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Mitzy and Bassey at the Roaring ‘20s Night at the Ambassador Club
Collection: Kewpie Photographs Institution: GALA Queer Archive Creator: Date: circa 1950 to circa 1985 Topics: Costume, Gender minorities, Night life Subject: Ambassador Club -
Mrs. Africa, Mercy, Kewpie and Veronica at the Ambassador Club
Collection: Kewpie Photographs Institution: GALA Queer Archive Creator: Date: circa 1960 to circa 1985 Topics: Beauty operators, Crossdressing, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Night life Subject: Ambassador Club, Kewpie, Mrs. Africa Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: At the Ambassador Club: Mrs Africa, Mercy (Mrs Africa’s daughter), Kewpie, Veronica (Mrs Africa’s daughter, she ... -
Mug Shot of Leslie Douglas Ashley
Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: United Press International Date: 1961 Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Photography Subject: Leslie Douglas Ashley, Leslie Perez, Rose Goldberg -
Murphy's Raid Waltzes Off 44 At Artists' Ball
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Oct. 1962 Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, Drag balls, Female impersonators Description: This is a newspaper clipping from the New York Post that describes an arrest of 44 men for "impersonating women." -
My Strange Life
Collection: April Ashley Collection Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Ashley, April Date: May 6, 1962 Topics: Acceptance, Clothing, Coming out, Depression, Drag, Electroshock therapy, Family members, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Masculinities, Mothers, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Sailors, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Suicide, Transsexual people Subject: Arthur 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) -
My Strange life
Collection: April Ashley Collection Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Ashley, April Date: May 20, 1962 Topics: Coming out, Crossdressing, Drag balls, LGBTQ+ people who use substances, MtFs, Self-acceptance, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Weddings 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) -
My Strange Life
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Ashley, April Date: May 27, 1962 Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Femininities, Gender role, Masculinities, MtFs, Transsexual people 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) -
Myra in Hollywood
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: The Advocate Date: Nov. 16, 1969 Topics: Businesses, Film, Gender realignment surgery, Reviews Subject: Gore Vidal, Myra Breckinridge, Raquel Welch -
Name Is Changed to Match Sex
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: The Associated Press Date: Apr. 15, 1967 Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Legal name, MtFs, Transsexual people Subject: University of Minnesota Gender Clinic -
National Response to Bisex Party Ad
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Independent Voices Creator: Date: Jun. 28, 1968 to Jul. 4, 1968 Topics: Bisexuality, Crossdressers, Sexual orientation -
National Variety Artists Exotic Carnival and Ball Police Raid (1)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Oct. 26, 1962 Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressers, Police raids, Transgender people Subject: Manhattan Center Description: An image capturing an event where 44 cross-dressed people, some of whom were transgender, were arrested for "indecent exposure" and "masquerading" as a result of a police raid at the National Varie... -
National Variety Artists Exotic Carnival and Ball Police Raid (2)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Oct. 26, 1962 Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressers, Police raids, Transgender people Description: An image capturing an event where 44 cross-dressed people, some of whom were transgender, were arrested for "indecent exposure" and "masquerading" as a result of a police raid at the National Varie... -
Nature Gave Me A Woman's Body But A Man's Sex
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Shermann, Gayle Date: Nov. 3, 1963 Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Strippers, Transgender people -
News Report on Birth Certificate Change
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: The Advocate Date: Nov. 22, 1968 Topics: Birth certificate amendments, Courts, MtFs, Transsexual people -
Newspaper Clipping of Dawn Langley Hall and John Paul Simmons' Wedding
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Jan. 23, 1969 Topics: Cross-cultural relationships, Interracial marriage, Marriage, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Weddings, Women biographers, Writers Subject: Dawn Langley Hall, John Paul Simmons Description: The follow text appears below the photograph: '(CF1)CHARLESTON,S.C.,Jan.23--BRIDE--Dawn Langley Hall, whose sex was changed from male to female by surgery, places a ring on the hand of her husba...
