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Tamara Rees Vacuuming at Home (July 28, 1955)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: United Press International Date: Jul. 28, 1955 Topics: LGBTQ+ newspapers, Marriage, MtFs, Transsexual people Subject: J.E. Courtland, Robert Egan Rees, Tamara Edel Rees Description: Along the side of the photo appears the following text, on a separate sheet of paper: "BCP3-7/28-SACRAMENTO: Tamara Edel Rees Sweeps clean and starts life anew. She claims she was transformed fr... -
Tamara Rees Poses on Burlesque Stage with Husband, J.E. Courtland, III (July 29, 1955)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Jul. 29, 1955 Topics: MtFs, Partners of transgender people, Theater, Transsexual people Subject: J.E. Courtland, Tamara Rees Description: The following text appears at the bottom of the object: "WILL LECTURE- Tamara Rees, paratrooper turned 'woman' by sex surgery, poses on the stage of a burlesque theater in Los Angeles with her ... -
Tamara Rees Backstage at Los Angeles' Club Oasis with Elaine Cayon (November 10, 1955)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Douglas, Bob Date: Nov. 10, 1955 Topics: Dancers, MtFs, Strippers, Transsexual people Subject: Club Oasis, Elaine Cayon, Tamara Rees Description: The following text appears at the bottom of the object: "Leg Check: Embarked on a career as a night club strip teaser after undergoing a sex transformation operation in Denmark, an ex-GI billed... -
April Ashley Headshot (1956)
Collection: April Ashley Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1956 Topics: Actors, Entertainers, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: April Ashley Description: April Ashley is a British model, actress and jet-set socialite who became known as a regal trailblazer for transgender women. -
I Changed My Sex
Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: McLeod, Charlotte, Mr. Magazine Date: circa 1956 Topics: Army, Discrimination, Femininities, Hormone therapy, Internalized homophobia, Masculinities, MtFs, Physicians, Transsexual people Subject: Charlotte McLeod -
As For Me...
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries Creator: Date: May 1956 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender identity, Transphobia, Transsexual people Subject: Luther Allen -
Ray Bourbon enters court
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: Aug. 1, 1956 Topics: Birth certificate amendments, Courts, Gender realignment surgery, Law, MtFs, Transsexual people Subject: Rae Bourbon, Ray Bourbon Description: Wearing a black and white nylon dress, false eyelashes, heavy perfume and 5 o'clock shadow, Ray (or Rae) Bourbon enters Beverly Hills Municipal Court on August 1, 1956, to deny he (or she) was guil... -
Ray Bourbon leaves court
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Date: Aug. 1, 1956 Topics: Courts, Gender realignment surgery, Law, MtFs, Transsexual people Subject: Rae Bourbon, Ray Bourbon Description: Ray Bourbon leaves Beverly Hills Municipal Court after arraignment August 1, 1956, on impersonating a woman. -
Miss. Medical Work Is Praised
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Minor, W.F. Date: Oct. 24, 1956 Topics: Ethics, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Medicalisation, Psychiatry, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people -
Georgina Turtle Displaying Her Wardrobe
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1950? to 1965? Topics: Dresses, Intersex people, Transsexual people Subject: Georgina Carol Turtle -
Poems of Truth
Collection: Rare Books Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Dillon, Michael Date: 1957 Topics: Mysticism, Trans men, Transgender Buddhists, Transgender poetry, Transsexual people Subject: George Gurdjieff, Michael Dillon Description: Michael Dillon's 1957 "Poems of Truth" explores spiritual themes from a variety of religious and philosophical traditions in verse and short prose poems. The work continues themes explored in "Self... -
Roberta Wins Hill Climb
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: British Pathé Creator: Date: Sep. 5, 1957 Topics: Automobile racing, Motorsports, MtFs, Shelsley Walsh Hill-climb Race, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Roberta Cowell, Tony Marsh, W.B. Croot Description: Roberta Cowell (wartime fighter pilot who had sex change operation) wearing head scarf round her head, examining the engine of her car with a mechanic in the pits, camera pans up and we look down o... -
Transvestism and Transsexualism
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries Creator: Benjamin, Henry Date: Autumn 1958 Topics: Crossdressing, Essentialism, Gender realignment surgery, Genetics, Hormone therapy, Law, Medicalisation, MtFs, Psychoanalysis, Transsexual people, Transsexualism Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Havelock Ellis -
April Ashley Backstage at Le Carrousel (1959)
Collection: April Ashley Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1959 Topics: Actors, Entertainers, MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: April Ashley, Le Carrousel -
Coccinelle for Alessandro Blasetti's Europa di notte (1959)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Avers Films Date: 1959 Topics: Actors, French, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Coccinelle, Europa di notte, European Nights Description: Coccinelle posing with clapperboard on the set of Europa di notte (European Nights).
