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  1. A Dictionary of Gender Identity

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Bonnell, Charles
    Date: Sep. 20, 1975
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag kings, Drag queens, Eroticism, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Medicalization, Passing (Gender), Scientific literature, Sex cinemas, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: Gay Community News, The Queen's Vernacular
    Description: A short article in volume 3, issue 12 of Gay Community News, providing definitions for terms used by the gender noncomforming community in the 70s. Originally printed on page 17.

  2. A home of our own

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: The Ad Hoc Committee to Support the Lesbian Herstory Archives
    Date: Jun. 23, 1991
    Topics: Anti-lesbian violence, Archives, Butches, Dykes, Femmes, Lesbian activism, Lesbian African-Americans, Lesbian archives, Lesbian bars, Lesbians, Lesbians of colour, Male impersonators, Persecution of lesbians
    Subject: Becky Johnson, C. Walsh Theater, First African Meeting House, Gay Community News, Jenifer Firestone, Jewel Box Revue, Joan Nestle, Lesbian Herstory Archives, Michelle Parkerson, Red Shades Affinity Group, Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box, Stormé DeLarverie, West Village
    Description: An article summarizing an event to benefit the Lesbian Herstory Archives, featuring a short film about Storme Delarverie and appearances from notable lesbian activists. Originally published on page...

  3. A kinder and gentler festival?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Burkholder, Nancy
    Date: Sep. 1, 1991
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Cisgender women, Lesbian culture, MtFs, Music festivals, Passing (Gender), Stealth (Transgender), Transphobia, Transsexual people, Women's music festivals, Womyn
    Subject: Barbara Price, Gay Community News, Lisa Vogel, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Two Nice Girls
    Description: An article by Nancy Burkholder, a woman who was thrown out of a Women's Music Festival on suspicion of being transsexual. Burkholder criticizes this decision eloquently. Originally published on pag...

  4. All dressed up and nowhere to go?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 10, 1988
    Topics: Crossdressing, Gender identity, Helplines, Transgenderism, Transsexualism
    Subject: Gay Community News, TV-TS Contact Service
    Description: A classified ad for the TV-TS (transvestite transsexual) contact service, originally published in volume 15, number 25 of Gay Community News.

  5. An Intimate Circle of Friends

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Moody, Linda
    Date: Oct. 13, 1984
    Topics: Crossdressing, Lesbian artists, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ archives, LGBTQ+ theater, Sexism
    Subject: Addie Manning, Anne Whitney, Boston Area Lesbian and Gay History Project, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Cushman, Edwin Booth, Eliza Cook, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Gay Community News, Hamlet, Harriet Hosmer, Janet Kahn, Macbeth, Matilda Hays, Oliver Twist, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare
    Description: This article details the life and history of Charlotte Cushman and her circle of friends, many of whom were lesbians and engaged in crossdressing. There are several small typos in the article; Cush...

  6. Ariadne Kane Speaks of the Transsexual Experience

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: SB, Kane, Ariadne
    Date: Jan. 31, 1976
    Topics: Drag queens, Feminism, Gay community, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Interviews, Police harassment, Sex (Body), Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transvestites
    Subject: Ariadne Kane, Cycle Sluts, Divine, Fantasia Fair, Gay Community News, New England Conference on Alternate Sex and Gender Lifestyles, Skag Drag
    Description: An interview with Ariadne Kane, a self described transgenderist who organized events and conferences for the transgender and transvestite communities. Originally published on pages 10 and 11 of vol...

  7. Becoming a Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Hircus, Capra
    Date: Jan. 3, 1976
    Topics: Clothing, Estrogen, Femininities, Gender affirming surgery, Gender expression, Hair removal, Hormone therapy (Gender), Identification cards, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Physicians, Transitioning (Gender), Transitioning status, Voice therapy (Gender)
    Subject: Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, Gay Community News, Gender Identity Service of Boston, Home Savings Bank
    Description: An overview of medical, social, and legal transition for an MtF trans person, presenting different options and how much they cost or how difficult they are to obtain. Originally published on page 9...

