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  1. 1997 Glammies' Award

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Awards, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko
    Description: This is a 1997 Glammies' award for "Outstanding Community Service."
  2. 1998 Glammies' Award

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Awards, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko
    Description: This is a 1998 Glammies' award for "Outstanding Community Service."
  3. A Photograph of Marlow Monique Dickson Wearing a Miss Chicago Sash

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag community, LGBTQ+ theater, QTPOC, Trans women
    Subject: Crystal LaBeija, Marlow Monique Dickson, The Queen (Film)
    Description: A black and white photograph of Marlow Monique Dickson, wearing a Miss Chicago sash, and Crystal LaBeija. A small newspaper clipping about the documentary The Queen (1968), in which Dickson and LaB...
  4. Aleshia Brevard Crenshaw Interview Transcript

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Stryker, Susan
    Date: Aug. 2, 1997
    Topics: Drag community, Femmes, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Sexuality, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: Aleshia Brevard Crenshaw, Christine Jorgensen, Finocchio's Club, Harry Benjamin, Li-Kar
  5. An Unusual Gathering — Even for New York City

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Greater New York Gender Alliance
    Date: 1994
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag community, Fund raising, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ people, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Dee Dee Ann Summers, Gender Identity Project, Greater New York Gender Alliance (GNYGA), Imperial Court of New York, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Lynda Frank, Mark Tadlock, Moonlight in Manhattan NYC, S. Kristine James, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center)
    Description: Press release for the Greater New York Gender Alliance "Moonlight in Manhattan" charity event to raise funds for the Gender Identity Project.
  6. An Unusual Gathering — Even for New York City

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Greater New York Gender Alliance
    Date: Feb. 1, 1994
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag community, Fund raising, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ community centers, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ theater, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Dee Dee Ann Summers, Gender Identity Project, Imperial Court of New York, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Lynn E. Walker, Monica Ann Pedone, Moonlight in Manhattan NYC, S. Kristine James, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center)
    Description: A press release from the Greater New York Gender Alliance for the "Moonlight in Manhattan" fundraising event from February 1, 1994.
  7. Appendix A: The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)

     
    Collection: International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy: Annual Proceedings and Newsletters
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: United States Congress, Frye, Phyllis Randolph, Kerin, Karen, Minnesota State Legislature
    Date: Aug. 1994
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Civil rights, Demonstrations, Direct action, Drag community, LGBTI rights, LGBTQ+ movement, Oppression, Sexual orientation, Social exclusion, Transgender community, Transgender movement
    Subject: 1993 March on Washington, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation
    Description: Contains the platform of the 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, the full text of ENDA with transgender amendments, letters by Kerin and Frye about transge...
  8. Back with a Vengeance at JR.'s Bar & Grill with the Santa Fe Bar & Patio (1998)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 17, 1998
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Events, Strippers
    Subject: C.J. Brooks, Chevelle Brooks, Christina Ross, Erica Andrews, Kaviar, Kelly Lauren, Kourtney Van Wales, Kourtni Omega, Lady Shamu, Lateace Bragnace, Lauren Brach, Lindsy Love, Marsha Mellow, Maryssa Raye, MIss Gay Texas USofA, Monique Johnson, Paivi Lee Love, Tiajuana Brooks, Vanessa Raye
  9. 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.
  10. Bichinhas sonhando com o poder

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Grupo Dignidade
    Creator: Penteado, Darcy
    Date: Jul. 1980
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Drag community, Gay political groups, LGBTI community, Police brutality, Transphobia
  11. Black Bob Cut Wig

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people), Wigs
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko
    Description: This is a black bob-style wig that belonged to Chrissy Witoko.
  12. Black High Heeled Shoes

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people), Shoes
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko
    Description: These high-heeled shoes belonged to Chrissy Witoko.
  13. Black Jagged Cut Wig

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people), Wigs
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko
    Description: This is a wig that belonged to Chrissy Witoko.
  14. Black Short Cut Wig

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people), Wigs
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko
    Description: This is a wig that belonged to Chrissy Witoko.
  15. Boy-lesque

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Sanchez Studio of Las Vegas, Susan Gibson of California
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, Drag queens, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Boy-Lesque, Causha Lee, Emore', Jay North, Kawika, Kenny Kerr, Little Lil, Roger Caldwell, Shelly Michaels, Silver Slipper
    Description: A drag show program for "Boy-lesque" starring Kenny Kerr and featuring Little 'Lil, Shelly Michaels, Emore', Jan North, Causha Lee, and Kawika.
  16. Brenda Holder Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Holder, Brenda, Keyes, Anna
    Date: Apr. 4, 2018
    Topics: Drag balls, Drag community, Drag queens, Homelessness, Intolerance, Latinos, LGBTI community, Military, Role models, Transsexual people
    Subject: Dorian Corey, Paris Dupree, Pepper Labeija
    Description: Army veteran and drag queen Brenda Holder discusses finding community in the drag world through her journey as a Hispanic trans woman. Holder tells interviewer Anna Keyes of her relationships with ...
  17. British & Klaus

