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  1. 50s Style Women's Music

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950
    Topics: Clubs, Crossdressers, Entertainers, Musicians
    Subject: Beverly Shaw, Chi Chi Club, Club Laurel, Flamingo Club, Mona's Club
  2. 76 Men, 19 Women Change Sex, Expert Reports

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Lal, Gobind Behari
    Date: May 7, 1964
    Topics: Childhood, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Mothers, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Psychiatry, Theories, Transsexualism
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Ira B. Pauly
  3. A Filmmaker Fictionalizes to Get at Difficult Truths

     
    Collection: Brandon Teena Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Harrison, Eric
    Date: Feb. 7, 2000
    Topics: Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Anti-queer violence, Sexual violence, Transmasculine people
    Subject: All She Wanted, Aphrodite Jones, Boys Don't Cry, Brandon Teena, Drew Barrymore, Hilary Swank, John Lotter, Kimberly Peirce, Lana Tisdel, Lisa Lambert, Phillip DeVine, The Hurricane, The Insider, Thomas Nissen
    Description: Newspaper clipping originally published in the Los Angeles Times on February 7, 2000. The piece features quotes from various people associated with the production of the 1999 film "Boys Don't Cry" ...
  4. A Gay Interview

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Van, Eddie, Perry, H. L.
    Date: Apr. 15, 1977 to Apr. 21, 1977
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Gay community, Homosexuality, Interviews, Police, Police raids, Transgender people
  5. A Noted Actress Ill and in Want

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 16, 1905
    Topics: Actors, Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressers, Death and dying, Theatre
    Subject: Johnstone Bennett
  6. A Noted Actress Ill and In Want

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 16, 1905
    Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: A Female Drummer, Johnstone Bennett
    Description: An article about Johnstone Bennet, published in the August 16, 1905 issue of the "San Francisco Chronicle."
  7. A Photograph of a Group of People Attending a Pride Event in Los Angeles

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1978 to 1979
    Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Gay pride, LGBTQ+ events, QTPOC
    Description: A photograph of a group of people at a Pride event in Los Angeles.
  8. A Photograph of Dorris Bullard with a Dog

     
    Collection: Dorris Bullard Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, Gender identity, Gender transgression, Transmasculinity
    Subject: Dorris Bullard
    Description: A photograph of Dorris Bullard taken shortly before her death.
  9. Aleshia Brevard Crenshaw Interview Transcript

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Stryker, Susan
    Date: Aug. 2, 1997
    Topics: Drag community, Femmes, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Sexuality, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: Aleshia Brevard Crenshaw, Christine Jorgensen, Finocchio's Club, Harry Benjamin, Li-Kar
  10. An Evening with a Living Legend: Christine Jorgensen

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Frog Pond The Restaurant
    Date: 1983
    Topics: Events, MtFs, Photographs, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Bill Lockwood, Christine Jorgensen, Frog Pond The Restaurant
    Description: A poster featuring a photograph of Christine Jorgensen, advertising the event, "An Evening With A LIVING LEGEND Christine Jorgensen IN CONCERT WITH Bill Lockwood". The date and location are also pr...
  11. An Exotic Gay Subculture Turns Poignant Under Scrutiny

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Dunning, Jennifer
    Date: Mar. 23, 1991
    Topics: Ballroom families, Drag balls, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transvestites
    Subject: Dorian Corey, Jennie Livingston, Meg McLagan, Octavia St. Laurent, Pepper Labeija, Willi Ninja
    Description: A description of how the film "Paris is Burning" relates to ball culture in New York City.
  12. Anne Bolin, 1978 Letter

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Bolin, Ann, Legg, W. Dorr
    Date: Apr. 21, 1978
    Topics: Anthropology, Gay liberation, Homosexuals, Organizations for sexual research and sexual reform, Transsexual people
    Subject: Boulder Gay Liberation, Omer C. Stewart, ONE, Inc., University of Colorado - Boulder
  13. Author Lands Role in 'Myra'

