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  1. Facts Connected with the Life of James Carey

     
    Collection: Academic Papers and Publications
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Akin, James
    Date: 1839
    Topics: Intersex, Medicalization
    Subject: James Carey, University of Pennsylvania
    Description: Content warning: This item includes extremely dehumanizing language and visual depictions of intersex people and bodies. This item documents a post-mortem investigation of intersex person James ...

  2. Ella Zoyara: Death of the Noted Circus Female Impersonator

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: San Francisco Chronicle
    Date: May 28, 1879
    Topics: Circus, Female impersonators, Theatre, Theatre groups
    Subject: Ella Zoyara, Omar Kingsley

  3. 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.

  4. A Boom at the Dime

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1891
    Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Dockstader's Colored Minstrel Troupe, Ethiopian, Ninth and Arch Dime Museum, William Campbell
    Description: Article in The Philadelphia Inquirer discussing Black female impersonators.

  5. He is the Greatest of the Chinese Actors

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1899
    Topics: Costumes, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Theater
    Subject: Ada Rehan, Chinese People, Fon Chong Mai, Merchant of Venice
    Description: This item is an article published in the Philadelphia Inquirer about China actor and female impersonator, Fon Chong Mai. This article talks about his talent as an actor, Chinese theater, and his im...

  6. Sunday Inquirer Magazine

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1899
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Fon Chong Mai
    Description: Article published in the Philadelphia Inquirer mentioning a performance by Fon Chong Mai, a Chinese actor and female impersonator.

  7. Shot Female Impersonator: Negro in Woman's Garb Slashes Policemen and Is Killed

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 22, 1908
    Topics: Black people, Clothing, Female impersonators, Mass media, Police, Race relations, Violence
    Subject: George Thompson

  8. Charges Perjury in P.R.T. Damage Suit: Alleged Accident Victim Whose Case Failed Accused of Swearing Falsely in Own Behalf

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 20, 1908
    Topics: Arrests, Courts, Female impersonators, Harassment, Police
    Subject: Garfield Wallace

  9. Female Impersonator is Betrayed by Feet

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 30, 1916
    Topics: Clothing, Criminalization, Female impersonators, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture)
    Subject: Clement Sonsin

  10. How the College Boys Imitate the Fair Sex

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 20, 1924
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag kings, Drag queens, Femininities, Passing (Gender), Students
    Subject: Lionel Ames, Mask and Wig Club, W.N. Pitts

  11. The Why of He-Men Who Play Women

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Steinman, Samuel
    Date: May 5, 1929
    Topics: Clothing, Female impersonators, Femininities, Mental disorders, Photography, Physical characteristics, Psychologists, Psychology, Sportspersons, Students, Theatre, Theatre shows
    Subject: George Pease, Haresfoot, Mimics of Michigan, Walter Koppisch, William Sheldon

  12. Posing in feminine dress

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1957
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression
    Description: This photograph was part of a set that was deemed inappropriate by a photo shop in Philadelphia and never returned to the customer.

  13. International Foundation of Gender Foundation (IFGE)

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Crossdressers, Events, Gender identity, Letters, Newsletters, Photography, Transsexualism
    Subject: Betty Ann Lind, Gateway Gender Alliance (GGA), International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Merissa Sherrill Lynn, Our Sorority, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self
    Description: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) administrative records, correspondence, newsletter collection and resource materials; and Betty Ann Lind administrative records, articles and ...

  14. Letter To IFGE From Philadelphia Mayor

     
    Collection: International Foundation for Gender Education Publications and Documents
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator: Rendell, Edward
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Conferences, Gatherings, Tourism, Transgender community
    Subject: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE)

  15. [Scrapbook #1]

     
    Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Cabaret, Crimes, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag balls, Drag queens, Gender realignment surgery, Hairdressers, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Hormone therapy, Intersex, Law, LGBTQ+ people of color, Lingerie, Mardi gras, Military, Rape, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transsexual people
    Subject: Ava-Graph films, Avis, Baby Martell, Bambi, Beryl Kaye, Billy Richards, Brandy Alexander, Bunny Lake, Caprice, Capucine, Carroll Baker, Catherine Millinaire, Chickee Ramos, Chris Moore, Chris Scarlet, Claudio Gora, Claudis Williams, Clifford Cayer, Coccinelle, Coleen Dewhurst, Dale Roberts, Daniel Emilfork, Danny Dan, Danny La Rue, Diana Dors, Dianna Adams, Donna Mae, Edith Le Bec, Edna Barge, Edward Lloyd Jr., Emilio Tellez, Female Mimics (FM), Florence Robinson, Gabriel Jabour, Gary Lynn, Gene Chandler, George Schroeders, Gigi Duval, Ginger Halliday, Harvey Lee, Holli White, Jack Murphy, Jackie King, Jacques Audiberti, Jacques Dufilho, James Butler, James Lapossie, James Louis Law, Jan Britton, Jay Stevenson, Jean Aron, Jinx Austin, Joe Baker, Joe Chandler, John Hooton, Joie Tone, Keni Harlowe, Kiki Moustic, Kitt Rogers, La Poupee, La Rey, Lena Sibya, Leslie Carroll, Leslie Douglas Ashley, Lonnie Carrol, Marilyn Marks, Mark Vickers, Maurice Fitzgerald, Michael Angelo Cournoyer, Michael Gerula, Michel de Re, Micki La Marr, Mischelle, Paul Gilbert, Paul Raymond, Peaches, Ramonita, Richard Kay, Richard Porter, Ricky Renee, Robbi Ross, Robin Roberts, Robin Rogers, Robin Sanchel, RoseMary Sheehan, Sacha Pitoeff, Shannon Elder, Sonné Teal, Suzy Day, Sylvia, Tammy Kaye, Terry Durham, Terry Fontaine, Tina Marsh, Tobi Marsh, Tommie Osborne, Tommy Dee, Toni Del Rey, Toni Lee, Trini Seville, Val Avery, Vicki Monroe, Vinnie Sommers, Windy Starr, Zambella, Zbigniew Cybulski

