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  1. A Female Impersonator: Man Disguised in Woman's Apparel Arrested at Austin

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 13, 1901
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Police, Social norms, Taboos
    Subject: Edgar Edwards
  2. Alyssa Pariah Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Pariah, Alyssa
    Date: Jan. 16, 2018
    Topics: Activists, Appearance, Arrests, Bathrooms, Bullying, Capitalism, Child abuse, Childhood, Clothing, Communities, Detention, Direct action, Discrimination, Ethnic groups, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Occupy movement--New York (State)--New York, Police, Schools, Sexuality, Social movements, Socialism, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Alyssa Pariah, Black Lives Matter (BLM)
    Description: Alyssa Pariah recounts her difficult childhood in New Jersey, her involvement in trans women of color and sex worker communities in New York, and her radicalization as a revolutionary socialist. Sh...
  3. 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...
  4. Buffalo Belles Vol. 4 No. 2 (February, 1995)

     
    Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters
    Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State
    Creator: Lorraine, Kathy
    Date: Feb. 1995
    Topics: Clothing, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drab (LGBTQ+ culture), Female impersonators, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ partners, Physical characteristics, Police, Prejudices, Transsexual people, Wigs
    Subject: Alpha Omega, Be All You Want to Be, Buffalo News, Cheven Davis, CLT Breast Plan, Erie Sisters, Erie Sisters Riverside Gala Weekend, John Money, Mary Kay, Night Out in Buffalo, Rochester CD Network, Speaking As A Woman, Terry Bradley, Texas Tea Party, Xpressions
  5. 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
  6. Buffalo Belles Vol. 6 No. 4 (April, 1997)

     
    Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters
    Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State
    Creator: Lorraine, Kathy
    Date: Apr. 1997
    Topics: Clothing, Cosmetics, Crimes, Crossdressing, Events, Film, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Meetings, Police, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Wigs
    Subject: GenderPAC, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Just Like a Woman, Kindred Spirits, Peggy Rudd, Raquel Welch
  7. Chi Chapter (October, 1978)

     
    Collection: Chi Chapter Newsletters
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Martin, Donna
    Date: Oct. 1978
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressers, Gatherings, Harassment, Law, Lawyers, Police, Police officers, Support groups
    Subject: DREAM Program
  8. Chi Chapter Tribune Vol. 38 Iss. 06 (June, 1999)

     
    Collection: Chi Chapter Newsletters
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Peters, Denise
    Date: Jun. 1999
    Topics: Acceptance, Breast, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender realignment surgery, Happiness, LGBTQ+ partners, Passing (Gender), Photography, Police, Self-acceptance, Songs, Support groups, Transsexual people, Travel, Wigs
    Subject: American Cancer Society, Be All You Want to Be, Chicago Gender Society, Garden Party, Positive Attitudes Living Side by side (PALS), Spring Fling, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self
    Description: Periodical name changed from "The Chi Tribune" starting with Vol. 36 No. 2 (February, 1997)
  9. Chic Boy, 16, in Role of Countess, Unmasked Trying to Add to Fine Wardrobe

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 23, 1925
    Topics: Actors, Clothing, Female impersonators, Police
    Subject: Jack McDonald, Zelden Letrovinski
  10. Court Told of Wigs in a Flat

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 11, 1962
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Courts, Crossdressers, Imprisonment, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Police, Police raids, Wigs
    Subject: Charles Keenan, Eric Edward Beck, John O'Reilly, John Victor Hooton, Lionel Johnson, Ronald Edward Tone
    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)
  11. Cross-Port InnerView, Vol. 5 No. 2 (February, 1989)

     
    Collection: Cross-Port InnerView
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Cross-Port
    Date: Feb. 1989
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Finances, Harassment, Law, Police, Psychotherapy, Transsexual people, Violence
    Subject: American Transsexual Education Center (ATEC), Suicide Prevention Center (Dayton), The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre II - The Transvestites, Valley Thrift Store, WHIO Radio, WHIO TV
    Description: Magazine name changed from "Cross-Port" starting with Vol. 1 No. 3 (September, 1985)
  12. Cross-Port InnerView, Vol. 5 No. 9 (September, 1989)

     
    Collection: Cross-Port InnerView
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Cross-Port
    Date: Sep. 1989
    Topics: Clothing, Coming out, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Families, Femininities, Finances, Gender realignment surgery, Hair--Removal, Law, Police, Secrecy, Support groups, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: AIDS Volunteers of Cincinnati (AVOC), Bobbi Alyson, Coming Together, Working Together Convention, Crossroads, Crystal Club, Grace Bacon, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), National Association of Crossdressers (NAC), TV-TS Tapestry
    Description: Magazine name changed from "Cross-Port" starting with Vol. 1 No. 3 (September, 1985)
  13. Cross-Port InnerView, Vol. 9 No. 11 (November, 1993)

