers, Maurice Fitzgerald, Michael Angelo Cournoyer, Michael Gerula, Michel de Re, Micki La Marr, Mischelle, Paul Gilbert, Paul Raymond, Peaches, Ramonita, Richard Kay, Richard Porter, Ricky Renee, Robbi Ross, Robin Roberts, Robin Rogers, Robin Sanchel, RoseMary Sheehan, Sacha Pitoeff, Shannon Elder, Sonné Teal, Suzy Day, Sylvia, Tammy Kaye, Terry Durham, Terry Fontaine, Tina Marsh, Tobi Marsh, Tommie Osborne, Tommy Dee, Toni Del Rey, Toni Lee, Trini Seville, Val Avery, Vicki Monroe, Vinnie Sommers, Windy Starr, Zambella, Zbigniew Cybulski -
Scrap Heap
Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Cabaret, Childhood, Children of transgender people, Crossdressers, Discrimination, Drag balls, Drag queens, Family members, Fatherhood, Femininities, Gender, Gender realignment surgery, Hard drugs, Hormone therapy, Marriage, Masculinities, Methodism, Military, Motherhood, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Police raids, Prisons, Sex education, Transgender people, Transphobia, Transsexual people, Upbringing Subject: Acers O'Reilly, Bambi Pruvot, Barney Conners, Billie Devoe, Billie Herraro, Bobbe Drake, Bobbie Johnson, Bobby Raye, Carmen Navarro, Carol Anne Masters, Charles Becker, Charles McLeod, Charlotte Heidal, Chickie Rouchez, Christine Jorgensen, Chunga Ochoa, Claude Andrea, Coccinelle, Dale Leslie, Dale Roberts, Dave Warner, Del Le Roy, Don Miles, Dori D'or, Fran Novak, Gaby Delane, Gambi, Gene Chandler, George Burns, Georgina Turtle, Giorgio Montana O'Brien, Guilda, Harry Weber, Harvey Lee, Howard Knox, Jack Benny, Jackie Gordon, Jackie Hayes, Jackie Maye, James Courtland, Jan Britton, Jene Korday, Joe Pheasant, John Marsh, Johnny Mangum, Jon Jay, Kara Montez, Katy Jurado, Keith O'Neil, Keni Blair, Keni Renard, Kenneth Lynn, Laurie Knight, Laverne Baker, Le Belle Bambi, Leon Le Verde, Leslie Parker, Lestra La Monte, Leverne Cummings, Libby Reynolds, Lucrece, Lynne Carter, Mae West, Marcella, Mario Costello, Mei Lanfang, Miss Harvey, Mr. Ricky Renee, New York Civil Liberties Union, Nicki Gallucci, Phil Black, Poppy Lane, Poppy Smith, Ramonita Vargas, Ray Bourbon, Rene Saintrapt, Ricki Raymonde, Roberta Elizabeth Cowell, Sandy Rogers, Shalimar, Tamara Reese, Tanya Del Ray, Teddy Tutt, Tod Allen, Tommy Hendrix, Tony Midnite, Vernon Hoff, Vickie Lynn, Wanda Pierys, Zambella, Zuidema -
Portrait of Ella Wesner
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: circa 1870 to 1908 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators Subject: Ella Wesner -
Hermaphrodism
Collection: Ephemera Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: circa 1928 Topics: Bible, Biology, Gender diversity, Intersex, Intersex people, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Surgery Subject: Adam and Eve, Anna John Budd, Aristophanes -
Adam and Eve
Collection: Ephemera Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Androgyny, Assigned gender, Bible, Christianity, Clothing, Depression, Farmers, Femininities, Human reproduction, Intersex people, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Medical interventions, Middle class, Mythology, Greek, Pleurisy, Role behavior, Sexuality, Suicidal behavior, Surgery, Transgender people Subject: Charles Hoffman, Sam Wagner -
Interview with Lee
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Lee Date: Nov. 6, 2019 Topics: Audiovisual media, Capitalism, Dictatorships, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Human geography, Spanish language, Transgender people, Violence Description: [Bilingual interview in English and Spanish/Entrevista bilingüe en Español y Inglés] /// Lee, a Brooklyn-based musician, journalist, and MFA candidate, reflects on living outside their home country... -
Geleni Fontaine Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Fontaine, Geleni Date: Feb. 5, 2019 Topics: Alternative medicine, Gentrification, Martial arts, Transgender community, Transgender people, Working class Subject: Brooklyn Women's Martial Arts, Center for Anti-violence Education, Imani Henry, Leslie Feinberg, Metropolitan Gender Network, Sylvia Rivera Description: Geleni Fontaine is an acupuncturist, RN and healer based on Brooklyn. In this interview, they share on their growing up in a working class Cuban family in Park Slope, Brooklyn, prior to the neighbo... -
Interview with Dioganhdih
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Dioganhdih Date: Nov. 12, 2019 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black people, Gender diversity, Native americans, Native language and education, Rap (Music), Transgender people, Two-Spirit people Subject: Puff Puff Passion, Pussy Vortex Description: Dioganhdih was born on sovereign Haudenosaunee territory of Onondaga Nation. They are a two-spirit, queer, hip-hop artist, public speaker and producer. In this interview, they speak about their com... -
Andrea Lawlor Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Lawlor, Andrea Date: Aug. 18, 2019 Topics: Gender diversity, Gender identity, Literature, Transgender community, Transgender people, Working class Subject: Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl Description: Andrea Lawlor teaches writing at Mount Holyoke College and is author of the novel Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl (2017). In this interview, Lawlor discusses growing up in a working-class comm... -
Zeno Peterson Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Peterson, Zeno Date: May 28, 2019 Topics: Bathrooms, Black people, Class struggle, Classicists, Gender, Gender identity, Gender role, Heteronormativity, Hormones, Masculinities, Musical theatre, Narcissism, Patriarchy, Pronoun, Racism, Rap (Music), Sexuality, Transgender people, Upper class Subject: descarga, hormone normative, Parmenides, traumatic narcissism, Zeno of Elea Description: Zeno is a wordsmith, performer and educator. He discusses his experience of traumatic narcissism, the difficulty with affirmations, and limitations pronouns have on encompassing an expansive relati... -
Violet Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Violet Date: May 10, 2019 Topics: Capitalism, Childhood, Civil rights, Class struggle, Ethnic groups, Femininities, Furry fandom (Subculture), Gender, Gender realignment surgery, Gentrification, Health care, Hormones, Mental health, Music, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Roleplay, Sexism, Social classes, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Soundcloud Description: Violet shares her experience of being a musician and DJ in New York’s rave scene while navigating the political landscape of gentrification. Having grown up nomadically with immigrant parents, she ... -
Tuesday Smillie Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Smille, Tuesday Date: Oct. 11, 2019 Topics: Activists, Animal rights activists, Artists, Childhood, Coming out, Ethnic groups, Family members, Gay liberation, Gender diversity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Social classes, Transgender community, Transgender people, Visual arts, Zines Subject: Adele Carpenter, Ali Forney Center, Kirsten Rossi, Michelle O'Brien, Sergio Rodriguez, Silence of the Lambs, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Ursula K. Le Guin, Wangechi Mutu Description: (Photo of Tuesday and interviewer Michelle). Tuesday Smillie is a visual artist whose work grapples with power and violence. In this interview, Tuesday recounts her coming out in a radical queer yo... -
Tourmaline Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Tourmaline Date: Sep. 18, 2019 Topics: Ableism, Artists, Black people, Black power, Black studies, Christianity, Discrimination, Film, Gender diversity, Gender role, Gentrification, HIV-positive people, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Housing, Kwanzaa, Prisons, Pronoun, Racism, Religions, Trade unions, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Atlanta is a Sea of Bones, Black Panthers, Critical Resistance 10 (CR 10), Curb Resistance, David Farwell, Diane Davies, Faith Soloway, FIERCE, Happy Birthday, Marsha, Invaders, Jay Toole, Joseph DeFilippis, Legacy of Bones, Marcus Garvey, Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Egyptt, Miss Major, Mudbound, Ola Osaze, Queers for Economic Justice, Sasha Warsal, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, Taking Freedom Home, The Door, The House of Lady Snow, Veterans Affairs (VA), Welfare Warriors, Women's Liberation Front Description: Tourmaline is a writer, activist, and filmmaker, involved in projects like Happy Birthday, Marsha and Atlantic is a Sea of Bones. In this interview, she recounts her childhood in Boston, where she ... -
Tei Okamoto Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Okamoto, Tei Date: Mar. 10, 2019 Topics: Artists, Black people, Coming out, Drag balls, Family members, Femininities, Film, Gender, Gender role, Health care, Heterosexuals, HIV/AIDS, Japanese American families, LGBTQ+ poetry, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Masculinities, Medical interventions, Oral history, Prisons, Pronoun, Racially mixed people, Sex education, Sexuality, STDs, Substance abuse, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Youth Subject: Asians, Blacks, and Latin and United New Tribes (ABLUNT), Azar Namdar, Bette Ledder, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS), Che Vilanueva, Christopher Lee, City University of New York (CUNY), Club Universe, Coco Club, Dejah Dior, Estella Gonzales, Gail Wyatt, Gerbari Allah, Gina Eichenbaum, Greg Kats, House 806, House of Hope, House of Infinity, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Imani Uzuri, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Jeannie Little, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Joan Morgan, Joel Gomez, Justice: Just Us, Kara Paige, Kelsey Lou, Menses, Omar Daniel, Planned Parenthood, Project Street Beat, Queers for Economic Justice, Rockwood Fellow, Samin Bashir, Sarah Schulman, Sienna Shields, Sweetest Hangover, Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center, The Slams, Tom Dwayne, Tranny Fest, Trans Advocay in Rural Places (TARP), Trans Project at University of California, San Francisco, Trish Moran, When the Chicken Heads Come Home to Roost, Whitney Biennial, Women's Health Project, Zander Gracia -
Tashan Lovermore Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Lovemore, Tashan Date: Feb. 28, 2019 Topics: Black people, Change of name, Childhood, Family members, Gender, Gentrification, Hormones, LGBTI community, Microaggressions, Photography, Pronoun, Religions, Self-acceptance, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: Bklyn Boihood, Black Trans TV, BLK RYL Production, Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC), Kingsborough Community College, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), The Door, The Labyrinth Foundation Counseling/Gender Service, Inc., The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center) Description: Tashan Lovemore shares his path to his "limitless" gender, pushing against narrow expectations of masculinity and manhood while finding contentment and confidence in his own gender. He grew up in t... -
Susan Stryker Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Stryker, Susan Date: Oct. 22, 2019 Topics: Activists, AIDS activists, BDSM, Childhood, Crossdressing, Ethnic groups, Historians, Homophobia, Hormones, Leather community, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Masculinities, Military, Mormonism, Peace movement, Social classes, Trade unions, Transgender people, Transgender studies Subject: Blue Jeans Day, Christine Jorgensen, Dear Abby, Gay Activist Alliance, Gay and Lesbian Historical Society, Gay Pieere, I Want What I Want, Janice Raymond, Leslie Feinberg, Patrick Califia-Rice, Perversion: The Erotic Form of Hatred, Renee Richards, Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Transgender Studies Quarterly (TSQ), The Transsexual Empire: the Making of the She-Male, Transgender Liberation: A Movement whose Time has Come, Victor Silverman Description: Susan Stryker is an esteemed author and professor of gender and women’s studies. In this interview, she discusses growing up in Oklahoma, while also spending time in Germany and Hawaii as part of h... -
Sandra Mesics Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Mesics, Sandra Date: Jan. 14, 2019 Topics: Childhood, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Family members, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Insurance, Journalists, Mardi gras, Marriage, Peace movement, Pronoun, Religions, Roman catholicism, Secrecy, Steel industry and trade, Surgery, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: Angela Douglas, Betty Johnson, Bobby Ray, Brandy Alexander, Christine Jorgensen, David Wesser, Divine, Eddie Joe Stark, Elizabeth Coffey, Empathy Press, Eromin (Erotic Minorities) Center, Fantasia Fair, Gay Liberation Front, Harry Benjamin, Image, Jack O'Brien, John Money, John Ronald Brown, Lee Brewster, National Enquirer, National Insider, Neptune Productions, Pink Flamingos, Pudgy Roberts, Rachel Harlow, Radical Queens, Reed Erickson, Richard Finocchio, Stonewall Rebellion, The Daily Collegiate, The Transsexual Phenomenon, Third World Communications, Transsexual Action Organization (TAO), Transsexualism and Sex Reassignment, Transvestia, United Transvestites Transsexual Society (UTTS), Virginia Prince, Zelda Suplee Description: andra Mesics is a registered nurse and midwife and has been the director of St. Luke’s School of Nursing since 2004. In this conversation with AJ Lewis, Sandy describes accessing hormones and surge... -
