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  1. Black Cat Cafe Business Card

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag queens, Gay bars, Latino/a/x gay men
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: Black Cat Cafe business card advertising it as the "Bohemia of the Barbary Coast".
  2. Black Cat Cafe News Article

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: McMillan, Dennis
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag queens, Gay bars, Latino/a/x gay men
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria, Tom Ammiano
    Description: Newspaper clipping about an evening event in which gay city councilman Tom Ammiano interviewed José Sarria about the Black Cat Cafe, Sarria's 1961 run for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, an...
  3. Cabaret Castro Presents: Late Nite with Joan Jett Blakk

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag community, Drag queens, Drag shows
    Subject: Cabaret Castro, Joan Jett Blakk, Sister Roma
    Description: Flyer for a Late Nite performance at Metropolitan Community Church cohosted by drag queens Joan Jett Blakk and Sister Roma.
  4. Clippings

     
    Collection: The Queen (1968) Production
    Institution: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
    Creator: Allen, Lewis M.
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag pageants, Drag queens, Drag shows, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ comedians, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ films, LGBTQ+ theater, Transvestites
    Subject: Cannes FIlm Festival, Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant, The Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America, The Queen (Film)
    Description: Executive producer Lewis M. Allen’s files for the documentary film The Queen (1968)—a behind-the-scenes look at the 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant in New York City—including corresponde...
  5. Dragazine No. 9

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Commondenominator, Lois
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag queens
    Description: Dragazine #9 features an in depth interview with drag artist Jackie Beat, Tour de Fierce, cover photo by Greg Gorman! Also included are Media Notes, The Mary Makers, The Name Game, Photo gallery fr...
  6. ETC - Vol. 7, No. 30

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: ETCETERA Magazine, Pelham, Jack, Coleman, D. Patrick
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag performers, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ films, LGBTQ+ magazines
    Subject: RuPaul
    Description: Clippings from ETCETERA (ETC) Magazine interviewing RuPaul Charles about himself, his performances, and his Blaxploitation parody character Starbooty.
  7. Evil Taco: An Unauthorized Biography

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black intersex people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Bondage, Circumcision, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ artists, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ poetry, Transvestites
    Subject: Fertile Latoya Jackson, George Michael, Vaginal Davis
    Description: The Evil Taco zine, which features an interview with performer Vaginal Creme Davis.
  8. Flyer Advertising the Late Nite with Joan Jett Blakk show

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag community, Drag queens, Drag shows, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ musicians
    Subject: Babette, Joan Jett Blakk, Josie's Cabaret and Juice Joint, Kenny Mellman
    Description: Flyer for two Late Nite performances at Josie's Cabaret and Juice Joint hosted by drag queen Joan Jett Blakk and featuring other performers.
  9. Flyer Advertising the Late Nite with Joan Jett Blakk show with Josie's Cabaret and Juice Joint

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag community, Drag performers, Drag queens, Drag shows, LGBTQ+ events
    Subject: Joan Jett Blakk, Josie's Cabaret and Juice Joint
    Description: Flyer advertising upcoming drag performances starring Joan Jett Blakk and co-starring Babette. Hosted by Josie's Cabaret and Juice Joint.
  10. Flyer for the Late Nite with Joan Jett Blakk show March Schedule

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag community, Drag queens, Drag shows, LGBTQ+ events
    Subject: Joan Jett Blakk, Josie's Cabaret and Juice Joint, Miss Betty Pearl
    Description: Flyer for upcoming drag performances with Joan Jett Blackk and her new co-host Miss Betty Pearl, hosted by Josie's Cabaret & Juice Joint.
  11. 'France' correspondence for The Queen

     
    Collection: The Queen (1968) Production
    Institution: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
    Creator: Allen, Lewis M., Decaris, Yvonne, Litvinoff, Si, Makovski, Claude, Maxtone-Graham, John, Weinberg, Herman G.
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag pageants, Drag queens, Drag shows, LGBTQ+ cinema, LGBTQ+ films, LGBTQ+ theater, Title contests
    Subject: Cannes FIlm Festival, The Queen (Film)
    Description: Executive producer Lewis M. Allen’s files for the documentary film The Queen (1968)—a behind-the-scenes look at the 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant in New York City—include correspondenc...
  12. Good Golly, Miss Holly! Interview with Holly Woodlawn

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Dragazine
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, Drag in film, Drag queens, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ autobiographies, LGBTQ+ cinema, LGBTQ+ magazines, Trans women
    Subject: A Low Life in High Heels, Andy Warhol, Dragazine, Holly Woodlawn, Scarecrow in A Garden of Cucumbers
    Description: This clipping comes from Vol. 1 Issue 09 of Dragazine spotlighting Holly Woodlawn, a famous drag queen, actress, and trans woman. The interview discusses the release of her book "A Low Life in High...
  13. Icon Magazine Article on Joan Jett Blakk

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Ramelb, Carol
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag community, Drag queens, HIV/AIDS, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Lesbian authors, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ literature, LGBTQ+ plays, LGBTQ+ poetry, LGBTQ+ politicians, LGBTQ+ press, Queer studies
    Subject: A Different Light Bookstore, DramaDIVAS, Joan Jett Blakk, Kris Kovick, Susan Stryker
    Description: An article discussing A Different Light's Third Annual Readers and Writers Conference, subtitled "A Bay Area Queer Event." The article details the various topics such as spoken word and speaker eve...
  14. Joan Jett Blakk Article for the San Francisco Bay Guardian

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Blakk, Joan Jett
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ newspapers
    Subject: Joan Jett Blakk
    Description: Clipping from the San Francisco Bay Guardian newspaper that includes a photograph of drag queen Joan Jett Blakk and her friend Diggety, as well as her critique of the gay community's anti-Blackness...
  15. Joan Jett Blakk Article on RuPaul

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Butches, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ musicians
    Subject: Joan Jett Blakk, Madonna, Meshell Ndegeocello, RuPaul
    Description: Article from Joan Jett Blakk discussing Ru Paul's music and praising her talent. She also talks about other queer musicians and her love for San Francisco.