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A Person in a Grocery Store
Collection: Felicity Chandelle Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: 1961 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing Subject: Felicity Chandelle Photo Album, The Playgirl Club Description: A person standing in the produce section of a grocery store clutching several food items. -
A Performer Sits in a Chair for a Photograph
Collection: Military Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Sanford, Pat, Cross, Dan Date: circa 1942 to circa 1945 Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Military, Musicals, Photographs, Plays, Soldiers Subject: Look At Us Now Description: A performer in the show, "Look At Us Now", sits in a chair posing in a two-piece dress. This photograph may be of Private First Class Samuel Cohen. -
A performer in drag, wearing a large flowery dress, poses with a cigarette on stage. Photographic postcard, ca. 1908-1910.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1908 to 1910 Topics: Female impersonators Description: The performer is leaning against a small table with a door and curtain in the background. A charming (and almost certainly professional) young man wearing a typical soubrette's outfit, circa 1908-1... -
A performer in drag, wearing a black dress and tiara, leaning on a chair. Photographic postcard by W. Aspden, 1924.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1924 Topics: Female impersonators Description: He is glancing at the viewer with his body side-on, possibly in a dressing room. 'Bobbie' in comedy drag at Bangor in 1924, photographed by W. Aspden. One of the many drag acts that enjoyed increas... -
A performer in drag poses on stage wearing a head garment with sprawling feathers. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The man in drag faces the viewer, wearing a thinly-layered dress while holding a flowery prop, in front of a well-painted backdrop. An unidentified drag performer, World War I period. Highly profes... -
A Peer's Son and the Sex Change Girl
Collection: April Ashley Collection Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Date: Apr. 29, 1962 Topics: LGBTQ+ lovers, Marriage, MtFs, Transsexual people Subject: April Ashley, Arthur Corbett, Eleanor Corbett Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria) -
A Page from Frontiers Featuring a Photo of Marsha P. Johnson Posing in a Gown
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Jul. 19, 1991 Topics: Black transgender people, Chest harnesses, Drag queens, Gay pride, Lesbian pride, QTPOC, Transfeminine people Subject: Marsha P. Johnson Description: A page from Frontiers featuring a photo of Marsha P. Johnson posing in a gown in the center of the page. "Boston," "Cleveland," and "Baltimore" appear in large front among several candid photos. -
A Nova Versão de "A Médica e a Monstra"
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Grupo Dignidade Creator: Moreira, Antônio Carlos Date: Jul. 1981 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Hormone therapy, Plastic surgery, Theatre shows, Transsexual people Subject: Bárbara Hudson, Jaimie Eduardo -
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 -
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." -
A Notecard from The Playgirl Club
Collection: Felicity Chandelle Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Parties Subject: Felicity Chandelle Photo Album, The Playgirl Club Description: A notecard listing the dates and participants from the first and second parties of The Playgirl Club. -
A Nighttime Photograph of Protestors Talking as Sylvia Rivera Holds a Sign in the Background
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Davies, Diana Date: Sep. 14, 1970 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: New York University (NYU), Sylvia Rivera, Weinstein Hall Demonstration Description: Black and white photograph of many protestors at Weinstein Hall Demonstration. Sylvia Rivera holds sign and looks onto a group of protestors conversing. -
A Night Out With the Boys
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Thomas, David Date: Jul. 16, 1984 Topics: Crossdressing, Gender identity, Night life, Passing (Gender), Sexual assault, Violence Subject: Graham Flander Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria) -
A New York Times Obituary for Marsha P. Johnson
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Heritage of Pride Date: Jul. 16, 1992 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Stonewall riots, Transfeminine people Subject: Andy Warhol, Heritage of Pride, Hot Peaches, Marsha P. Johnson Description: An obituary for Marsha P. Johnson that appeared in the New York Times. A version of the clipping annotated by Randy Wicker is also included here. -
A New Translation of the Kama Sutra: Perceptions and Misperceptions of Indian Sexuality
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Sweet, Micheal Date: Jan. 1995 Topics: Erotic literature, Sanskrit, Gay men, Indian LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ history, QTPOC Description: This article from Trikone Magazine discusses a new translation of the Kama Sutra, the ancient Sanskrit text on sex and love. -
A New Organization
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Feb. 1, 1934 Topics: Activists, Crossdressers, Government Subject: Female Impersonators of America, Jean Barrios -
A New Glossary for Better Understanding
Collection: Outreach Publications Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Date: circa 1970 to circa 1990 Topics: Androgyny, Crossdressers, Terminology, Transgender people, Transsexual people -
A Nellie Ribbon Encore Party
Collection: Ephemera Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Jun. 21, 1991 to Jun. 27, 1991 Topics: Bars, Drag, Entertainers, Events Subject: Jimmy James, Rich's -
A Most Wonderful Case: Death of a Woman Who for Twenty-Five Years Passed as a Man
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1880 Topics: Agricultural occupations, Assigned gender, Death and dying, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Rheumatism, Stealth (Transgender), Transportation occupations Subject: Charley Parkhurst -
A morte de "Luisa Felpuda"
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Grupo Dignidade Creator: Penteado, Darcy Date: Jun. 1980 Topics: Crimes, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Nurses, Transphobia Subject: Joelma Borges da Silva, Luisa Felpuda -
A morning frolic
Collection: Art Works Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: Mar. 25, 1780 Topics: Animals, Appearance, Clothing, Couples, Crossdressing, Soldiers, Visual arts Description: Two people in a bedroom by a table set for tea. One is wearing a dress, along with a soldier's hat and a sword; conversely, the other is wearing soldier's vestments and has a women's wig and fan. -
A Miracle Child? Former Male Claims Motherhood; Impossible, Say Doctors
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: The Associated Press Date: Oct. 9, 1960 Topics: Biology, Childbirth, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Health sciences, Medicalisation, Mothers, MtFs, Physicians, Pregnancy, Transgender parents Subject: Dawn Langley Simmons -
A Minority Report on the Recommendations of the Health Law Committee