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Republican
    Date: Sep. 6, 1969
    Topics: Film, Theatre, Transgender people
    Subject: Gore Vidal, John Huston, Mae West, Myra Breckinridge, Raquel Welch
  14. Behind Every Good Man (c. 1967)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: UCLA Film and Television Archive
    Creator: Ursin, Nikolai
    Date: 1967
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Trans women, Transgender culture, Transgender people
  15. Beth Elliott Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Elliott, Beth, Funk, Mason
    Date: Aug. 12, 2021
    Topics: Gender dysphoria in youth, Lesbian separatism, LGBTQ+ musicians, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Beth Elliott, Daughters of Bilitis (DOB)
    Description: Beth Elliott was born on November 26, 1950 in Vallejo, California. Sometime during her teen years, Beth experienced what she calls her first goddess vision: looking down at her chest, and seeing br...
  16. Bette Midler with Drag Queens at Studio One

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Rocco, Pat
    Date: 1978
    Topics: Celebrities, Drag queens, Drag shows, Female impersonators, Gay discotheques
    Description: Bette Midler with drag queens at Studio One. 1978.
  17. Black Play Boy Presents Sir Lady Java and Rose Brothers

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 15, 1983 to Apr. 16, 1983
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Discos, Entertainers, Exotic dancers, Female impersonators, Theatre shows, Transgender people
    Subject: Black Playboy, Rose Brothers, Sir Lady Java
  18. Bradley Picklesimer Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Picklesimer, Bradley
    Date: Mar. 28, 2018
    Topics: Anti-gay violence, Berdache, Drag, Drag queens, Gay discos, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Hormones, LGBTQ+ porn films, Police raids, Sexual assault, Siblings, Stonewall riots, Transitioning (Gender), Transvestites
    Subject: ACT UP, AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), Bernard Jay, Bradley Picklesimer, Café LMNOP, Chi Chi LaRue, Club Agogo, Courtney Act, David Bowie, Divine, Francis Marion Picklesimer, Henry Faulkner, Jayne County, Judy Garland, Lee Angelique, Martha Lynn Stone, Miss Bradley, Sweet Evening Breeze, The Montparnasse, The Thrusters, Wade Littrell
    Description: OUTWORDS interview with Bradley Picklesimer conducted by Kate Kunath on March 28, 2018 in Meally, KY. AT 20, Bradley opened his first downtown club in Lexington, KY with the help of his brother and...
  19. Buddy Fisher, the Nation’s Joy-Boy, and Carl Osborne, Denny Lynch, Treg Brown entertain Myrna Kennedy and Francis Renault

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Hollywood Filmograph
    Date: Jul. 30, 1932
    Topics: Drag queens, Female impersonators, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ arts
    Subject: Buddy Fisher, Carl Osborne, Denny Lynch, Francis Renault, Myrna Kennedy, Treg Brown
    Description: A newspaper clipping including a photo of Buddy Fisher, Carl Osborne, Denny Lynch, Treg Brown as they entertain Myrna Kennedy and Francis Renault.
  20. California Assembly Passes Transgender Crime Bill

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 4, 1998
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Criminal law, Gender expression, Hate crimes, Law
    Subject: Sheila Kuehl, Wally Knox
    Description: A short article from "The Texas Triangle's" June 4, 1998 issue. Describes a new California law that "promises to strengthen prosecution of gender-related hate crimes."
  21. Call for Papers to an International Congress on Cross-Dressing, Sex and Gender

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1994
    Topics: Transgender people's writings
    Subject: International Congress on Cross-Dressing, Sex, and Gender, Rupert Raj
    Description: The call to papers to the International Congress on Cross-Dressing, Sex and Gender. It explains when and where the congress will be happening, what it will entail, and invites people to attend, spo...
  22. Carroll Revue: America's Foremost Female Impersonators (1956)

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Wallace, Ruth
    Date: 1956
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease
    Subject: Blue Note Night Club, Finnochio's, Latin Quarter, Rendevous Club, Solomon's Club, Starlite Room, Tivoli Circuit, Tivoli Theatre, Tropics Room
  23. Charles Pierce at Mr. Valentine

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Rocco, Pat
    Date: 1970
    Topics: African American gays, Beauty contests, Drag queens
    Description: Charles Pierce (in suit) on stage with drag queens at the Mr. Valentine Contest. 1970.
  24. Charley Foy's Supper Club, Sherman Oaks, Calif.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 20, 1963
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Drag, Female impersonators, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Lynn Carter
  25. Christine Jorgensen at her Home in Hollywood, California

