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My Transsexual Manifesto Part VIII
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Maxwell, Daralyn S Date: Nov. 1996 Topics: Coming out, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture) Description: A clipping from the November 1996 issue of "Community Pride Reporter," titled: "My Transsexual Manifesto Part VIII" discussing the concept of being "outed." -
GENDER POLICE ARE ALIVE AND WELL AT MICHIGAN
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Burkholder, Nancy Date: Jul. 1993 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ events, Women's music festivals Subject: Boo Price, Lisa Vogel, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival Description: A clipping from the July 1993 issue of "Community Pride Reporter," titled: "GENDER POLICE ARE ALIVE AND WELL AT MICHIGAN" discussing the anti-trans sentiments of the 1991 Michigan Womyn's Music Fes... -
Why does she do it?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Stearns, Alan Date: Apr. 1992 Topics: Clothing, Drag, Drag queens, Femininities, Feminism, Gender roles, LGBTQ+ bars, Masculinities, Pageants, Queer people Subject: La Cage Aux Folles, Limelight, Paris Is Burning Description: A clipping from the April 1992 issue of "Our Paper," titled: "Why does she do it?" discussing drag and queer stereotypes. -
STARTING FROM SCRATCH - SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Valero, Holly Date: Aug. 1990 Topics: Femininities, Gender roles, Masculinities, MtFs, Sexual orientation Description: A clipping from the August 1990 issue of "Our Paper," titled: "STARTING FROM SCRATCH - SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED" discussing a screening of a "documentary series concerning a man's transsexual journey... -
Floridian Transsexual Woman Elected to Public Office
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Date: Jun. 1999 Topics: LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ parents, Politicians, Trans women, Transgender political activists Subject: Diane Arnold, Lottie Albert, Miami Herald, QUILL Description: A clipping from the June 1999 issue of "Community Pride Reporter," titled: "Floridian Transsexual Woman Elected to Public Office" discussing the election of Diane Arnold. -
SF bans discrimination against transsexuals
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Date: Feb. 1995 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Transgender rights Subject: Frank Jordan Description: A clipping from the February 1995 issue of "Community Pride Reporter," titled: "SF bans discrimination against transsexuals" detailing Mayor Frank Jordan's ordinance prohibiting discrimination on t... -
Gender Questioning Teen in Cleveland Ends the Pain
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Date: Apr. 1999 Topics: Bullying, Gender expression, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ suicide, Queer youth Subject: Cleveland News-Herald, Nicole Seely Description: A clipping from the April 1999 issue of "Community Pride Reporter," titled: "Gender Questioning Teen in Cleveland Ends the Pain" discussing the life of fifteen-year-old Nicole Seely. Content Warnin... -
Review: Of Orlando's Sleep
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Maxwell, Daralyn S Date: Sep. 1997 Topics: Gender expression, Gender identity, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ authors, Trans women Subject: Jennifer Spry, Orlando's Secret: An Autobiography of Gender Description: A clipping from the September 1997 issue of "Community Pride Reporter," titled: "Review: Of Orlando's Sleep" including a book review of "Orlandos's Secret: An Autobiography of Gender." -
TRANSGENDERED: What does it mean?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Balboni, Luke Date: Mar. 1994 Topics: Femininities, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ communities, Masculinities, Pronouns Subject: Drag King Dreams, Leslie Feinberg, Marsha P. Johnson, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Stone Butch Blues, The Matlovich Society, Village Voice Description: A clipping from the March 1994 issue of "Community Pride Reported," titled: "TRANSGENDERED: What does it mean?" detailing a talk given by Leslie Feinberg at the Matlovich Society. -
STONEWALL: IN SPIRIT AND FLESH
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Bell, Bee Date: Jul. 1994 Topics: Crossdressers, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ culture, Stonewall riots, Transgender people Subject: Dennis Ferrante, Village Voice Description: A clipping from the July 1994 issue of "Apex," titled: "STONEWALL: IN SPIRIT AND FLESH" including an interview between Bee Bell and Dennis Ferrante discussing the Stonewall riots and drag. -
