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  1. An Extraordinary Case of Bigamy

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Snowden, Edgar
    Date: 1834
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressing, Marriage, Masculinities
  2. Nabbed in 'maid' masquerade

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 27, 1950
    Topics: Arrests, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Household work, Imprisonment, LGBTQ+ people of color, Police stations
    Subject: Frank Porter, Mary Lee Porter, Queque Malpress, Rita Porter, Tisha Porter, Willie Moore
    Description: Masculine jail clothing was substituted for feminine attire worn by these three youths after they were nabbed early today. They said they had been employed as female domestic servants in fashionabl...
  3. Posed as girls

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator: Ballew, Howard
    Date: Nov. 7, 1944
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Police stations
    Subject: August Coy, Irene Paston, James Barlow, Jeri Ryan
    Description: Photograph caption dated November 27, 1944 reads, "Nab 2 men dressed in women's clothes. James Barlow, left, and August Coy. Their feminine attire failed to fool the police." Officers found Barlow ...
  4. Posed as girls

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator: Ballew, Howard
    Date: Nov. 7, 1944
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Police stations
    Subject: August Coy, Irene Paston, James Barlow, Jeri Ryan
    Description: James Barlow, left, also known as Jeri Ryan, and August Coy, also known as Irene Paston, at the city hall police station after they were caught making love to two men in a parked car at 12th Street...
  5. Two men dressed in drag arrested

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: May 14, 1946
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Imprisonment, Police stations
    Subject: Francis J. Socwell, Franke Goode
    Description: A couple of 'girls' who landed behind bars.
  6. Posed as a girl

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator: Ballwe, Howard
    Date: Nov. 7, 1944
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Police stations
    Subject: C.L. Knapp, James Barlow, Jeri Ryan
    Description: James Barlow, left, also known as Jeri Ryan, being fingerprinted by C. L. Knapp at city hall police station after he was caught making love to a man in a parked car at 12th Street and Central Avenu...
  7. Five men dressed as women nabbed in Altadena cafe raid

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 1, 1954
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Police raids, Police stations
    Subject: Benny Zubiate, J. Noroy Bramblette, John D'Andrea, Robert W. Stewart, Tom Tuites
  8. Ray Bourbon arrested

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 4, 1955
    Topics: Arrests, Drunk driving, Female impersonators, Law, Night life, Police stations
    Subject: Ray Bourbon
    Description: Ray Bourbon, the veteran female impersonator now appearing at a Hollywood nightclub, was arrested on a drunk driving charge on March 4, 1955. Here he acts coy for the press in the Wilshire Police S...
  9. The Woman Who Married the Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 17, 1842
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressing, Marriage
  10. A Female "Husband" Robs His Wife and Decamps

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 22, 1865
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressing, Theft
  11. Renaissance News & Views Vol. 11, No. 6 (June 1997)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Jun. 1997
    Topics: Acceptance, Androgyny, Appearance, Arrests, Arts and entertainment occupations, Celebrities, Children of transgender people, Clothing, Comedy, Coming out, Cosmetics, Counseling, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Divorce, Drag, Fantasy, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Imprisonment, Law, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Marriage, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Plastic surgery, Psychiatry, Secrecy, Self-acceptance, Social norms, Television, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Subject: Brandon Teena, Charles Barkley, Dennis Rodman, Eddie Murphy, Ellen Degeneres, GenderPAC, International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP), International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), JoAnn Roberts, Norm MacDonald, Powder Puffs of California, Saturday Night Live, Second International Congress on Sex & Gender Issues, Spouses & Partners International Conference for Education (SPICE)
  12. Tracey's Poison Brew, By a QC

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 10, 1981
    Topics: Arrests, Crimes, Poisoning, Transsexual people, Trials, Witchcraft
    Subject: Keith Vincent, Rosie Swale, Tracey Stamp
    Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria)
  13. Sex-Change April Clobbered a Cop

     
    Collection: April Ashley Collection
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Hill, John
    Date: Nov. 30, 1980
    Topics: Arrests, Crimes, MtFs, Police, Transphobia, Transsexual people, Violence
    Subject: April Ashley
    Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria)
  14. Day A Fireman Wore a Mini

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Higgins, Stuart
    Date: Jan. 30, 1981
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressing, Fire fighters, Police
    Subject: Keith Rees
    Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria)
  15. Renaissance News & Views Vol. 10, No. 7 (July, 1996)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Jul. 1996
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Anti-transgender violence, Appearance, Arrests, Book clubs, Butches, Change of name, Clothing, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Employment discrimination, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Heterosexuality, Homosexuality, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Marriage, Passing (Gender), Privacy, Same-sex marriage, Self-acceptance, Serial killers, Sexual orientation, Soft butches, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender prostitutes, Underwear, Valentine's Day
    Subject: Bridges to Coalition, Dennis Rodman, Dick Van Dyke, It's Time America, J.J. Allen, Leslie Feinberg, Miss Lady Bunny, Stone Butch Blues, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self