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  1. Halloween Crowds and Violence 4

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Clothing and dress, Halloween costumes, Homophobia, Transphobia
    Description: Two people are engaged in physical contact outside the St. Charles Tavern in Toronto on Halloween, where is a tradition of transphobic and homophobic violence.
  2. Halloween Crowds and Violence 5

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Clothing and dress, Halloween costumes, Homophobia, Riots
    Description: A person stands outside St. Charles Tavern in Toronto, where a group of people has gathered on Halloween. Broken eggshells are visible in the background, evidence of the transphobic and homophobic ...
  3. Lavender lads make woo! woo! Hallowe'en eve

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag balls, Drag queens, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender)
    Description: A newspaper article describing a queer celebration, focusing on the drag performers
  4. People in a Car During Halloween Riots

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Halloween, Homophobia, Riots, Transphobia
    Description: Four people sit in a car – three are in the backseat and one leans out the window from the front passenger seat – looking at something during the Halloween anti-trans riot.
  5. Whoops my dear!

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1950? to 1980?
    Topics: Homophobia, Persecution of gay men, Sexual offenses laws
  6. Your children may be homosexuals! Here are the shocking details

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 15, 1964
    Topics: Children, Crossdressers, Gay men, Homophobia, Porn magazines
    Subject: Female Mimics International (F.M.I.)
    Description: A newspaper article pleading for action against pornographic magazines containing crossdressing and homosexual content.
  7. Jackie Shane is Seen Between Sets in Toronto in the 1960s

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Goode, Jeff
    Date: 1960s
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Musicians, Singers, Transgender people
    Subject: Jackie Shane
  8. Transvestite is guilty of gross indecency: enlists sympathy of court so sentence is suspended; other party is fined $100

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1963
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Passing (Gender)
    Description: A newspaper article describing the appearance of a number of crossdressers in court.
  9. "Transvestism"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 7, 1963
    Topics: Advertisements, Crossdressing, Gay men, Personals
    Description: A newspaper personal for "discreet" men interested in crossdressing.
  10. Aversion therapy claimed cure for males dressing as females

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: May 25, 1963
    Topics: Aversion therapy, Behavioural therapy, Crossdressers, Crossdressing
    Description: A column espousing a doctor's successes in aversion therapy on crossdressers.
  11. How Transvestism is Linked With Corporal Punishment

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 10, 1960
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender role, Passing (Gender), Spanking
    Description: Two letters on the nature of crossdressing, specifically how it begins in children and how it is fostered.
  12. Man dressed as woman solicits officer

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: May 7, 1960
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Police, Prostitution, Transgender prostitution
    Description: A newspaper article on a police officer's encounter with a crossdressing sex worker. Page two of the story is located in the "Related Links" section.
  13. Transvestites steal spotlight from the spankers, pro and con

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 20, 1960
    Topics: Bondage, Crossdressing, Gender role, Gender swapping, Leather community, Spanking
    Description: A series of letters discussing crossdressing, gender roles, and sexual practices such as the use of leather. Page two of the article is located in "Related Links"
  14. It's Been a Pleasure the Jewel Box Revue

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Brown, Danny, Benner, Doc
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1959
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag kings, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease
    Subject: Apollo Theatre, Billy Austin, Bobby Barton, Bruno Le Fantastique, Calypso Production, Christian Dubouis, Chunga Ochoa, Dale Roberts, Doddie Daniels, Dori D'or, Doug Maguire, Eddie Bush, El Capitan Theatre, Ella Fitzgerald, Gaby Delane, Gene Chandler, Gita Gilmore, Guilda, Harvey Lee, Jackie Maye, Jan Britton, Kim August, Kirk Wilde, Laverne Cummings, Lee Loren, Maksik's Town & Country Club, Mark Williams, Mary Davies, Mickey London, Micky Marlow, Nicky McDermott, Poor Suzette Production, Ralph Crego, Riverside Hotel, Robin Rogers, Sammy Davis, Stormé DeLarverie, Titanic
  15. It's Been a Pleasure the Jewel Box Revue (4)

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Brown, Danny, Benner, Doc
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1959
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease
    Subject: Adrian Dennis, Apollo Theatre, Billie Daye, Billy Austin, Bobby Barton, Can-Can Chorus, Chris Moore, Doddie Daniels, Don Marshall, Doug Maguire, El Capitan Theatre, Halle Loki, Harvey Lee, In the Heart of Broadway, Jan Britton, Kirk Wilde, Kurt Mann, Laverne Cummings, Little Twiggie, Maksik's Town & Country Club, Mal Michles, Micky Marlow, Minnie of the Golden West, Pat Robbins, Paul Barnett, Poor Suzette Production, Rene Del Rio, Riverside Hotel, Robbin Rogers, Stormé DeLarverie, Ziegfeld Follies