My Transsexual Manifesto Part One
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Maxwell, Daralyn S Date: Apr. 1996 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Lesbian community, MtFs, Transgender community Subject: Harry Benjamin Standards of Care, Winnie Weir Description: A clipping from the April 1996 issue of the "Community Pride Reporter," titled: "My Transsexual Manifesto Part One" discussing the trans and lesbian communities. -
From Both Sides Now
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Pyle, Suzanne Date: May 1996 Topics: Estrogen, Gender affirming surgery, Gender expression, Gender identity, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism Subject: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Boston Herald, Sally Jesse Raphael, Sarah Luiz, Transcending Illusions Description: A clipping from the May 1996 issue of the "Community Pride Reporter," titled: "From Both Sides Now" discussing Sarah Luiz and her gender identity. -
Transsexual protesters allowed to enter Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Walworth, Janis, Gabriel, Davina Anne Date: Sep. 1994 Topics: Lesbian community, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ events, Trans women, Transgender activism, Women's music festivals Subject: Alix Dobkin, April Fredericks, Arlene Wolves, Camp Trans, Celtic Transsexual Modal Band from Hell, Charlotte Manheimer, Davina Anne Gabriel, FTM Newsletter, Hannah Blackwell, James Green, Jessica Meredith Xavier, Kodi Hendrix, Krissy Withers, Lesbian Avengers, Leslie Feinberg, Lynn Elizabeth Walker, Mimi = Freed, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Nancy Anne Forrest, Nancy Jean Burkholder, Rica Ashby Fredrickson, Riki Anne Wilchins, Wendi Lynn Kaiser, Zythyra Anne Austen Description: A clipping from the September 1994 issue of "Community Pride Reporter," titled: "Transsexual protesters allowed to enter Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival" discussing Camp Trans and protests at the 1... -
Transsexual womyn expelled from MWMF
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Gabriel, Davina Anne, Walworth, Janis Date: Sep. 1993 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Gender affirming surgery, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ events, MtFs, Trans women, Women's music festivals Subject: Barbara Price, Davina Anne Gabriel, Janis Walworth, Kay Leigh Hagan, Laura Ervin, Lisa Vogel, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Nancy Burkholder, Rica Fredrickson, Riki Anne Wilchins, Wendi Kaiser Description: This clipping from the September 1993 issue of "Community Pride Reporter," titled: "Transsexual womyn expelled from MWMF" discusses the experience of trans women at the 18th Michigan Womyn's Music ... -
California Assembly Passes Transgender Crime Bill
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Jun. 4, 1998 Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Criminal law, Gender expression, Hate crimes, Law Subject: Sheila Kuehl, Wally Knox Description: A short article from "The Texas Triangle's" June 4, 1998 issue. Describes a new California law that "promises to strengthen prosecution of gender-related hate crimes." -
The Beige Room… Where Men Are Women
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: 1963 Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ musicians, Performance art Subject: Don Miles, Jackie Gordon, The Beige Room, Tommy Hendrix Description: An article including a series of photos of "The Beige Room" and its performers. -
Reassigning Sex
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: deMotier, Beren Date: Jul. 3, 1998 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Gay pride, Gender affirming surgery, Gender roles, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Transgender activism Subject: ACT UP, Pride Month, Renee Richards Description: An article by self-identified lesbian Beren deMotier in the July 3, 1998 issue of the "Houston Voice." deMotier argues that Pride is not about "the obliteration of a dual-gender system." She writes... -
Man shot, killed in second slaying of cross-dressing men
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Mar. 5, 1999 Topics: Gender expression, LGBTQ+ sex workers, LGBTQ+ victims of hate crimes, Murders of LGBTQ+ people Subject: John Cannon, Steve Dwayne Garcia Description: A short article featured in the March 5, 1999 issue of the "Houston Voice." Describes the murder of an "unidentified man dressed as a woman." Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitiv... -
Vonda DeLayne
