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  1. Sir Lady Java

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: ACT UP Los Angeles
    Date: 1989
    Topics: African American transgender people, AIDS awareness, BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people of color
    Subject: ACT UP, Sir Lady Java
    Description: One of a series of signs that were carried by ACT UP members in the Long Beach and Los Angeles pride parades in 1989.

  2. Sir Lady Java with Redd Foxx

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 21, 1967
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Civil rights, Demonstrations, Ethnic groups, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transgender rights
    Subject: Redd Foxx, Redd Foxx Club, Sir Lady Java
    Description: This photograph displays Sir Lady Java and Redd Foxx standing in front of other protestors, holding a sign which reads, "Java vs. Right to Work" in front of the Redd Foxx club.

  3. Les Girls: Boys Will Be Girls Vol. 1 No. 3

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Holly Publications
    Date: 1981
    Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: In a Year of Thirteen Moons
    Description: Contents: M.B.'s wild, wild west -- Heather -- Queens on parade -- Jennifer -- Battle of V.IP.'s -- The transvestite - transsexual connection -- Amanda -- In a year of thirteen moons -- New York Ci...

  4. Les Girls: Boys Will Be Girls Vol. 2 No. 2

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Holly Publications
    Date: 1981
    Topics: Activists, Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Civil rights, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Fanny Lamour
    Description: Contents: Singapore - an exotic odyssey -- Fanny Lamour - New York sensation -- The queen Mary -- The Les Girls party on Bugis street -- The road to Singapore - my story.

  5. Drag contest, Club Alabam

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator: Woods, Clyde
    Date: circa 1945
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Clubs, Drag, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, Night life
    Subject: Club Alabam
    Description: Contestants fill the dance floor during a drag contest at Club Alabam, located at 42nd and Central Avenue in Los Angeles, hosted by Bill Hefflin.

  6. International TranScript, Vol. 2 No. 1 (Jan. 1992)

     
    Collection: Creative Design Services Publications and Documents
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Roberts, JoAnn
    Date: 1992
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressers, Drag balls, Gender role, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Spirituality, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Anita Berber, Octavia St. Laurent, Paris Is Burning, Silence of the Lambs

  7. Female Mimics International Vol. 11 No. 1

     
    Collection: Female Mimics International
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Eros Publishing Company
    Date: Winter 1980
    Topics: Actors, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discos, Drag, Drag queens, Gender bending, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Nude photographs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Kim Christy, Shalei Latrelle, The Queen Mary
    Description: Also known as: F.M.I. Female Mimics International and FMI Female Mimics International. ; On item cover: "The original magazine for men who enjoy dressing like women." ; Contents: Letters to the edi...

  8. Les Girls: Boys Will Be Girls Vol. 1 No. 4

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Holly Publications
    Date: 1981
    Topics: Activists, Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Civil rights, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Bambi, Danny La Rue, Holli White, Kirk Weill, Rocio, Sulka
    Description: Contents: Rocio -- Bambi -- Holli White -- Michelle -- Danny LaRue -- Kirk Weill -- Sulka -- Amanda Winters.

  9. Female Mimics International Vol. 12 No. 1

     
    Collection: Female Mimics International
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Eros Publishing Company
    Date: 1982
    Topics: Actors, Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discos, Drag, Drag queens, Gender bending, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Nude photographs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Heather Fontaine, Jennifer Thomas, La Rey
    Description: Also known as: F.M.I. Female Mimics International and FMI Female Mimics International. ; On item cover: "The original magazine for men who enjoy dressing like women." ; Contents: Interview with Jen...

  10. Nabbed in 'maid' masquerade

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 27, 1950
    Topics: Arrests, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Household work, Imprisonment, LGBTQ+ people of color, Police stations
    Subject: Frank Porter, Mary Lee Porter, Queque Malpress, Rita Porter, Tisha Porter, Willie Moore
    Description: Masculine jail clothing was substituted for feminine attire worn by these three youths after they were nabbed early today. They said they had been employed as female domestic servants in fashionabl...

  11. Interview with Shawn Demmons

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Demmons, Shawn
    Date: Apr. 23, 2021
    Topics: AIDS activists, BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Subject: California Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP), Center of Excellence for Transgender Health (CoE), LA Gay and Lesbian Center, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Transgender Law Center (TLC)
    Description: An interview with Shawn Demmons, MPH, a Black trans man, community organizer, public health and HIV/AIDS advocate, and trans health activist based in Oakland, California. At the time of this interv...

  12. The Burglary that Led to the Chinese Battle

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 13, 1890
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Lee Low
    Description: An article in the Los Angeles Herald that mentions Lee Low, a Chinese female impersonator.

  13. Mexican American boy dressed as Carmen Miranda

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1945
    Topics: BIPOC, Children, Crossdressing, Halloween, Mexican American children
    Subject: Carmen Miranda, Hispanic People, Jesse Gonzalez
    Description: Jesse Gonzalez dressed as Carmen Miranda for Halloween costume, circa 1945.

  14. Black Play Boy Presents Sir Lady Java and Rose Brothers

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 15, 1983 to Apr. 16, 1983
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Discos, Entertainers, Exotic dancers, Female impersonators, Theatre shows, Transgender people
    Subject: Black Playboy, Rose Brothers, Sir Lady Java

  15. Joshua's Reed Presents Sir Lady Java Revue

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1981
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Discos, Entertainers, Exotic dancers, Female impersonators, Transgender people
    Subject: Gentelmen's Quarterly, Joshua's Reed, Sir Lady Java