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cross-dressing: inside and out
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Scribner, Lynn M. Date: Feb. 23, 1985 Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Lingerie, Sexuality Subject: Gay Community News, Gayellow Pages, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund (LLDEF), TV-TS Contact Service Description: Letter to the editor of Gay Community News from a person imprisoned in Huntsville, TX. Originally published on page 6 of Volume 12, number 31. -
An Intimate Circle of Friends
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Moody, Linda Date: Oct. 13, 1984 Topics: Crossdressing, Lesbian artists, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ archives, LGBTQ+ theater, Sexism Subject: Addie Manning, Anne Whitney, Boston Area Lesbian and Gay History Project, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Cushman, Edwin Booth, Eliza Cook, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Gay Community News, Hamlet, Harriet Hosmer, Janet Kahn, Macbeth, Matilda Hays, Oliver Twist, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare Description: This article details the life and history of Charlotte Cushman and her circle of friends, many of whom were lesbians and engaged in crossdressing. There are several small typos in the article; Cush... -
Dressing the Part: Two Approaches to Drag
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Schneiderman, Jo, Leigh, Joanna, Lynn, Merissa Sherrill Date: May 5, 1984 Topics: Camp (Gay culture), Clothing, Crossdressers, Drag, Drag bars, Drag community, Drag queens, Femininities, Gay community, Gender affirming surgery, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Sexual assault, Transsexual people Subject: Eve's Garden, Fire and Ice Review, Gay Community News, Jacque's, Norell, Roberta Dearborn, Tiffany Club, Tina Lea Description: A compilation of interviews with drag queens, transsexual women, and crossdressers. Touches on the drag scene in Boston, presenting and passing as a woman, the threat of sexual assault, and relatio... -
Looking for room to grow in Sex Roles and Sexualities
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Cottle, Ed, Grewell, Eve Date: May 5, 1984 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Drag queens, Gay community, Gender expression, Gender identity, Lesbian community, Lesbian identity, Lesbians, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Parents of transgender people, Queer transgender people, Sex (Act), Transvestites Subject: Changes, Gay Community News, Solidarity and International Socialists: A Socialist Feminist Network Description: Two letters to the editor, both from trans individuals currently in prison. Originally published on pages 14 and 15 of volume 11, number 41 of Gay Community News. -
CROSSDRESSING WM SEEKING GWF TO SHARE MY HOBBY
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Date: Apr. 28, 1984 Topics: Advertising, Classified, Crossdressing, Lesbians, Personals Subject: Gay Community News Description: A classified ad by a crossdressing white male (WM) looking for a gay white female (GWF). Originally published on page 15 of volume 11, number 40 of Gay Community News. -
transsexual on trial for wearing drag
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Date: Apr. 16, 1983 Topics: Criminal law, Criminalization, Drag, FtMs, LGBTQ+ personal and family law, Medical practitioners' statements, Transitioning status, Transvestites Subject: Gay Community News, the Long Island Connection Description: News bulletin describing a trans woman on trial for crossdressing. Originally published on page 2 of volume 10, number 38 of Gay Community News. -
transvestite's assailant not charged in shooting
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Date: Mar. 12, 1983 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Criminal law, Criminalization, Hate crimes, Police, Police brutality, Police harassment Subject: Deon Miller, Gay Community News, George Christ Jr., Nassau County Grand Jury, Patrick Smith, the Long Island Connection Description: A legal bulletin describing the shooting and arrest of two trans people on Long Island. Originally published on page 2 of volume 10, number 33 of Gay Community News. Content Warning: This item c... -
Traps and the Transsexual Family
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Ireland, Jade Date: Feb. 19, 1983 Topics: Autobiography, Bisexual people, Book reviews, FtMs, Internalized homophobia, LGBTQ+ books, LGBTQ+ families, LGBTQ+ parents, MtFs, Transitioning status, Transsexual people Subject: Cathy Brown, Chris Johnson, Christine Jorgensen, Gay Community News, Jan Morris, Nancy Hunt, National Enquirer, The Gender Trap, Wendy Nelson Description: A book review of an autobiography by two trans individuals in a relationship. Originally published on pages 2 and 4 of volume 10, number 3 of Gay Community News. -
Glen or Glenda? : Not Just a Puppy Dog's Tale
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Bronski, Michael Date: Jul. 31, 1982 Topics: Exploitation films, LGBTQ+ films, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: Bela Lugosi, Christine Jorgensen, Ed Wood, Gay Community News, Glen or Glenda?, John Waters, World War II Description: A review of Glen or Glenda? (1953), originally published on pages 7 and 8 of volume 10, issue 3 of Gay Community News. -
only her surgeon knows for sure
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Date: Mar. 28, 1981 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Legal status, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ personal and family law, MtFs, Transgender rights, Transsexual people Subject: Gay Community News, Los Angeles Daily Journal, Raegan Kelly Description: A legal bulletin describing a case in which a trans woman is suing her workplace for discrimination. Originally published on page 2 of volume 8, issue 35 of Gay Community News. -
Transgender study & research center
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Date: May 10, 1980 Topics: Advertising, Classified, Gender identity, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Therapies, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Association for Humanistic Psychology, Association for the Advancement of Psychology, Association of Sexologists, Gay Community News Description: A classified ad for a counseling services clinic for transgender people. Originally published on page 7 of volume 7, number 41 of Gay Community News. -
GCN STONEWALL NATION 69~79: What Happened, Anyhow?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Stein, Cindy Date: Jun. 23, 1979 Topics: Drag queens, Gay liberation, Lesbians, Police harassment, Stonewall riots Subject: Allen Ginsberg, Dave Van Ronk, Dick Leitsch, Donn Teal, Gay Community News, Howard Smith, Lucian Truscott IV, New York City Police Department, New York Daily News, New York Mattachine Society, New York Times, The Gay Militants, Village Voice Description: An account of the Stonewall Riots, originally published on page 9 of volume 6, number 47 of Gay Community News, in the Stonewall 10th Anniversary issue. The author mentions drag queens being presen... -
Gender Role/Identity Discord
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Prunty, Brad Date: Feb. 17, 1979 Topics: Disorders of sexual development, Gay men, Gender identity, Medicalization, Psychology, Research, Transsexuality, Transvestites Subject: Bernard Zuger, Gay Community News, John Money, R.J. Stoller, Richard Green, Sexual Identity Conflict in Children and Adults, Tony Russo Description: An overview of recent research into why young people grow up to be gay or trans. The article and research do not cast a strong positive or negative light on the subject, although effeminacy in youn... -
TRANSSEXUAL POLICE OFFICER
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Date: Jan. 27, 1979 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, MtFs, Police, Post-operative, Transsexual people Subject: Bonnie Davenport, Gay Community News Description: An article on a trans woman who seeks to return to the position she had pre-transition as a police officer in Washington DC. Originally published on page 2 of volume 6, number 26 of Gay Community N... -
F.I. Newsletter
Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: circa 1978 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Trans women Subject: Art Karapolis, Cecil B. Demented, Club Baths Beauty Contest, Gay Community News, Stanley Smart, Susan Hunt, The National Alliance for Heterosexual Male Feminism