  8. 'chosen' 'trap'?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Neutzel, David
    Date: Jul. 8, 1987
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Masculinities, MtFs, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transgender youth
    Subject: Avon Park Correctional Institution, Gay Community News
    Description: A letter to the editor of Gay Community News from a prisoner at Avon Park Correctional Institution. Originally printed in volume 15, issue 3. Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensiti...

  9. Coming Out as Transsexual

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Christina Ann Debosco
    Date: Jan. 31, 1988
    Topics: Diversity, Drag, Intersectionality, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: Buffalo Transition Support, Gay Community News, March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation
    Description: A letter to the editor of Gay Community News from Christina Ann Debosco. Debosco requests that more information and writing by and for transgender individuals be published in the newspaper. Origina...

  10. cross-dressing: inside and out

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Scribner, Lynn M.
    Date: Feb. 23, 1985
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Lingerie, Sexuality
    Subject: Gay Community News, Gayellow Pages, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund (LLDEF), TV-TS Contact Service
    Description: Letter to the editor of Gay Community News from a person imprisoned in Huntsville, TX. Originally published on page 6 of Volume 12, number 31.

  11. cross-dressing now legal in st. louis

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Fauntleroy, Jim
    Date: Aug. 24, 1986 to Aug. 30, 1986
    Topics: Crossdressing, Law, Newspaper court reporting, Police
    Subject: ACLU News, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Gay Community News
    Description: A short news bulletin recounting a recent court case in St. Louis, MO, in which a female impersonator and a transsexual person sued the city for arresting them for crossdressing. The article insinu...

  12. Crossing Sexual Borders: Interview with Three Male-to-Female Transeuxals

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Tommi Avicolli
    Date: May 3, 1975
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Gender dysphoria, Gender expression, MtFs, Parents, Psychology, Trans women, Transgender children, Women's movement
    Subject: Erickson Educational Foundation, Gay Community News, Information for the Family of the Transsexual, Marilyn Monroe, New Words (Feminist Bookstore), Olivia Records, The Gay Alternative, The Linen Closet
    Description: Interviews with three transsexual women, ages 19 and 22, all from Pennsylvania. The article is reprinted from the Philadelphia paper The Gay Alternative. The article is printed on pages 8 and 12 of...

  13. Divine

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Divine, Holland, David
    Date: Nov. 13, 1976
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Gender identity in the theater, Motion pictures, Off Off-Broadway theater, Theater
    Subject: Allen Ginsberg, Andy Warhol, Babs Johnson, Divine, Female Trouble, Gay Community News, John Waters, Multiple Maniacs Mondo Trasho, Museum of Modern Art, Pink Flamingos, Roman Candles, Shakespeare, Tom Eyen, Women Behind Bars
    Description: An interview with Divine, the drag queen and actor. Originally printed on page 9 of Volume 4, number 2 of Gay Community News. Photography by Deborah Irmas.

  14. Drag queens suspected in stabbings

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Gaines, Kelly
    Date: Jan. 14, 1990
    Topics: Bars (Drinking establishments), Drag queens, Violent crimes
    Subject: Dallas Voice, Gay Community News
    Description: A news bulletin from Dallas describing a violent incident on New Year's Day. Originally published on page 2 of volume 17, number 26 of Gay Community News.

  15. Dressing the Part: Two Approaches to Drag

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Schneiderman, Jo, Leigh, Joanna, Lynn, Merissa Sherrill
    Date: May 5, 1984
    Topics: Camp (Gay culture), Clothing, Crossdressers, Drag, Drag bars, Drag community, Drag queens, Femininities, Gay community, Gender affirming surgery, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Sexual assault, Transsexual people
    Subject: Eve's Garden, Fire and Ice Review, Gay Community News, Jacque's, Norell, Roberta Dearborn, Tiffany Club, Tina Lea
    Description: A compilation of interviews with drag queens, transsexual women, and crossdressers. Touches on the drag scene in Boston, presenting and passing as a woman, the threat of sexual assault, and relatio...

