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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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...
  8. 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.
  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. Transvestite and Transsexual Liberation

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Maxwell, Pat
    Date: Jan. 1, 1971
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Crossdressing, Detention of LGBTQ+ people under a hospital order, Drag, Gender expression, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Homophobia, Legal name change, LGBTQ+ civil rights, Queer rights, Sexism, Transgender activism, Transgender rights, Transphobia, Transsexual people, Transvestites, Women's movement
    Subject: Abbie Hoffman, Arthur Miller, Fems Against Sexism, Marilyn Monroe, Queens, Queens Liberation Front, Radical Queens, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), The Cockettes, The Transvestite-Transsexual Action Organization (TAO), Trans lib, Transvestites and Transsexuals
    Description: Clipping from page 10 of Detroit Gay Liberator, volume 1, issue 8, published on January 1 1971.
  11. Shooting STAR

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Warner, Ray
    Date: Jan. 1, 1971
    Topics: Drag, Gender affirming surgery, Intersex conditions, Transsexualism, Women's movement
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Timi Yuro, Ziegfield
    Description: Clipping from pages 11 and 13 of Detroit Gay Liberator, volume 1, issue 8, published on January 1 1971.
  12. TransForum

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Kelley-Jahman, Dorian
    Date: Sep. 1999
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Coming out, Counseling in secondary education, Drag, Drama, Gender affirming surgery, Teaching, Trans, Transsexual people
    Subject: Damien Kelly, George Bush, Jimmy Swaggert, Naomi Campbell, Newt Gingrich, Rush Limbaugh
    Description: Clipping from pages 68-69 of Clikque Magazine, September 1999, published by Dwight Powell.
  13. 'THE QUEEN' - NEW TV MOVIE

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Ruffin, Gene
    Date: Sep. 8, 1968
    Topics: Beauty contestants, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Femininities, Film, Homosexuality
    Subject: Andy Warhol, Ava Gardener, Betty Grable, Frank Simon, Grove Press, Larry Rivers, Marilyn Monroe, Richard Finochio, Rita Hayward, Terry Southern
  14. Beauty Contest Winner Turns Out To Be A Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Katz, Nathan
    Date: Aug. 5, 1968
    Topics: Beauty contests, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Gaye Bradley, Geoffrey Hawthorne, John French, Virginia Bone
  15. Watch Out For That Cute Chick at the Bar She May Be a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Henderson, CY
    Date: Jul. 25, 1964
    Topics: Arrest, Bars, Courts, Crossdressing, Drag, Fashion, Law, Police, Tourism, Transgender people, Travelers
    Subject: David Garner, Raffaella Lingui