Sage Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Sage Date: May 9, 2019 Topics: Baptist church, Butches, Children, Christianity, Coming out, Conferences, Discrimination, Feminism, Flags--Confederate States of America, Gender, Homophobia, Internet, Judaism, Libraries, Microaggressions, Paganism, Pronoun, Racism, Religions, Rural areas, Social classes, Social justice, Soft butches, Taoism, Trade unions, Transgender people, Women's colleges, Youth literature Subject: American Library Association, LGBT Workers Association, Proposition 8, Stonewall 50, Tumblr Description: Sage discusses their growing up in a conservative evangelical Christian family in the Appalachia Mountains of Virginia, breaking from their family's religion through encountering children's and you... -
Ryann Holmes Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Holmes, Ryann Date: May 14, 2019 Topics: Activists, Anti-transgender violence, Black people, Childhood, Christianity, Dating, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender role, Hormones, Lesbianism, LGBTQ+ parents, Pronoun, Religions, Secondary education, Tomboys, Transgender parents, Transgender people Subject: Bklyn Boihood, Black Trans TV, Miss Major Description: In this dialogue, Ryann Holmes discusses their life with Sir Knight of BlackTransTV. Ryann co-founded bklyn boihood, an organization for transmasculine people of color. Ryann discusses being a tomb... -
Rona Love Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Love, Rona Date: Jul. 2, 2019 Topics: Arts, Bisexual community, Butches, Child abuse, Drag community, FtMs, Gay community, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Judaism, Kidnappings, Lesbians, LGBTI community, Mental health, MtFs, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Music, Prison guards, Prisons, Self-respect, Sexual abuse, Slang, Soft butches, Street violence, Suicide, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Violence Subject: Black and Pink, Daniel Poliak, Director of Prison Justice Project, Hazel Katz, Mick King K, Parole Preparation Project, Sparkle, Tremont Description: Rona Love discusses her early childhood hardships, three decade long incarceration and experiences in psychiatric hospitals. She details abuse, violence and the extreme isolation of being a trans-f... -
Robbi Ann Mecus Oral Hisory
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Mecus, Robbi Ann Date: Aug. 23, 2019 Topics: Anti-gay violence, Anti-transgender violence, Bathrooms, Crossdressing, Disabilities, Drag, Family members, Femininities, Forest rangers, Gay pride, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gentrification, Health care, Homophobia, Internalized homophobia, Lesbians, LGBTI community, Machismo, Masculinities, Parenthood, Passing (Gender), Police, Pronoun, Racism, Religions, Roman catholicism, Secrecy, Sexism, Siblings, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Transsexual people, Visibility Subject: 2017 Women's March, Bizarre Bushwick, Donald Trump, Kate Bornstein, Renee Richards, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Second Serve, Stonewall, The Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), Trans Day of Action Description: In this interview, Robbi Ann Mecus describes her journey from growing up with her family, experiencing gender dysphoria in a working-class neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, to living as her ... -
Raffi Marhaba Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Marhaba, Raffi Date: Feb. 26, 2019 Topics: Activists, Asylum migration, Bisexuality, Change of name, Childhood, Gender diversity, Immigration, Language, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Mental health, Microaggressions, Pronoun, Psychotherapy, Self-mutilation, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Verbal abuse Description: Raffi Marhaba, a non-binary Brazilian migrant, discussed seeking political asylum due to violence based on their sexual orientation and the immigration process to the US. They shared about their id... -
Paisley Currah Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Currah, Paisley Date: Jun. 27, 2019 Topics: Activists, Birth certificates, Children, Conferences, Divorced people, Feminists, Gender, Gender role, Gender studies, HIV/AIDS, Internalized homophobia, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ parents, Marxism, Political science, Prisons, Religions, Rural areas, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transgender studies, Women's studies, Zines Subject: ACT UP Ithaca, Biddy Martin, Carolyn Riccardi, Carrie Davis, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS), City University of New York (CUNY), Connor Brotus, David Valentine, Empire State Pride Agenda, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Jamison Green, Jennifer Levi, Joann Prinzivalli, Melissa Sklarz, Ned Brinkley, New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA), Pauline Park, Queens Homophile Association, Queer Nation, Roz Blumenthal, Sarah Schulman, Shannon Minter, Sierra Showman, Sophia Pazzos, Spencer Bergstedt, Susan Stryker, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, The Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), The Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act (SONDA), Trans Day of Action, Transgender Law and Policy Institute (TLPI), True Spirit Conference -
Mylo Mendez Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Mendez, Mylo Date: Jun. 11, 2019 Topics: Anarchism, Arts, Childhood, Coming out, Education, Family members, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender role, Gender studies, Gentrification, Health care, Jiu-jitsu, Machismo, Martial arts, Marxism, Masculinities, Politics, Pronoun, Punk, Self-defence, Sexual identity, Thai boxing, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Vegans, Women's studies, Zines Subject: Bancho MMA, Florence Johnston Collective, Otion Front Studios, Parsons School of Design, Physical Culture Collective, Queer Fight School, Silent Barn, Silvia Federici, Students Against Cruelty to Animals (SACA), The New School, Unity and Struggle, University of Texas - Austin (UT Austin), We're Hir, We're Queer Description: In this interview Mylo Mendez shares hir ongoing work with creating queer and trans self-defense. Ze discusses hir evolution as an artist, currently working in zines, as well as hir involvement wit... -
Mx. Enigma Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Enigma, Mx. Date: Mar. 3, 2019 Topics: Arab-Israeli conflict, Change of name, Class struggle, Coming out, Gender diversity, Gender role, Homophobia, Jews, Judaism, Orthodox Judaism, Pronoun, Religions, Spirituality, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Zionism Subject: Ali Forney Center, Art and Acceptance, Footsteps, Manhattan Neighbor and Network, Marsha's House Description: Mx.Enigma aka Je'Jae Cleopatra Daniels (They/Them) discusses their ostracism growing up in a Orthodox Jewish community for their race, class & gender, their later experiences of homelessness, findi... -
Morgan Hunlen Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Hunlen, Morgan Date: Aug. 7, 2019 Topics: Aeronautics, African American universities and colleges, Anime, Bathrooms, Childhood, City planning, Coming out, Conferences, Gay community centers, Gender diversity, Gender studies, Hormones, LGBTI community, Local transit, Mental health, Microaggressions, Police, Public safety, Religions, Sexuality, Stealth (Transgender), Suicide, Transgender people Subject: Ferguson, Kiwi Herring, Nashville Cares, Scout Schultz, Sean Hake, Stonewall, Trans Day of Remembrance, Transit, Vanderbilt Univeristy -
McKenzie Wark Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Wark, McKenzie Date: Jun. 20, 2019 Topics: Abortion, Bisexuality, Childhood, Children, Cruising (LGBTQ+ culture), Femininities, Gay men, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Hormones, Immigration, Journalists, LGBTQ+ parents, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mardi gras, Marxism, Masculinities, MtFs, Peace movement, Pronoun, Punk, Sexuality, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender studies, Transitioning (Gender), Upbringing, Writers Subject: Christen Clifford, Kathy Acker, Macquarie University, The New School of Social Reserach, Ugenia College, University of Technology Sydney Description: McKenzie Wark discusses their career as a cultural critic, journalist, academic, and author. They came of age as a radical and writer in underground counterculture scenes in Australia, moving to Ne... -
Lix Z Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Z, Lix Date: Jul. 17, 2019 Topics: Activists, Anarchists, Archives, Black people, Body adornment, Cruising (LGBTQ+ culture), Drag, Education, Eroticism, Exhibitionism, Fetishism, Gay pride week, Gender diversity, Heterosexuals, Leather community, Police, Punk, SM, Trade unions, Transgender community, Writers, Zines Subject: Blue Stocking, DIY Spaces, FTP Gay, Happy Fun Hideaway, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Maya Songbird, Queer and Trans People of Color (QTPOC), Queer/Trans Zinefest (QTZFest), Silent Barn, Socrates Sculpture Park, Telepathic Children, Time is the Thing a Body Move Through, Trans Play Party -
Kristen Lovell Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Lovell, Kristen Date: Apr. 4, 2019 Topics: Actors, Bisexual youth, Black people, Bullying, Cocaine, Drag, Drag queens, Gay and lesbian youth, Health care, Homeless people, Jews, LGBTI community, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Women, Writers Subject: Amanda Milan, Center Lane, Chi-Chi's, Cole Cafe, Covenant House, Fenced Out, Iris House, James Street Hotel, March of Dimes, Marsha P. Johnson, Michael Bloomberg, New Neutral Zone, New York Police Department (NYPD), Octavia St. Laurent, Operation Spotlight, Rites of Passage, Stonewall mobile, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, Trans Empowerment Group, Two Potatoes Description: Kristen Lovell discusses her time working "the stroll," in the West Village in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She recounts the community, conflict and challenges faced by fellow sex workers, inclu... -
Interview with Kiyan Williams
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Williams, Kiyan Date: Jun. 26, 2019 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Artists, Black people, Black studies, Childhood, Drag balls, Feminism, Gender diversity, Gentrification, Liberty, Transgender youth, Visual arts Subject: Black Feminism, Breakthrough US, Cachous, Cherrie Moraga, Chi Chiz, Columbia University, Gay-Straight Alliance, Gloria Anzaldua, John Morgan, Lambda Literary Award, No Ashes in the Fire, Rashad Newsome, Rutgers Newark, Shade Chronicles, Stonewall -
Kim Watson Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Watson, Kim Date: Jun. 18, 2019 Topics: Activists, Adoptive parents, AIDS activists, AIDS organizations, Childhood, Drag community, Drag queens, Family members, Gender, Health care, HIV-positive people, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Hormones, Intersex, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Mental health, Parenthood, Psychiatry, Social service organisations, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Writers Subject: ACT UP, Addicts' Rehabilitation Center (ARC), AIDS WATCH, Bright Point, Bronx Lebanon, Carmen Vasquez, Community Kinship Life (CK Life), Empire [State] Pride Agenda, Escuelitas, HIV Prevention Planning Group (HPG), Marti Adult Day Program, Odyssey House, Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, Pose, RuPaul's Drag Race, Stonewall, The Modern-Day Woman, The Monster, Two Potatoes Description: Kim Watson is co-founder of CK Life, author of The Modern Day Woman, and trans advocate and leader. In this interview, she discusses growing up in Barbados as an intersexed woman, her years of home... -
Kay Gabriel Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Gabriel, Kay Date: Jun. 4, 2019 Topics: Anarchism, Anarchists, Arab Spring, 2010-, Capitalism, Childhood, Christianity, Class struggle, Classicists, Communism, Crossdressing, Eating disorders, Jews, LGBTQ+ poetry, Modernism, MtFs, Poets, Self-mutilation, Therapists, Transitioning (Gender), Zionism Subject: Euripides, Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ), Occupy Wallstreet Description: Kay Grabriel discusses studying critical theory and literature, her radicalization through Occupy Wall Street and becoming a communist, and her writing as a poet. Kay grew up in a left Jewish famil... -
Kate Doyle Griffths Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Griffiths, Kate Doyle Date: Apr. 9, 2019 Topics: Activists, AIDS organizations, Biphobia, Black people, Black studies, Class struggle, Cruising (LGBTQ+ culture), Divorce, Education, Family members, LGBTQ+ parents, Peace movement, Politics, Pronoun, Queer theory, Racism, Social classes, Socialism, Strikes and lockouts, Trade unions Subject: 9/11 Terror Attacks, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Betsy Esch, Bob Hasegawa, Caddyshack, City University of New York (CUNY), Donna Cartwright, Elizabeth Esch, Greengrocer Organizing Campaign, Haverford College, Henrietta Hudson's, International Socialist Organization (ISO), Jules Gleeson, Julie Kushner, Limelight Disco, Occupy Wallstreet, Solidarity, Student Peace Coalition, Teamster Rank and File Education and Legal Defense Fund, Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU), United Automobile Workers (UAW), United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS), UPS Strike Description: "Kate Doyle Griffiths discusses their politicization as a socialist, bringing an anthropological lens to their political, personal and sexual life. Griffiths reflects on growing up in Housten, Texa... -
