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  1. Mademoiselle Le Chevalier D'Eon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1809 to 1810
    Topics: Childhood, Death and dying, Families, Gender, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Wars
  2. Biographical Memoirs of the Late Chevalier D'Eon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1810
    Topics: Biographies, Courts, Crimes, Death and dying, Lawyers, Marriage, Secrecy
  3. Female Dexterity

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: The Poize
    Date: 1810
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon
  4. Chevalier D'Eon (From a Late London Paper)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1811
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Passing (Gender), Transgender people
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon
  5. Eccentric Character

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1812
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Epitaphs, Gender role, Theft
    Subject: Mary Frith
  6. The Adventures of Lucy Brewer, (Alias) Louisa Baker

     
    Collection: Dime Novels
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Brewer, Lucy
    Date: 1815
    Topics: Brothels, Chivalry, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Disguise, Dueling, Ethics, Gender identity, Honor, Identity, Military discharge, Military service, Voluntary, Peonage, Poverty, Prisons, Prostitutes' clients, Prostitution, Racism, Robbery, Sailors, Shame, STDs, Stillbirth, United States. Marine Corps--History, Unplanned pregnancy, Violence, Youth
    Subject: Maria Murray, Scotch, USS Constitution
  7. Descripcion de un hermafrodita

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Sanchez Rubío, Mareos
    Date: Oct. 24, 1816
    Topics: Hermaphrodites, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Hytok
    Description: A published letter from Dr. Mareos Sanchez Rubió about a Black "hermafrodita" named Hytok staying in a bunkhouse in Cuba. The letter includes a detailed description of Hytok's physical characterist...
  8. Mary Frith, Alias Moll Cutpurse

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 3, 1817
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender, LGBTQ+ poetry
    Subject: Mary Frith
  9. Exquisite Dandies

     
    Collection: Art Works
    Institution: Yale University Libraries
    Creator: Robert, Cruikshank
    Date: Dec. 8, 1818
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender, Social norms, Visual arts
    Description: Two men, referred to in the image as "dandies" are pictured dressing themselves. They speak to one another of their appearances. The men are depicted satirically.
  10. Dr. James Barry

     
    Collection: Art Works
    Institution: Cork LGBT Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1820
    Topics: Transmasculine people
    Subject: James Barry
  11. Ludicrous Crime

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Munroe, Isaac
    Date: Feb. 28, 1826
    Topics: Crimes, Crossdressing, Marriage, Polygamy, Prisoners
    Subject: Charles Hamilton, George Hamilton, Mary Hamilton
  12. Singular Capture

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Andrews, Samuel
    Date: 1828
    Topics: Crossdressing, Families, Secrecy, Separation
  13. A Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1829
    Topics: Death and dying, Marriage, Secrecy
  14. Portrait of Abigail Allen; Portrait of the Female Husband!

     
    Collection: Art Works
    Institution: Yale University Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1829?
    Topics: Drawings, Gender diversity, Marriage, Married people, Passing (Gender), Stealth
    Subject: Abigail Allen, James Allen
    Description: Captions below images read: "Portrait of Abigail Allen, Wife to the pretended James Allen, she resided with her Associate for more than 21 years, ignorant of her real sex! and what is more astonis...
  15. The Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 25, 1829
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, Marriage, Transgender people
    Subject: James Allen