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Gay community, HIV/AIDS, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Miss Gay America, Miss Gay USA, Miss Metroplex, Miss Texas USA, Miss Universe de Texas, Vonda DeLayne, Vonda Richards Description: An obituary for Vonda DeLayne, who was also known as Vonda Richards. The clipping states: "she never forgot her roots in the gay community, remaining active in AIDS causes, as well as the pageant s... -
Isreal Padilla, Jr. aka “Sophia Black”
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Drag, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ relationships Subject: Aurea Perez, Dary Crews, Isreal Padilla, Isreal Padilla, Jr., Lillian Perez, Lillie Padilla, Marie Padilla, Mark Miller, Miss Buddies, Sophia Black -
Corwin Anthony Hawkins Amazing Grace
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ Christians Subject: Amazing Grace, Corwin Anthony Hawkins, Deidra Hawkins, It's a Low Down Dirty Shame, John L's, Joyce Hawkins, Miss Gay South, Miss Gay Southwest, Miss Gay Texas, National Entertainer of the Year, Phoebe Hawkins, Texas Entertainer of the Year, Wilber, Jr. Hawkins, Wilbur Hawkins Description: An obituary for "Corwin Anthony Hawkins Amazing Grace." Describes the titles Grace won and their most recent work in Hollywood. -
Bella Donna DuBois
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag fathers, Drag mothers Subject: Bella Donna DuBois, Janelle DuBois, Shimmy Maxx, Sparkman-Hillcrest Funeral Home, Ten Percent Youth Description: An obituary for Bella Donna DuBois in the "Dallas Voice." Includes a brief discussion of her life, death, and family. -
Requiem For A Drag Queen
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: May 2, 1979 Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Detention of LGBTQ+ people, Drag, LGBTQ+ suicide, Transgender people Subject: Bonanza, Harris County Rehabilitation Center, Tina Marie Gentry, Wagon Train Description: An article in the May 2, 1979 issue of Upfront about Tina Marie Gentry's life. Discusses her imprisonment and death. Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to self... -
Etta James Revue featuring Miss Dakota, Jackie Shane (Female Impersonators)
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Aug. 27, 1964 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art Subject: Etta James, Jackie Shane, Long Beach Independent, Miss Dakota, Rusty Rooster Description: Clipping from the "Long Beach Independent" advertising "Etta James Revue featuring Miss Dakota, Jackie Shane (Female Impersonators)." -
Danny Windsor Dies at 87
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Retzloff, Tim Date: Unknown Topics: Drag, LGBTQ+ night life, Performance art Subject: Bobby Bruno, Danny Windsor, Danny Young, Debra Brown-Hendrickson, Disco Dolly, Doodles and Spider, Ethel Merman, Jennifer Foxx, Judy Garland, MGM, The Danny Windsor Revue, The Wizard of Oz, Totie Fields, Willis Clark Description: Announcement of the death of Danny Windsor. The article chronicles the trajectory of his career. -
For Danny Windsor, it’s women’s work
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Kent, Bill Date: Jun. 15, 1990 Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Performance art Subject: Donald O'Connor, Judy Garland Description: Published by The Philadelphia Inquirer, the article contains an interview of Danny Windsor on his career. -
Danny Windsor’s Funtastiks in the “New” 1971 Revue “She’s No Lady”
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: 1971 Topics: Female impersonators, Gender bending Subject: Adam Ray, Carmen Del Rio, Danny Windsor, Jerri Daye, Joni Cass Description: Advertisement for Danny Windsor's female impersonation show "She's No Lady." -
Annual Book on Transgender Issues Released
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Feb. 1997 Topics: Anti-discrimination law, LGBTQ+ books, LGBTQ+ movement Subject: Phyllis Randolph Frye, Proceedings V, The Marquise, Transgender Law and Employment Policy, Inc., UNITY Foundation Description: Page in "The San Antonio Marquise" magazine announces release of fifth annual book on transgender issues titled "Proceedings V." There is also reporting on the UNITY Foundation announcing new board... -
Transsexual wife killed in spat
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ domestic violence, Marriage, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: Alexander Lehrer, Jeanie Shelley Boushard Fox, Robert Fox Description: An article in "Community" discussing the murder of Jeanie Shelley Boushard Fox. Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to violence. -
The Montgomery Street Nightengale
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Reynolds, Cliff Date: Apr. 1969 Topics: Drag, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ night life, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Beige Room, Black Cat Bar, Fort Dix, Jim McGuiness, José Sarria, Lyle Gardiner, Lynne Carter, Magnolia Calhoun, Robert Moses Description: An article about José Sarria, published in the April 1969 issue of Vector. -