Interview with Monet (Kisha) Martin
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Martin, Monet (Kisha) Date: May 18, 2017 Topics: Assigned gender, Cannabis, Cross-cultural relationships, Drag queens, Families, Gender identity, Hormones, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Rape, Sexual relationships, Sports, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Surgery, Transgender people, Violence Description: Monet (Kisha) Martin identifies as a trans woman and was assigned male at birth. She played sports growing up such as basketball, baseball, hockey, and soccer. Martin was kicked out of high school ... -
Interview with Valerie Spencer
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Spencer, Valerie Date: Oct. 5, 2017 Topics: African American transgender people, Assigned gender, Bullying, Butches, Christianity, Clothing, Depression, Drag queens, Employment discrimination, Exorcism, Families, Families, Black, Femininities, Heteronormativity, HIV/AIDS, Identity politics, Intersectionality (Sociology), Labeling, Language, Marriage, Medical interventions, Medicalisation, Privilege (Social psychology), Psychic trauma, Racism, Role behavior, Role models, Schools, Self-care, Health, Social advocacy, Soft butches, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center of Color Description: Valerie Spencer identifies as a black trans woman and was assigned male at birth. She was born and raised in Los Angeles, California in the suburbs. She had an older brother who was murdered when s... -
Interview with Julienne Brown (Mizz June)
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Brown, Julienne (Mizz June) Date: May 6, 2016 Topics: African American transgender people, Allies, Bullying, Christianity, Clothing, Dating, Femininities, Film, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Gentrification, Intersectionality (Sociology), Labelling, LGBTI community, Migration, Representation, Role behavior, Schools, Sexism, Sexual identity, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Audre Lorde Project (ALP), FIERCE, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera Description: Julienne Brown “Mizz June,” grew up in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. She describes her strong relationship with her grandfather and her challenges with her mother’s adherence to her Jehovah’s W... -
Kate Bornstein Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Bornstein, Kate Date: Nov. 4, 2019 Topics: Activists, Actors, Buddhism, Cancer, Chat rooms, Childhood, Counseling, Crossdressers, Crowdsourcing, Cults, Death and dying, Drag queens, Ethnic groups, Femininities, Film, FtMs, Fundraising, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Health, Health care, Lesbians, LGBTI community, Overweight people, Postmodernism, Religions, Scientology, SM, Suicide, Theatre, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender studies, Women's studies, World war II, Wrestling, Writers, Youth Subject: 9/11 Terror Attacks, A Queer and Pleasant Danger, A Thousand and One Ways to Live Without Working, America Online (AOL), B'hai, Barbara Carrellas, Christine Jorgensen, Church of Scientology, Gazebo, Gender Just for the Fun of it: Compassionate Gender Strategies for Divisive Times, Gender Outlaw, Hello Cruel World, I Am Cait, Jamison Green, Laura Vogel, Lee Sullivan, On Our Backs, Power Surge, Tuli Kupferberg, We Croak Description: Kate Bornstein discusses her life as a writer and actor. Moving between growing up in a Jewish family on the New Jersey shore, studying acting in school, joining the Church of Scientology, finding ... -
Interview with Jules Gleeson
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Gleeson, Jules Date: Nov. 4, 2019 Topics: Academics, Activists, Anime, Arab-Israeli conflict, Black people, Capitalism, Childhood, Comic books, strips, etc., Coming out, Communism, Cults, Discrimination, Feminism, Gay clergy, Gay men, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Health care, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Immigration, Internet, Intersex, LGBTI community, Liberation theology, Literature, Night life, Peace movement, Physical affection, Police, Racism, Right-wing extremists, Roman catholicism, Sexual harassment, Social media, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: Amnesty International Club, Anti-Scientology, British National Party, Donald Trump, Fairy Tales, Group of Eight (G8), Hillary Clinton, Historical Materialism Conference, Jesus College Cambridge, Julius, King's College London, New York Police Department (NYPD), Osteoporosis, Palestine, Stonewall, United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), Werewolf The Apocalypse -
Jeaux Henry Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Henry, Jeaux Date: May 22, 2019 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Being in love, Black people, Childhood, Coming out, Crossdressing, Dating, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender role, Health care, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Pronoun, Psychotherapy, Secondary education, Social media, Solidarity, Transgender archives, Transgender community, Transgender people, Visibility, Women Subject: Bklyn Boihood, Black Boi Complex, Black Trans TV, Callen-Lorde Health Center, General Education Development (GED), Job Corps, One Medical Group, Racquel Reid, The Lighthouse, Zocdoc Description: Jeaux narrates their coming into black trans boihood, from their childhood in Atlanta to their life in New York City today. As the creator of Black Boi Complex, a virtual community for masculine-of... -
Jackson Reddy Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Reddy, Jackson Date: May 29, 2019 Topics: AIDS activists, Alcoholism, Anti-transgender violence, Artists, Black people, Buddhism, Childhood, Comedians, Coming out, Education, Family members, Fathers, Gay liberation, Gender diversity, Hormones, Internalized homophobia, Media, Music, Pronoun, Psychotherapy, Sexual abuse, Transgender community, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Writers Subject: Black Trans TV, Malcolm X, Marsha P. Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr., Shayna Matteski, Soka Gakkai International, Sylvia Rivera Description: Jackson Reddy reflects on their family dynamics and how these relationships shaped their growth. They also touch upon the role of trauma and the process of healing, especially in terms of self-care... -
Interview with Imara Jones
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Jones, Imara Date: Apr. 25, 2019 Topics: Activists, Ageism, Black people, Capitalism, Childhood, Future, Gender identity, Gentrification, Journalists, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Marxism, Mass media, Politics, Representation, Transgender community, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Audre Lorde, Black Trans Future, Color Lines, David French, Donald Trump, Free Speech Television, Governor's House, Happy Birthday, Marsha, Marsha Clark, Marsha P. Johnson, Morehouse College, New York Women's Studies Association Conference, Pose, Saidiya Hartman, The Anti-Violence Project (AVP), The Last Sip, The New York Women's Foundation, Tourmaline, Tovia Smith, Trans Slash Description: Imara Jones reflects on the challenges and rewards of producing independent media for diverse millennial audiences, including her talk show The Last Sip and her docuseries Translash. She addresses ... -
Imani Henry Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Henry, Imani Date: Mar. 8, 2019 Topics: Abuse, Activists, Afro-caribbeans, Arrests, Black people, Christianity, Cults, Discrimination, Gay pride, Gender minorities, Middle class, Peace movement, Police, Racism, Religions, School facilities, Slavery, Social media, Street violence, Transgender people, Violence, Working class, Youth Subject: Black Lives Matter (BLM), Black Student Organization, Boston Tech, Christine Lewis, Domestic Workers United, Emerson College, English High, Equality for Flatbush, ICE, James Dobson, Keith Kyler, Ken Livingston, Kimani Grey, Latin Academy, Latin Boston, Malcolm X, National School Walkout Day, Patrick Dorsman, Peoples Monday, Rodney King, Sandra Bland, Sean Bell, Trish Marinara, University of Massachusetts - Lowell (UMass Lowell) -
Iele Paloumpis Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Paloumpis, Iele Date: Mar. 6, 2019 Topics: Abuse, Androgyny, Baptist church, Childhood, Christianity, Dancers, Disabilities, Eastern orthodox churches, Education, Humanistic, Gay theology, Gender diversity, Gender studies, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, LGBTQ+ theology, Liberation theology, Occultism, Pronoun, Sexually abused LGBTQ+ children, Spirituality, Terminal care, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Working class Subject: Arts and Literact Program, Coalition for Hispanic Family Services, End-of-Life Doula, Hollins University Description: iele is a nonbinary dance artist and end-of-life doula from Chicago. They describe growing up in the conservative Greek Orthodox Church, surviving domestic abuse, and homelessness, before leaving C... -
Hayden Gibson Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Gibson, Hayden Date: Jul. 27, 2019 Topics: Adoption, Bars, Change of name, Christianity, Gender diversity, Homophobia, Job applications, Judaism, LGBTI community, Librarians, Police, Punk, Sexism, Writers Subject: Brooklyn Pride, Dyke March, Fun Home, Ginger's, Henrietta Hudson's, Left Hand of Darkness, Oranges Aren't the Only Fruit, Stonewall Description: Hayden Gibson was born in Calhoun Falls, South Carolina. In this interview, Hayden shares their experiences about growing up in an adopted evangelical family, making the courageous move to New York... -
Hannah Soldner Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Soldner, Hannah Date: Jan. 15, 2019 Topics: Assigned gender, Bible--Versions, Hussite, Childhood, Christianity, Ethnic diversity, Family members, Film, Gay theology, Gender, Gender role, LGBTQ+ theology, Liberation theology, Masculinities, Masturbation, People with disabilities, Pronoun, Religions, Sexuality, Social classes, Theology, Writers Subject: Lab/Shul, Martin Luther King Jr., Pirkei Avot, Sylvia Rivera, This is my Body Communion (TBS), University of Colorado - Boulder, Vacation Bible School (VBS), Women of Transgender Expierence -
Hannah Baer Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Baer, Hannah Date: Feb. 19, 2019 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Buddhism, Capitalism, Femininities, Feminists, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Group relations training, Health care, Higher education, Homophobia, Insurance, Judaism, Masculinities, Microaggressions, Music, Plastic surgery, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Racism, Sexism, Social media, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Writers Subject: Against Me!, Eileen Fisher, Facial Feminization Surgery (FFS), Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ), Joseph Stern Center for Social Responsibility (JCC), Transcend Legal -
Gogo Graham Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Graham, Gogo Date: May 10, 2019 Topics: Camp (Gay culture), Childhood, Christianity, Clubs, Coming out, Fashion designers, Fashion--Japanese influences, Gay identity, Harassment, Hormones, Internet, Media, Microaggressions, MtFs, Music, Plastic surgery, Pop music, Rape, Social media, Step families, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Verbal abuse, Violence Subject: Asian Pacific Island Community Health Association (APICHA), Cecilia Gentilly, Hussein Chalayan, Kaden Ho, Raygun Hugo, RuPaul, RuPaul's Drag Race, Spectrum, The University of Texas - Austin, Tumblr, Yohji Yamamoto -
Gia Love Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Love, Gia Date: Apr. 11, 2019 Topics: African diaspora, African-americans, Black people, Bullying, Butches, Childhood, Crossdressing, Debates, Drag balls, Femininities, Foster children, Gender, Gender diversity, Homelessness, Homophobia, Hormones, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Mothers, Racism, Sexism, Sexual abuse, Soft butches, Special education, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence, Women Subject: Butch Queen, City College, Destination Tomorrow, Ginovia, Greenlight Hub, Harlem United, Harvard University, House of Bacardi, House of Juicy, House of Louboutin, House of McQueen, Islan Nettles, Kalem Lord, Malcolm X, Marist College, Martin Luther King Jr., New York Urban Debate League (NYUDL), Paris Is Burning, Sundance, TQ, Uber Description: Gia Love reflects on her life in the kiki ball scene, an underground queer and trans dance community in New York City. In kiki, particularly the House of Juicy, Gia found deep friendships and a sup... -
Interview with Farah N.
