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  1. Members of Mae West Show Being Arrested

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1928
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Photography, Police
  2. The Why of He-Men Who Play Women

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Steinman, Samuel
    Date: May 5, 1929
    Topics: Clothing, Female impersonators, Femininities, Mental disorders, Photography, Physical characteristics, Psychologists, Psychology, Sportspersons, Students, Theatre, Theatre shows
    Subject: George Pease, Haresfoot, Mimics of Michigan, Walter Koppisch, William Sheldon
  3. Gladys Bentley and Willie Bryant

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1936
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ people of color, Male impersonators, Musicians, Photography
    Subject: Gladys Bentley, Willie Bryant
  4. Christine Jorgensen Arrives at New York Idlewild Airport

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1953
    Topics: Photography, Trans women, Transgender people, Travel
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen returns to the United States in 1953 after undergoing gender realignment surgery in Denmark, pictured here at the New York Idlewild Airport (now JFK International Airport).
  5. Close-Up of Christine Jorgensen Upon Arrival at New York Idlewild Airport

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Feb. 12, 1953
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: A close-up photograph taken of Christine Jorgensen by the AP after her return to the United States at the New York Idlewild Airport (now JFK International Airport) in 1953 and was published by the AP.
  6. Christine Jorgensen Receives Woman of the Year Award

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 31, 1953
    Topics: Awards, Organisations, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Harry Berglind, Scandinavian Society
    Description: Christine Jorgensen accepts a certificate from Harry Berglind, chairman of the Scandinavian Societies of Greater New York, for their Woman of the Year award in 1953.
  7. Christine Jorgensen at Adelphi Theater, New York City

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 8, 1953
    Topics: Photography, Theatre, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen at the Adelphi Theater in New York City wearing a straw hat and an orchid corsage.
  8. Christine Jorgensen in Formal Wear

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Seymour, Maurice
    Date: circa 1954
    Topics: Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Myles Bell
    Description: Christine Jorgensen poses with Myles Bell in evening wear for photographer Maurice Seymour in 1954.
  9. Group Photo at Andy's

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1950 to 1959?
    Topics: Female impersonators, Photography, Theatre shows
  10. Portrait of Mickey Marlowe

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1950 to 1959?
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Mickey Marlowe
  11. Charlotte in Seclusion After Umbrella Affray

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Boston American
    Date: Apr. 17, 1954
    Topics: Army, Gender realignment surgery, MtFs, Photography, Police
    Subject: Charlotte McLeod, Christine Jorgensen, Glenn Everett
  12. Charlotte McLeod Puts Makeup on Barbara Maye

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1955
    Topics: Appearance, Cosmetics, Employees, Photography, Transgender people
    Subject: Barbara Maye, Charlotte McLeod
    Description: Charlotte McLeod works as a beautician at the Great Northern Hotel's salon in New York, using a eyebrow pencil on customer Barbara Maye.
  13. Charlotte McLeod Works as a Receptionist

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 2, 1955
    Topics: Employees, Photography, Transgender people
    Subject: Charlotte McLeod
    Description: Charlotte McLeod is photographed in a black dress, answering a call and writing in a notebook as a receptionist at the Great Northern Hotel in New York.
  14. Robbie Ross in a Jewel Box Revue Production

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1956
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography, Theatre shows
    Subject: Jewel Box Revue, Robbie Ross
  15. Niki Gordon and an Unidentified Person

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1958
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Niki Gordon
  16. Niki Gordon and Three Unidentified Performers on Stage

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1958
    Topics: Crossdressing, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Niki Gordon
  17. Portrait of Niki Gordon (2)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1958
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Niki Gordon
  18. Portrait of Niki Gordon (3)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1958
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Niki Gordon
  19. Christine Jorgensen Examines a Damaged Car

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1959
    Topics: Damages, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen looks at what is presumably her car, which has been smashed on the side following an accident.
  20. Female Impersonators on Parade: Vol. 1

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Nutrix Co.
    Date: 1960
    Topics: Appearance, Crossdressers, Drag, Femininities, Military, Night life, Photography, Plays
    Subject: Abroad With Two Yanks, Alec Guiness, Dennis O'Keefe, Harry LaMoza, Jack Lemmon, Jackie Hayes, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Mummers Day Parade, Some Like It Hot, Teaserama, Tony Curtis, Varietease, Vernon Hoff, Vickie Lynn
    Description: This publication includes photographs of famous drag performers and stories about their personal and professional lives, as well as descriptions of films with well-known actors who have dressed in ...
  21. Female Impersonators on Parade: Vol. 3