Show Bars
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Kane, Bill, Carpenter, Jerry Date: Oct. 1971 Topics: Drag, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ night life, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Allan Lloyd, Betty Grable, Black Cat Bar, Empress of San Francisco, Frolic Room, Hazel McGinnis, Il Trovatore, Jae Stevens, Jimmie Little, José Sarria, Mary McGill, Orpheum Circus, Pat Montclaire, Post Side Room, The Alley Cat Description: An article from the California Scene published October 1971. The text discusses multiple of José Sarria's past and upcoming performances. -
The Bitch’s Christmas
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Mosher, A. L. Date: Oct. 1971 Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), LGBTQ+ events Subject: Empress of San Francisco, Halloween Beaux Art Ball, José Sarria, Tavern Guild of San Francisco Description: An article by A. L. Mosher about the Halloween Ball at the Tavern Guild of San Francisco, published October 1971. -
Feathers, Fiery Temperament, and One Death Guaranteed at Each Show
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Oct. 27, 1983 Topics: Drag, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ musicians, Performance art Subject: Black Cat Bar, Hazel McGinnis, José Sarria, The Valencia Rose Description: A clipping from the October 27, 1983 issue of the Bay Area Reporter. Details the closing of the Black Cat bar and José Sarria's last performance at the club. -
‘Killer Transsexual’ Headline
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Mar. 30, 1990 to Apr. 5, 1990 Topics: Elections, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ phobia, Transgender political activists Subject: Houston Chronicle, Leslie Perez, This Week in Texas (TWT) Description: A letter to the editor printed in the March 30-April 5 issue of "The Week in Texas" (TWT). The text discusses Leslie Perez's activism and role in the Harris County Chair Runoff election. -
Casting Makes the Difference in Quirky Romantic Comedy Different for Girls
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Laird, Gary Date: Oct. 10, 1997 to Oct. 16, 1997 Topics: Gender bending, LGBTQ+ couples, LGBTQ+ films, Transgender romance fiction Subject: 1996 Montreal World Film Festival, Adele Anderson, Different for Girls, Grand Prix of the Americas Award, John Chapman, Richard Spence, Rupert Graves, Steven Mackintosh, Tony Marchant Description: A film review of "Different for Girls" in TWT, published in the October 10-16, 1997 issue. -
What a World, What a World: What is "Normal" Anyway?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Ford, Nancy Date: Aug. 1994 Topics: Clothing, Drag, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Transphobia Subject: Concerned Parents for Normal Toys, Dorothy Lamour, Dragdoll, Robert Crodent, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of The Desert, Weekly World News Description: An article from Dimensions' August 1994 issue discussing the creation of Dragdoll. The text looks at criticism of the toy as well as its potential positive impact. -
I’m Free
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Drag, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ events, Transgender people Subject: April Leigh, Courtney McCall, Rachel Ross, Sweet Savage Description: A flyer for the first "Annual Benefit Show for the April Leigh Paysinger Memorial Hospice for the Transgendered," including what appears to be a poem from April Leigh. -
Ernest (E.J.) Sanchez Jr. aka Diana Chappell
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Sep. 18, 1994 Topics: Christianity, Drag, Hair, LGBTQ+ Christians, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Changes, Diana Chappell, Ericka Sanchez, Ernest (E.J.) Sanchez Jr., Ernest Sanchez Sr., Frances Ramos, Lawrence Solar, Margie Sanchez, Miss Cinco De Mayo, Oakwood Cemetery, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Waco, Secrets in Temple, Split Image, Texas Rose, Victoria Ramos Description: An obituary for Ernest (E.J.) Sanchez Jr. aka Diana Chappell, with mention of his connection to Christianity and family. -
Franklin E. Dobbins aka Frankie Foxx
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Montrose Voice Date: Nov. 30, 1990 Topics: AIDS activists, Drag, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Frankie Foxx, Franklin E. Dobbins, Unity Church of Houston Description: An obituary for Franklin E. Dobbins aka Frankie Foxx, with mentions of his love for performance and AIDS activism. -
Midnite Sun