  16. "Even if you win your revolution, I'm still an outlaw"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Kaplan, Rebecca
    Date: Apr. 19, 1992
    Topics: Gender identity, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ religious people, LGBTQ+ spiritual people, LGBTQ+ theater, MtFs, Transsexual people
    Subject: Gay Community News, Hidden: A Gender, Kate Bornstein, Real Art Ways, The Bible, The Opposite Sex... is Neither
    Description: A review of Kate Bornstein's one woman play, The Opposite Sex ... is Neither, originally published on page 9 of volume 19, number 37 of Gay Community News.

  17. FAIRIES, LEATHERMEN AND QUEENS SHARE THE SPIRIT

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Bronski, Michael, Thompson, Mark, Hayes, Dimid
    Date: Jul. 12, 1987
    Topics: Berdache, Book reviews, Closeted gay men, Crossdressing, Faeries, Gay activism, Gay culture, Gay liberation, Gay men, Homophobia, Internalized homophobia, Interviews, Lesbian activism, LGBTQ+ books, LGBTQ+ Christians, LGBTQ+ religious people, LGBTQ+ spiritual people, Persecution of gay men, Queer men
    Subject: Anita Bryant, Edward Carpenter, Gay Community News, Gay Spirit: Myth and Meaning, Harry Hay, LIVE-AID, Louisiana Sissies in Struggle, Mark Thompson, The Advocate, Tree Roots Collective, Walt Whitman
    Description: An interview with Mark Thompson and a review of his book, Gay Spirit: Myth and Meaning. Thompson discusses what it means to be gay and references crossdressers and iconic gay men of the past. Origi...

  18. Fighting for the rights of transsexuals

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Farmer, Dee
    Date: Nov. 24, 1991
    Topics: Butches, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ prisoners, MtFs, Transphobia, Transsexual people, Wimmin, Women's music festivals, Womyn
    Subject: Gay Community News, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Nancy Burkholder, Sr. Mary Elizabeth
    Description: A letter to the editor responding to another letter regarding Nancy Burkholder's ejection from the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival. Farmer defends Burkholder's right to attend and also offers legal...

  19. FOCUS ON: Gender Identity Service

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator:
    Date: May 4, 1974
    Topics: Clinics, Counseling, Gender identity, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Legal name change, Legal status, LGBTQ+ personal and family law, Medical care, Official documentation, Organizations for sexual research and sexual reform, Therapies, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: Community Sex Information Service, Deborah Feinbloom, Gay Community News, Gender Identity Clinic, Homophile Community Health Service, New England
    Description: A brief description of a new gender identity service in Cambridge. Originally published on page 7 in volume 1, number 45 of Gay Community News.

  20. forum GRAFFITI

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 26, 1974
    Topics: Bathrooms, Bisexuality, Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, Gay men, Lesbians, Sexism
    Subject: Charles Street Meeting House, Gay Community News, Jesus, Richard M. Nixon
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains racist and homophobic language.

  21. Free TV/TS contact service

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Rubin, Ina Helen
    Date: Jan. 31, 1988
    Topics: Crossdressing, Helplines, Letters to the editor, Transgenderism, Transsexual people, Transsexualism, Transvestites
    Subject: American Transvestite-Transsexual Contact Service, Gay Community News, Kinsey Institute, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), National Transvestite-Transsexual Hotline Number, TV-TS Contact Service
    Description: A response to an ad, redirecting readers from a paid trans focused talk line to a free one. Originally published on page 4 of volume 15, number 28 of Gay Community News.

  22. Gay Legal Rights

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 1, 1971
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Anti-gay discrimination, Drag, Law, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Sodomy laws
    Subject: Alphonso Zirpoli, Florida Supreme Court, Gay Community News, Illinois Gays for Legislative Action, San Francisco Society for Individual Rights, Supreme Court, The Gay Advocates, The University of Michigan
    Description: A collection of legal bulletins on recent important state and federal court cases for LGBT rights. Originally published on page 7 of volume 1, number 24 of Gay Community News.

