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  1. Being Trans in the 1980s - Nightlife

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The History Project
    Creator: Petra
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Clocking (Gender), Drag bars, LGBTQ+ night life, Nightclubs, Passing (Gender), Pre-operative, Trans women, Transsexual people
    Subject: Combat Zone (Location)
    Description: This item contains Petra's reflections on nightlife as a trans woman in Boston in the '80s.
  2. Takarazuka Revue

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 1969
    Topics: Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Theater--Japan
    Subject: Takarazuka Grand Theatre, Takarazuka Revue
    Description: An event program for the drama "The Red-Haired Girl" and the musical comedy "A Splendid Lover" performing at the Takarazuka Grand Theater. The Takarazuka Revue was a Japanese all-women theater comp...
  3. The Peking Opera

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1956
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Operas, Chinese
    Subject: Mei Lanfang
    Description: A pamphlet published as a supplement to the 1956 issue of "China Reconstructs." The issue discusses female impersonation and includes photographs of female impersonators.
  4. Peking Pavilion Programme

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1929
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Operas, Chinese
    Subject: Mei Lanfang
    Description: A program for the historical drama "The King's Parting With His Favourite," featuring Mei Lanfang.
  5. Grand Cherry Show: Takarazuka Girls

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Theater--Japan
    Subject: Takarazuka Grand Theatre, Takarazuka Revue
    Description: An event program for the Grand Cherry Show hosted at the Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco. Takarazuka was an all-women Japanese theater company, where all men’s roles were played by male imp...
  6. Gay Asian Party: A Benefit Event for HIV/AIDS Education

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Korean Lesbian and Gay Organization
    Date: May 1991
    Topics: AIDS awareness, AIDS education, Asian LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, Entertainers, LGBTQ+ theater, QTPOC, Singers
    Description: An event program for a HIV/AIDS education benefit hosted by the Korean Lesbian and Gay Organization.
  7. A Poster featuring "Marlow La Fantastic"

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ theater, QTPOC, Trans women
    Subject: Marlow La Fantastique, Marlow Monique Dickson
    Description: A poster advertising "Marlow La Fantastic," "London, Paris, New York." The center of the poster features a black and white photo of Marlow Monique Dickson posing in her Josephine Baker-inspired ban...
  8. Script for "The Heat": A Hot Peach Retrospective Revue

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Camicia, Jimmy
    Date: Summer 1989
    Topics:  
    Subject: Amy Coleman, Chrysis, Jackie Curtis, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR)
    Description: This item contains a script for the Hot Peaches theater group's stage play, "The Heat."
  9. Program for Amanda Milan's Memorial Serivce

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ memorials, QTPOC
    Description: Program for Amanda Milan's, a member of New York's ballroom community, memorial service.
  10. Remembering Our Dead

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Gender Education and Advocay (GEA)
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ history, QTPOC
    Description: A list in remembrance of murdered trans people, many of whom are people of color.
  11. Celebration of the Life of Amanda Milan

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ memorials, Trans women
    Subject: Amanda Milan
    Description: A program for the memorial service for Amanda Milan, a performer in New York's ballroom scene.
  12. Leaflet Demanding Justice for Amanda Milan

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, QTPOC, Trans women, Transgender activism
    Subject: Amanda Milan
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.
  13. Platform of the 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Queens Gays and Lesbians United (Q-GLU)
    Date: 1993
    Topics: AIDS activists, Anti-racism, Civil rights demonstrations, Feminism, LGBTQ+ activism, Queer people of color
    Description: A program describing the platforms of the 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation.
  14. Outreach Book Service Ltd. Book List

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Outreach Book Service, Ltd.
    Date: Mar. 1989
    Topics: Androgyny, Crossdressing, Transsexuality
    Description: Trans and nonbinary book list from March 1989 published by Outreach Book Service Ltd.
  15. The Motherlode

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag bars, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ bars
    Subject: LA LA, Tacky Drag Shows, The Motherlode