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: May 1, 1981 to May 7, 1981 Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Eartha Kitt, Houston Tavern Guild, Midnite Sun, Miss Gay USA Description: An advertisement for the bar "Midnite Sun," announcing a drag performance featuring Eartha Kitt. -
The Sunday Show of the South
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Mar. 27, 1981 to Apr. 2, 1981 Topics: Drag, Drag community, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Donna Day, Eartha Kitt, Gene Howle, Jimmy Angelo, Lynn Ganey, Sabrina Ross, The COPA, The Sunday Show of the South, Tiffany Jones Description: An advertisement for "The Sunday Show of the South" featuring performers such as Eartha Kitt, Tiffany Jones, and Donna Day. -
Donald Fortune aka Eartha Kitt
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Nov. 26, 1993 Topics: AIDS activists, Drag community, HIV/AIDS Subject: Donald Fortune, Eartha Kitt, Miss Gay USA Description: This is an obituary for Donald Fortune aka Eartha Kitt, who was known for his participation in pageants and AIDS activism. -
Daniel Trevino aka Denise Fairchild
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Dec. 16, 1994 Topics: Drag community, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ arts Subject: Daniel Trevino, Denise Fairchild, Miss Gay San Antonio, Miss Gay USA '92, Miss San Antonio Metroplex, Miss Texas USA Description: An obituary for Daniel Trevino aka Denise Fairchild, who participated in and won multiple pageants. -
Of Men, Women, and Those Living Somewhere In Between
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Henetz, Patty Date: Oct. 26, 1997 Topics: Crossdressing, Gender affirming surgery, Gender dysphoria, Intersex, Medicalization, Transgender people, Transitioning status Subject: An Engendered Species, Atlanta Educational Gender Information Service (AEGIS), Dallas Denny, Harry Benjamin, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Intersex Society of North America, Virginia Prince Description: A clipping from a newspaper that discusses many points of view on the issues of medicalization, gender dysphoria, gender-affirming surgeries, and intersex individuals. -
Out of the CLOSET–with style
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Carroll, Felix Date: Oct. 21, 1999 Topics: Crossdressers, LGBTQ+ events Subject: Brenda Vida, Dallas Denny, Fantasia Fair, Jayne Robinson, Lisa Mitchell, Miqqi Alicia Gilbert, Unitarian-Universalist Meetinghouse Description: A clipping about Fantasia Fair in Provincetown, Massachusettes and the people who attend it. -
A Field Guide to Persons in the Transgendered Gay Community
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Denny, Dallas Date: Oct. 1991 Topics: Crossdressers, Drag queens, Passing (Gender), Post-operative, Pre-operative, Transgender people, Transsexual people Description: Originally published in "The News" Volume 7 Number 8. Dallas Denny describes the differences in people who identify as transsexual, crossdressers, and drag queens and how they vary in gender expres... -
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... -
Can Sexology be Saved?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Hyde, Sue Date: Unknown Topics: Feminism, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ books, Safer sex, Sex education, Sexologists, Sexology, Sodomy laws Subject: Alfred Kinsey, American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), Disorders of Desire: Sex and Gender in Modern American Sexology, Gay Community News, Janice M. Irvine, Ladies Home Journal, Margie Nichols, Michael Shernoff, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), Playboy, Richard Green, Temple University Press, Virginia E. Johnson, William H. Masters Description: Book review of Janice M. Irvine's Disorders of Desire originally published on pages 7 and 10 of Gay Community News volume 18, number 17. -
Who's that girl?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: McKnight, Jennie Date: Jan. 14, 1990 Topics: Transvestites Subject: Babilonia, Gay Community News, Gay Scotland, Lisa Visonti, Miss Italy Description: A news bulletin describing a transvestite who entered a beauty pageant in Italy. Originally published on page 2 of volume 17, number 38 of Gay Community News. -
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. -
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. -
WANTED - GAY FRIENDSHIP
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Date: Jun. 15, 1974 Topics: Gay men, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ communities, Personals, Sex (Act), Transvestites Subject: Gay Community News Description: Personals ad seeking community. Originally published on page 15 of volume 1, number 51 of Gay Community News. -
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. -
