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  1. A Female Impersonator: Man Disguised in Woman's Apparel Arrested at Austin

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 13, 1901
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Police, Social norms, Taboos
    Subject: Edgar Edwards
  2. Arrest Actor's Wife: Jesse Harris Is Dead of Morphine Poisoning

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Evansville Courier & Press
    Date: Nov. 6, 1911
    Topics: Actors, Arrests, Crimes, Female impersonators, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Police, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Theatre
    Subject: J.V. Thomas, Jesse Harris
  3. Arrest Cancels Police Speakers

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: New Orleans Times-Picayune
    Date: Oct. 11, 1972
    Topics: Arrests, Gay community, Police, Transsexual people
    Subject: Charles N. Cooke, Dennis Crain, Transsexual Counseling League
  4. Beyond reasonable doubt?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Price, Christopher, Caplan, Jonathan
    Date: Nov. 14, 1981
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Arrests, Arson, Courts, Crossdressers, Homosexuality, Law, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Police
    Subject: Ahmet Salih, Antony Ahmet, Colin Lattimore, Henry Fisher, Maxwell Confait, Ronald Leighton, Steve Fletcher, Tony London
    Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria). Content Warning: T...
  5. Blond Uses Sex Change as an Alibi

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    Date: Aug. 8, 1967
    Topics: Arrests, Dancers, Mental health, MtFs, Police
    Subject: Andrew J. Thon, Gloria C. Schuff
  6. Blond Uses Sex Change as an Alibi (2)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    Date: Aug. 9, 1967
    Topics: Arrests, Dancers, Mental health, MtFs, Police
    Subject: Andrew J. Thon, Gloria C. Schuff
  7. Court Told of Wigs in a Flat

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 11, 1962
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Courts, Crossdressers, Imprisonment, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Police, Police raids, Wigs
    Subject: Charles Keenan, Eric Edward Beck, John O'Reilly, John Victor Hooton, Lionel Johnson, Ronald Edward Tone
    Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria)
  8. Day A Fireman Wore a Mini

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Higgins, Stuart
    Date: Jan. 30, 1981
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressing, Fire fighters, Police
    Subject: Keith Rees
    Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria)
  9. Escaped Negro Convict is Captured Here as "Female Impersonator"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 21, 1913
    Topics: Arrests, Black people, Clothing, Disguise, Female impersonators, Imprisonment, Police
    Subject: Willie Harris
  10. Female Impersonator Found Guilty of Theft

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 28, 1929
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Courts, Female impersonators, Police, Theft
    Subject: Sam Jarvis
  11. Fifteen Arrested by Police as 'Fairies' Turn 'Em On

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Ray, Ebenezer
    Date: Mar. 5, 1938
    Topics: Arrests, Competitions, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Ethnic relations, Police
    Subject: Annual Masquerade and Civic Ball of Hamilton Lodge, Hamilton Lodge, The Fairies Ball
  12. Houston Man Wants to Pose as Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Pampa Daily News
    Date: Mar. 30, 1972
    Topics: Acceptance, Arrests, Courts, Crossdressing, Families, Gender realignment surgery, Legal process, MtFs, Police, Transsexual people
    Subject: Richard Anthony Mayes, Toni Rachelle Mayes
  13. If "It" Breaks Laws, Arrest Action is Ahead

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Brownwood Bulletin
    Date: Aug. 27, 1972
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Legal process, MtFs, Police, Transsexual people
    Subject: Herman Short, Richard Anthony Mayes, Toni Rachelle Mayes
  14. Impersonator Willis: Arrest of an Alleged St. Louisman in New York

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Republic Bureau
    Date: Feb. 19, 1895
    Topics: Androgyny, Arrests, Clothing, Female impersonators, Gender identity, Police, Social norms, Taboos
    Subject: Charles Willis
  15. In Male Attire: Remarkable Career of a Female Who Passed for a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Terra Haute Gazette
    Date: Sep. 20, 1875
    Topics: Androgyny, Arrests, Dance, Female impersonators, Law, Minstrel shows, Music, Police, Theatre, Theatre groups
    Subject: Ella Seigen, John Johnson, St. Leon