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Nutrix Co.
    Date: 1961
    Topics: Appearance, Crossdressers, Dance, Drag, Femininities, Masculinities, Night life, Photography, Plays, Theatre
    Subject: Coccinelle, Madame Arthur, Madame Arthur Night Club
    Description: This publication includes photographs of famous drag performers and stories about their personal and professional lives, as well as descriptions of films with well-known actors who have dressed in ...
  22. Group Photo at the 82 Club (1)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1962?
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Male impersonators, Photography
    Subject: 82 Club, Alice Miller, Bill Hughes, Bobbi Day, Chris Ames, Frankie Quinn, George Roth, Hans Crystal, Jackie Maye, Jan Taylor, Jo Vaughan, Kim August, Lynn Roberts, Phillip Cross, Rene Del Rio, Sandy Rogers, Terry Noel, The Great Rubay, Toby Marsh, Vickie Lynn
  23. Letters from Female Impersonators Vol. 10

     
    Collection: Letters from Female Impersonators
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Nutrix Co.
    Date: 1962
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressers, Dancers, Drag, Exotic dancers, Femininities, Jewelry, Military, Military service, Night life, Passing (Gender), Photography, Work ethic
    Subject: Coccinelle, Jacques Dufresnay, Jewel Box Revue
  24. Letters from Female Impersonators Vol. 11

     
    Collection: Letters from Female Impersonators
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Nutrix Co.
    Date: 1962
    Topics: Appearance, Crossdressers, Femininities, Law, Navy, Passing (Gender), Photography, Plays, Theatre
    Subject: Jene Chandler, Jewel Box Revue, Lissa G., Robin Rogers, Suli Montiel, Wilma D.
  25. Letters from Female Impersonators Vo. 12

     
    Collection: Letters from Female Impersonators
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Nutrix Co.
    Date: 1963
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Communities, Crossdressers, Drag, Femininities, Masculinities, Navy, Night life, Photography, Prejudices
  26. Letters from Female Impersonators Vol. 15

     
    Collection: Letters from Female Impersonators
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Nutrix Co.
    Date: 1963
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender realignment surgery, Jewelry, Passing (Gender), Photographic models, Photography, Public facilities
    Subject: Kim August
  27. Efrain John Gonzalez fonds

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag queens, LGBTQ+ artists, LGBTQ+ night life, Photography, Trans women
    Subject: Dee Morris, Efrain John Gonzalez, Fabric Factory, Gloria Hole, INK & STEEL, Speed Limit 55, Wigstock
    Description: Efrain John Gonzalez was born in the Bronx, raised in Long Island, moved to Manhattan in 1975, and settled in Park Slope, Brooklyn in 1979. A photographer since secondary school at Holy Trinity Hig...
  28. Group Holding an 82 Club Banner

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Jacobs, Eric Stephen
    Date: Aug. 1973
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Events, Gay pride, Photography, Public facilities
    Subject: 82 Club
  29. Group Photo at the 82 Club (2)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1970 to 1979?
    Topics: BIPOC, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, Photography
    Subject: 82 Club
  30. TVIC Journal Vol. 9 No. 88 (November 15, 1980)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 15, 1980
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Hijras, Identification cards, Law, Masculinities, Navy, Photography, Physicians, Transgender community
    Subject: Janice Raymond, Joanna Clark
  31. Niece and Nephew at a Wedding in Syracuse, New York

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1982
    Topics: Family members, Photography, Weddings
    Description: Niece’s wedding. Donor and nephew. 1982, Syracuse, New York.
  32. Correspondence Between Ren'ee Chevalier and I.F.G.E.

     
    Collection: International Foundation for Gender Education Publications and Documents
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Chevalier, Ren'ee
    Date: Feb. 3, 1988
    Topics: Conferences, Crossdressers, Photography, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Chicago Convention, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Ren'ee Chevalier, Tiffany Club of New England (TCNE), Transgenderests Independence Club (TGIC), TVIC Albany
  33. Clubs News (April 1988)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator: Gemini Club, Aquarius Club, Albany T.V. Entertainers Club, Uno Club, International Cultural Group
    Date: Apr. 1988
    Topics: Actors, Arts and entertainment occupations, Drag queens, Events, HIV/AIDS, Parties, Photography, Social activities clubs, Support groups
    Subject: Lynne Carter
  34. TGIC, Butterfly, EON Newsletter (November 1988)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Expressing Our Nature, Transgenderests Independence Club, Butterfly
    Date: Nov. 1988
    Topics: Appearance, Assigned gender, Books, Events, Genetics, Nuns, Photography
    Subject: Joanna Michelle Clark, Mary Elizabeth Clark, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
  35. TGIC, Butterfly, EON (November 1988)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator: Transgenderests Independence Club, Butterfly, Expressing Our Nature
    Date: Nov. 1989
    Topics: Books, Chromosomes, Electrolysis, Events, Experiments, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Hair--Removal, Navy, Nuns, Parties, Photography, Sex (Biology), Support groups, Transgender people
    Subject: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Richard F. Docter, Tapestry Magazine, Transvestites and Transsexuals: Toward of a Theory of Cross-Gender Behavior
  36. Buffalo Belles Vol. 3 No. 4 (April, 1994)