TV - TG - TS
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Hoskinson, Vincent Date: Aug. 3, 1974 Topics: Clothing, Femininities, Gender identity, Letters to the editor, MtFs, Sexual orientation, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: Ariadne Kane, Gay Community News Description: Two letters to the editor concerning an article on trans identity by Ariadne Kane. Originally published on page 5 of volume 2, number 6 of Gay Community News. -
Traps and the Transsexual Family
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Ireland, Jade Date: Feb. 19, 1983 Topics: Autobiography, Bisexual people, Book reviews, FtMs, Internalized homophobia, LGBTQ+ books, LGBTQ+ families, LGBTQ+ parents, MtFs, Transitioning status, Transsexual people Subject: Cathy Brown, Chris Johnson, Christine Jorgensen, Gay Community News, Jan Morris, Nancy Hunt, National Enquirer, The Gender Trap, Wendy Nelson Description: A book review of an autobiography by two trans individuals in a relationship. Originally published on pages 2 and 4 of volume 10, number 3 of Gay Community News. -
transvestite's assailant not charged in shooting
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Date: Mar. 12, 1983 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Criminal law, Criminalization, Hate crimes, Police, Police brutality, Police harassment Subject: Deon Miller, Gay Community News, George Christ Jr., Nassau County Grand Jury, Patrick Smith, the Long Island Connection Description: A legal bulletin describing the shooting and arrest of two trans people on Long Island. Originally published on page 2 of volume 10, number 33 of Gay Community News. Content Warning: This item c... -
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. -
The Transsexual / Lesbian Misunderstanding
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Margo Date: Mar. 15, 1975 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Bottom surgery, Genitals, Intersex people, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, MtFs, Trans women, Transsexual people Subject: Gay Community News Description: The sequel to an editorial about trans lesbianism; in this installment the author addresses the conflict between some cis and trans lesbians. Originally published on pages 8 and 9 of volume 2, numb... -
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... -
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 ... -
transsexual on trial for wearing drag
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Date: Apr. 16, 1983 Topics: Criminal law, Criminalization, Drag, FtMs, LGBTQ+ personal and family law, Medical practitioners' statements, Transitioning status, Transvestites Subject: Gay Community News, the Long Island Connection Description: News bulletin describing a trans woman on trial for crossdressing. Originally published on page 2 of volume 10, number 38 of Gay Community News. -
Transsexual fuss
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Ripley, Rebecca Date: Jan. 19, 1992 Topics: Castration, Eunuchs, Letters to the editor, MtFs, Non-Euro-American gender and sexual identities, Transphobia, Transsexual people, Women's music festivals Subject: Gay Community News, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Nancy Burkholder Description: This letter to the editor appears to be commenting on the controversy surrounding Nancy Burkholder's expulsion from the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival for being a trans woman. Related letters are ... -
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. -
Transsexophobia: Old Arguments Against New People
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Schulter, Margo Date: Mar. 30, 1974 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Intolerance towards LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Transsexual people, Transsexuality Subject: Bill Baird, Eugene Victor Debbs, Gay Community News, Jan Morris Description: An assessment and debunking of several reasons why LGB community members do not support transsexuals, using reasons why people have refused to support the LGB movement. Originally published on page... -
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. -
The Virtual Movement
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Nangeroni, Nancy Date: 1997 Topics: Coming out, FtMs, Gender expression, Gender roles, Internet forums, LGBTQ+ Internet forums, Police harassment, Transgender community, Transgender culture, Transgender people Subject: Brandon Teena, Chanelle Pickett, FTM Conference of the Americas, Gay Community News, James Green, Kate Bornstein, Leslie Feinberg, Nancy Nangeroni, New York Times, Newsweek, Riki Anne Wilchins, Southern Comfort Conference, Texas T Party, Tonye Barreto-Neto, Transgender Tapestry Description: An article covering the development of the transgender community, in person and online. originally published on pages 36 through 40 of volume 23, issue 2/3 of Gay Community News. -
