Negro Must Wear Men's Clothing

An article in The Dispatch News about Rachael Watson, a Black person living as a woman who was arrested and forced to wear men's clothing.

Item Information:

Identifier: f1881m192
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
Date Issued: Aug. 30, 1922
Genre: Clippings
Subject(s): Rachel Watson
Richard Watson
Places: South Carolina > Richland County > Columbia
South Carolina > Lexington
Topic(s): Arrests of LGBTQ+ people
BIPOC
Black people
Criminalization
Crossdressing
Female impersonators
Transfeminine people
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Rights: No known copyright
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