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Abbott, Steve
    Date: Oct. 30, 1972
    Topics: Anti-gay violence, Anti-transgender violence, Black people, Drag community, Drag queens, Gay men, Hate crimes, Homosexuality, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Police
    Subject: British Sterling
  18. Camp Hairspray

     
    Collection: Clothing Collection
    Institution: Wearing Gay History
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 30, 1993
    Topics: Drag community
    Subject: Bag Ladies, Camp Hairspray
  19. Carmen Doll

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This doll was owned by Carmen Rupe,
  20. Carmen for Mayor Election Advertisement

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1977
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people), Political candidates
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This is a framed "Carmen for Mayor" election campaign advertisement that is signed by Carmen Rupe on the back in black ink.
  21. Chanel Lopez Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Lopez, Chanel, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro
    Date: Jul. 31, 2018
    Topics: Acceptance, Adolescence, Appearance, Change of name, Christianity, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag balls, Drag community, Families, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Isolation, Mental health, Role models, Schools, Self-acceptance, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community
    Subject: Anti Violence Project, Bronx Community Pride Center, Crash Club
    Description: Transgender communities liaison Chanel Lopez details her experience as a Latinx trans woman in both New York and the Dominican Republic. Lopez opens up to interviewer Sebastian Castro Niculescu abo...
  22. Circle Post Earrings

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, Jewelry, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko
    Description: These circle shaped diamante earrings belonged to Chrissy Witoko.
  23. Club 82 (Group Portraits)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960
    Topics: Drag balls, Drag community
    Description: These are photographs of the drag community at Club 82 in New York City.
  24. Club 82/'88

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1988
    Topics: Drag balls, Drag community
    Description: This is a poster for a performance of "Club 82/'88" that took place on June 13th and 20th.
  25. 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.
  26. Deus nos livre do "boom gay"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Grupo Dignidade
    Creator: Bittencourt, Francisco
    Date: Apr. 1980
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag, Drag community, Gender minorities, LGBTI community, Two-Spirit people
  27. Diamante Necklace

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, Jewelry, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko
    Description: This is a necklace made of diamantes set in non-precious metal that was worn by Chrissy Witoko.
  28. Diamante Tiara

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This tiara was worn by Carmen Rupe.
  29. 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.
  30. Dragazine No. 7

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Commondenominator, Lois
    Date: 1994
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag community, Drag in film, Drag kings, Drag performers, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ zines
    Subject: Charles Pierce, Daniel Nicoletta, The Chanel Twins
    Description: Issue No. 7 of Dragazine: The Magazine for Halloweeners and Inbetweeners. In addition to the cover story about Charles Pierce, the issue includes photographs of performers in West Hollywood, a comi...
  31. Dragazine No. 8

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Commondenominator, Lois
    Date: 1995
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag community, Drag in film, Drag queens, Erotica, Leather community, Sexual health
    Subject: Ethyl Eichelberger, Jim Bailey, Lana Luster, Mistress Formika, Pagan Holiday, The Cycle Sluts, Wigstock
    Description: Issue No. 8 of Dragazine: The Magazine for Halloweeners and Inbetweeners. This issue features a cover story about Lana Luster, Media Notes, photographs from Wigstock '94, and several feature articles.
  32. Drawing of Carmen's Curios on Cuba Street

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This is a framed drawing of Carmen's Curios Shoppe signed by Carmen Rupe on the back in black ink.
  33. 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...
  34. Eve Browne’s Directory of Female Impersonators – Number 2

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Browne, Eve
    Date: 1975
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag community, Female impersonators, Transvestism
    Description: This is Eve Browne's Directory of Female Impersonators, which includes Ariadne Kane.
  35. Evergreen Cafe Visitors Book

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: 1960 to 1980
    Topics: Drag community, Guest books, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko, Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This is an Evergreen Cafe Visitors book created by Chrissy Witoko between 1960-1980.
  36. Evergreen Lounge Collage 1

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Chrissy Witoko, Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This collage was formerly displayed at the Evergreen Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street in Wellington. It includes photographs and assorted artifacts pertaining to the experiences of Chrissy Witoko, t...
  37. Evergreen Lounge Collage 10

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: 1998
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko, Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This collage was formerly displayed at the Evergreen Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street in Wellington. It includes photographs and assorted artifacts pertaining to the experiences of Chrissy Witoko, th...
  38. Evergreen Lounge Collage 12

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko, Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This collage was formerly displayed at the Evergreen Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street in Wellington. It includes photographs and assorted artifacts pertaining to the experiences of Chrissy Witoko, th...
  39. Evergreen Lounge Collage 13