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: N., Farah Date: May 22, 2019 Topics: African cultures, Aggression, Capitalism, Childhood, Coming out, Cultures, Family members, Feminists, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Gujarati diaspora, Health care, Homophobia, Insurance, Islam, Labour movement, LGBTI community, Machismo, Marxism, Microaggressions, Pronoun, Religions, Trade unions, Transphobia Subject: Callen-Lorde Health Center, LIES, Teen Cosmo, Teen Vouge Description: Farah N. discusses living at the intersection of being non-binary, Ismaili Muslim and an atheist. They are the co-founder of LIES, a materialist feminist journal exploring theories and experiences ... -
Erica Connerney Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Connerney, Erica Date: Jul. 16, 2019 Topics: AIDS awareness, Anti-transgender violence, Asian religions, Asian studies, Bisexuality, Buddhism, Cabaret, Change of name, Childhood, Crossdressing, Employment discrimination, Erotica, Family members, Gay liberation, Gay political groups, Gay pride, Gender realignment surgery, Gentrification, Government, Hijras, Isolation, Lesbian culture, Lesbian girls, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Religions, Roman catholicism, Transgender people, Transphobia, Transsexual people, Women's colleges, Writers Subject: Boston Globe, Central Asian Studies, Corporal Klinger, Cubbyhole, Donald Trump, Dyke March, Get Behind Me Satan, Henrietta Hudson's, Jacque's, Janice Raymond, Jeff Sessions, Kamilah Harris, M*A*S*H, MacDowell Colony, On Our Backs, Pace University, Pat Oleszko, Pose, Queer Liberation March, Rita Hester, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Susie Bright, The Queen of Exit Seventeen, The Transsexual Empire, The Upside-down Tree: India's Changing Culture, Trans Advocate, Trans Day of Action, Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminism (TERF), Vera Lex: Journal of the International Natural Law Society, Wheaton College, Wicca Description: Erica Connerney is a philosophy/trans literature professor and author living in Tribeca, NY. She discusses her past and present in terms of her identity as a transsexual woman, as well as her hopes... -
Eddie Jarel Jones Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Jones, Eddie Jarel Date: May 29, 2019 Topics: African American universities and colleges, Anti-transgender violence, Bathrooms, Beauty standards, Bisexual youth, Black people, Bullying, Childhood, Cosmetics, Crossdressing, Dating, Discrimination, Drag, Family members, Femininities, Gay and lesbian youth, Gay pride, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Heterosexism, Homophobia, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Pronoun, Racism, Self-image, Social media, Telecommunication, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender youth, Transphobia, Visibility, Women's colleges Subject: Bathroom Act, BlackTransTV, Jussie Smollett, King Children, Lincoln University, MOBIfest, Morehouse College, Philly Fashion Week, Pose, Sean Torrington, Slay TV, SLAYFEST, SpeakOut, Spelman College, Terry Torrington, The Phluid Project, World Pride 2019 Description: Eddie Jarel Jones is a Cleveland, Ohio native and current social influencer, media personality, producer, Emcee, and model. They reflect on the experience of attending a Historically Black College ... -
Interview with Micky Bradford
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Bradford, Micky Date: Oct. 4, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, African American transgender people, Androgyny (Psychology), Assigned gender, Coming out, Dating, Drag, Families, Femininities, Feminism, Gender diversity, Health facilities, Hormone therapy, Isolation, Lesbian community, Medical interventions, Migration, Military, Passing (Gender), Prisons and race relations, Racism, Self-care, Health, Social advocacy, Support groups, Transgender people Subject: Southerners on New Ground (SONG), Trans Women of Color Collective (TWOC), Transgender Law Center Description: Micky Bradford identifies as a black non-binary trans feminine person and was assigned male at birth. They use she/her and they/them pronouns and were 26 at the time of the interview. Both of her p... -
Che Gossett Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Gossett, Che Date: May 3, 2019 Topics: AIDS education, Arab-Israeli conflict, Archivists, Baptist church, Black people, Black studies, Colonialism, Community centres, Cross-cultural relationships, Education, Femininities, Film, Gay clergy, Gender, Gender studies, Gentrification, HIV/AIDS, Homeless people, Homelessness, Justice, Labour, LGBTQ+ relationships, Military, Politics, Prisons, Pronoun, Racism, Religions, Roman catholicism, Segregation, Thai boxing, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: ACT UP Philly, All of Us or None, Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN), Audre Lorde Project (ALP), Black Panthers, Center for Reserach on Women at Barnard, Critical Resistance, Darby Hickey, David Farwell, Detroit: Yes I Do Mind Dying, Different Avenues, Fox News, Fred Milton, Galaei, George Jackson, Hearts on a Wire, James Baldwin, Jerry Brown, Lambda Literary Retreat, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Michael Gurden, Native Son, Philadelphia FIGHT, Project Home, Roxbury, Ryan Smith, Ryan White Youth Conference, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Trans Health Conference, Uphams Corner Health Clinic, Yuri Kochiyama Description: Che Gossett shares on the left political history of their parents, their time spent in multiple abolitionist, black and queer organizing groups, and their becoming a critical scholar of trans studi... -
Cayden Betzig Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Betzig, Cayden Date: Jun. 12, 2019 Topics: Childhood, Education, Family members, Gay men, Gender diversity, Health insurance, Hinduism, Homophobia, Hormones, Labour movement, Language, LGBTI community, Politics, Psychotherapy, Religions, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Visibility Subject: Callen-Lorde's Health Outreach to Teens Program, City Year, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), George Mason University, Hunter College, New York University (NYU), Student Labor Action Movement, United Federation of Teachers (UFT) Description: Cayden discusses his work as an untenured and trans educator. He reflects on his involvement in the NYC’s teacher’s union the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) and the UFT’s social justice caucus... -
Capri Kasai Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Kasai, Capri Date: Mar. 19, 2019 Topics: Black people, Body image, Child abuse, Childhood, Climatic changes, Conservatism, Disaster medicine, Divorce, Environmental justice, Environmentalism, Femininities, Film, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender role, Genderfluid identity, Health care, Homophobia, Internet, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ parents, Liberalism, Masculinities, Military, Misogyny, Moving, Household, Music, Politics, Polygamy, Public health, Queer theory, Racism, Religions, Skinheads, Southern States, Visibility, Writers Description: Capri recounts their childhood in a military family and the resulting relocations that their family underwent. They address family dynamics that continue to affect their inner monologue and relatio... -
B. Hawk Snipes Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Snipes, B. Hawk Date: Mar. 28, 2019 Topics: Artists, Bars, Black people, Childhood, Cocaine, Drug abuse, Education, Femininities, Gay and lesbian youth, Gay community centers, Gay liberation, Gay pride, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, Homeless people, Homelessness, Hospitals, Housing, Jews, Latinos, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ people who use substances, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Neighborhood government, Police, Police raids, Prisons, Pronoun, Stonewall riots, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Unemployment, White people, Women, Youth, Youth organisations Subject: 9/11 Terror Attacks, Amanda Milan, Amy's Bread, Anderson Cooper, Bawdy Audie Josie, Center Lane, Chi-Chi's, Cole Cafe, Covenant House, Covenant House Rite of Passage (ROP), Fenced Out, Greenwich Village Youth Council (GYC), Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Iris House, James Street Hotel, JD Melendez, John Cameron Mitchell, Kate Barnhart, March of Dimes, Michael Bloomberg, New Neutral Zone, New York Police Department (NYPD), Octavia St. Laurent, Operation Spotlight, Peter Green, Project Reach, Rosie Perez, Sets, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, The Garden Left Behind, Trans Health Conference, Trans in Action, Transy House, Wilson Cruz, Zendo's Description: B. Hawk Snipes discusses their growing in the Bronx, their time at the La Guardia High School of the Performing Arts and the Fashion Institute of Technology, and eventually becoming an entertainer ... -
Barms Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Barms Date: May 17, 2019 Topics: Anarchism, Anthropology, Anti-transgender violence, Art history, Autism spectrum disorders, Bars, Bisexual identity, Bisexuality, Childhood, Children, Christianity, Class struggle, Clubs, Coming out, Communism, Construction workers, Disabilities, Femininities, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender role, Gentrification, Hate speech, Homophobia, Internet, Labour movement, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marxism, Masculinities, Mental disorders, New Left, People with disabilities, Performance art, Pronoun, Religions, Sexuality, Socialism, Solidarity, Surgery, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Writers Subject: 9/11 Terror Attacks, A Red Bloom, Chris O'Feeley, Me Too Movement, Michael Bloomberg, Pratt Institute, Queer Workers Project, Rudy Guiliani, Sam Goody, True Scum Description: Barms is a construction worker apprentice and a communist. In this interview, they discuss the role of philosophy and abstract thinking for themselves and many trans people as a strategy of managin... -
Ash Stephens Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Ash Stephens Date: Apr. 19, 2019 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black people, Butches, Change of name, Childhood, Christianity, Education, Family members, Femininities, Gay men, Gender, Gender diversity, Genderfluid identity, Gentrification, Higher education, Lesbian culture, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ movement, Masculinities, Military, Older people, Police patrol--Surveillance operations, Politics, Pronoun, Religions, Social classes, Soft butches, Transgender community, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people Subject: Bible Belt, Black Hollywood, Brooklyn Bail Fund, Georgia Southern University, Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, University of Illinois at Chicago Description: Ash recounts growing up in a southern Bible Belt community. He details his journey from Georgia to Chicago where he completed his higher-level education and met his “chosen family.” Ash is currentl... -
Angal Field Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Field, Angal Date: May 1, 2019 Topics: Colonialism, Family members, Film, Gay identity, Gay liberation, Gender, Gender bending, Health care, Hormones, Lesbians, Liberals, Photography, Politics, Privilege (Social psychology), Religions, Roman catholicism, Sexual practices, Sexuality, Transgender community, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Visibility Subject: Barnard University, Celina Sciamma, Tomboy Description: Angal Field shares their experience of being a writer, filmmaker and photographer in today’s media landscape and discusses the trappings of trans visibility. Using the medium of film to “speak back... -
Interview with Andrea Abi-Karam
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Abi-Karam, Andrea Date: Jun. 21, 2019 Topics: Activists, Anti-fascism, Body image, Capitalism, Childhood, Counterculture, Depression, Divorce, Family members, Gender minorities, Gentrification, Health care, Hormones, Insurance, LGBTQ+ poetry, Masculinities, Neofascism, Oppression, Physicians, Prisons, Psychiatrists, Religions, Suburbs, Surgery, Tattoos, Terrorism, Transgender people, Zines Subject: Ana Mendieta, Elizabeth Bishop, Ghost Ship Fire, GQ, Maryanne Moore, Mills College, New York Police Department (NYPD), Nighboat Books, Sister Spit, Spraytan, Sylvia Plath, They/Them -
