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  1. Adam's Word, Vol. 1 No. 1 (August, 1989)

     
    Collection: Adam's Word
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Adam Society
    Date: Aug. 1989
    Topics: Crossdressing, FtMs, Meetings, Passing (Gender), Transsexual people, Voice therapy (Gender)
    Subject: Carol Fleming, Gender Worker, K. Hollinger, Louis G. Sullivan, Midi Onodera, Rites of Passage
  2. Erickson Educational Foundation Newsletter, Vol. 5 No. 2 (Summer, 1972)

     
    Collection: Erickson Educational Foundation Publications
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Erickson Educational Foundation (EEF)
    Date: Summer 1972
    Topics: Conferences, Counseling, Crossdressing, Educators, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Psychiatry, Psychology, Sociology, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Marie Mehl, Stanley Krippner
  3. Fanfare Magazine No. 23 (July 1986)

     
    Collection: Fanfare
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator: The Phoenix Society
    Date: Jul. 1986
    Topics: Crossdressing, Discrimination, Gender realignment surgery, Labour, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage law, Passing (Gender), Police entrapment, Police officers, Sentencing, Weddings
    Subject: Bonnie Davenport, Jennifer McCormick, Mary Collins
  4. Females Posed As Men

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 3, 1901
    Topics: Arrests, Classification of diseases, Crossdressing, Diplomats, FtMs, Gender bending, Gender role, Hairdressers, Labour, Masculinities, Military, Military discharge, Miners, Passing (Gender), Popes, Sailors
    Subject: Beebe Bean, Catherine Coombs, Charles D. Fuller, Charles Morgan, Charlie Wilson, Chevalier D'Eon, Christian Cavanagh, Christian Welsh, Ellis Glenn, Frank Blunt, Frank Mayne, Frank Morris, Franklin Thompson, James Barry, Jane Westover, John Forest, Julia Forest, L. M. Blaylock, Louis HErman, Louise Watson, Maggie Curley, Marie Engelhardt, Mary Anne Talbot, Mary East, Minnie Briggs, Murray Hall, Nora Smith, Otto Schaffer, Sandor Vay, Sappho, Sarolta Vay, Tommy Lindley, Toniana Marinello, Tony Leesa
  5. Hartford T.V.I.C (February, 1974)

     
    Collection: Hartford T.V.I.C.
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 1974
    Topics: Crossdressing, Gatherings, Gender identity, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender people
  6. Hartford T.V.I.C. (March, 1974)

     
    Collection: Hartford T.V.I.C.
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1974
    Topics: Crossdressing, Gatherings, LGBTI community, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender people
  7. Letter from Bet Power to Lou Sullivan (June 30, 1988)

     
    Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection
    Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives
    Creator: Power, Bet, Power, Ben
    Date: Jun. 30, 1988
    Topics: Butches, Career development, Crossdressing, Cruising (LGBTQ+ culture), FtMs, Isolation, Leather community, Letters, LGBTQ+ lovers, Loneliness, SM, Soft butches, Support groups, Therapies
    Subject: Aria, Barbara Gittings, Ben Power, Bet Power, Blush Productions, Butch, FTM Newsletter, Fun with a Sausage, Joan Nestle, Jonathan Katz, Lou Sullivan, New Alexandria Lesbian Library, Smith College, The Ladder
    Description: Handwritten draft of letter included.
  8. Man Wears Women's Clothes

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 18, 1901
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing
    Subject: John Hubbard
    Description: Ottumwa Semi-Weekly Courier (Ottumwa, Iowa)
  9. Mrs. Jane Westover

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 20, 1900
    Topics: Acceptance, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Occupations
    Subject: Jane Westover
    Description: Goldsboro Weekly Argus (Goldsboro, NC)
  10. New Haven's Woman Barber