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: circa 1978
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko, Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This collage was formerly displayed at the Evergreen Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street in Wellington. It includes photographs and assorted artifacts pertaining to the experiences of Chrissy Witoko, th...
  40. Evergreen Lounge Collage 14

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: circa 1994
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko, Evergreen Lounge, RuPaul
    Description: This collage was formerly displayed at the Evergreen Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street in Wellington. It includes photographs and assorted artifacts pertaining to the experiences of Chrissy Witoko, th...
  41. Evergreen Lounge Collage 15

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: circa 1998
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko, Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This collage was formerly displayed at the Evergreen Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street in Wellington. It includes photographs and assorted artifacts pertaining to the experiences of Chrissy Witoko, th...
  42. Evergreen Lounge Collage 16

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: circa 1999
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko, Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This is a collage of business cards created by Chrissy Witoko.
  43. Evergreen Lounge Collage 17

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: circa 1997
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko, Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This collage was formerly displayed at the Evergreen Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street in Wellington. It includes photographs and assorted artifacts pertaining to the experiences of Chrissy Witoko, th...
  44. Evergreen Lounge Collage 18

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: 1980 to circa 2002
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This collage was formerly displayed at the Evergreen Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street in Wellington. It includes photographs and assorted artifacts pertaining to the experiences of Chrissy Witoko, th...
  45. Evergreen Lounge Collage 19

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: circa 1994
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Chrissy Witoko, Evergreen Lounge, Georgina Beyer
    Description: This collage was formerly displayed at the Evergreen Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street in Wellington. It includes photographs and assorted artifacts pertaining to the experiences of Chrissy Witoko, th...
  46. Evergreen Lounge Collage 2

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko, Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This collage was formerly displayed at the Evergreen Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street in Wellington. It includes photographs and assorted artifacts pertaining to the experiences of Chrissy Witoko, th...
  47. Evergreen Lounge Collage 20

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: circa 1986
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko, Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This collage was formerly displayed at the Evergreen Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street in Wellington. It includes photographs and assorted artifacts pertaining to the experiences of Chrissy Witoko, th...
  48. Evergreen Lounge Collage 21

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: circa 1980
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko, Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This collage was formerly displayed at the Evergreen Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street in Wellington. It includes photographs and assorted artifacts pertaining to the experiences of Chrissy Witoko, th...
  49. Evergreen Lounge Collage 22

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: 1975 to 2002
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko, Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This is a collage of business cards made by Chrissy Witoko.
  50. Evergreen Lounge Collage 23

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: circa 1975
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Chrissy Witoko, Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This collage was formerly displayed at the Evergreen Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street in Wellington. It includes photographs and assorted artifacts pertaining to the experiences of Chrissy Witoko, th...
  51. Evergreen Lounge Collage 24

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: circa 1975
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko, Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This collage was formerly displayed at the Evergreen Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street in Wellington. It includes photographs and assorted artifacts pertaining to the experiences of Chrissy Witoko, th...
  52. Evergreen Lounge Collage 25

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: circa 1982
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Chrissy Witoko, Evergreen Lounge, Georgina Beyer
    Description: This collage was formerly displayed at the Evergreen Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street in Wellington. It includes photographs and assorted artifacts pertaining to the experiences of Chrissy Witoko, th...
  53. Evergreen Lounge Collage 26

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: 1975 to 2002
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This is a collage of business cards created by Chrissy Witoko.
  54. Evergreen Lounge Collage 27

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: 2000
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This collage was formerly displayed at the Evergreen Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street in Wellington. It includes photographs and assorted artifacts pertaining to the experiences of Chrissy Witoko, th...
  55. Evergreen Lounge Collage 28

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: circa 1996
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This collage was formerly displayed at the Evergreen Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street in Wellington. It includes photographs and assorted artifacts pertaining to the experiences of Chrissy Witoko, th...
  56. Evergreen Lounge Collage 29

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: circa 2001
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This collage was formerly displayed at the Evergreen Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street in Wellington. It includes photographs and assorted artifacts pertaining to the experiences of Chrissy Witoko, th...
  57. Evergreen Lounge Collage 3

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: 2000
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko, Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This collage was formerly displayed at the Evergreen Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street in Wellington. It includes photographs and assorted artifacts pertaining to the experiences of Chrissy Witoko, th...
  58. Evergreen Lounge Collage 30

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: circa 1975
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This collage was formerly displayed at the Evergreen Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street in Wellington. It includes photographs and assorted artifacts pertaining to the experiences of Chrissy Witoko, th...
  59. Evergreen Lounge Collage 31

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: 1984 to 2000
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This is a collage of match packets created by Chrissy Witoko.
  60. Evergreen Lounge Collage 32

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: circa 2002
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko, Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This is an unfinished collage created by Chrissy Witoko.
  61. Evergreen Lounge Collage 4

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: 1994
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Chrissy Witoko, Evergreen Lounge, Georgina Beyer
    Description: This collage was formerly displayed at the Evergreen Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street in Wellington. It includes photographs and assorted artifacts pertaining to the experiences of Chrissy Witoko, th...
  62. Evergreen Lounge Collage 7