  23. GCN STONEWALL NATION 69~79: What Happened, Anyhow?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Stein, Cindy
    Date: Jun. 23, 1979
    Topics: Drag queens, Gay liberation, Lesbians, Police harassment, Stonewall riots
    Subject: Allen Ginsberg, Dave Van Ronk, Dick Leitsch, Donn Teal, Gay Community News, Howard Smith, Lucian Truscott IV, New York City Police Department, New York Daily News, New York Mattachine Society, New York Times, The Gay Militants, Village Voice
    Description: An account of the Stonewall Riots, originally published on page 9 of volume 6, number 47 of Gay Community News, in the Stonewall 10th Anniversary issue. The author mentions drag queens being presen...

  24. Glen or Glenda? : Not Just a Puppy Dog's Tale

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Bronski, Michael
    Date: Jul. 31, 1982
    Topics: Exploitation films, LGBTQ+ films, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: Bela Lugosi, Christine Jorgensen, Ed Wood, Gay Community News, Glen or Glenda?, John Waters, World War II
    Description: A review of Glen or Glenda? (1953), originally published on pages 7 and 8 of volume 10, issue 3 of Gay Community News.

  25. 'Helping Professions' Meet a Sexual Minority

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Rosen, Lyn
    Date: Apr. 9, 1977
    Topics: Crossdressing, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender expression, Gender identity, Transgender people, Transsexuality, Transvestism
    Subject: Ariadne Kane, Brooks House, Deborah Feinbloom, Gay Community News, Gender Identity Service of Boston, The Outreach Foundation, Transvestites and Transsexuals: Mixed Views
    Description: A summary of an event in which counselors, therapists, hotline operators and sex educators met with transvestites, transsexual people, and transgender people. Originally published on page 8 of volu...

  26. KATZ TO US: HISTORY LIVES

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Young, Allen, Schreiber, Ron, Katz, Jonathan
    Date: Feb. 5, 1977
    Topics: Book reviews, Crossdressing, Gay men, Interviews, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ archives, LGBTQ+ books, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ people of color, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Trans women
    Subject: Antioch, City College, Coming Out! (play), Committee of the Gay Activists Alliance, Communism, Emma Goldman, Gay American History, Gay Community News, Gay Socialist Action Project, Harry Hay, High School of Music and Art, Jim Steakley, Jonathan Katz, Karl Marx, Lucy Ann Lobell, Lucy Terry Prince, Mattachine Society, Murray Hill, Resistance of Christiana, The Early Homosexual Rights Movement, WBAI
    Description: Interview with Jonathan Katz, author of Gay American History, and an inset review of the book. The interview covers Katz's research, thoughts on academia, personal politics, and insights into LGBT ...

  27. Letter to the Editor

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Ford, Lynn
    Date: 1996
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender identity disorder, Legal status, Letters to the editor, Medical care, Medicalization, Personals, Transgender movement, Transgender rights, Transsexual people
    Subject: Basic Rights Oregon, Gay Community News, Gender Shock, Lambda Book Report, Medicaid, OUT Magazine, Phyllis Burke, Riki Anne Wilchins, Shannon Minter
    Description: A letter to the editor in response to comments made about Gender Identity Disorder diagnoses and the book Gender Shock. Originally published on pages 2 and 31 of volume 22, number 3 of Gay Communit...

  28. Looking for room to grow in Sex Roles and Sexualities

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Cottle, Ed, Grewell, Eve
    Date: May 5, 1984
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Drag queens, Gay community, Gender expression, Gender identity, Lesbian community, Lesbian identity, Lesbians, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Parents of transgender people, Queer transgender people, Sex (Act), Transvestites
    Subject: Changes, Gay Community News, Solidarity and International Socialists: A Socialist Feminist Network
    Description: Two letters to the editor, both from trans individuals currently in prison. Originally published on pages 14 and 15 of volume 11, number 41 of Gay Community News.

