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  1. America's Most Unusual Night Club Finocchio's

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Finocchio, Marjorie, Finocchio, Joseph
    Date: circa 1950
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease
    Subject: Del Le Roy, Frank Doran, Freddie Renault, Jackie Maye, John Lonas, Johnny Mangum, Karyl Norman, Li-Kar, Milton La Maire, Niles Marsh, Ray Francis

  2. Bay Area Reporter News Clipping on Joan Jett Blakk

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Galore, Pithy
    Date: Jun. 27, 1996
    Topics: Anti-Blackness, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ newspapers
    Subject: Joan Jett Blakk
    Description: Article from the Bay Area Reporter including a section about Joan Jett Blakk criticizing the tone that the newspaper used when writing about her.

  3. Bay Times Photo of Joan Jett Blakk

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 31, 1996
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ newspapers
    Subject: Joan Jett Blakk
    Description: A photo clipped from the San Francisco Bay Times displaying Joan Jett Blakk pictured with four other people, including Mayor Willie Brown.

  4. Black Cat Cafe Business Card

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag queens, Gay bars, Latino/a/x gay men
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: Black Cat Cafe business card advertising it as the "Bohemia of the Barbary Coast".

  5. Black Cat Cafe News Article

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: McMillan, Dennis
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag queens, Gay bars, Latino/a/x gay men
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria, Tom Ammiano
    Description: Newspaper clipping about an evening event in which gay city councilman Tom Ammiano interviewed José Sarria about the Black Cat Cafe, Sarria's 1961 run for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, an...

  6. Boom Boom for Supe

     
    Collection: Clothing Collection
    Institution: Wearing Gay History
    Creator:
    Date: 1982
    Topics: Drag queens, Gay politicians
    Subject: Jack Fertig, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Sister Boom Boom, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
    Description: White t-shirt. "Boom Boom for Supe. San Francisco '82" T-shirt relates to the campaign of Sister Boom Boom (Jack Fertig), who ran for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1982.

  7. Cabaret Castro Presents: Late Nite with Joan Jett Blakk

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag community, Drag queens, Drag shows
    Subject: Cabaret Castro, Joan Jett Blakk, Sister Roma
    Description: Flyer for a Late Nite performance at Metropolitan Community Church cohosted by drag queens Joan Jett Blakk and Sister Roma.

  8. Carmelita Nass Interview Transcript

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Davis, Bob
    Date: Oct. 28, 1996
    Topics: Arrests, Drag, Drag queens, Gangs, Night life, Sexuality
    Subject: Billy DeVoe, Blue Lou, Carmelita Nass, Carol Wallace, Charles Pearce, Charlotte Valenti, Danny Barker, George Buchanan, Harvey Lee, Hoyt Bass, Jim Bailey, Jimmy Calloway, Lee Carr, Li Kar, Ray Bourbon, Reed Alexander, Russell Reed, Val DeVere

  9. Carroll Revue: America's Foremost Female Impersonators (1956)

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Wallace, Ruth
    Date: 1956
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease
    Subject: Blue Note Night Club, Finnochio's, Latin Quarter, Rendevous Club, Solomon's Club, Starlite Room, Tivoli Circuit, Tivoli Theatre, Tropics Room

  10. Charles Pierce- What a Drag!

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: McLean, Donald
    Date: Sep. 1976
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Celebrities, Drag queens, Singers
    Subject: Charles Pierce, The Living Dolls

  11. Clippings

     
    Collection: The Queen (1968) Production
    Institution: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
    Creator: Allen, Lewis M.
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag pageants, Drag queens, Drag shows, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ comedians, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ films, LGBTQ+ theater, Transvestites
    Subject: Cannes FIlm Festival, Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant, The Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America, The Queen (Film)
    Description: Executive producer Lewis M. Allen’s files for the documentary film The Queen (1968)—a behind-the-scenes look at the 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant in New York City—including corresponde...

  12. Donna Sachet Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Sachet, Donna
    Date: Jul. 27, 2016
    Topics: Child abuse, Coming out, Drag, Drag queens, Gay bars, Gay Christians, Gay community, Gay men, Gay movement, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Lipsynching, Methodist Church, Police harassment, Stonewall riots
    Subject: ACT UP, Bette Davis, Beverly Sills, Black Cat Bar, Campus Crusade for Christ, Donna Sachet, Donna Summer, Empress of San Francisco, Fire Island, Gay Men's Chorus, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), GLAAD Media Awards, Joan Crawford, José Sarria, Juanita More, Judy Garland, Mark Leno, Miss Gay San Francisco, Perry Ellis, Shanti Project, Tavern Guild, The Celluloid Closet, Trannyshack
    Description: OUTWORDS interview with Donna Sachet conducted by Mason Funk on July 27, 2016 in San Francisco, CA. Donna is a drag performer, community activist, and author. Donna has raised millions of dollars f...

  13. Drag Special Supplement (1975)

     
    Collection: Drag
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Brewster, Lee G.
    Date: 1975
    Topics: Activists, BIPOC, Black queer people, Civil rights, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Politics, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Transsexualism
    Subject: 82 Club, Eulenspiegel Society, Lynn Carter
    Description: Contents: News -- To be or not to be -- Eulenspiegel society -- Drag clubs and artists -- Chicago -- Where to see drag.

  14. Drag Vol. 1 No. 1 (1971)

     
    Collection: Drag
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Brewster, Lee G.
    Date: 1971
    Topics: Activists, Black queer people, Civil rights, Comic strips, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Gender identity, Homosexuality, Letters to the editor, MtFs, Politics, Queer people of color, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Barbarella, Christine Jorgensen, John Hansen, Mardi Gras Ball, Mel Michaels
    Description: Alternative title: DRAG Queens. ; On item cover: "A magazine about the Transvestite". ; Contents: Editorial -- Drag queens demonstrate -- John Hansen as Christine -- Viewpoint -- Stomp those high h...

  15. Drag Vol. 1 No. 4 (1971)

     
    Collection: Drag
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Brewster, Lee G.
    Date: 1971
    Topics: Activists, Black queer people, Civil rights, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Politics, Queer people of color, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Mardi Gras Ball, Sally Douglas, Toni Valponi
    Description: On item cover: "A magazine about the Transvestite". ; Contents: Editorial -- News -- What you always wanted to know about hormones -- Powder puff review --San Francisco scene -- Makin the scene -- ...