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: 2001
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko, Evergreen Lounge, Georgina Beyer
    Description: This collage was formerly displayed at the Evergreen Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street in Wellington. It includes photographs and assorted artifacts pertaining to the experiences of Chrissy Witoko, th...
  63. Evergreen Lounge Collage 8

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Witoko, Chrissy
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Art objects, Drag community, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Chrissy Witoko, Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This collage was formerly displayed at the Evergreen Coffee Lounge on Vivian Street in Wellington. It includes photographs and assorted artifacts pertaining to the experiences of Chrissy Witoko, th...
  64. Flower Dangle Earrings

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, Jewelry, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko
    Description: These flower diamante earrings belonged to Chrissy Witoko.
  65. 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.
  66. Framed Photograph of Carmen's Coffee Lounge

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Carmen's Coffe Lounge
    Description: This is a framed photograph of Carmen's Coffee Lounge with information about the photograph written on the back in black ink.
  67. Framed Photograph of Kiwi Carmen

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: 1970
    Topics: Drag community, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This is a framed photograph of Kiwi Carmen Rupe wearing a jeweled headdress and multiple necklaces. The back of the photograph is signed "To My Dearest Sister Tess, +Family."
  68. Framed Portrait of Carmen Rupe

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Morey, Victor
    Date: circa 1960
    Topics: Drag community, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This is a hand-colored portrait of Carmen Rupe seated on a wicker chair. The back is signed in black ink.
  69. Framed Portrait of Kiwi Carmen

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Morey, Victor
    Date: 1963
    Topics: Drag community, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This is a framed portrait of Carmen Rupe wearing a long beaded gown. The photograph has been hand colored and the back includes information about the photograph in black ink.
  70. Funnel (4/6/1970)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 6, 1970
    Topics: Capitalism, Drag, Drag community, Events, Gay community, Letters to the editor, Weddings
    Subject: Andy Warhol, The Village Voice
  71. Gay Women & Men - How We Relate

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Young, Allen
    Date: Apr. 12, 1974 to Apr. 18, 1974
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag community, Drag queens, Femininities, Gay men, Gender bending, Gender diversity, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Transsexual people
    Description: Article is two parts and appears on page on page 38 of the file (page '14' of the physical magazine).
  72. Georgina Beyer Profile

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: PrideNZ
    Creator: Beyer, Georgina, Watkins, Gareth
    Date: Jan. 21, 2013
    Topics: Criminalization of homosexuality, Drag community, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Law, LGBTQ+ actors, Sexual orientation, Trans women, Transgender politicians, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Chrissy Witoko, Georgina Beyer, Jewel’s Darl (film), Manurewa Theatre, The Balcony, The Club Exotique / The Club Exotic, Vivian Street
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault and suicide.
  73. Hanging with a Queen

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: LeWine, Sarah
    Date: Dec. 1, 1995
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Drag community, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women
    Subject: Chanelle Pickett, Vaunessa Vale
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.
  74. How Far Can a Girl Go, When She Really is a Man?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 18, 1934
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Organisations
    Subject: Female Impersonators of America, Jean Barrios
  75. Interview with Andy Taubman

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library
    Creator: Taubman, Andy
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, Drag families, Drag fathers, Drag kings, Gender expression, Genderqueer people, LGBTQ+ communities, Male impersonators
    Subject: Randy Andy
    Description: An interview with Andy Taubman. Andy is a drag king performer, producer, mentor, workshop maker and event manager and community builder and serves as the Director of Youth Services at Youth Pride R...
  76. Interview with Billy Navarro Jr.

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Navarro, Billy Jr.
    Date: Feb. 19, 2016
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Ethnic groups, Families, Femininities, FtMs, Gender diversity, Genderfluid identity, Homelessness, Hormone therapy, Jews, Racism, Roman catholicism, Transgender people, Transphobia, Volunteering
    Subject: Beyond the Binary, Black Lives Matter (BLM), CeCe McDonald, Clothing Shelf, District 202, Free CeCe, Gender Gear Program, Holly Wood, La Clinica, Laverne Cox, Marsha P. Johnson, Michelle Alexander, Minnesota Aids Project, Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition, Out for Equity, Rainbow Health Initiative, Shot Clinic, Sylvia Rivera, Transgender Youth Support Network
    Description: Billy Navarro Jr. is a mixed Puerto Rican and white gender-queer trans-man from Mound, Minnesota. At the time of this interview, Navarro was a youth worker and teacher at the Minnesota Transgender ...
  77. Interview with Jeff Gaudor (Kira Stone)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library
    Creator: Gaudor, Jeff
    Date: Apr. 21, 2020
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag families, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Substance abuse
    Subject: Miss Gay Massachusetts USofA, Miss Gay Rhode Island USofA
    Description: An interview with Kira Stone. Kira Stone is a drag persona performed by Jeff Gaudor since 2010. Gaudor identifies as a white; gay man. Topics in order of discussion include: growing up in Attleboro...
  78. Interview with Julian Vargas (Ally P Sha)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library
    Creator: Vargas, Julian
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Harassment, Hormone therapy (Gender), Queer people, Trans men, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Ally P. Sha
    Description: An interview with Julian Vargas. Julian Vargas is a female to male trans person who performs as as drag queen named Ally P. Sha. He identifies as queer. Topics in order of discussion include: child...
  79. Interview with Robert Labossier (Vilet Labossier)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library
    Creator: Labossier, Robert
    Date: Aug. 5, 2019
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Gay pride, LGBTQ+ events
    Subject: Empress XIII, Imperial Court of Rhode Island, Vilet Labossier
    Description: An interview with Vilet Labossier. Vilet is a drag persona performed by Robert Labossier in Rhode Island since the early 1990s. Topics in order of discussion include: developing a drag persona and ...
  80. Interview with Tygra Slarii