  29. only her surgeon knows for sure

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 28, 1981
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Legal status, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ personal and family law, MtFs, Transgender rights, Transsexual people
    Subject: Gay Community News, Los Angeles Daily Journal, Raegan Kelly
    Description: A legal bulletin describing a case in which a trans woman is suing her workplace for discrimination. Originally published on page 2 of volume 8, issue 35 of Gay Community News.

  30. Seeking 'equal protection' for transsexuals in prison

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Farmer, Dee
    Date: Sep. 17, 1989
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Criminal law, Estrogen, Hormones, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ personal and family law, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Transsexual people
    Subject: Gay Community News, United States Constitution
    Description: A letter to the editor of GCN concerning transsexual prisoners' rights. Originally published on page 5 of volume 17, number 10 of Gay Community News.

  31. Sexual Minorities Conference

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator:
    Date: May 3, 1975
    Topics: Birth certificate amendments, Legal name change, LGBTQ+ personal and family law, MtFs, Transgenderism, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: Ariadne Kane, Conference on Alternate Sex and Gender Lifestyles, Emerson College, Gay Community News, Gender Identity Service of Boston, Massachusetts Bureau of Vital Statistics, Michael Fleming, Richard Rubino
    Description: An account of the second annual Conference on Alternate Sex and Gender Lifestyles, with photos from the event. Originally published on pages 3 and 9 of volume 2, issue 45 of Gay Community News.

  32. STONEWALL STORIES PART I OF II

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Bronski, Michael, Carlo, Vivian, Robinson, Colin, Poggi, Stephanie, Burns, Randy, Shively, Charley, Stowell, Sterling, Nestle, Joan, Lorde, Audre, Ewing, Tess, Rose, Steven, Abelove, Henry
    Date: Jun. 11, 1989
    Topics: AIDS awareness, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, Gay community, HIV/AIDS, Homophiles, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Police harassment, Stonewall riots, Transvestites
    Subject: Bread and Roses, Daughters of Bilitis, Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Gay Community News, Gay Liberation Front, Gay Women's Liberation, Lesbian History Archives, March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, Marsha P. Johnson, Mattachine Society, Radicalesbians, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, That Certain Summer
    Description: A collection of stories and remembrances from the Stonewall riots and 1969. Writers comment on memory, inclusion, and what the riots mean as a symbol. Originally published on pages 14 through 17 of...

  33. The Sexual Politics of Transsexual Surgery

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Amalthea
    Date: Aug. 21, 1976
    Topics: Feminism, Gender affirming surgery, Genitals, Hair removal, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Lesbian community, Lesbians, Medical care, MtFs, Physical health care for LGBTQ+ people, Transsexual people, Vaginas
    Subject: Aristotle, Gay Community News, Naomi Weisstein, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Aquinas
    Description: An editorial on surgery and medical transition from the perspective of a lesbian transsexual woman. Originally published on pages 8 and 9 of volume 4, issue 8 of Gay Community News.

  34. The TV-TG-TS Phenomenon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Kane, Ariadne
    Date: Jul. 20, 1974
    Topics: Partners of transgender people, Transgender people, Transgenderism, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: Charles Street Meeting House, Gay Community News, Gayway, Gender Identity Service of New England, Harry Benjamin, New England Gay Conference, The Transsexual Phenomenon, WBUR FM
    Description: This article was originally published on page 7 of Gay Community News volume 2.4 on July 20 1974. Author Ariadne Kane describes a variety of feminine gender expressions and identities as well as ch...

  35. Transgender study & research center

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator:
    Date: May 10, 1980
    Topics: Advertising, Classified, Gender identity, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Therapies, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Association for Humanistic Psychology, Association for the Advancement of Psychology, Association of Sexologists, Gay Community News
    Description: A classified ad for a counseling services clinic for transgender people. Originally published on page 7 of volume 7, number 41 of Gay Community News.

