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  1. Mrs. Mary Cooper

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Reddus, Luther
    Date: Jan. 28, 1950
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators
    Subject: Ritz Lounge, Valda Gray
    Description: An article in the Chicago World praising Black female impersonator Valda Gray's performance at the Ritz Lounge.
  2. County Woman Kills Herself

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Manistee News Advocate
    Date: Jan. 29, 1951
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Death and dying, FtMs, LGBTQ+ newspapers, Suicide
    Subject: Axel Pederson, John A. Dehorn, Melbourne Beebe, Myrtle Mapes, Thomas Oliver Mapes
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide. The text reads: "COUNTY WOMAN KILLS HERSELF Muskegon, Mich- (U.P.) - Authorities reported today a 29-ye...
  3. The Man Who Lived 30 Years As A Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Ebony Magazine
    Date: Nov. 1951
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ Christians, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Alonzo Sabbe, Georgia Black, Joanna Morre, Mabel Clark, Muster Black, Orville Barks, Roy Williams, Walter Hand, Willie Sabbe
    Description: Content Warning: Contains offensive depictions of transgender people, including frequent and deliberate misgendering. This article, originally published in the November 1951 issue of Ebony Magazine...
  4. Man or Woman?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Mr. Magazine
    Date: Mar. 1957
    Topics: Crossdressing, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture)
  5. Storme, Dori, and Pals Relight the Shubert

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: MacArthur, Harry
    Date: Sep. 26, 1958
    Topics: BIPOC, Black lesbians, Black people, Female impersonators, Lesbians, Racially mixed people, Studs
    Subject: Bill Daye, Chunga Ochoa, Dori D'or, Jewel Box Revue, Lynne Carter, Robbi Ross, Shubert Theater, Stormé DeLarverie, Toni Midnight, Tytanic
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to transphobic comments.
  6. At the Theatres: The Blacks by Jean Genet

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 13, 1961
    Topics: Actors, Black, LGBTQ+ theater, Transvestites
    Subject: Jean Genet
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to racist language.
  7. Ted Claus Mural

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Navajo Times
    Date: Apr. 18, 1962
    Topics: BIPOC, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous peoples, Two-Spirit people
    Subject: Hosteen Klah, Nádleehi
    Description: A clipping from The Navajo times about a mural in the Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, and mentions the contributions of Navajo Nádleehi Hosteen Klah.
  8. From Man to Woman- Part I

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Newton, Delisa
    Date: Apr. 1966
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Gender affirming surgery, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender community
    Subject: Delisa Newton
    Description: An article written by Delisa Newton in which she discusses having gender affirming surgery, transitioning, and finally living as her true self.
  9. From Man to Woman- Part II

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Newton, Delisa
    Date: May 1966
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Gender affirming surgery, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender community
    Subject: Delisa Newton
    Description: An article written by Delisa Newton in which she discusses having gender affirming surgery, transitioning, and finally living as her true self.
  10. A Changing of Sex By Surgery Begun at Johns Hopkins

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Buckley, Thomas
    Date: Nov. 21, 1966
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Gender dysphoria, Homosexuality, LGBTQ+ people of color, Medicalization, MtFs, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Harry Benjamin, Mental Health, Reed Erickson, The Transsexual Phenomenon
    Description: A clipping from the New York Times talking about early gender affirming surgery done at Johns Hopkins.
  11. A Life Cut Short: Gender Identity Discrimination and the Murder of Chanelle Pickett

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Sex work, Trans women, Transgender activism
    Subject: Chanelle Pickett, Gabrielle Pickett
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.
  12. Of a Happening That Really Wasn't

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Powers, Ann
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag, Transvestites
    Description: A New York Times article mentioning Vaginal Davis, who is described as a Black transvestite in drag.
  13. He Enjoys Being A Girl

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Flatley, Guy
    Date: Nov. 15, 1970
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Detention of LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Gender, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ films, Motion picture actors and actresses, Riots, Trans women, Transvestites
    Subject: Andy Warhol, Harold Danhakl, Holly Woodlawn, Larry Rivers, Paul Morrissey, Trash (Film)
    Description: Holly Woodlawn formerly known as Harold Danhakl is arrested at the U.N. for female impersonation. Holly Woodlawn starred in the Andy Warhol-Paul Morrissey film: "Trash". She is bailed out by Larry ...
  14. Theater: Coast Transvestite Troupe

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Gussow, Mel
    Date: Nov. 9, 1971
    Topics: Androgyny, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Anderson Theatre, Sylvester, The Cockettes, Tinsel Tarts in a Hot Coma
    Description: This is a clipping from the New York Times about "Tinsel Tarts in a Hot Coma" at the Anderson Theatre and the performers there. One of the performers mentioned is Mr. Sylvester of "Sylvester and Hi...
  15. She's Beautiful, Plucky—And a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Canby, Vincent
    Date: Feb. 27, 1972
    Topics: Drag queens, Female impersonators, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ films, Trans women
    Subject: Andy Warhol, Berlin Stories, Broadway, Cabaret, Candy Darling, Christopher Isherwood, Holly Woodlawn, Jackie Curtis, Kit Kat Club, Liza Minnelli, Paul Morrissey, Sally Bowles, Women in Revolt, Women's LIberation
    Description: A newspaper clipping containing a review of the Andy Warhol film "Women in Revolt" which follows three female impersonators: Candy Darling, Jackie Curtis, and Holly Woodlawn.