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1969
    Topics: Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen poses in front of a painting of herself at her home in Hollywood, California.
  26. Christine Jorgensen at ONE (1)

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Earl, Bob
    Date: Mar. 9, 1975
    Topics: Autographs, Transgender people
    Description: Christine Jorgensen, the first person widely known to have sex reassignment surgery, signs her biography after speaking at ONE Incorporated. March 9, 1975.
  27. Christine Jorgensen at ONE (2)

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Earl, Bob
    Date: Mar. 9, 1975
    Topics: Public speaking, Transgender people
    Description: Christine Jorgensen, the first person widely known to have sex reassignment surgery, speaks at ONE Incorporated. March 9, 1975.
  28. Christine Jorgensen in a Chair at Home

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen seated in a chair in front of a portrait of herself.
  29. Christine Jorgensen Walks Down the Street in Hollywood

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1982
    Topics: Photography, Public facilities, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Christine Jorgensen walks down the street, holding bags, in front of the Carlton Hotel in Hollywood, CA.
  30. Christine Jorgensen with Newspaper Article

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Oct. 10, 1970
    Topics: LGBTQ+ newspapers, Photography, Politics, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Spiro Agnew
    Description: Christine Jorgensen holding the newspaper article in which Spiro Agnew made a tasteless comment about her.
  31. Christine Sees Her Life Portrayed

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Manners, Dorothy
    Date: Nov. 9, 1969
    Topics: Actors, Autobiographies, Biographies, Film, Gender realignment surgery, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Ellen Clark, John Hansen, Myra Breckinridge, The Christine Jorgensen Story
  32. Christine Works For Her Share

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Washington Star
    Date: Sep. 20, 1970
    Topics: Femininities, Film, Gender realignment surgery, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, The Christine Jorgensen Story
    Description: Newspaper formerly known as "The Washington Evening Star"
  33. Chrysalis Quarterly, Vol. 2 No. 2 (Summer, 1995)

     
    Collection: Chrysalis Quarterly
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Denny, Dallas
    Date: Summer 1996
    Topics: Body politics, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, History, Masculinities, Multiple personality disorder, Religions, Sexual orientation
    Subject: Brandon Teena, Garrett Oppenheim
  34. Club Flamingo Hollywood (1947)

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Club Flamingo
    Date: 1947
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease
    Subject: Carroll Davis, Carroll Wallace, Chris Bailey, Francis Blair, Francis Stillman, Harvey Lee, Jackie Maye, Jan Vidra, Johnny Mangum, Mickey Mercer
  35. Club Laurel Matchbox

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Club Laurel
    Date: 1965?
    Topics: Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Matchboxes, Pocket matchboxes, Theatre shows
    Subject: Club Laurel
  36. Corwin Anthony Hawkins Amazing Grace

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ Christians
    Subject: Amazing Grace, Corwin Anthony Hawkins, Deidra Hawkins, It's a Low Down Dirty Shame, John L's, Joyce Hawkins, Miss Gay South, Miss Gay Southwest, Miss Gay Texas, National Entertainer of the Year, Phoebe Hawkins, Texas Entertainer of the Year, Wilber, Jr. Hawkins, Wilbur Hawkins
    Description: An obituary for "Corwin Anthony Hawkins Amazing Grace." Describes the titles Grace won and their most recent work in Hollywood.
  37. Crash Glass House

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Jackson, Don
    Date: Mar. 13, 1970 to Mar. 19, 1970
    Topics: Action campaigns, Crossdressers, Demonstrations, Gay liberation, Gay rights, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Police, Transgender prostitution, Violence
    Subject: Howard Effland, Morris Kight, Robert Humphries, Troy Perry
  38. Dancer is Returning Saturday

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 23, 1925
    Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Kitty Doner, Lady Be Good, Orpheum, Twenty Minutes in Paris
    Description: A clipping about Kitty Doner's performance at the Orpheum in Los Angeles.
  39. Dorothy Putnam and friend