  16. Temple University Speech/Language and Hearing Center Resource

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Temple University Speech/Language and Hearing Center
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Transgender activism
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: A resource from Temple University's Speech/Language and Hearing Center that provides voice training to individuals who request it.

  17. Drag Vol. 3 No. 9 (1973)

     
    Collection: Drag
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Brewster, Lee G.
    Date: 1973
    Topics: Activists, Asian queer people, BIPOC, Black queer people, Civil rights, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Politics, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Mardi Gras Ball
    Description: On item cover: "Now! America's No.1 magazine about the transvestite!" ; Contents: News -- Lee's Mardi Gras ball -- Elizabeth the queen -- Philadelphia ball -- Petry __ New York balls -- Fillian and...

  18. Erickson Educational Foundation Newsletter, Vol. 6 No. 1 (Spring, 1973)

     
    Collection: Erickson Educational Foundation Publications
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Erickson Educational Foundation (EEF)
    Date: Spring 1973
    Topics: Conferences, Counseling, Crossdressing, Documentaries, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Labour, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Police, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Johns Hopkins Gender Identity Clinic, Marie Mehl, Stanford Gender Identity Team, Truman Capote

  19. TVIC Newsletter Vol. 3 No. 24 (January 19, 1974)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 19, 1974
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Arrests, Birth certificates, Cannabis, Clothing, Coming out, Counseling, Courts, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Divorce, FtMs, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Law, Marriage, MtFs, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Robbery, Sin, Transsexual people
    Subject: Leo Wollman

  20. Crossing Sexual Borders

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Avicolli, Tommi
    Date: Sep. 1, 1974
    Topics: Bi+ people, Black transgender people, Bottom surgery, Drag queens, Feminists, Gender expression, Gender roles, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Sexual roles, Stonewall riots, Transsexualism, Transvestism, White transgender people
    Subject: Cybil Shepherd, Dr. Burou, Erickson Educational Foundation, Gay Activists Alliance/Philadelphia, Information for the Family of the Transsexual, Marilyn Monroe
    Description: Clipping from pages 4-6 and 26-28 of The Gay Alternative, issue 8, published on September 1 1974.

  21. Transvestia vol. 14 no. 84

     
    Collection: Transvestia
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: 1975
    Topics: Crossdressing, Transfeminine people, Transvestism
    Subject: A Womanless Wedding, Fiona Mcleod, William Sharp

  22. TVIC Journal Vol. 6 No. 67 (October 28, 1978)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 28, 1978
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Clubs, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Employment discrimination, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Health insurance, LGBTQ+ relationships, Medicare, Organisations, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Sexual harassment, Support groups, Transgender community, Transsexual people, Voice therapy (Gender)
    Subject: Ariadne Kane, Cherrystone, International Alliance for Male Feminism (IAMF), Jenell Ashlie, Joseph A. Califano, Outreach Institute of Gender Studies (OIGS), Paula Grossman, Shangri-La, Tri Sigma

  23. Our Sorority (June 1981)

     
    Collection: Outreach Publications
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Anne, Linda
    Date: Jun. 1981
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Events, LGBTI community, Organisations, Public facilities, Self-image, Stereotypes, Transgender community, Transsexualism
    Subject: Gateway Gender Alliance (GGA), Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Muriel Olive
    Description: Physical item located in Cornell's Miscellaneous Human Sexuality Periodicals, circa 1950-2003. Collection number: 7687.

  24. Letter from Robert Blumberg (April 11, 1986)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Blumberg, Robert B.
    Date: Apr. 11, 1986
    Topics:  
    Subject: Robert B. Blumberg, Rupert Raj
    Description: Letter from Dr. Robert B. Blumberg asking about a prosthesis.

  25. The Phi Journal, Iss. 20 (January, 1987)

     
    Collection: The Phi Journal
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Beeman, Wendi
    Date: Jan. 1987
    Topics: Advice columns, Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gatherings, Masculinities, Role behavior, Shopping
    Subject: Angela Gardner, Central Daily News, Rainbow Gender Association (RGA), Tapestry Magazine