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  1. A Dictionary of Gender Identity

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Bonnell, Charles
    Date: Sep. 20, 1975
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag kings, Drag queens, Eroticism, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Medicalization, Passing (Gender), Scientific literature, Sex cinemas, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: Gay Community News, The Queen's Vernacular
    Description: A short article in volume 3, issue 12 of Gay Community News, providing definitions for terms used by the gender noncomforming community in the 70s. Originally printed on page 17.
  2. A home of our own

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: The Ad Hoc Committee to Support the Lesbian Herstory Archives
    Date: Jun. 23, 1991
    Topics: Anti-lesbian violence, Archives, Butches, Dykes, Femmes, Lesbian activism, Lesbian African-Americans, Lesbian archives, Lesbian bars, Lesbians, Lesbians of colour, Male impersonators, Persecution of lesbians
    Subject: Becky Johnson, C. Walsh Theater, First African Meeting House, Gay Community News, Jenifer Firestone, Jewel Box Revue, Joan Nestle, Lesbian Herstory Archives, Michelle Parkerson, Red Shades Affinity Group, Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box, Stormé DeLarverie, West Village
    Description: An article summarizing an event to benefit the Lesbian Herstory Archives, featuring a short film about Storme Delarverie and appearances from notable lesbian activists. Originally published on page...
  3. 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...
  4. Ariadne Kane Speaks of the Transsexual Experience

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: SB, Kane, Ariadne
    Date: Jan. 31, 1976
    Topics: Drag queens, Feminism, Gay community, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Interviews, Police harassment, Sex (Body), Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transvestites
    Subject: Ariadne Kane, Cycle Sluts, Divine, Fantasia Fair, Gay Community News, New England Conference on Alternate Sex and Gender Lifestyles, Skag Drag
    Description: An interview with Ariadne Kane, a self described transgenderist who organized events and conferences for the transgender and transvestite communities. Originally published on pages 10 and 11 of vol...
  5. Becoming a Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Hircus, Capra
    Date: Jan. 3, 1976
    Topics: Clothing, Estrogen, Femininities, Gender affirming surgery, Gender expression, Hair removal, Hormone therapy (Gender), Identification cards, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Physicians, Transitioning (Gender), Transitioning status, Voice therapy (Gender)
    Subject: Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, Gay Community News, Gender Identity Service of Boston, Home Savings Bank
    Description: An overview of medical, social, and legal transition for an MtF trans person, presenting different options and how much they cost or how difficult they are to obtain. Originally published on page 9...
  6. Coming Out as Transsexual

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Christina Ann Debosco
    Date: Jan. 31, 1988
    Topics: Diversity, Drag, Intersectionality, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: Buffalo Transition Support, Gay Community News, March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation
    Description: A letter to the editor of Gay Community News from Christina Ann Debosco. Debosco requests that more information and writing by and for transgender individuals be published in the newspaper. Origina...
  7. Crossing Sexual Borders: Interview with Three Male-to-Female Transeuxals

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Tommi Avicolli
    Date: May 3, 1975
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Gender dysphoria, Gender expression, MtFs, Parents, Psychology, Trans women, Transgender children, Women's movement
    Subject: Erickson Educational Foundation, Gay Community News, Information for the Family of the Transsexual, Marilyn Monroe, New Words (Feminist Bookstore), Olivia Records, The Gay Alternative, The Linen Closet
    Description: Interviews with three transsexual women, ages 19 and 22, all from Pennsylvania. The article is reprinted from the Philadelphia paper The Gay Alternative. The article is printed on pages 8 and 12 of...
  8. 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...
  9. Finding aid for the Bisexual Resource Center Records

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Bisexual people, Bisexual press, Bisexuality, Gay liberation, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ ethnic groups, Transgender people
    Subject: Bay Area Bisexual Network, BiNet USA, Bisexual Resource Center, Boston Bisexual Women's Network, March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, Marcia Deihl, Robyn Ochs
    Description: The Bisexual Resource Center collection documents the organization's efforts to increase visibility and understanding of bisexuality and to provide support to bisexual or bi-friendly individuals an...
  10. Finding aid for the Boston Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youths, Inc. Records

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Gay liberation, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ youth, LGBTQ+ youth centers
    Subject: Boston Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth, Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Youth, Chanelle Pickett, Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Speakers Bureau, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth Group Network of Massachusetts, Grace Sterling Stonewall, Healthy Boston Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth, Massachusetts Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth, Project ACHIEVE Community Advisory Board
    Description: This collection reflects the Boston Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth, Inc's (BAGLY, Inc.) administrative, social, educational, and community activities from its inception in 1980 to 2001, includin...
  11. Finding aid for the Boston Intercollegiate Lesbian and Gay Alliance records

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Gay college students, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ movement, LGBTQ+ students' clubs
    Subject: Beth Holmberg, Boston Intercollegiate Lesbian and Gay Alliance, Northeast Lesbian and Gay Student Activist Conference, Northeast Lesbian and Gay Student Union, Northeastern University Organization for Alternative Lifestyles
    Description: The Boston Intercollegiate Lesbian and Gay Alliance (BILGA) records were assembled by Tim O'Connor, treasurer from 1985 to 1989; Beth Holmberg, secretary of BILGA from 1988 to 1990; and Jeffrey Mat...
  12. Finding aid for the Fenway Community Health Center Records

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, HIV tests, HIV/AIDS, Insemination, LGBTQ+ people who use substances recreationally, Medical care
    Subject: David Scondras, Linda Beane
    Description: The collection documents the work and expansion of the Fenway Community Health Center in serving the lesbian and gay, elderly, and low-income population of the Fenway and of Boston in general. Topi...
  13. Finding aid for the Greater Boston Business Council Records

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Gay business enterprises, Gays--Employment, Lesbian business enterprises, LGBTQ+ newsletters
    Subject: Greater Boston Business Council
    Description: The collection includes board of directors records consisting of by-laws, correspondence, meeting minutes, photographs, and documentation concerning the crisis and subsequent restructuring in 2000....
  14. Finding aid for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Political Alliance of Massachusetts Records

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: AIDS activists, AIDS education, AIDS memorial quilts, Domestic partnerships, Gay political groups, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ parenthood
    Subject: Boston Police Department, Eric Rofes, John Kerry, March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, Massachusetts Gay Political Caucus, Michael Dukakis, National Gay Task Force (NGTF), Raymond Flynn, Robert Bork, Robert E. Jackson, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Alliance of Massachusetts
    Description: The records of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Alliance of Massachusetts (LGBTPAM) document the organization's activities within Boston and Massachusetts to achieve social and political...
  15. Finding aid for the Women Against Violence Against Women Records

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Motion picture industry, Pornography, SM, Sound recording industry, Transsexual people, Transsexualism, Violence--Press coverage, Women's movement, Women's rights, Women--Crimes against
    Subject: Marcia Womongold
    Description: The Women Against Violence Against Women collection consists of records collected by organization members Gail Hanon and Ellen Herman. The Administration series focuses on the group's activities, f...