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1916
    Topics: Crossdressing, Lesbians
    Description: Dorothy Putnam and friend playing the happy couple. 1916.
  40. Dorothy Putnam in Football Gear

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1916
    Topics: Crossdressing, Lesbians
    Description: Dorothy Putnam dressed in football gear. 1916.
  41. Dr. Harry Benjamin at ONE

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 21, 1969
    Topics: Gay rights, Public speaking
    Description: Dr. Harry Benjamin, noted medical doctor for transgender patients, speaks at ONE Incorporated. September 21, 1969.
  42. Drag contest, Club Alabam

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator: Woods, Clyde
    Date: circa 1945
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Clubs, Drag, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, Night life
    Subject: Club Alabam
    Description: Contestants fill the dance floor during a drag contest at Club Alabam, located at 42nd and Central Avenue in Los Angeles, hosted by Bill Hefflin.
  43. Drag Queen and Subjects at the Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Mason, Lee
    Date: Jun. 27, 1971
    Topics: Costume, Drag queens, Gay pride parades
    Description: Drag queen and subjects on the back of a car at the Los Angeles Christopher Street West pride parade. June 27, 1971.
  44. Drag Queen in Limousine

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Walker, Meyers
    Date: Jun. 27, 1982
    Topics: Crossdressing, Gay pride parades
    Description: Drag queen posing with a beverage in a limousine at the Los Angeles Christopher Street West pride parade. 1982.
  45. Drag queens on horses at the Los Angeles gay pride parade

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Morris, Rusty
    Date: 1975
    Topics: Drag queens, Gay pride parades, Horses
    Description: Drag queens on horseback at the Los Angeles Christopher Street West pride parade. 1975.
  46. Dragazine No. 4

     
    Collection: Zines
    Institution: Queer Zine Archive Project
    Creator: Commondenominator, Lois
    Date: 1992
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Interviews
    Subject: Chi-Chi LaRue, Esther Newton, Frank Marino, Glamour-osity, Jimmy James, Joan Jett Blakk, Joan Rivers, Joe Jeffreys, Karen Dior, Majorie Garber, Marilyn Monroe, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
    Description: From page 2: "In keeping with tradition, DRAGAZINE No. 4 has collected tidbits, morsels, goodies, this, that and the other, news and information about all things Drag."
  47. Elaborate Costume for Halloween

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 31, 1992
    Topics: Costume, Events, Gay men
    Description: Elaborate costume at the Halloween party iin West Hollywood. October 31, 1992.
  48. Erickson Educational Foundation: Information Brochure

     
    Collection: Erickson Educational Foundation Publications
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Erickson Educational Foundation (EEF)
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Research, Self-help, Support groups, Transsexualism
    Subject: The Infinite Way, William Gutman
  49. Erickson Educational Foundation Newsletter, Vol. 6 No. 2 (Fall, 1973)

     
    Collection: Erickson Educational Foundation Publications
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Erickson Educational Foundation (EEF)
    Date: Autumn 1973
    Topics: Child custody, Conferences, Crossdressing, Divorce, Family members, Film, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Health insurance, Labour law, Legal status, MtFs, Police, Research, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Harry Benjamin, Marie Mehl, Third International Symposium on Gender Identity
  50. FAIRIES, LEATHERMEN AND QUEENS SHARE THE SPIRIT

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Bronski, Michael, Thompson, Mark, Hayes, Dimid
    Date: Jul. 12, 1987
    Topics: Berdache, Book reviews, Closeted gay men, Crossdressing, Faeries, Gay activism, Gay culture, Gay liberation, Gay men, Homophobia, Internalised homophobia, Interviews, Lesbian activism, LGBTQ+ books, LGBTQ+ Christians, LGBTQ+ religious people, LGBTQ+ spiritual people, Persecution of gay men, Queer men
    Subject: Anita Bryant, Edward Carpenter, Gay Community News, Gay Spirit: Myth and Meaning, Harry Hay, LIVE-AID, Louisiana Sissies in Struggle, Mark Thompson, The Advocate, Tree Roots Collective, Walt Whitman
    Description: An interview with Mark Thompson and a review of his book, Gay Spirit: Myth and Meaning. Thompson discusses what it means to be gay and references crossdressers and iconic gay men of the past. Origi...