     
    Collection: Cross-Port InnerView
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Cross-Port
    Date: Nov. 1993
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Discrimination, Harassment, Music, Police, Support groups, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), Crystal Club, Human Rights Ordinance, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Old Street Saloon, RuPaul, Southern Comfort Conference
    Description: Magazine name changed from "Cross-Port" starting with Vol. 1 No. 3 (September, 1985)
  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. Escaped Negro Convict is Captured Here as "Female Impersonator"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 21, 1913
    Topics: Arrests, Black people, Clothing, Disguise, Female impersonators, Imprisonment, Police
    Subject: Willie Harris
  16. Female Impersonator Found Guilty of Theft

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 28, 1929
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Courts, Female impersonators, Police, Theft
    Subject: Sam Jarvis
  17. Female Impersonator Is Sentenced To Jail

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Sacramento Bee
    Date: Nov. 19, 1952
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Courts, Female impersonators, Physical violence, Police
    Subject: Fred Jackson
  18. Femme Mirror, Vol. 24 Iss. 3 (Fall, 1999)

     
    Collection: Femme Mirror
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Beecroft, Carol
    Date: Autumn 1999
    Topics: Christianity, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Literature, Marriage, Police, Psychology, Religions, Support groups
    Subject: Christine Grubb, Holiday En Femme, S.P.I.C.E, Tau Chi Chapter, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self
  19. Femme Mirror, Vol. 5 No. 4-5 (August-October, 1980)

     
    Collection: Femme Mirror
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Beecroft, Carol
    Date: Aug. 1980 to Oct. 1980
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Femininities, Gatherings, Hormones, Police, Support groups, Transgender community
    Subject: Tri-Sigma Convention
  20. 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
  21. Girl Talk, Vol. 17 No. 6 (June, 2000)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Silk, Cyndi
    Date: Jun. 2000
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Bathrooms, Castration, Christianity, Clothing, Crossdressing, Drivers' licenses, Gatherings, Gender, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Lingerie, MtFs, Police, Religions, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Alcoholism Center for Women, Asian-Pacific AIDS Intervention Team, Bienestar, Cloacal Exstrophy, Fantasia Fair, Gay & Lesbian Center, Holiday En Femme, Janis Walworth, Joe Pesaturo, John Hopkins Clinic, Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society, Linda Wade, Marianne J. Legato, Mark L. Wolf, Michael Bailey, Minority AIDS Project, Mulch Pile Ministry, Ocean of You, Planet Out, Robert Kosilek, Sara Herwig, The Transgender Menace, Trans-Unity 2000, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Tri-Ess' Alpha Chapter, University of Wollongong, Van Ness Reovery House
  22. Impersonator Willis: Arrest of an Alleged St. Louisman in New York

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Republic Bureau
    Date: Feb. 19, 1895
    Topics: Androgyny, Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Gender identity, Police, Social norms, Taboos
    Subject: Charles Willis
  23. In Man's Attire Tenants an Ark

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 24, 1897
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender diversity, Passing (Gender), Police
    Subject: Babe Bean
  24. Interview with Destinee Salinas

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Salinas, Destinee
    Date: Sep. 28, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Androgyny, Anti-transgender violence, Anxiety, Augmentation mammaplasty, Bathrooms, Bullying, Catholic schools, Clothing, Cosmetics, Discrimination, Drag, Families, Gender identity, Gender role, Health insurance, Hispanic Americans, Hormones, Language, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Media, Mental health, Mexican Americans, Police, Popular culture, Pronoun, Racially mixed people, Racism, Social media, Transgender people
    Subject: Annual Minneapolis Transgender Equity Summer
    Description: Destinee Salinas is a 35-year-old Hispanic straight female and was assigned male at birth. Their pronouns are she/her and they/them. She is the middle child of four brothers and, having an acceptin...
  25. Interview with Rehema Mertinez

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Mertinez, Rehema
    Date: Mar. 28, 2016
    Topics: Acceptance, Authority, Bullying, Clothing, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Ethnic diversity, Ethnic groups, Family members, Femininities, Gender identity, Hormones, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Media, Mental health, MtFs, Police, Police brutality, Schools, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Spirituality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Visibility
    Subject: Avenues for Homeless Youth, Trans Youth Support Network
    Description: Rehema Mertinez is a trans woman of color from Minneapolis, MN, though she lived for several years in Perth, Australia as a child. In this oral history, she shares her experiences with being kicked...