  36. Transsexual Birds and Bees

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Margo
    Date: Jul. 5, 1975
    Topics: Bottom surgery, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Hormones, MtFs, Sex education, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexualism
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Erickson Educational Foundation, Gay Community News, Information for the Family of the Transsexual, Legal Aspects of Transsexualism, Religious Aspects of Transsexualism
    Description: An article reviewing some of the informational pamphlets released by the Erickson Educational Foundation on trans healthcare and law. Originally published on page 15 of volume 3, number 2 of Gay Co...

  37. TRANSSEXUAL CAN STAY

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 19, 1977
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Law, Legal status, Transsexual people
    Subject: Gay Community News, Judge Charles Bobby, Steve Dain
    Description: A legal bulletin about a teacher who was fired after his gender confirming surgery; the court ruled in his favor. Originally published on page 2 of volume 4, number 34 of Gay Community News.

  38. Transsexual pioneer Jorgenson dies

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: McKnight, Jennie
    Date: Jul. 4, 1989
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Transsexual people
    Subject: Christine Jorgenson, Gay Community News, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Jorgenson Memorial Fund
    Description: This clipping announces Christine Jorgenson's death; she was one of the first people to undergo gender confirmation surgery. Originally published on page 2 of volume 16, number 45 of Gay Community ...

  39. TRANSSEXUAL POLICE OFFICER

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 27, 1979
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, MtFs, Police, Post-operative, Transsexual people
    Subject: Bonnie Davenport, Gay Community News
    Description: An article on a trans woman who seeks to return to the position she had pre-transition as a police officer in Washington DC. Originally published on page 2 of volume 6, number 26 of Gay Community N...

  40. Transsexual student expelled

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Yang, Jacob Smith
    Date: Dec. 15, 1991
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, LGBTQ+ personal and family law, MtFs, Trans women, Transsexual people
    Subject: Gay Community News, Park View Hospital, Query, Tennessee State University, Tracy Quirling
    Description: News bulletin about a trans woman who was "kicked out" of her nursing program. Originally published on page 2 of volume 19, number 22 of Gay Community News.

  41. TV Watching in P'town

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Damon, Bill
    Date: Nov. 15, 1975
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gay culture, LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender culture, Transvestites
    Subject: Ariadne Kane, Fantasia Fair, Gay Community News
    Description: A short article covering Ariadne Kane's first Fantasia Fair (national transvestite convention), held in Provincetown. Originally published on page 5 of volume 3, number 2 of Gay Community News.

  42. Who Did You Say You Are?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Leshko, Isa, Wilchins, Riki Anne
    Date: 1996
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Crossdressers, Feminism, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Interviews, Queer transgender people, Sexual orientation, Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: Christian Coalition, Elizabeth Birch, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Gay Community News, Gender PAC, Hate Crimes Statistics Act (HCSA), Havelock Ellis, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Isa Leshko, Judith Butler, Kate Bornstein, Moral Majority, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), National Organization for Women (NOW), Riki Anne Wilchins, Stop Prison Rape, Transgender Menace, Tyra Hunter
    Description: An interview with Riki Anne Wilchins, discussing gender theory, politics, activism, and identity. Originally published on pages 17 and 29 of volume 22, number 1 of Gay Community News.

  43. Who gets to 'belong' in the lesbian community anyway?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Power, Bet, Power, Ben
    Date: Apr. 8, 1990
    Topics: BDSM, Bisexual people, Drag community, Gay pride, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ visibility, Persecution of bisexual people, Sexual minorities, SM movement, Transgender community
    Subject: Academy Awards, Elizabeth Taylor, Gay Community News, Gertrude Stein, Lis Brook, New Alexandria Lesbian Library, Northhampton Lesbian/Gay Pride march, Radclyffe Hall, Sarah Dreher, Shelix, University of Massachusetts, Valley Gay Alliance, Willa Cather
    Description: An editorial concerning the exclusion of sexual and gender minorities from the 1990 Northampton pride march. Originally published on page 5 of volume 17, number 38 of Gay Community News.