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 15, 1900
    Topics: Crossdressing, Occupations, Training programs
    Subject: Jane Westover
  11. 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
  12. Renaissance News & Views, Vol. 10 No. 3 (March 1996)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Mar. 1996
    Topics: Appearance, Counseling, Crossdressing, Drag, Employment discrimination, Families, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Nudism
    Subject: International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP)
  13. Renaissance News & Views, Vol. 10 No. 6 (June 1996)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Jun. 1996
    Topics: Appearance, Breast, Counseling, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Gay pride
    Subject: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), The Central Oklahoma Transgender Alliance (COTA), Transgenderests Independence Club (TGIC)
  14. Renaissance News & Views, Vol. 10 No. 9 (September 1996)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Sep. 1996
    Topics: Acceptance, Adjustment, Appearance, Counseling, Crossdressing, Employment discrimination, Passing (Gender), Television programmes
  15. Renaissance News & Views, Vol. 11 No. 2 (February 1997)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Feb. 1997
    Topics: Appearance, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ relationships, Passing (Gender), Transgender people
    Subject: Burlington County Gay & Lesbian Alliance will, Joni Mitchell
  16. Renaissance News & Views, Vol. 11 No. 3 (March 1997)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Mar. 1997
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Appearance, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, LGBTI community, Mental health, Transgender people
  17. Renaissance News & Views, Vol. 11 No. 4 (April 1997)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Apr. 1997
    Topics: Appearance, Coming out, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Families, Transgender people
    Subject: Jerry Springer Show
  18. Renaissance News & views, Vol. 11 No. 9 (September 1997)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Sep. 1997
    Topics: AIDS organizations, Appearance, Crossdressing, Employment discrimination, Gender dysphoria, Human rights
    Subject: Kymberleigh Richards, National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF), National Organization for Women (NOW)
  19. Renaissance News & Views, Vol. 12 No. 12 (December 1998)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Dec. 1998
    Topics: Activists, Appearance, Counseling, Crossdressing, Events, Intersex, Plastic surgery
    Subject: American Boyz True Spirit Conference
  20. Renaissance News & Views, Vol. 12 No. 2 (February 1998)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Feb. 1998
    Topics: Appearance, Bathing suits, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity
    Subject: American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS), It's Time America, Renaissance Leadership Conference
  21. Renaissance News & Views, Vol. 12 No. 4 (April 1998)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Apr. 1998
    Topics: Appearance, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag, Gay rights, Partners of transgender people, Transgender studies
    Subject: Betty Ann Lind, Dallas Denny, Kate Bornstein, My Gender Workbook, Renaissance Leadership Conference
  22. Renaissance News & Views, Vol. 12 No. 8 (August 1998)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Aug. 1998
    Topics: Appearance, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Events, Gender identity, MtFs, Support groups
    Subject: Drag: A History of Female Impersonation in the Performing Arts, PFLAG'S Transgender Special Outreach Network (TSO )
  23. Renaissance News & Views, Vol. 12 No. 9 (September 1998)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Sep. 1998
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender minorities, Hormones, Local government, Parents of crossdressers, Peep shows, Sex industry, Sportspersons, Surveys, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: American Bar Association Convention, Denise Brogan, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Gay Games, GenderPAC, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP), OUT Magazine, The National Lesbian and Gay Law Association (NLGLA)
  24. Renaissance News & Views, Vol. 9 No. 11 (November 1995)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Nov. 1995
    Topics: Activists, Androgyny, Breast, Children of transgender people, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag queens, DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Ethnic groups, Exhibitionism, Families, Fantasies, Femininities, Fetishism, Film, Gender identity, Gender role, Human rights, Intersex, Law, LGBTQ+ relationships, Lingerie, Lobbying, Masculinities, Military service, Native american cultures, Passing (Gender), Police, Politics, Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, Psychology, Research, Self-image, Swimwear, Television, Transgender community, Transgender people, Victims of hate crimes
    Subject: American Psychiatric Association (APA), Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF), Kitty Cole, Second Sex Agency, Transgender Officers Protect and Serve (TOPS), Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Tyra Hunter
  25. Renaissance News & Views, Vol. 9 No. 8 (August 1995)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Aug. 1995
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, FtMs, Hate crimes, LGBTQ+ radio, Media, Transgender movement
    Subject: American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS), Charles Busch, Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF), Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Tri-Ess Sorority
  26. Renaissance News & Views, Vol.12 No.7 (July 1998)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Jul. 1998
    Topics: Appearance, Counseling, Crimes, Crossdressing, FtMs, Gender minorities, MtFs
    Subject: Gender Public Advocacy Coalition (GPAC), Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
  27. Since Hiram Went To Yale

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Van Alstyne, Egbert, Williams, Harry
    Date: 1906
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Musical theatre
    Subject: Della Fox
  28. Sugar and Spice Sorority (September, 1973)

     
    Collection: Hartford T.V.I.C.
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 1973
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gatherings, Gender identity, Hormones, LGBTI community, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender people
  29. 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...
  30. The Transgenderist (August, 1996)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 1996
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Anti-transgender violence, Arrests, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Gay rights, Gender realignment surgery, Generative organs, Genes, Harassment, Hate crimes, Identity, Law, Local government, Night life, Partners of transgender people, Politics, Sexuality, Transgender people
    Subject: GenderPAC, Hate Crimes Statistics Act (HCSA), Integracion Gay Lesbica Argentina, John G. Rowland
  31. The Transvestite Magazine No. 43

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Slavik, Cathy Charles
    Date: 1970s
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Astrology, Beauty standards, Clothing, Clubs, Coming out, Counseling, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Ethnic groups, Families, Labour, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Social care, Support groups, Transsexual people
    Subject: Bill Woods, Brian Kagihara, Gender Services of Chicago, Ron Horn
  32. TVIC Journal Vol. 3 No. 28 (May 18, 1974)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: May 18, 1974
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, LGBTI community, Marriage, Parties, Partners of transgender people, Prisons, Social activities clubs
  33. TVIC Journal Vol. 5 No. 44 (February 21, 1976)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 21, 1976
    Topics: Activists, Appearance, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Electrolysis, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Law, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ parents, Partners of transgender people, Prisoners, Support groups, Transsexual people
    Subject: Ariadne Kane, Fantasia Fair
  34. TVIC Journal Vol. 9 No. 89 (December 21, 1980)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 21, 1980
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Beauty standards, Christmas, Clothing, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Law, LGBTI community, Night life, Parties, Partners of transgender people, Social activities clubs, Support groups, Transsexual people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
  35. Twenty Minutes (April, 1990)