THE LESBIAN/TRANSSEXUAL MISUNDERSTANDING
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Margo Date: Feb. 22, 1975 Topics: Butches, Femininities, Femmes, Gender identity, Gender roles, Genitals, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, MtFs, Sexual preference, Transsexual people Subject: Abraham Lincoln, Betty Friedan, Congress to Unite Women, Dick Cavett Show, Gay Community News, Jan Morris Description: An editorial by a transsexual lesbian, addressing the issues and misconceptions about trans lesbian identity. Originally published on pages 6 and 7 of volume 2 number 35 of Gay Community News. -
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... -
THE WORLD OF THE TRANSVESTITE METAMORPHOSIS
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Date: Jun. 15, 1974 Topics: Clothing, Coming out, Electroshock therapy, Gender expression, Gender identity, Transvestites Subject: Gay Community News, Transvestia, Virginia Prince Description: This article is aimed at a cisgender audience and aims to explain the life and motivations of a transvestite. Originally published on page 11 of volume 1, number 51 of Gay Community News. -
The Importance of Outside Communication to the Transgendered Inmate
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Maulsby, V. (Mikki) Date: 1996 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Coming out, Detention of LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Transsexual people Subject: Amnesty International, Gay Community News, GCN Prisoner Project, gendertrash, Mike Riegle Description: An editorial on why writing to incarcerated trans people can be life-saving. Originally published on page 31 of volume 22, number 2 of Gay Community News. -
MWMF: denying womanhood
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Burkholder, Nancy Date: Dec. 15, 1991 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Feminism, Gender affirming surgery, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, Trans women, Women's music festivals, Womyn Subject: Gay Community News, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival Description: Letter to the editor written by Nancy Jean Burkholder regarding her expulsion from the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival. Originally published on page 4 of Gay Community News volume 19 number 22. Re... -
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... -
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 ... -
How To Tell a Lesbian from a Drag Queen at 40 Paces
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Henry, Nancy Date: Jan. 18, 1986 Topics: Drag queens, Hair removal, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transitioning status Subject: Gay Community News, Marsha P. Johnson Description: A humorous article dictating how to identify a drag queen, heavily reliant on stereotypes. Originally published on page 7 of volume 13, number 26 of Gay Community News. -
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. -
Michelle Parkerson and Stormé DeLarverié: The Filmmaker Celebrates a Black Woman's Courage
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Gomez, Jewelle, Parkerson, Michelle Date: May 24, 1987 Topics: Black lesbians, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag kings, Female impersonators, Feminism, Gender expression, Gender identity, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ films, Male impersonators Subject: Betty Carter, Gay Community News, Gotta Make this Journey, Hemlines and Hankerchiefs, Jewelle Gomez, Michelle Parkerson, Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box, Stormé DeLarverie, Waiting Rooms Description: Interview with Michelle Parkerson, director of Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box. Originally published on pages 9 and 10 of Gay Community News volume 14, number 43. -
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... -
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. -
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. -
Sexual Identity: a balanced view
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Sitler, J.D. Date: Jun. 26, 1976 Topics: Book reviews, Crossdressing, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ books, LGBTQ+ communities, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: Deborah Heller Feinbloom, Gay Community News, Jan Morris, Transvestites and Transsexuals: Mixed Views Description: A book review of Deborah Heller Feinbloom's Transvestites and Transsexuals: Mixed Views. Originally published on pages 15 and 21 of volume 3, number 52 of Gay Community News. -