Anaïs Duplan Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Duplan, Anaïs Date: Jun. 18, 2019 Topics: Afro-caribbeans, Black people, Body image, Change of name, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Indeterminacy (Linguistics), Intimacy, LGBTQ+ poetry, Time perception, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Center for Afrofuturist Studies, Gennady Aygi, Mount Carmel and the Blood of Parnassus, Paul Celan, Take This Stallion, Terrance Hayes -
Amanda Armstrong Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Armstrong, Amanda Date: Mar. 21, 2019 Topics: Androgyny, Anti-transgender violence, Bathrooms, Bullying, Childbirth, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Communism, Counseling, Counterculture, Death penalty, Education, Family members, Feminists, Gay liberation, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender role, Hormones, Labour, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ parents, Liberalism, Menstruation, Middle class, Motherhood, MtFs, New Left, Police, Politics, Psychology, Religions, Resistance movements, Rural areas, Sexual assault, Socialism, Sports, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexualism, Visibility, White people Subject: 9/11 Terror Attacks, Academic Workers for a Democratic Union, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.), Karl Marx, Occupy Oakland, Oscar Grant, Ralph Nader, Swarthmore College, Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminism (TERF), University of California Student-Workers Union (UAW) Description: Amanda Armstrong recounts her organizing as a graduate student militant in the 2009-2012 protest wave in Berkley and Oakland. She joined occupations and building take-overs organized by students an... -
The Fastest Girl in New York
Collection: Dime Novels Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Cabot, Colonel Date: 1873? Topics: Arranged marriage, Ballroom dancing, Bisexual women, Change of name, Crossdressing, Equestrian sports, Femininities, Gambling, Gender, Gender role, Homophobia, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Masculinities, Physical characteristics, Physical fitness, Police, Sports Subject: Ben Emerson, Bill McArdle, Cleopatra Clayton, Dan Bryant, Gallus Mag, Gil Fitzroy, Harry Bertolph, Harry Clifton, Harry Horton, Harry Prince, Hary Hill, Jack Perry, Josie Bourbon, Juan Mendez (Don Juan), Minnie Lord, Ned Sampson, Sue Martin, William Clayton -
The Adventures of Lucy Brewer, (Alias) Louisa Baker
Collection: Dime Novels Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Brewer, Lucy Date: 1815 Topics: Brothels, Chivalry, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Disguise, Dueling, Ethics, Gender identity, Honor, Identity, Military discharge, Military service, Voluntary, Peonage, Poverty, Prisons, Prostitutes' clients, Prostitution, Racism, Robbery, Sailors, Shame, STDs, Stillbirth, United States. Marine Corps--History, Unplanned pregnancy, Violence, Youth Subject: Maria Murray, Scotch, USS Constitution -
Interview with Naiymah Sanchez
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Sanchez, Naiymah Date: Jan. 21, 2017 Topics: AIDS (Disease), Appearance, Assigned gender, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Bathrooms, Children of immigrants, Citizenship, Clothing, Cosmetics, Cubans, Depression, Ethiopians, Ethnic relations, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Identification cards, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Manic-depressive illness, Privilege (Social psychology), Pronoun, Psychology, Pathological, Puerto Ricans, Race, Racially mixed people, Stereotypes (Social psychology), Transgender people, Unemployment Description: Naiymah Sanchez identifies as a heterosexual Afro-Latina transgender female of color who was assigned male at birth. She is of Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Ethiopian immigrant decent. She was born in 1... -
Interview with Awen Briem
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Briem, Awen Date: Dec. 28, 2015 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Assigned gender, Bullying, Change of name, Clothing, Coming out, Communities, Employment discrimination, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Harassment, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Hormones, Language, LGBTQ+ partners, Masculinities, Politics, Religions, Schools, Sexuality, Social media, Suicide, Surgery, Therapies, Transgender people, Transphobia, Youth Subject: OutFront Minnesota Description: Awen Briem identifies as transgender and as male if he’s not out to them. He was assigned female at birth and grew up in Syracuse, New York. His family then moved to Des Moines, Iowa. He experience... -
After The Matinee
Collection: Sheet Music Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Music Subject: All Star Lambs Gambol -
Interview with EJ Olson
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Olson, EJ Date: Dec. 16, 2016 Topics: AIDS organizations, Allies, Appearance, Artists, Assigned gender, Bullying, Colleges, Coming out, Communities, Counseling, Dating, Families, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Marriage, Masculinities, Pronoun, Racism, Religions, Self-acceptance, Sexual orientation, Theatre, Therapies, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Women's colleges Subject: Callen Lorde, Chatham College, Family Tree Clinic, Garden State Equality, LGBT Task Force, LGBTQ Center, Rainbow Health Initiative, Riot Girl Feminism, Trans Hormone Care Program Description: EJ Olson was 37 at the time of the interview and was assigned female at birth. They identify as genderqueer, gender non-conforming, and gender fluid and grew up in Empire, Michigan. They are the ol... -
Femme Mirror, Vol. 22 Iss. 1 (Winter, 1997)
Collection: Femme Mirror Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Beecroft, Carol Date: Winter 1997 Topics: Bisexuality, Coming out, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Femininities, Gay community, Gender, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Law, Passing (Gender), Transgender people Subject: 1996 Tri-Ess Convention, Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., Full Personality Expression (F.P.E.), Holiday En Femme, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), S.P.I.C.E, Second International Congress on Sex & Gender Issues, Sixth Annual Transgender Law and Employment Policy Conference, Transgender Tapestry, Transvestia, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self -
Girl Talk, Vol. 15 No. 7 (July, 1999)
Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Silk, Cyndi Date: Jul. 1999 Topics: Appearance, Drag queens, Fashion, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, MtFs, Transgender people Subject: Lesbian and Gay Advisory Committee, Lips -
The Femme Mirror, Vol. 22 Iss. 4 (Fall, 1997)
Collection: Femme Mirror Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Beecroft, Carol Date: Autumn 1997 Topics: Biographies, Children, Clothing, Coming out, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag balls, Family members, Femininities, Hobbies, Internet, LGBTQ+ parents, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Occupations, Politics, Religions Subject: 1998 Crossdresser's Ball, Beta Gamma, Chi Chapter, Chi Delta Mu, Dee S. McKellar, Delta Chapter, Delta Omega, Dignity Cruise, Holiday At Sea, Kappa Beta, S.P.I.C.E, Sigma Mu, Tri Chi, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self -
Femme Mirror, Vol. 21 Iss. 3 (Summer, 1996)
Collection: Femme Mirror Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Beecroft, Carol Date: Summer 1996 Topics: Biology, Clothing, Colleges, Drag balls, Help lines, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Religions, Self-acceptance, Support groups Subject: Barbara Heath, Bonnie Bullough, Dignity Cruise, Holiday En Femme, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Kappa Beta, Kathy Helms, S.P.I.C.E, Sigma Epsilon, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self -
The Femme Mirror, Vol. 23 Iss. 4 (Winter, 1998)
Collection: Femme Mirror Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Beecroft, Carol Date: Winter 1998 Topics: Appearance, Crossdressing, Families, Finances, Friendships, Gender role, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Oppression, Religions, Self-image, Support groups -
Girl Talk, Vol. 14 No. 2 ( February, 1999)
Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Silk, Cyndi Date: Feb. 1999 Topics: Biology, Clothing, Discrimination, Donations, Gatherings, Gay men, Gender, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hate crimes, Lesbians, MtFs, Police, Police raids, Theatre, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Alex Kordis, Ann Bozzi, Boulton & Park Gender Euphoria, Brandon Teena, Cal State Fullerton, California Dreamin', Chanelle Pickett, Christian Paige, Cynthia Phillips, Deborah Forte, Dennis Rodman, Doanld Fuller, Educational TV Channel (ETVC), Frank Santos, FTM International, Gamaliel Mireles Coria, Gary Olfers, GenderPAC, Howard Safir, Howard Yamamoto, Irvine Valley College, Jamaica Green, Jessy Santiago, JoLea Lamot, Karen Houppert, Kerry Sorrel, Lauryn Paige, Linda Phillips, Pat Riley, Peggy Santiago, Powder Puffs of California, Prez Di, Rainbow Gender Association (RGA), Riki Anne Wilchins, Rudolph W. Giuliani, Tasha Dunn, The Austin American-Statemen, The Diablo Valley Girls (DVG), The Villiage Voice, Transupport Group Center, Van Ness Prevention Divison Transgender Program, Vianna Faye Williams Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence -
Interview with Elle Hearns
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hearns, Elle Date: Feb. 7, 2017 Topics: Activists, Black people, Bullying, Christianity, Coming out, Gay identity, Gender role, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Sexual assault, Suicide, Transgender people, Verbal abuse, Violence Subject: Anita Moore, Betty Skinner, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Brittany Nicole Kidd-Stergis, Cemia Dove, Cherno Biko, Dom Mockings, Erin Lange, GetEQUAL, John Crawford, Lourdes Ashley Hunter, Marsha P. Johnson Institute, Michael Brown, Michael David Battle, Sojourner Truth Leadership Fellowship for Black Trans Women, Sylvia Rivera, TGNCF, Tiffany Edwards, Trans Justice Funding Project, TransWomen of Color Collective, Tras Health Care Summit, Wriply Bennet Description: Elle Hearns identifies her gender as Black and her assigned birth as Black. She’s also identifies herself as a black trans woman. She was always tiny, she says, but in her mind, she was always big.... -
Interview with Lourdes Ashley Hunter
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hunter, Lourdes Ashley Date: Mar. 22, 2017 Topics: Activists, Assigned gender, Black people, Bullying, Christianity, Families, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Genocide, Hair--Removal, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Liberation movements, Self-acceptance, Transgender people, Violence Subject: Barack Obama, Creating Change, Ellie Ford, Islan Nettles, Laverne Cox, Queers for Economic Justice, Slyvia Rivera Law Project, Trans Justice, Trans Youth Group, TransWomen of Color Collective, Women's March Description: Lourdes Ashley Hunter is a black trans woman who was born in 1976 in Detroit, Michigan where they* lived for twenty-six years. They are a gender non-conforming, non-binary gender abolitionist and s... -
Interview with Tiq Milan
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Milan, Tiq Date: Nov. 2, 2017 Topics: Autobiographies, Bars, Black people, Butches, Children, Coming out, Discrimination, Divorce, Families, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Hormone therapy, Lesbians, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ partners, Racism, Roman catholicism, Soft butches, Sports, Substance abuse, Tomboys, Transgender people, Transphobia, Working class Subject: Brian Michael Smith, Bronx Community Pride Center, Buzzfeed, CeCe McDonald, Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), Hetrick Martin Institute, Huffington, Lambda Legal, MTV, National Anti Violence Project, Niagara University, Power and Privilege Series, Queen Sugar, Redefining Masculinity, Rolling Stone, Source Magazine, The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), The Guardian, The New Yorker, Vibe Magazine Description: Tiq Milan identifies as a binary black trans man who is queer identified and was assigned female at birth. He grew up in Buffalo, New York in a working-class family in the hood, Milan states. He lo... -