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Slarii, Tygra Trinity
    Date: Jan. 26, 2017
    Topics: Adoption, Assigned gender, Augmentation mammaplasty, Ballroom dancing, Biological parenthood, Choirs, Drag, Drag community, Families, Hormone therapy, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Twins
    Subject: Aquarius, Brody Bartlett, Damon Kelsey, Michelle Obama, On the Roof, Puttin on the Ritz
    Description: Tygra Slarii is a Black trans woman from Omaha and Arizona. She discusses her family relationships, talks about her thoughts on the trans community here versus the community in Omaha. She also disc...
  81. "Jackie" Article

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Aletti, Vince, Curtis, Jackie
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: Drag community, Gender expression, Gender identity
    Subject: Jackie Curtis
    Description: This is a clipping of an article about Jackie Curtis.
  82. Jacquie Grant ONZM

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: PrideNZ
    Creator: Grant, Jacquie, Watkins, Gareth
    Date: Sep. 30, 2022
    Topics: Drag community, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ clubs, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people, Police raids, Transgender community, Transphobia
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Carmen's Coffee Lounge, Chrissy Witoko, Jacquie Grant, The Club Exotique / The Club Exotic, The Purple Onion, Vivian Street
    Description: An interview with Jacqui Grant conducted by Gareth Watkins in which Grant discusses moving to Wellington from Sydney in search of a safer environment, working in various clubs, and getting to know ...
  83. Janice Covington Allison oral history interview 2, 2016 May 14

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: UNC Charlotte Atkins Library, Special Collections and University Archives
    Creator: Allison, Janice Covington, Wright, Christina
    Date: May 14, 2016
    Topics: Drag community, Drag queens, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ support groups, LGBTQ+ veterans, Married people, Older transgender people, Trans women, Transgender community, Transgender parents, Transgender people, Transgender people in the workplace, Transgender political activists, Transphobia
    Subject: Boom Boom LaTour, Casey King, Gypsy Star, Janice Covington Allison, Kappa Beta, Oleen Love, Phoenix Transgender Support, Tiffany Storm, TransCarolina, Triad Gender Association
    Description: In this second of several interviews, Janice Covington, a transgender woman and political activist in Charlotte, North Carolina, continues to discuss her personal history and reflects on transgende...
  84. Joe H. Hernandez Scrapbook, 1943-1965

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: Duke University
    Creator: Poffinberger, Alice
    Date: Apr. 2017
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Female impersonators, Gay men--United States, Printed ephemera, Scrapbooks
    Subject: Joe Hernandez, San Antonio General Depot
    Description: This collection comprises a commercially produced scrapbook (12 x 14.5 inches) containing 50 black-and-white and 102 color photographs, ranging in size from 3.5 x 5 inches to 8 x 10 inches. Hernand...
  85. Joey Brooks Oral History Interview

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Brooks Wyker, Cyrana, Brooks, Joey
    Date: Jan. 15, 2014
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Gay bars, Gay community, Party drugs, Police raids
    Subject: Brenda Dee, El Goya, Finnochio's, Frank Caven, Frank Moreno, Joel Herzog, Kelly Michaels, Tommy Jackson
  86. Kim Watson Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Watson, Kim
    Date: Jun. 18, 2019
    Topics: Activists, Adoptive parents, AIDS activists, AIDS organizations, Childhood, Drag community, Drag queens, Family members, Gender, Health care, HIV-positive people, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Hormones, Intersex, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Mental health, Parenthood, Psychiatry, Social service organisations, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Writers
    Subject: ACT UP, Addicts' Rehabilitation Center (ARC), AIDS WATCH, Bright Point, Bronx Lebanon, Carmen Vasquez, Community Kinship Life (CK Life), Empire [State] Pride Agenda, Escuelitas, HIV Prevention Planning Group (HPG), Marti Adult Day Program, Odyssey House, Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, Pose, RuPaul's Drag Race, Stonewall, The Modern-Day Woman, The Monster, Two Potatoes
    Description: Kim Watson is co-founder of CK Life, author of The Modern Day Woman, and trans advocate and leader. In this interview, she discusses growing up in Barbados as an intersexed woman, her years of home...
  87. Like Our Ancestors Poster