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. -
Sausage Boy
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Lewis, Robin Coste Date: 1999 Topics: Erotica, Gender identity, Lesbians, Older lesbians, Pornography, Sex (Act), Women who have sex with women Subject: Gay Community News, nothing but the girl Description: An erotic short story about an affair between an older lesbian and a transmasculine/questioning person. Originally published on pages 14 through 19 of volume 24, issue 3-4 of Gay Community News. -
OUR IMAGE IN ROCK
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Avicolli, Tommi Date: Feb. 19, 1977 Topics: Gay men, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ musicians, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: Alice Cooper, Anthony Louis, Bob Dylan, Candy Darling, David Bowie, Donovan, Dory Previn, Gay Community News, Holly Woodlawn, Jackie Curtis, Janis Ian, Jobriath, Judi Pulver, Lou Reed, Mott the Hoople, Neil Young, Olivia Records, Steven Grossman, The Kinks, the Who, Ziggy Stardust Description: An overview of gay musicians and music in the rock genre. Originally published on pages 8 and 9 of volume 4, issue 34 of Gay Community News. -
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. -
Older than Methuselah
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Hickman, Craig Date: 1996 Topics: Book reviews, Feminism, LGBTQ+ books, LGBTQ+ communities, Stone butches, Transgender activism, Transgender people Subject: Gay Community News, International Bill of Gender Rights (IBGR), International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP), Jeff Epperly, Joan of Arc, Kate Bornstein, Leslie Feinberg, Lucinda Hitchcock, Quentin Crisp, Stone Butch Blues, Stormé DeLarverie, The Celluloid Closet, Transgender Warriors: A History of Resistance from Joan of Arc to RuPaul, Workers World Party Description: A review of Leslie Feinberg's book Transgender Warriors. Originally published on pages 18 and 19 of volume 22, issue 1 of Gay Community News. -
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. -
SUPPORT GAY PRISONERS
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: O'Hara, Rick Date: 1999 Topics: Anti-gay discrimination, Anti-gay violence, Gay men, Homophobia, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Transgender people Subject: Covenant Station, Gay Community News Description: A letter to the editor detailing experiences of assault and mistreatment in prison for a gay man and his transgender partner. Originally published on page 3 of volume 24, issue 3-4 of Gay Community... -
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... -
'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... -
GOAL: Psychosexually Functional Heterosexual Parent
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Brown, Dennise Date: Nov. 29, 1975 Topics: Gender identity, Heterosexism, Heterosexuality, Intersex people, Medicalization, Sex (Body), Sex assigned at birth, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: Gay Community News, John Money, Patricia Tucker, Sexual Signatures: on Being a Man or a Woman Description: A review of the book Sexual Signatures: On Being a Man or a Woman by John Money and Patricia Tucker. Originally published on page 16 of volume 3, number 22 of Gay Community News. -
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. -
Gender Role/Identity Discord
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Prunty, Brad Date: Feb. 17, 1979 Topics: Disorders of sexual development, Gay men, Gender identity, Medicalization, Psychology, Research, Transsexuality, Transvestites Subject: Bernard Zuger, Gay Community News, John Money, R.J. Stoller, Richard Green, Sexual Identity Conflict in Children and Adults, Tony Russo Description: An overview of recent research into why young people grow up to be gay or trans. The article and research do not cast a strong positive or negative light on the subject, although effeminacy in youn... -
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... -
Gay dic(k)tionary
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Kyper, John Date: Feb. 26, 1989 Topics: Book reviews, Drag queens, Gay men, Gay slang, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ books, LGBTQ+ literature, LGBTQ+ slang, Transsexual people Subject: Banned Books, Gay Community News, Gay Talk, Gay(s)language: a dic(k)tionary of gay slang, H. Max, The Queen's Vernacular Description: A book review of a dictionary of gay slang, published 1988. Originally published on page 9 of volume 16, number 32 of Gay Community News. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
"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. -
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...