Interview with Isabelle Wedin
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Wedin, Isabelle Date: Oct. 31, 2016 Topics: Androgyny, Anxiety, Assigned gender, Biotechnology, Bisexuals, Bullying, Children, Coming out, Crossdressing, Depression, Discrimination, Divorce, Education, Employment discrimination, Estrogen, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender role, Genderfluid identity, Harassment, Heteronormativity, Heterosexuality, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Indigenous peoples, Intersex, Law, Lesbian identity, LGBTI community, Marriage, Masculinities, Medical interventions, Medicalisation, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Plays, Police, Racially mixed people, Racism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Social justice, Spironolactone, Support groups, Swimwear, Transgender people, Transphobia, Two-spirit people, Volunteering Subject: Alliance Defending Freedom, Allina Health Systems, Avery Edison, Catherine Graffam, Free CeCe, Google Hangouts, Informational Technology, Julia Serano, June Taylor, MetaFilter, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), RJ Reynolds Tobacco Description: Isabelle Wedin is from Long Island, New York, was assigned male at birth, and identifies as a lesbian woman. Wedin doesn’t have any kids, and she’s been married for 9 years now. She cross-dressed i... -
Interview with Osiris Coleman
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Coleman, Osiris Date: Sep. 21, 2015 Topics: Assigned gender, Bisexuals, Black people, Change of name, Child abuse, Employment discrimination, Families, Gender realignment surgery, Heterosexuals, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Lesbians, MtFs, Ovariectomy, Phalloplasty, Pregnancy, Sexual abuse, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Curtis Crane, Janet Mock, Loren Cameron, New York City Department of Sanitation Description: Osiris Coleman is a 44-year-old black trans straight man. He was assigned female at birth. He grew up in West Philadelphia, going to public school for a couple of years and then to Catholic school.... -
Interview with Meredeth Vezina
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Vezina, Meredith Date: Jan. 13, 2017 Topics: Assigned gender, Baseball, Cheerleaders, Contraception, Cosmetics, Divorce, Drag queens, Endocrinology, Femininities, Football, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Military, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Privilege (Social psychology), Psychiatry, Shame, Sports, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Wars Subject: Cuyamaca Woods, Harry Benjamin Standards of Care, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Marsha P. Johnson, Michele Bachmann, National Organization for Women (NOW), Silvia Rivera, Stonewall 25, Tracy O'Brien, Traditions Military Video Business, Trans Elders, Trans Narratives, University of California San Diego, University of California San Diego Gender Program, University of Vermont, Vietnam War Veteran Interviews Description: Meredith Vezina identifies as a trans woman and was assigned male at birth. She lived in Berlin, New Hampshire until she moved to Long Island, New York when she was 7. She has two much younger sist... -
Interview with Geena Rocero
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Rocero, Geena Date: Nov. 16, 2016 Topics: Anthropology, Assigned gender, Bullying, Contraception, Cultures, Families, Femininities, Femmes, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Immigration, Indigenous peoples, Lectures, LGBTI rights, MtFs, Olympic games, Pageants, Passing (Gender), Photographic models, Poverty, Racism, Roman catholicism, Self-acceptance, Sexual harassment, Stealth (Transgender), Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Asian Pacific Wellness Center, Babaylan, Bakla, Beutiful as I Want to Be, Caitlyn Jenner, Ferdinand Magellan, Gender Proud, Janet Mock, Jazz Jennings, Jeffrey Caliendo, Lauren Foster, Mahu, Papuan Description: Geena Rocero was raised in the Philippines and grew up poor in a small neighborhood in the metro city of Makati with three siblings and her parents. Realizing she identified as a girl at 4 or 5 yea... -
Interview with Ignacio Rivera
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Rivera, Ignacio Date: Nov. 7, 2015 Topics: Activists, Androgyny, Artists, Assigned gender, Bullying, Children of transgender people, Coming out, Discrimination, Education, Families, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Heteronormativity, Hormones, Hysterectomy, Indigenous peoples, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ partners, Masculinities, Mental health, Misogyny, Passing (Gender), Transgender people, Transphobia, Two-Spirit people, Writers Subject: Amanda Rivera, New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti Violence Project, Poly Patao Productions, This Bridge Called My Back Description: Ignacio Rivera identifies as a transgender queer, two-spirit person who was assigned female at birth. They are an internationally known performance artist, activist, sex educator, writer, and blogg... -
Interview with Qui Dorian Alexander
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Alexander, Qui Dorian Date: Sep. 11, 2017 Topics: Bible, Black people, Dating, Depression, FtMs, Gay men, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Imprisonment, Lesbians, Masculinities, Oppression, Parents of transgender people, Partners of transgender people, Sexuality, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Adrienne Maree, Brown Boi Project, Charlene Arcila, Emergent Strategy, Mazzoni Center, Reg Ju, Ryan Li Dahlstrom, Tiq Milan, Trans Health Conference Description: Qui Dorian Alexander is a Puerto Rican/Black/Afro-Latinx trans-masculine non-binary FTM person who goes by he/him and they/them. At the time of this interview, Alexander was a graduate student and ... -
I Won 6 Beauty
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Chandler, Jene Date: Jun. 20, 1965 Topics: Beauty contests, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Masculinities -
Our Special Joy, Vol. 5 No. 4 (October, 1984)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Oct. 1984 Topics: Bathrooms, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Feminism, Gatherings, Heterosexuals, Homosexuality, LGBTQ+ partners, Masculinities, Self-acceptance, Shame, Support groups Subject: Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Don Williams, Flip Wilson, Gary Merrill, Geographic Area Leaders (GALS), Michael "Leslie" Williams, Michael Scher, National Organization for Changing Men (NOCM), Ray Mitchell, Steve Schapiro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Westchester Self-Help Clearinghouse -
Our Special Joy (Vol. 5 No. 2 August, 1984)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Aug. 1984 Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gatherings, Homosexuality, Lingerie, Marriage, Sexual practices, Shame Subject: Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Don Williams, Donna Martin, Edith Marie, Femme Mirror, Geographic Area Leaders (GALS), Muriel Olive, Sharon Louise, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Village Cottage -
Our Special Joy Vol. 5 No. 1 (July, 1984)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Jul. 1984 Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Families, Fetishism, Heterosexuals, LGBTQ+ partners, Medicalisation, Prejudices, Support groups Subject: A Conversation With Linda Lee, Adrien Arpel, Adrien Arpel's 3-week Crash Makeover/Shapeover Beauty Program, Alexandra Cruikshank, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), And All Was Revealed, Angus Heriot, Anke A. Ehrhardt, Ann Craig, April Ashley, April Ashley's Odyssey, Astounding Transvestite Tales: Issue 4, Vol. 1, Astounding Transvestite Tales: Issue 6, Vol. 2, Avon, Barry Shapiro, Be Beautiful, the Complete Guide to the Art of Makeup, Benjamin Walker, C.A. Tripp, C.J.S. Thompson, Canary, Canary Conn, Carlson Wade, Carol Beecroft, Carole Jackson, Charles Slavik, Chi Delta Mu, Chi Tribune, Chris Gosselin, Chris Hansen, Color Me Beautiful, Constance Shrader, Conundrum, Danny La Rue: Life's a Drag, Daphne Morrissey, Dee Ratteree, Di Biggs, Diane De Simone, Disco Beauty: Night Time Makeup, Discover a Lovelier You, Dorean Caldwell, Dream Girl, Dressing Up: Transvestism and Drag: The History of an Obsession, Duncan Fallowell, Emergence: A Transsexual Autobiography, Emily Cho, Evelyn Roaman, Fae Robin, Female Impersonator's Handbook, Femme Mirror, April, 1982, Femme Mirror, Jun/Aug/Oct/Dec 1983, Femme Mirror, Vol. 7, No. 1 1982, Forbidden Fantasies: Men Who Dare to Dress in Drag, Garrett Oppenheim, Gentleman Transvestite Volume 1, Gifford House, Glenn Wilson, Harry Brierly, Hilary M. Lips, How to Be a Woman Though Male, I am a Woman, I Haven't a Thing To Wear, Jan Hayes-Steinert, Jan Morris, Janet Shibley Hyde, Janet Wallach, Jean Adams, Jean DuCoffe, Jo Durden-Smith, John Ames, John Money, John T. Malloy, Judith Keith, Ladies Underwear 1907-1980, Linda Lee, Looking Terrific, Makeovers, Making It Big, a Guide to Health, Success and Beauty for the Women Size 16 and Over, Man & Woman Boy & Girl, Mario Martino, Mark Joseph, Maxi Meah, Men in Skirts Book 14, Men in Skirts Book 15, Mike Phillips, Mirror Image: The Odyssey Of A Male-To-Female Transsexual, Mitchel Gray, Muriel Olive, Myra Waldo, Nancy Hunt, Nina Lee Colwill, Out & About, Patricia Morgan, Patricia Tucker, Paul Hoffman, Peter Ackroyd, Peter Barry, Peter Underwood, Pudgy Roberts, Regiment of Women, Renata White, Renee Richards, Richard Green, Ronnie Sue Ebenstein, Sam Coleman, Sandy Linter, Second Serve, Sex and the Brain, Sex and the Supernatural, Sexual Identity Conflict in Children and Adults, Sexual Signatures: on Being a Man or a Woman, Sexual Variations: Fetishism, Sadomasochism and Transvestism, She-Male: The Story of Coccinelle, Sherry Suib Cohen, Sherwood Anderson, The Castrati in Opera, The Evelyn Roaman Book: An Expert Shows You How Heavy Can Be Happy, The Homosexual Matrix, The Lingerie Book, The Male Transvestite, The Man Who Became a Woman, The Man-Maid Doll, The Mysteries of Sex, The New Beauty Book, The Pitfalls and Pleasures of Passing in Provincetown, The Prime of Life and How to Make it Last, The Psychology of Sex Differences, The Transvestite and His Wife, The Transvestite Survival Manual, The Woman's Dress for Success Book, Thomas Berger, Tiffany Club of New England (TCNE), Touch of Silk, Transvestism: A Handbook with Case Studies for Psychologists, Psychiatrists and Counselors, Tri-Ess Family Day, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Tula, Understanding Cross Dressing, Understanding Human Sexuality, Virginia Prince, Working Wardrobe: Affordable Clothes That Work For You, Your Face After 30: The Total Guide to Skin Care and Makeup for the Realistic Woman -
Our Special Joy Vol. 5 No. 6 (December 1984)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Dec. 1984 Topics: Acceptance, Childhood, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Family members, Femininities, Fetishism, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Gender role, Genetics, Literature review, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Religions, Self-acceptance, Self-image, Sexuality, Shopping Subject: Alicia Nieva-Woodgate, Atlantic City Impersonators, Canary, Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Edith Marie, Femme Mirror, For Your Eyes Only, GENESIS Chapter, Gentleman Transvestite, Kevin Monthie, Men in Skirts, Nine on New Jersey, OPPORTUNITY Chapter, Outreach Fantasy Affair, Rhinebeck High School, Susskind, The Three Transvestites, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Tula -