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Hoeflak, Arjan
    Date: 1998
    Topics: Drag community, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people), Posters
    Description: This poster aimed at Pacific Island People, designed by Arjan Hoeflak and published by New Zealand AIDS Foundation, advertises a safer sex message.
  88. Long Dress

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Clothing and dress, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko
    Description: This is a long beaded dress that belonged to Chrissy Witoko.
  89. 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.
  90. Movies Reviews (October 15-26, 1973)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Frank, Ellen
    Date: Oct. 15, 1973 to Oct. 26, 1973
    Topics: Drag community, Film, Religions, Reviews, Transgender people in motion pictures
    Subject: Jesus Christ Superstar (Film), Pink Flamingo (Film), Trash (Film)
  91. 'Not a Boy, Not a Girl, Just Me'

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Regelson, Rosalyn
    Date: Nov. 16, 1969
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag community, Drag performers, Dramatists, Gender expression, Gender identity, Theater
    Description: This is an article about Jackie Curtis where she discusses her identity and her play "Heaven Grand in Amber Orbit."
  92. Oral History Interview with Miss Grace Kelly

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project
    Creator: Kelly, Miss Grace
    Date: Feb. 24, 2018
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Bondage, Christianity, Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, Family members, Female impersonators, Gender expression, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ Christians, LGBTQ+ night life, Pageants, Sex work, Sexuality
    Subject: Body Image, Carolyn Sue Wilson, City Market, Jefferson Center, Kristina, Lady Bunny, Miss Gay Roanoke Pageant, Murphy's, Neely O'Hara, Pride in the Park, RuPaul's Drag Race, Salem Avenue, The Horoscope, The Park, The Trade Winds, Tim Clark
    Description: Interviewer: Ashleigh Griffin; Princess Carter Interviewee: Miss Grace Kelly Date: 24 February 2018 Duration: 1:41:40 Transcription prepared by: Ashleigh Griffin
  93. Painting of Carmen Rupe

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Langlois, J
    Date: 1997
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people), Painting
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This is an acrylic painting on canvas of Carmen Rupe with a snake by J Langlois.
  94. PAY IT NO MIND! A Memorial Tribute to SAINT MARSHA P. JOHNSON

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: 1992
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Drag community, Drag queens, Family members of LGBTQ+ people, Gay pride week, LGBTQ+ death and dying, LGBTQ+ memorials, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Agosto Machado, Bob Kohler, Bob Storm, Dr. Marjorie Hill, George Flimlin, Jean Michaels, Jeremiah Newton, Jimmy Camicia, Judy Hirschberg, Mama Jean, Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Understood, Norma Michaels, Queer Donna, Regina Finlin, Robert Michaels, Sylvia Rivera, The Boy Bar Beauties
    Description: Movie produced, directed, and filmed by Randy Wicker, and edited by Fred N. Orlansky. Depicts the Gay Pride Parade in New York City on Jun 28th, 1992. Also shows the street memorial where Marsha Jo...
  95. Photo of Carmen Rupe with a Group

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Westra, Ans
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This is a black and white photograph of Carmen Rupe with a group.
  96. Photo of Carmen Seated with a Plate

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Westra, Ans
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This is a black and white photograph of Carmen Rupe seated with a plate and some other people standing around her.
  97. Photo of Carmen Standing with a Plate

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Westra, Ans
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This is a black and white photograph of Carmen Rupe standing with a plate. There is another person standing behind her.
  98. Photo of Carmen with Her Arms Around Two People

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Westra, Ans
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This is a black and white photograph of Carmen Rupe standing at a table with her arms around two seated people.
  99. Photograph from the Flame Show Bar

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, Drag performers
    Subject: Stormé DeLarverie
    Description: This is a photograph of Stormé DeLarverie and an unknown drag queen at the Flame Show Bar.
  100. Photograph of Carmen at Miss NZ Drag Queen Ball

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Clark, Fiona
    Date: 1975
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This is a color photograph of Carmen Rupe at the Miss NZ Drag Queen Ball in Auckland.
  101. Photograph of Carmen Rupe and Two Other Performers

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to 1980
    Topics: Drag community, Drag performers, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Johnny Croskery
    Description: This is a black and white photograph of Johnny Croskery, Carmen Rupe and another drag performer.
  102. Photograph of Carmen Rupe with Jewel Necklace

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Carter-Hansen, Jill
    Date: circa 1986
    Topics: Drag community, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This is a framed color photograph of Carmen Rupe wearing a jewel necklace. The back is signed in black ink by Carmen Rupe.
  103. Photograph of Carmen's Curio Store