Collection: International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy: Annual Proceedings and Newsletters Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: ICTLEP Health Committee Date: 1992 Topics: Discrimination, DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Gender dysphoria, Mental disorders Subject: DSM III-R -
A member of the Elvio Comedy Trio in drag. Photographic postcard, ca. 1905-1910.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1905 to 1910 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
A mechanical and critical enquiry into the nature of hermaphrodites
Collection: Rare Books Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Parsons, James Date: 1741 Topics: Intersex, Medicalization Subject: Androgyni, Hans Sloane, The Royal Society of London Description: This scientific treatises on intersex people presents a historical and biological overview. While motivated by reductive understandings of bodies and reproducing objectifying understandings of inte... -
A Matter of Identity
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Date: Feb. 6, 1985 Topics: Acceptance, Gender dysphoria, MtFs, Performing arts, Secrecy, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people Subject: Adele Anderson, Dillie Keane, Fascinating Aida, Marilyn Cuts Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria) -
A Masquerading Musketeer
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Mar. 26, 1884 Topics: Crossdressing, Desertion, Military, Infection, Military, Soldiers, Stealth (Transgender) Subject: Franklin Thompson, William R. Morse Description: Watertown Republican (Watertown, WI) -
A Masquerader Sent to the Workhouse
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Aug. 11, 1895 Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Femininities, Parks, Workhouses Subject: Estelle Lawrence, Reginald Culton Description: The New York Tribune (New York, New York) -
A Mask Lifted
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jul. 11, 1876 Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women, Transgender disabled people, Transgender survivors of rape Subject: Frances Thompson Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault. -
A Man-Woman
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Date: Jan. 25, 1868 Topics: Families, Gender identity, Marriage, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Edgar Burnham -
A man wearing a white dress sits playing the piano. Photographic postcard, 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1920 to 1929 Topics: Female impersonators Description: A man in extremely effective and rather sinister drag sits at a piano. The short hair and dark lipstick would indicate mid-1920s. He is sitting side-on with most of his back to the viewer. Fabric f... -
A man in ornate drag sits in a dog-cart and is pulled along the road by a man dressed in Chinese patterned robes and hat. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Private theatricals -
A Man in Lifetime, A Woman in Death
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Dec. 19, 1906 Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying Subject: Anne De Raylan, Marshal Kinsey, N. Raylan Description: Arizona Republican (Phoenix, Arizona) -
A man in drag with the expression of being deep in thought. Photograph, 189-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1890 to 1899? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album. -
A man in drag wears make-up and is holding flowers, posing for his portrait. Photographic postcard, ca. 1918.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1918 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Wearing a delicate dress and is looking straight at the viewer, 'Jack' is beautifully made up and posed, in an oval vignette on a card dedicated to 'Claude'. A professionally printed and produced c... -
A man in drag wearing a very large hat with a veil, stands in front of a painted backdrop, with dense foliage. Photographic postcard, 1911.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1911 Topics: Female impersonators Description: He is holding a plush velvet muff and is wearing very distinctive costume. Very sophisticated amateur drag at Stratford-on-Avon in 1911. This man makes a convincing woman, although the costume is r... -
A man in drag, wearing a large bonnet, leans on a parasol whilst standing in front of a brick building. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Amateur cross dressing. A man dressed in elaborate lady's costume of ca. 1910, grinning broadly in an outdoor setting. European, possibly Belgian -
A man in drag, wearing a kimono; posing from behind a screen. Photographic postcard, 1906.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: Jan. 1, 1906 Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
A man in drag standing side-on. Photograph, 189-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1890 to 1899? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album. -
A man in drag standing on a stage. Photographic postcard, 195-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1950 to 1959? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
A man in drag sits pensively on a chair, on the deck of a ship. Photographic postcard, 191-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1910 to 1919? Topics: Female impersonators Description: The man wears high-laced Jester boots and a headscarf, and could be playing the character of a pirate. Same subject as another photograph (Wellcome Library no. 2043350i) -
A man in drag singing. Photographic postcard, 193-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1930 to 1939? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
A man in drag, seated, wearing dark clothing and a black hat. Photograph, 189-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1890 to 1899? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album. -
A man in drag resting against a chair. Photograph, 187-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1870 to 1879? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album. -
A man in drag. Process print, 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1920 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’. -
A man in drag posing with an umbrella, with a 3rd prize label attached to his shoulder. Photographic postcard, 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1920 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: A young Welshman dressed up for the camera at Bargoed, South Wales, ca. 1920s. He looks pleased, leaning on his umbrella, standing in front of a stone wall. Unidentified subject. Photo postcard. -
A man in drag posing while rolling his eyes. Process print, 189-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1890 to 1899? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album. -
A man in drag posing side-on. Photograph, 189-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1890 to 1899? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album. -
A man in drag posing in historical costume. Photograph, 189-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1890 to 1899? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album. -
A man in drag posing in bridal costume next to Centurion-style props. Photograph, 189-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1890 to 1899? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: Victorian album.