     
    Collection: Twenty Minutes
    Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives
    Creator: The XX Club
    Date: Apr. 1990
    Topics: Cartoons, Christianity, Crossdressing, Drag, Fear of death, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Law, MtFs, Transsexual people
    Subject: Americans with Disabilities Act, Civil Rights Act, Diana Ross, Don Peterson, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Michael Jackson, No Name Men's Club, Quad-Eff, Richard Pryor, Robert McNeal, The XX Club, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self
  36. Twenty Minutes (April, 1991)

     
    Collection: Twenty Minutes
    Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives
    Creator: The XX Club
    Date: Apr. 1991
    Topics: Appearance, Crossdressing, Gender realignment surgery, Physical characteristics, Psychiatrists
    Subject: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Sara Louise, The Rolling Stones
  37. Twenty Minutes (January, 1990)

     
    Collection: Twenty Minutes
    Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives
    Creator: The XX Club
    Date: Jan. 1990
    Topics: Advertisements, Christianity, Comic strips, Crossdressing, Employment discrimination, Passing (Gender), Religions, Support groups, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Voice therapy (Gender)
    Subject: J. Simon McGrail
  38. Twenty Minutes (July, 1990)

     
    Collection: Twenty Minutes
    Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives
    Creator: The XX Club
    Date: Jul. 1990
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Cartoons, Children, Civil rights, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Employment discrimination, Family members, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Hormones, MtFs, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self
  39. Twenty Minutes (July, 1991)

     
    Collection: Twenty Minutes
    Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives
    Creator: The XX Club
    Date: Jul. 1991
    Topics: Acceptance, Cartoons, Coming out, Crossdressing, Drag, Family members, Femininities, Film, Gender, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Self-acceptance, Support groups, Television, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: Jeanie Davidson, John Money
  40. Twenty Minutes (May, 1990)

     
    Collection: Twenty Minutes
    Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives
    Creator: The XX Club
    Date: May 1990
    Topics: Acceptance, Cartoons, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Film, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Government, MtFs, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: Carol Burnett, Carolyn Ann Lima, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Leslie Elaine Perez, The XX Club, Wendi Pierce
  41. Twenty Minutes (October, 1991)

     
    Collection: Twenty Minutes
    Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives
    Creator: The XX Club
    Date: Oct. 1991
    Topics: Crossdressing, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), Homosexuality, Hormone therapy, Hormones, MtFs, Physical characteristics, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Gender Identity Clinic of New England (GICNE), Joan of Arc, Paris Is Burning, The Benjamin Standards, Yvon Menard
  42. Twenty (September/October, 1992)

     
    Collection: Twenty Minutes
    Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives
    Creator: The XX Club
    Date: Oct. 1992 to Oct. 1992
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Appearance, Biology, Crossdressing, Depression, Discrimination, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Hormones, Labelling, Passing (Gender), Roman catholicism, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Vatican
    Subject: Gender Identity Clinic of New England (GICNE), Stanley Biber
  43. Whiffenpoofs (in tutus)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Yale University Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: May 13, 1912
    Topics: Crossdressing, Musicians, Photographs, Photography, Students' clubs
    Subject: Esmond Paul O'Brien, Louie Linder, Pomery Tucker Francis
    Description: Whiffenpoofs (en tutus) of 1912 with Louie Linder (top hat) surrounded by Mohicans, a Yale social club, in front of Chittenden Library The man with the snare drum is Pomery Tucker Francis, BA 19...
  44. Women in Men's Clothes

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 27, 1901
    Topics: Arrests, Burial ceremonies, Crossdressing, FtMs, Labour, Marriage, Physicians, Soldiers
    Subject: Bessie Finegold, Catherine Coombs, Charles D. Fuller, Chevalier D'Eon, Christian Cavanagh, Ellis Glenn, Frank Blunt, Frank Mayne, Franklin Thompson, James Barry, Julia Forest, Louis HErman, Louise Watson, Maggie Curley, Mary East, Mary Talbot, Mary Walker, Minnie Briggs, Murray Hall, Nora Smith, Otto Schaffer, Sarolta Vay, Tonina Marinello, Tony Leesa
    Description: The Sea Coast Echo (Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi)
  45. Years in Masquerade

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 10, 1895
    Topics: Arrests, Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressing, Lady's maids, Parks, Police, Prisoners
    Subject: Estelle Lawrence, Reginald Culton, Violet Beacon, Violet Dell
    Description: Waterbury Evening Democrat (Waterbury, Connecticut)