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This is a black and white photograph of Carmen's Curio store.
  104. Photograph of Chrissy Witoko at The Evergreen Club

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Clark, Fiona
    Date: circa 1989
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko, Evergreen Lounge
    Description: This is a color photograph of Chrissy Witoko seated at The Evergreen Club in Wellington.
  105. Photograph of Johnny Croskery and Carmen Rupe

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to 1980
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Johnny Croskery
    Description: This is a black and white photograph of Johnny Croskery and Carmen Rupe. From Johnny Croskery’s photograph album.
  106. Photograph of Johnny Croskery and Carmen Rupe

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to 1980
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Johnny Croskery
    Description: This is a black and white photograph of Johnny Croskery and Carmen Rupe from Johnny Croskery’s photograph album.
  107. Photograph of Performer on Stage

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to 1980
    Topics: Drag community, Drag performers, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Johnny Croskery
    Description: This is a black and white photograph of a drag performer from Johnny Croskery's photograph album.
  108. Photograph of Performers

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to 1980
    Topics: Drag community, Drag performers, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Johnny Croskery
    Description: This is a black and white photograph of a group of drag performers, including Johnny Croskery and Carmen Rupe, sitting at a table from Johnny Croskery’s photograph album.
  109. Portrait of Carmen Rupe Topless

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: Drag community, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This is a black and white photograph of Carmen Rupe topless. The back has information about the photograph in black ink.
  110. Portrait of Trevor Rupe

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1957
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This is a framed black and white portrait of Trevor Rupe (Carmen Rupe). The back of the photo includes a handwritten note in black ink, ‘my last male foto,’ indicating this was the last photograph ...
  111. Queen of Hearts

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Wilson, Carter
    Date: Summer 1992
    Topics: Crossdressers, Discos, Drag, Drag community, Female impersonators, Gay community, Latinos, Male impersonators, Racism
    Subject: Ernie Sanchez, Monterey Community AIDS Project
  112. Queens of the Pacific Poster

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Hoeflak, Arjan
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Drag community, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people), Posters
    Description: This poster, designed by Arjan Hoeflak and published by New Zealand AIDS Foundation, advertises a safer sex message.
  113. Red Beehive Style Wig

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people), Wigs
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko
    Description: This is a red beehive-style wig that belonged to Chrissy Witoko.
  114. Red Headdress

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This red sequin and feather headdress was owned and worn by Carmen Rupe.
  115. Red Sequin Cape

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Clothing, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This red sequin cape belonged to Carmen Rupe.
  116. Reneé Imperato Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Torres, Andy, Dicken, Matthew, Imperato, Renee
    Date: Apr. 29, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Anti-racism, Childhood, Drag community, Gender identity, Labour, Liberation movements, MtFs, Night life, People with physical disabilities, Taxi drivers, Trade unions, Transgender rights, Violence
    Subject: 220 Club, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Leslie Feinberg, Renee Imperato
    Description: Born in NYC, Reneé Imperato, is a proud anti racist, pro union trans woman who has lived her life fighting for the rights of others. In this interview she shares her memories of growing up in New Y...
  117. Rona Love Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Love, Rona
    Date: Jul. 2, 2019
    Topics: Arts, Bisexual community, Butches, Child abuse, Drag community, FtMs, Gay community, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Judaism, Kidnappings, Lesbians, LGBTI community, Mental health, MtFs, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Music, Prison guards, Prisons, Self-respect, Sexual abuse, Slang, Soft butches, Street violence, Suicide, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Violence
    Subject: Black and Pink, Daniel Poliak, Director of Prison Justice Project, Hazel Katz, Mick King K, Parole Preparation Project, Sparkle, Tremont
    Description: Rona Love discusses her early childhood hardships, three decade long incarceration and experiences in psychiatric hospitals. She details abuse, violence and the extreme isolation of being a trans-f...
  118. Silver and Fur Headdress

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This is a silver and fur headdress belonging to Carmen Rupe.
  119. Silver Dress Outfit

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, Drag performers, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This is the silver sequin dress outfit worn by Carmen Rupe.
  120. Silver tray Community Award

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Awards, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko
    Description: This silver tray is inscribed "1992 Gay Community Award" to "Chris Witoko" for "Personality."
  121. Spherical Diamante Dangle Earrings

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, Jewelry, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko
    Description: These diamante earrings belonged to Chrissy Witoko.
  122. Stephanie Stuart Wilson

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Stuart Wilson, Stephanie, Kalin, Betsy
    Date: Apr. 29, 2021
    Topics: AIDS activists, Bears (Gay culture), Cancer, Drag community, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy (Gender), Trans women, Transgender children, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Drag Queen Story Hour, Royal Court of Come Out St. Pete, Stephanie Stuart Wilson
    Description: Stephanie Stuart was born in a strawberry patch in Plant City, Florida on December 30th 1965. Growing up, she always knew she was different and would watch beauty pageants on TV in a toy crown. At ...
  123. Stormé and the Jewel Box Revue