Our Special Joy, Vol. 5 No. 8 (February 1985)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Feb. 1985 Topics: Acceptance, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gatherings, Heterosexuals, LGBTQ+ partners, Masculinities, Support groups Subject: Boy George, Chi Delta Mu, Femme Mirror, Garrett Oppenheim, Geographic Area Leaders (GALS), Halloween, The Village Voice, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self -
Our Special Joy, Vol. 5 No. 12 (June 1985)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Jun. 1985 Topics: Biology, Clothing, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gatherings, Heterosexuals, Hormones, Support groups, Transgender people Subject: Adrien Arpel, Adrien Arpel's 3-week Crash Makeover/Shapeover Beauty Program, Be Beautiful, the Complete Guide to the Art of Makeup, Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Di Biggs, Geographic Area Leaders (GALS), Maxi Meah, Ronnie Sue Ebenstein, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self -
Our Special Joy, Vol. 5 No. 11 (May 1985)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: May 1985 Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Gatherings, Heterosexuality, Homosexuality, LGBTQ+ partners, Secrecy, Sexuality, Transgender people Subject: Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Fantasia Fair, Geographic Area Leaders (GALS), The Evening Snow, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self -
Our Special Joy (Vol. 4 No. 4 April, 1984)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Apr. 1984 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender role, Masculinities, Television, Underwear Subject: Carol Lynn Mithers, Chi Delta Mu, Diane English, Dustin Hoffman, Edith Marie, Geographic Area Leaders (GALS), Her Life as a Man, Joanna Crawford, Joel Thurm, Robert Ellis Miller, Robyn Douglass, The Village Voice, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Westchester Self-Help Clearinghouse -
Our Special Joy, Vol. 5 No. 10 (April 1985)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Apr. 1985 Topics: Clothing, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gatherings, Heterosexuals, LGBTQ+ partners, Secrecy, Support groups Subject: Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Geographic Area Leaders (GALS), Men in Love, Nancy Friday, The Village Voice, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self -
Our Special Joy (Vol. 4 No. 3 March, 1984)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Mar. 1984 Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Dreams, Drivers' licenses, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender role, Heterosexuality, Homosexuality, Masculinities, Privacy Subject: Boy George, Chi Delta Mu, Femme Mirror, Franklin D. Martini, Lee Grant, Leslie Borck, The Meaning of your Dreams, Transvestia, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self -
Our Special Joy, Vol. 5 No. 9 (March 1985)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Mar. 1985 Topics: Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gatherings, Heterosexuals, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Support groups, Transgender people Subject: Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Femme Mirror, Geographic Area Leaders (GALS), Roberta Close, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self -
Our Special Joy Vol. 3 No. 6 (June, 1983)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Jun. 1983 Topics: Acceptance, Advertisements, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Employment discrimination, Fashion, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender role, Genderism, Heterosexual men, Support groups, Transsexual people Subject: Alexandra Cruikshank, Ann Landers, Avon, Barry Shapiro, Be Beautiful, the Complete Guide to the Art of Makeup, Bergen Record, C.J.S. Thompson, Carole Jackson, Chi Delta Mu, Chris Gosselin, Color Me Beautiful, Constance Shrader, Crossdresser's Guide To The Upper Midwest, Dee Ratteree, Di Biggs, Disco Beauty: Night Time Makeup, Don Williams, DRESSING UP - Transvestism and Drag: The History of an Obsession, Edith Marie, Elaine D'Aurizio, Emergence: A Transsexual Autobiography, Emily Cho, Evelyn Roaman, Femme Fashion Expressions, Femme Mirror, Forbidden Fantasies: Men Who Dare to Dress in Drag, Glenn Wilson, How to Be a Woman Though Male, Howard Landsman, I Haven't a Thing To Wear, Jan Hayes-Steinert, Janet Shibley Hyde, Janet Wallach, Jean Adams, Jean DuCoffe, John T. Malloy, Judith Keith, Julia Daniels, Looking Terrific, Makeovers, Making It Big, a Guide to Health, Success and Beauty for the Women Size 16 and Over, Mario Martino, Mark Joseph, Maxi Meah, Men: The Anxious Sex Object, Mike Phillips, Mirror Image: The Odyssey Of A Male-To-Female Transsexual, Mitchel Gray, Muriel Olive, Myra Waldo, Nancy Hunt, Patricia Morgan, Paul Hoffman, Peter Ackroyd, Renata Lee, Ruthann Moskwitiz, Sandy Linter, Sexual Variations: Fetishism, Sadomasochism and Transvestism, Sherry Suib Cohen, The Evelyn Roaman Book: An Expert Shows You How Heavy Can Be Happy, The Lingerie Book, The Man-Maid Doll, The Mysteries of Sex, The New Beauty Book, The Prime of Life and How to Make it Last, The Transvestite and His Wife, The Village Voice, The Woman's Dress for Success Book, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Understanding Cross Dressing, Understanding Human Sexuality, Virginia Prince, Vogue Magazine, Westchester Self-Help Clearinghouse, Working Wardrobe: Affordable Clothes That Work For You, Your Face After 30: The Total Guide to Skin Care and Makeup for the Realistic Woman -
Our Special Joy Vol. 3 No. 12 (December, 1983)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Dec. 1983 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drivers' licenses, Femininities, Fraud, Gatherings, Gender, Gender role, Homosexuality, Law, Marriage, Music, Police Subject: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Chris Hansen, Edith Marie, En Femme Magazine, Geographic Area Leaders (GALS), Merle Norman, Muriel Olive, Renata Lee, Rockland Jorunal News, Sandra Bem, Ted Huston, The Donahue Show, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self -
Our Special Joy, Vol. 3 No. 10 (October, 1983)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Oct. 1983 Topics: Acceptance, Courts, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gatherings, Heterosexuals, Law, LGBTQ+ partners, Religions Subject: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Femme Mirror, Garrett Oppenheim, Geographic Area Leaders (GALS), Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self -
Our Special Joy Vol. 3 No. 5 (May, 1983)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: May 1983 Topics: Biology, Clothing, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gatherings, Genetics, Homosexuality, Secrecy, Sexuality Subject: "H" Spot, American Society for Gender Research Conference, Ann Landers, Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Donna Martin, Edith Marie, Geographic Area Leaders (GALS), J.C. Penny, John Hoskins, Patricia Gallagher, Phil Donahue, Society for the Second Self, The Village Voice, Tootsie, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Undercoverwear, Vanity Fair, Vogue Magazine -
Our Special Joy, Vol. 3 No. 8 (August, 1983)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Aug. 1983 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Femininities, Gatherings, Lawyers, LGBTQ+ radio, Masculinities, Police Subject: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self -
Our Special Joy Vol. 3 No. 4 (April, 1983)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Apr. 1983 Topics: Alcohol, Childhood, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Depression, Femininities, Gatherings, Heterosexuality, LGBTQ+ partners, Lingerie, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities Subject: Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Don Williams, Dorothy Michaels, Dustin Hoffman, Edith Marie, Femme Mirror, Geographic Area Leaders (GALS), John Denver, Julie Daniel, Nora Helene, Patricia Gallagher, Perhaps Love, Sylvia Kay, The Village Voice, Tootsie, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Westbury Music Fair -
Our Special Joy Vol. 3 No. 3 (March, 1983)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Mar. 1983 Topics: Cinemas, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Heterosexuals, LGBTQ+ partners, Lingerie Subject: A Conversation With Linda Lee, C.J.S. Thompson, Chi Delta Mu, Chris Gosselin, Don Williams, Dressing Up: Transvestism and Drag: The History of an Obsession, Edith Marie, Femme Mirror, Glenn Wilson, Gloria Ann, Going Out, Judith Kuriansky, Mirror Image: The Odyssey Of A Male-To-Female Transsexual, Mitchel Gray, Nancy Hunt, Patricia Gallagher, Patricia Morgan, Peter Ackroyd, Sexual Variations: Fetishism, Sadomasochism and Transvestism, Sylvia Kay, The Lingerie Book, The Male Transvestite, The Man-Maid Doll, The Mysteries of Sex, The New York Room, The Transvestite and His Wife, The Way of a Transsexual, Joanne's Story, Tootsie, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Virginia Prince -
Our Special Joy Vol. 3 No. 2 (February, 1983)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Feb. 1983 Topics: Courts, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender identity, Genetics, Heterosexuality, Homosexuality, Passing (Gender), Religions, Research, Self-acceptance, Sexual identity, Sexuality, Supreme court Subject: Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Dorothy Michaels, Dustin Hoffman, Edith Marie, Femina, Fred Custer, Hebert Z. Francelli, Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality in San Francisco, Janet Lee, Joan Debbs, Joe's Hardware, John Birdswell, Mary Jane Moran, Nora Helene, Patricia Gallagher, Sue Parsons, Sue's Nails and Pails, The TV and his Wife, Tootsie, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess National Convention, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self -
Our Special Joy Vol. 3 No. 1 (January, 1983)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Jan. 1983 Topics: Cooking, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Homosexuality, Lesbianism, LGBTQ+ radio, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Television Subject: Ann Landers, Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Dr. Judith Kuriansky, Dustin Hoffman, Edith Marie, Femme Mirror, Nora Helene, Patricia Gallagher, Sylvia Kay, Tootsie, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self -
Our Special Joy Vol. 2 No. 11 (December, 1982)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Dec. 1982 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gatherings, Heterosexuality, Heterosexuals, Homosexuality, LGBTQ+ radio, Masculinities, Psychology, Religions, Shopping Subject: Carl Jung, Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Dr. Judith Kuriansky, Dustin Hoffman, Lane Bryant, Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio, New Jersey Self-Help Clearinghouse, Sigmund Freud, Tootsie, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Westchester Self-Help Clearinghouse -
Our Special Joy, Vol. 2 No. 8 (August, 1982)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Aug. 1982 Topics: Acceptance, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gatherings, Gender, Gender bending, Heterosexuals, LGBTQ+ partners, Married people, Photographs, Wigs Subject: Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Couples Auxiliary, Dr. Judith Kuriansky, Nora Helene, Patricia Gallagher, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self -
Our Special Joy, Vol. 2 No. 7 (July, 1982)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Jul. 1982 Topics: Clothing, Cooking, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gatherings, Heterosexuals, Lingerie, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Shopping Subject: Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Dr. Judith Kuriansky, Nora Helene, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self -
Our Special Joy, Vol. 2 No. 6
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Jun. 1982 Topics: Cooking, Couples, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gatherings, Heterosexuality, LGBTQ+ partners, Masculinities, Psychology, Stereotypes Subject: Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self -
