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Why Transvestites Make Other People Nervous
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Kakutani, Michiko Date: Jan. 24, 1992 Topics: Androgyny, Crossdressing, Drag, Gender ambiguity, Gender bending, LGBTQ+ books, Race relations, Transvestites Subject: Abbé de Choisy, Cultural Anxiety, Henry David Hwang, M. Butterfly, Marjorie Garber, Shi Pei Pu, Vested Interests: Cross-Dressing and Cultural Anxiety Description: This is a clipping from the New York Times that is a book review for Marjorie Garber's "Vested Interest: Cross Dressing and Cultural Anxiety" which talks about gender variance icons in popular medi... -
A Place Where Love Becomes a Chronic Invalid
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Crisp, Quentin Date: Apr. 7, 1991 Topics: Ball culture, Drag, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ films, LGBTQ+ people of color Subject: Elk's Lodge, Jennie Livingston, Octavia St. Laurent, Paris Is Burning Description: A New York Times article talking about "Paris Is Burning" and how it was received in the UK. -
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. -
From Night of Rage, The Seeds of Liberation
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Bragg, Rick Date: Jun. 23, 1994 Topics: Crossdressing, Drag, LGBTQ+ people of color, Police raids, Stonewall riots, Transvestites Subject: Dario Modon, Gay Liberation Front, Stonewall, Stormé DeLarverie, Tommy Lanigan-Schmidt Description: Newspaper clipping from the New York Times interviewing people about what it was like at the Stonewall riots. -
Dorian Corey Is Dead
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Aug. 31, 1993 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Drag, Female impersonators, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ death notices, Trans women Subject: Dorian Corey, Paris Is Burning, Sally's Hideaway, Sally's II Description: A clipping from the New York Times about the death of Dorian Corey, a Black trans woman. -
Stonewall Nation 48: Gayness and Hollywood
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State Creator: Siegler, Bob Date: Jan. 9, 1974 Topics: Drag, Female masculinity, LGBTQ+ films Subject: Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Myra Breckinridge, Some Like It Hot, Stonewall Nation Description: In this episode of Stonewall Nation, host Bob Siegler discusses gay representation in Hollywood films. Discussion ranges from drag and male impersonation to representations of trans identities incl... -
Stonewall Nation 49: Drag, Theater, and Gay Life
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State Creator: Siegler, Bob Date: Jan. 16, 1974 Topics: Drag, Gay bars, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Gay Liberation Front, Sarah Bernhardt, Stonewall Nation, William Shakespeare Description: In this episode of Stonewall Radio, host Bob Siegler presents a history of drag as well as a critique of the practice on the grounds of sexism. -
Night of a Thousand Gowns
Collection: Drag Show Programs Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Corso, R. Date: circa Mar. 28, 1987 Topics: AIDS organizations, Drag Subject: Aids Action Council, Bill Harington Orchestra, Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF), March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), New York Gay and Lesbian Community Center -
Film of Empress Reba events, Imperial Court of San Francisco, circa 1968-1969 [2]
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: 1968 to 1969 Topics: Drag, Drag balls, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ events Subject: Empress Reba, Imperial Court of San Francisco Description: Film depicting two events. The first is a formal occasion with some participants in drag, including Empress Reba; the second is a more informal Halloween party, with some of the same participants i... -
Film of Empress Reba events, Imperial Court of San Francisco, circa 1968-1969 [1]
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: 1968 to 1969 Topics: Drag, Drag balls, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ events Subject: Empress Reba, Imperial Court of San Francisco Description: Film depicting two different events. In the first, people drink, celebrate, flirt, and play music in what appears to be a gay bar. A large sign promotes the election campaign of the future Empress ... -
Film of a 1960s holiday party and Imperial Court of San Francisco event
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: 1968 to 1969 Topics: Drag, Drag balls, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ events Subject: Imperial Court of San Francisco Description: Film depicting two events. The first is a holiday party with both Christmas and Hanukkah decorations. Revelers talk, eat, and show off their drag. The second event is a very elaborate Imperial Cour... -
Film of a 1960s drag performance
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: 1968 to 1969 Topics: Drag, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ events Subject: Empress Reba, Imperial Court of San Francisco Description: A drag performance at a bar, with the camera occasionally panning over the audience. The drag queens -- including Empress Reba -- lip-synch, dance, and show off men for the crowd. -
Film of a 1960s drag cocktail party, picnic, and pool party
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: 1968 to 1969 Topics: Drag, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ events Description: Three events. The first is an evening event described in an onscreen sign as "Cocktail Party Honoring Empress Reba: Hostesses Princess Royal Fanny & Bobby." Partygoers mingle, celebrate, and show o... -
World War II drag show on board US transport ship
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Sherman Grinberg Film Library Creator: Date: Jun. 1, 1943 Topics: Crossdressing, Drag, Gender expression Subject: United States Navy, World War II Description: Short video of a military drag show on a U.S. transport ship during World War II. -
Early 1910s silent movie comedy with Wallace Beery dressed as a woman in parlor flirting with man
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Sherman Grinberg Film Library Creator: Paramount Pictures Date: 1932 Topics: Crossdressing, Drag, Drag performers Subject: Paramount Screen Souveniers, Wallace Beery Description: Short silent film with a character in drag played by Wallace Beery.