     
    Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters
    Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State
    Creator: Lorraine, Kathy
    Date: Apr. 1994
    Topics: Clothing, Comic strips, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Meetings, Photography, Support groups, Transsexual people, Wigs
    Subject: Alison Laing, Art & Illusion Companion, Be All You Want to Be, Buffalo News, Canadian Crossdressers Club (CCDC), Caroline Cossey, Chevalier Publications, Crossdressing with Dignity: The Case for Transcending Gender Lines, Deborah Feinbloom, Emily Cho, Erie Sisters, Fantasia Fair, Femme Mirror, From Masculine to Feminine and All Points In Between, Greater New York Gender Alliance (GNYGA), Hara Marano, Hormones, How to Be a Woman Though Male, IFGE Houston 1992, Jennifer Ann Stevens, JoAnn Roberts, Looking Terrific, Makeup for Brunettes, Moonlight in Manhattan NYC, My Husband Wears My Clothes: Crossdressing from the Perspective of a Wife, My Story, Night Out in Buffalo, Paradise In The Poconos, Peggy Rudd, Rochester CD Network, Sheila Kirk, Speaking As A Woman, Spring Fling, Style is Not a Size, Susi Rogol, Tapestry Magazine, The Transvestite and His Wife, The Turnabout Party, Transvestites and Transsexuals, Understanding Cross-Dressing, Virginia Prince
  37. The Transgenderist (December, 1994)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 1994
    Topics: Acceptance, Christmas, Clothing, Clubs, Conferences, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Estrogen, Femininities, FtMs, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Hormones, Masculinities, Partners of transgender people, Photography, Religions, Sexual orientation, Transgender people
    Subject: Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self
  38. Buffalo Belles Vol. 4 No. 3 (March, 1995)

     
    Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters
    Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State
    Creator: Lorraine, Kathy
    Date: Mar. 1995
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Comic strips, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Events, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Meetings, Passing (Gender), Photography, Police, Wigs
    Subject: Chi Tribune, Cross Talk, En Femme, Erie Sisters, James McCoy, Niagara Lake Weekend, Night Out in Buffalo, Nu Phi Chi, Rochester CD Network, Sigma Nu Rho, Southern Belles, Tapestry Magazine, Tau Chi, Xpressions
  39. Felicity Chandell Papers

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Community Center
    Date: 2008?
    Topics: Brochures, Crossdressing, Directories, Newsletters, Photography
    Subject: Felicity Chandelle, John MacDonald Miller, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), Society for the Second Self, State of New York v Felicity Chandell
  40. Vanguard Revisited (February 2011)

     
    Collection: Vanguard
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Vanguard Publications
    Date: Feb. 2011
    Topics: Arts, Discrimination, Drug abuse, Fiction, HIV/AIDS, Intersex, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ poetry, Mental health, Older gay men, Photography, Police, Religions, Transgender people
    Subject: Barack Obama, GLBT Historical Society (GLBTHS), Matthew Sheppard
  41. Evan Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Tennenbaum, Ric, Evan
    Date: Jul. 29, 2017
    Topics: Artists, Bars, Childhood, Coming out, Crossdressing, Families, FtMs, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, Hormones, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Photography, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Evan, Pratt University
    Description: Evan is a Brooklyn based photographer whose photo work primarily touches upon issues of gender and identity, and in this interview he describes his perception of his own intersectional identity. Or...
  42. Quito Ziegler Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Niculescu, Sebastián Castro, Ziegler, Quito
    Date: Jul. 18, 2018
    Topics: Artists, Childhood, Education, Ethnic groups, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Judaism, LGBTI community, NGOs, Photography, Socialism
    Description: Quito Ziegler tells interviewer Sebastián Castro Niculescu about their childhood growing up in a Jewish and socialist environment. Their journey to find their gender identity and a queer community ...
  43. 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...
  44. 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...
  45. Interview with David Harrison

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Harrison, David, Taylor, Evan
    Date: Jan. 27, 2020
    Topics: Identity politics, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ authors, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art, Photography, Transgender people
    Description: Oral history with David Harrison discussing his work as an actor, writer, and activist.