Our Special Joy, Vol. 1 No. 3 (December, 1981)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Dec. 1981 Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gatherings, Hate crimes, Heterosexuals, Masculinities, Men, Shopping, Theft, Underwear Subject: Ann Landers, Betty Ann Lind, Carol Beecroft, Chi Delta Mu, Crossdressers Metro, Leslie Borck, Nora Helene, The Village Voice, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Westchester Self-Help Clearinghouse -
Our Special Joy, Vol. 1 No. 2 (November, 1981)
Collection: Our Special Joy Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Moran, Mary Jane Date: Nov. 1981 Topics: Clothing, Cooking, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gatherings, Machismo, Shopping, Support groups Subject: Bill McQuade, Chi Delta Mu, Clearinghouse Fair, Janet Lee, Leslie Borck, Mary Jane Moran, Nora Helene, Patricia Gallagher, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Westchester Self-Help Clearinghouse -
An Evening With Lynne Carter At Cherry Grove
Collection: Ephemera Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: 1970 Topics: Drag, Music, Theatre shows Subject: Lynne Carter -
Matinee Christmas Day
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Dec. 18, 1872 Topics: Female impersonators, Theatre shows Subject: Neil Burgess -
An Interview with Justus Eisfeld
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Motta, Carlos, Eisfeld, Justus Date: Jan. 24, 2011 Topics: Activists, Discrimination, Health care, Social classes, Transgender people, Transgender rights Subject: Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE) Description: Justus Eisfeld, a trans activist and co-director of the Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE), discusses the fight for transgender rights legally, socioeconomically, and in healthcare. -
An Interview with Kenyon Farrow
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Farrow, Kenyon, Motta, Carlos Date: Feb. 22, 2011 Topics: Activists, Capitalism, Christianity, LGBTQ+ movement, Patriarchy, Poverty Subject: Queers for Economic Justice -
An Interview with Hossein Alizadeh
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Motta, Carlos, Alizadeh, Hossein Date: Feb. 18, 2011 Topics: Activists, Arrests, Crimes, Discrimination, Gender identity, Law, LGBTI community, LGBTI rights, Middle East, Sexual orientation Subject: International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) Description: Hossein Alizadeh, the Middle East and North Africa Program Coordinator for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), discusses the persecution of LGBTI people in Iran thro... -
It's Lynne Carter
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: May 18, 1972 Topics: Advertisements, Clothing, Drag, Female impersonators, Night life Subject: Lynne Carter -
Neil Burgess Passes Into Great Beyond
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Feb. 19, 1910 Topics: Actors, Death and dying, Drag queens, Theatre shows Subject: Neil Burgess & Co. -
Concerts To-Day
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Mar. 14, 1909 Topics: Concerts, Crossdressers, Drag queens Subject: Claire Romaine, Neil Burgess & Co., The County Fair -
Mr. Jean Barrios (April 30, 1924)
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Apr. 30, 1924 Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Music, Theatre shows Subject: Jean Barrios -
New Years Eve- 1st Anniversary Gala Costume Ball
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Nov. 30, 1972 Topics: Advertisements, Clothing, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Gatherings Subject: Jene Chandler, John Michaels, Ty Bennett -
Show Stoppers
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Cram, Peg Date: Jun. 29, 1976 Topics: Clothing, Cosmetics, Drag, Female impersonators, Night life Subject: Fantasy Follies, Ty Bennett -
Ty Bennett
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Jun. 18, 1976 Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Night life Subject: Bill Corday, Don Bruno, Jene Chandler, Martin Mendoza, Phil Knowlen, Ty Bennett -
An Interview with Dr. Tiger Howard Devore, PhD
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: We Who Feel Differently Creator: Devore, Tiger Howard, Motta, Carlos Date: Feb. 7, 2011 Topics: Chromosomes, Ethics, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Homosexuality, Intersex, Law, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Medical interventions, Physicians, Psychology, Sexology, Sexual orientation, Sexuality, Stereotypes, Surgery, Therapists, Transgender people Description: Dr. Tiger Howard Devore PhD, clinical psychologist and certified sex therapist, discusses how he works with people who are sexually different and has been advocating for their rights for 30 years. ... -
F2M Fraternity Presents: Video Night
Collection: Ephemera Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: FtMs, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Media, Phalloplasty, Television Subject: F2M Fraternity, Roseanne Barr, Tracy Ullmans Description: Item originally collected by Lou Sullivan -
Sylvia Rivera at Gay Liberation Front's Demonstration at Bellevue Hospital, 1970
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wandel, Richard C. Date: 1970 Topics: BIPOC, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists Subject: New York University Description: Sylvia Rivera stands outside Bellevue Hospital, holding a sign that says, "Community Control of Bellevue." -
Sylvia Rivera at Gay Liberation Front Demonstration at St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1970
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wandel, Richard C. Date: 1970 Topics: Activists, BIPOC, Demonstrations, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people, Transgender people of color Subject: St. Patrick's Cathedral Description: Sylvia Rivera, co-founder of Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), attends a GLF demonstration at St. Patrick's Cathedral. -
Sylvia Rivera at Demonstration at St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1970
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wandel, Richard C. Date: 1970 Topics: Activists, BIPOC, Demonstrations, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transvestites Subject: Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR) Description: Sylvia Rivera, co-founder of Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), and others attend a demonstration at St. Patrick's Cathedral. -
Marsha P. Johnson at the March on Albany, 1971
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wandel, Richard C. Date: Mar. 14, 1971 Topics: Activists, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Black transgender people, Demonstrations, LGBTQ+ people of color, Stonewall riots, Transgender people, Transgender people of color Subject: Christopher Street Liberation Day March Description: Gay liberation groups marched on Albany with a list of demands. Fueled by the Stonewall riots in 1969 and continuing the momentum from the first Christopher Street Liberation Day march in 1970, act... -
Marsha P. Johnson at the 1982 Pride March
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Fink, Leonard Date: 1982 Topics: Activists, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Black transgender people, Gay pride, LGBTQ+ people of color, Stonewall riots, Transgender people, Transgender people of color Description: Marsha P. Johnson at the 1982 Pride March, inspired by the 1969 Stonewall Riots. Johnson herself was a prominent figure during the riots, and an influential community leader in the West Village. -
Marsha P. Johnson at the Second Christopher Street Liberation Day March, 1972
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Fink, Leonard Date: Jun. 25, 1971 Topics: Activists, Black people, Demonstrations, Gay pride, Stonewall riots, Transgender people Subject: Marsha P. Johnson Description: Marsha P. Johnson at the third annual Pride March, inspired by the 1969 Stonewall Riots. Johnson herself was a prominent figure during the riots, and an influential community leader in the West Vil... -
Marsha P. Johnson at Gay Liberation Front's Demonstration at Bellevue Hospital, 1970
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wandel, Richard C. Date: 1970 Topics: Activists, Black people, Demonstrations, Transgender people Subject: Marsha P. Johnson Description: Marsha P. Johnson sits outside of Bellevue Hospital, holding a sign that says, "Power to the People." -
Marsha P. Johnson at the Pride March, 1974
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Fink, Leonard Date: Jun. 30, 1974 Topics: Activists, Black people, Clothing, Demonstrations, Gay pride, Transgender people Subject: Marsha P. Johnson Description: Marsha P. Johnson at the fifth annual Gay Pride March, inspired by the 1969 Stonewall Riots. Johnson herself was a prominent figure during the riots, and an influential community leader in the West... -
Marsha P. Johnson at a Demonstration at St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1970
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wandel, Richard C. Date: 1970 Topics: Activists, Black people, Christianity, Demonstrations, Religions, Transgender people Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, St. Patrick's Cathedral Description: During a protest at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Marsha P. Johnson holds a sign that says, "Jesus Loved John the Beloved." -
Marsha P. Johnson at the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade, 1975
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Fink, Leonard Date: 1975 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christopher Street Liberation Day March, Marsha P. Johnson, New York Pride Description: Marsha P. Johnson at the sixth Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade in New York City. Johnson was a prominent figure during the riots, and an influential community leader in the West Village. -
Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera at the Pride March, 1973
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Fink, Leonard Date: Apr. 24, 1973 Topics: Activists, Black people, Clothing, Demonstrations, Latino/a/x transgender people, Transgender people Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Pride, Sylvia Rivera Description: Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera (background) at the fourth annual Pride march, inspired by the 1969 Stonewall Riots. Johnson and Rivera were prominent figures during the riots, and influential ... -
Sylvia Rivera at Gay Liberation Front's Demonstration at Bellevue Hospital, 1970
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wandel, Richard C. Date: 1970 Topics: Activists, BIPOC, Demonstrations, Gay community, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Stonewall riots, Transgender people of color Description: Protestors--including Sylvia Rivera--sit outside Bellevue Hospital, holding signs that say, "Gay Power to Gay People," "NYU Robs the World. The People will take NYU," and "Community Control of Bell... -
Come Out! No. 7 page 5
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Bedoz, Ellen Date: 1970 Topics: Activists, Latino/a/x transgender people, Organisations, Transgender people, Transvestites, Youth Subject: Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: A picture of the Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), with Sylvia Rivera. -
Sylvia Rivera at Gay Liberation Front's Demonstration at Bellevue Hospital, 1970
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wandel, Richard C. Date: 1970 Topics: Activists, BIPOC, Demonstrations, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Posters, Stonewall riots, Transgender people, Transgender people of color Description: Protestors--including Sylvia Rivera--sit outside Bellevue Hospital, holding signs that say, "Power to the People," "Gay Power Black Power Women Power Student Power All Power to the People," and "Ga... -
Sylvia Rivera at Gay Liberation Front's Demonstration at Bellevue Hospital, 1970
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wandel, Richard C. Date: 1970 Topics: Activists, BIPOC, Demonstrations, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Posters, Transgender people of color Description: Sylvia Rivera marches outside Bellevue Hospital, holding a sign that says, "Power to the People."