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, Drag performers
    Subject: Jewel Box Revue, Stormé DeLarverie
    Description: This is a photograph of Stormé DeLarverie and the Jewel Box Revue performers.
  124. Sylver Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Maya, Elliott, Sylver
    Date: Jul. 28, 2017
    Topics: Alcoholism, Childhood, Christianity, Clothing, Communities, Depression, Drag balls, Drag community, Families, Gender diversity, Lesbian community, LGBTI community, Self-acceptance, Social exclusion, Transgender people, Transgender youth, Two-Spirit people, Youth organisations, Youth shelters
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Sylver
    Description: In this interview, Sylver describes a childhood growing up in the Bronx and a period of awakening that began after they were kicked-out of their mother’s home at 15. Sylver, having at times struggl...
  125. Ta'ovala (overskirt)

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Tagiilima, Asomaliu
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, Fashion, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Description: This is a garment designed by Asomaliu Tagiilima derived from a formal garment worn by Samoan, Tongan, and Fijian men, and features the vibrant colors and use of natural and manufactured materials ...
  126. TGSF Newsletter Vol. 18, Issue 9

     
    Collection: ETVC
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Kantz, Ayme
    Date: Sep. 1999
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag community, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), LGBTQ+ support groups, Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transgender newsletters, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: Educational TV Channel (ETVC), Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), TransGender San Francisco (TGSF), Westboro Baptist Church
    Description: A TGSF Newsletter (The Channel), formerly known as the ETVC, discussing upcoming conferences, honoring past members, and upcoming events.
  127. TGSF Newsletter Vol. 23, Issue 6

     
    Collection: ETVC
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Kantz, Ayme
    Date: Jun. 2004
    Topics: Corsets, Crossdressing, Drag community, Hormones, LGBTQ+ support groups, LGBTQ+ veterans, Transgender community, Transgender newsletters, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: California Dreamin', Educational TV Channel (ETVC), Gwen Araujo, TransGender San Francisco (TGSF)
    Description: A TGSF newsletter (The Channel), formerly known as the ETVC, discussing the new committee after their election, their parade float for San Francisco Pride, corseting and waist training tips, and ge...
  128. The Balcony Menu Folder

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This folder held the menu for The Balcony on Victoria Street, a Wellington strip club run by Carmen Rupe, from the late 1960s to 1970s.
  129. 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.
  130. Three Drag Queens

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 1984
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Description: Three drag queens in white at a pageant fundraiser. October 1984.
  131. Tiara

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people), Tiaras
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko
    Description: This jeweled tiara belonged to Chrissy Witoko.
  132. Toronto's Leading Ladies

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Competitions, Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, Halloween, Photographs
  133. Trans Friendly Framed Certificate

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1998
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people), Transgender community
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko
    Description: This is a certificate awarded to Evergreen Coffee Lounge for "Best Transgender Friendliest" for December 1998. The certificate was awarded on behalf of O.N. T. OP. Wellington.
  134. Transgender Tapestry Issue 82 (Spring, 1998)

     
    Collection: Transgender Tapestry
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Lynn, Merissa Sherrill
    Date: Spring 1998
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag community, Festivals, Social activities clubs, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Description: Magazine name changed from "The TV-TS Tapestry" starting with issue 74, winter 1995. ; On item: Celebrating the diversity of gender expression.
  135. Vicky Vogue

     
    Collection: Clothing Collection
    Institution: Wearing Gay History
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Clothing, Drag community, Drag families, Drag queens, Gender expression
    Subject: Vicky Vogue
    Description: Description: White shirt with black lettering; image of Vicky Vogue
  136. Voodoo Doll Decorated by Carmen Rupe

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1980
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This is a voodoo doll decorated by Carmen Rupe.
  137. Vote Baby, Vote! and Other Clippings

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Autumn 1992
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag community, QTPOC
    Subject: Joan Jett Blakk, RuPaul, Wigstock
    Description: These are clippings from Thing magazine, including an article by Joan Jett Blakk titled "Vote Baby, Vote!" and images from Wigstock 1992.
  138. Wear Your Gown All Year Round

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Laurence, Leo E.
    Date: Oct. 31, 1969 to Nov. 6, 1969
    Topics: Clothing, Communities, Discos, Drag, Drag community, Police, Self-acceptance
  139. What Becomes a Legend Most?

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Bernstein, Richard
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: Drag community, Gender expression, Gender identity
    Subject: Jackie Curtis
    Description: This is a poster with a photograph of Jackie Curtis and the statement, "What Becomes a Legend Most?"
  140. 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.
  141. Woman's Three Piece Outfit

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Clothing, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko
    Description: This three-piece outfit belonged to Chrissy Witoko.