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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Venus Castina: Famous Female Impersonators: Celestial and Human (Facsimile Edition)

     
    Collection: Rare Books
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Bulliet, Clarence Joseph
    Date: 1956
    Topics: Amazons, Bible, Christianity, Circumcision, Crossdressers, Drag, Drag queens, Eroticism, Femininities, History, Homophobia, Judaism, Masculinities, Music, Mythology, Passing (Gender), Poets, Psychology, Sexuality, Sportspersons, Theatre, Transphobia, Visual arts
    Subject: Abbé de Choisy, Antoine Francois Derues, Bernard S. Talmey, Farinelli, Freud, Girolamo Crescentini, Havelock Ellis, Julian Eltinge, Julius Caesar, King Charles II, Leonardo da Vinci, Memories of the Kaiser's Court, Michelangelo, Oscar Wilde, Penal Code of 1889, Queen Elizabeth I, Raphael de la Chapelle, Secret Life of the Kaiser, Shakespeare, The Dark Ages, Witches' Sabbath, World War I
    Description: Contents: At the shrine of Venus Castina --The hero in woman's dress -- Achilles. Hercules, Samson -- The gods in fine laces -- Love of the philosophers -- Orgy of the Caesars -- Versatility of Sat...
  4. Girl Track Star Stirs Jap Furor, Becoming 'Man'

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: International News Service
    Date: Jan. 15, 1956
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Sports, Sportspersons, Track and field, Youth
  5. Japanese Athlete Aims at New Title After Sex Change

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: International News Service
    Date: Apr. 16, 1958
    Topics: FtMs, Legal status, Masculinities, Sports, Track and field, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Toshio Lanbongi
  6. Transvestia, vol. 2 no. 8

     
    Collection: Transvestia
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1961
    Topics: Crossdressing, Hair removal, Pantomime, Transfeminine people, Transvestism
    Subject: Achilles, Chevalier D'eon Resort, Susanna Valenti
  7. Letters from Female Impersonators Vol. 15

     
    Collection: Letters from Female Impersonators
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Nutrix Co.
    Date: 1963
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender realignment surgery, Jewelry, Passing (Gender), Photographic models, Photography, Public facilities
    Subject: Kim August
  8. Akihiro Miwa in Advertising Still from "Black Lizard" (1968)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Fukasaku, Kinji
    Date: circa 1968
    Topics: Actors, Asian LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Drag, Female impersonators, Female impersonators in motion pictures, Film, Japanese, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Akihiro Maruyama, Akihiro Miwa, Black Lizard, Kuro Tokage
    Description: "Black Lizard" (1968) is the English name for Japanese film "Kuro tokage" (1968). A synopsis of the film from its IMDB page reads: "Japanese sixties comedy featuring a cunning female jewel thief...
  9. Female Impersonators No. 3

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Health Knowledge
    Date: 1970
    Topics: Actors, Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Romi Blue, Ronnie Larsen, The Bride of the Ginza, The Paddock International, Vicki Monroe
    Description: Contents: Avis and Gypsy Star -- It's a ball -- Vicki -- Bride of the Ginza -- Romo Blue -- Vive les girls -- First time pin-up -- The flaming 20's -- Where it's at -- Gallery of greats -- Letters ...
  10. Interview with Liam Lair

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Lair, Liam
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Coming out, Transgender activism, Transmasculine people, White transgender people
    Description: An interview with Liam Lair, who identifies as transmasculine and uses he/him pronouns. Lair talks about living in Japan, almost becoming a minister, resisting common trans narratives, and the powe...
  11. Japanese LGBTQ+ Magazines

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: Brown University Library
    Creator: Brown University Library
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian queer people, Asian transgender people, Crossdressers, Gay Asians, LGBTQ+ archives
    Subject: Adon, Adonis, Anise, Badi, Bara, Barazoku, Carmilla, Dōkō, Fūzoku kagaku, Fūzoku kitan, G-Men, Himawari, LapH, Man, MLMW, Queer Japan, Sabu, The Gay
    Description: Collection of magazines published in Japan by and for the LGBTQ+ communities. The collection currently consists of 18 periodicals published between 1952 to 2019. It includes several rare titles of ...
  12. [Scrapbook #2]

     
    Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Black transgender people, Children of transgender people, Clothing, Communism, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag balls, Femininities, Gender, Gender realignment surgery, Hairdressers, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Intersex, Job placement, LGBTQ+ people of color, Marriage, Military, Partners of transgender people, Photographic models, Plastic surgery, Pregnancy, Sexual practices, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transphobia, Typists
    Subject: Alain Garap, Angie Cerniglia, Bambi, Barbara Buick, Bili Day, Billie Kamp, Bryant Haliday, Burha, Cecil Saint Laurent, Charlotte McLeod, Christine Jorgensen, Coccinelle, Dahl Iverson, Dane Worth, Diana Dors, Douglas Zimmerman, Eddie Plique, Eise LaRoe, Elizabeth Kimberly Belvedere Hughes, Florence Robinson, Fran Novak, Frank Little, Franz Little, George Davies, Georgina Prince, Gina Bell, Hedy Jo Star, Herman Katz, Hiroshi Maruyama, Howard Knox, Jack Werboff, Jacques Dufrenoy, Jean Cocteau, Jeanette Jiousselot, Jeanne Eagles, John G. Eckhardt, John Lewis, John Murphy Goodshot, Josephine Baker, Julian Eltinge, Kathleen Little, Kim Novak, Laura Hughes, Laura Stebbings, Leonard Mastromarro, Leonard Sillman, Lucky Sarcell, Luis Laurite, Marilyn Monroe, Martha Ramiro, Maurice Leznoff, Mei Lanfang, Michel Marie Poulain, Naja Karamuru, Peter Howard, Phil Black, Ray Leen, Rene LaFont, Robbie Ross, Robert Cowell, Robert Francas, Roberto Navarro, T.C. Jones, Tony Midnight, William Westley
  13. Japan's Top Female Star: A Boy Named Peter!

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 22, 1970
    Topics: Clothing, Discos, Dresses, Femininities, Gay bars, Motion picture actors and actresses, Transgender people
    Subject: Shinnosuke Ikehata, Thorn in My Flesh, Toshio Matsumoto
  14. Erickson Educational Foundation Newsletter, Vol. 5 No. 4 (Winter, 1972)

     
    Collection: Erickson Educational Foundation Publications
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Erickson Educational Foundation (EEF)
    Date: Winter 1972
    Topics: Conferences, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Legal status, LGBTQ+ newspapers, MtFs, Naturalisation, Research, Sex education, Transsexualism
    Subject: Association for Canadian Transexuals (ACT), Harry Benjamin, John Money
  15. Transvestia vol. 13 no. 73

     
    Collection: Transvestia
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: 1972
    Topics: Crossdressing, Feminism, Transfeminine people, Transvestism
    Subject: Betty Rozack, Masculine/Feminine: Readings in Sexual Mythology and the Liberation of Women, Some Like It Hot, Theodore Rozack, Vern L. Bullough, Women's LIberation