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  1. A Comedy of Murder

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Chinese Theatrical Company, Taka Wing, Two Unfortunate Maidens
    Description: Article published in The New York Herald about a performance by Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator.

  2. "A Dark Conspiracy" in Chinese

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1889
    Topics: Chinese drama, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: A Dark Conspiracy, Asian people, Chinese People, Koong Ming, Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing
    Description: This item is an article published in the New York Herald reporting on the performance of "A Dark Conspiracy" featuring Taka Wing, a female impersonator.

  3. Alejandra Rodriguez Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Rodriguez, Alejandra, Oloya-Santiago, Tamara
    Date: Aug. 21, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Discrimination, Employment discrimination, Families, Hormones, Immigrants, LGBTQ+ partners, MtFs, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Community Healthcare Network (CHN)
    Description: In this oral history, Alejandra Rodriguez speaks about immigrating from Mexico to the United States as a young adult to escape the intense discrimination they were suffering. Alejandra speaks about...

  4. 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.

  5. Audre Lorde Grand Project Opening Celebration Program, 1996

     
    Collection: Audre Lorde Project
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: The Audre Lorde Project
    Date: Nov. 15, 1996
    Topics: AIDS organizations, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ artists, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ community centers, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ poetry, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Transgender people, Two-Spirit people
    Subject: Audre Lorde, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center)
    Description: A program for the Grand Opening Celebration of the Audre Lorde Project, published in 1996.

  6. Ei Meeker Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Awad, Nadia, Meeker, Ei
    Date: Oct. 9, 2017
    Topics: Activists, AIDS organizations, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Community centres, Direct action, Educators, Families, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender role, Harassment, Health care, Help lines, HIV/AIDS, Housing, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Politics, Roman catholicism, Schools, Sex education, Sexuality, Tolerance, Transgender children, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: ACT UP, Bailey House, Ei Meeker, Terry McGovern

  7. Gia Love Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Love, Gia
    Date: Apr. 11, 2019
    Topics: African diaspora, African-americans, Black people, Bullying, Butches, Childhood, Crossdressing, Debates, Drag balls, Femininities, Foster children, Gender, Gender diversity, Homelessness, Homophobia, Hormones, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Mothers, Racism, Sexism, Sexual abuse, Soft butches, Special education, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence, Women
    Subject: Butch Queen, City College, Destination Tomorrow, Ginovia, Greenlight Hub, Harlem United, Harvard University, House of Bacardi, House of Juicy, House of Louboutin, House of McQueen, Islan Nettles, Kalem Lord, Malcolm X, Marist College, Martin Luther King Jr., New York Urban Debate League (NYUDL), Paris Is Burning, Sundance, TQ, Uber
    Description: Gia Love reflects on her life in the kiki ball scene, an underground queer and trans dance community in New York City. In kiki, particularly the House of Juicy, Gia found deep friendships and a sup...

  8. 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

  9. High Jinks for Chinatown

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 22, 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Joss temple, Koong Ming, Shi Lou Tau Moo ("Loyal Slave"), Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing, Yaka Wing
    Description: This item includes a clipping from the Boston Herald detailing a performance starring Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator.

  10. 'I Never Thought I Was Going to Be Part of Gay History'

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Isay, David
    Date: Jun. 27, 1999
    Topics: Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Lesbian relationships, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Stonewall riots, Substance abuse, Trans women
    Subject: Gay History, Julia Murray, Mental Health, Sylvia Rivera, Transgender House, Transie House
    Description: New York Times article interviewing Sylvia Rivera about her life 30 years after Stonewall.

  11. Interview with Naiymah Sanchez

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Sanchez, Naiymah
    Date: Jan. 21, 2017
    Topics: AIDS (Disease), Appearance, Assigned gender, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Bathrooms, Children of immigrants, Citizenship, Clothing, Cosmetics, Cubans, Depression, Ethiopians, Ethnic relations, Femininities, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Identification cards, Intersectionality (Sociology), LGBTQ+ relationships, Manic-depressive illness, Privilege (Social psychology), Pronoun, Psychology, Pathological, Puerto Ricans, Race, Racially mixed people, Stereotypes (Social psychology), Transgender people, Unemployment
    Description: Naiymah Sanchez identifies as a heterosexual Afro-Latina transgender female of color who was assigned male at birth. She is of Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Ethiopian immigrant decent. She was born in 1...

  12. Isreal Padilla

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, HIV/AIDS
    Subject: Aurea Perez, Dary Crews, Isreal Padilla, Isreal Padilla, Jr., Lillian Perez, Lillie Padilla, Marie Padilla, Mark Miller, Miss Buddies, Sophia Black
    Description: An obituary for Isreal Padilla also known as Sophia Black in the "Dallas Voice." Discusses their family, work, and success with doing "female impersonation."

  13. Isreal Padilla, Jr. aka “Sophia Black”

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ relationships
    Subject: Aurea Perez, Dary Crews, Isreal Padilla, Isreal Padilla, Jr., Lillian Perez, Lillie Padilla, Marie Padilla, Mark Miller, Miss Buddies, Sophia Black

  14. Just Like in Pekin

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Joss temple, Shi Lou Tau Moo ("Loyal Slave"), Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing
    Description: This item is an article published in the New York Herald with that mentions Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator. Uses extensive racist language.

  15. Leaflet About Pride and Creative Power Events, 2000

     
    Collection: Audre Lorde Project
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: The Audre Lorde Project
    Date: Jun. 3, 2000 to Jul. 8, 2000
    Topics: AIDS organizations, BIPOC, Dyke marches, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ community centers, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people, Two-Spirit people
    Description: A leaflet about pride events and a creative power event (an informal conversation, sharing and networking by and for lesbian, bisexual, two spirit and transgender women of color artists and activis...