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  1. 1982 Was a Great Year! Can 1983 Be Any Better?

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: 1982
    Topics: Black transgender people, Christmas, Drag queens, Gay men, LGBTQ+ sex workers, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people
    Subject: David Combs, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Uplift Lighting, Willie Brashears
    Description: The 1982 issue of an annual newsletter written by Marsha P. Johnson's roommate, Randy Wicker, in which he provides updates on his life and business, the household, and close friends. The author des...

  2. 1985 Season's Greetings 1986

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: 1986
    Topics: Black transgender people, Christmas, Drag queens, Gay men, QTPOC, Roommates, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee (CSLDC), Christopher Street Liberation Day March, David Combs, Ed Koch, Malú, Marsha P. Johnson, People with AIDS Coalition, Randy Wicker, Willie Brashears
    Description: The 1986 issue of an annual newsletter written by Marsha P. Johnson's roommate, Randy Wicker, in which he provides updates on his life and business, the household, and close friends. The author exp...

  3. 1987 So Proud of You, Son Merry Christmas 1988

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Dec. 21, 1988
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Lesbians, QTPOC, Roommates, Stealth (Transgender), Transfeminine people
    Subject: David Combs, Heritage of Pride, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Uplift Lighting, Willie Brashears
    Description: Content warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide.

  4. 1989 Happy Holidays 1990

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: 1990
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, HIV/AIDS, Medical care, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people, Weddings
    Subject: David Combs, Heritage of Pride, Marsha P. Johnson, Project AIDS Memorial Quilt, Randy Wicker
    Description: The 1990 issue of an annual newsletter written by Marsha P. Johnson's roommate, Randy Wicker, in which he provides updates on his life and business, the household, and close friends. This issue is ...

  5. 1991 Xmas Letter

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Dec. 1991
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Fourth of July, Gay pride, Halloween, QTPOC, Saint Patrick's Day, Transfeminine people
    Subject: ACT UP, Annual AIDS Candlelight Memorial Service, Christopher Street Liberation Day March, David Combs, David Dinkins, John Heliker, Marsha P. Johnson, Montauk, PWA Coalition, Stonewall Inn
    Description: The 1991 issue of an annual newsletter written by Marsha P. Johnson's roommate, Randy Wicker, in which he provides updates on his life and business, the household, and close friends. The newsletter...

  6. 1992 Good Riddance to You!

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Dec. 1992
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, QTPOC, Roommates, Stonewall riots, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Christopher Street Liberation Day March, George Flimlin, Heritage of Pride, Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization (ILGO), John Klar, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Tom Duane, Willie Brashears
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide.

  7. 1993 Xmas Letter and George Flimlin Memorial

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: 1993
    Topics: Birthday cakes, Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, HIV/AIDS, Indigenous transgender people, QTPOC, Roommates, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, David Combs, George Flimlin, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, The Anvil, Uplift Lighting, Willie Brashears
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains homophobic language.

  8. 1995 Xmas Letter

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Dec. 23, 1995
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, Gay pride, Indigenous transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: AIDS Memorial Candlelight Parade, Bob Hooker, Christopher Street Festival, Cocoa Rodriguez, Edward Lacey, Marsha P. Johnson, Mothers March Against AIDS, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting, Willie Brashears
    Description: The handwritten draft of the 1995 issue of an annual newsletter written by Marsha P. Johnson's roommate, Randy Wicker, in which he provides updates on his life and business, including obituary note...

  9. 82 Club Program (1965)

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Russell, Kitt
    Date: 1965
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease
    Subject: 82 Club, Agnes Moorehead, Bette, Bobbie Du Barrie, Brandy Alexander, Ceylon, Chris Ames, Ella-Funt, Gene Avery, George Roth, Hans Crystal, Jackie Maye, Jamie Power, Jan Richards, Johnny Marsh, Johnny Romero, Johnny Rose, Kim August, Lee Loren, Mark Destin, Marlene, Melvin Evans, Miss Simma Down, Phil Cross, Rob Vernon, Robin Sanchell, Ronnie Colbert, Rubay, Sandy Rogers, Teri Noel, Vickie Lynn, Vinnie Summers

  10. A Leaflet Inquiring for Information on Marsha P. Johnson's Death

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ death and dying, Police, QTPOC, Sex workers, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, Stonewall Rebellion
    Description: This item is a leaflet created by the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project which is a call to action to contact the organization or the police and offering a $5000 award for anyone ...

  11. A Letter Written by Randy Wicker to Ali

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Nov. 3, 1982
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Willie Brashears
    Description: A Thanksgiving letter from Randy Wicker to Ali based in Cairo, Egypt. Wicker discusses how he first became roommates with Marsha P. Johnson through Willie Brashears.

  12. A Photograph Featuring Marsha P. Johnson with Friends at Bar for Her Birthday Party

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Birthday parties, Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson with her friends at a bar for her birthday. She’s toasting towards the camera with a drink in her hand, and some others do the same. She’s wearing a floral and pea...

  13. A Photograph From Marsha P. Johnson's Birthday Party Featuring Her Wearing a White and Gold Sequined Dress, Wearing a Floral and Pearl Headpiece, Smiling with Friends

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: George Flimlin, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A photograph from Marsha P. Johnson's birthday party featuring Marsha wearing a white and gold sequined dress, wearing a floral and pearl headpiece, and a pearl necklace. George Flimlin sits to the...

  14. A Photograph from the "They Lived It "Out!"" Event, 1998

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 23, 1998
    Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ events, Transfeminine people, Transgender community
    Subject: Coco LaChine, Gender Identity Project, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center), They Lived it "Out!"
    Description: A photograph from the "They Lived It "Out!"" Event, 1998 featuring Coco LaChine.

  15. A Photograph Including Marsha P. Johnson Wearing an American Flag-Themed Party Hat at Uplift Lighting

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people
    Subject: George Flimlin, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A Polaroid of a group at Uplift Lighting featuring Marsha P. Johnson wearing an American flag-themed party, a bowtie, and two-strand pearl necklaces. This Polaroid also includes Randy Wicker wearin...

  16. A Photograph of Coco LaChine at "They Lived It "Out!"" Event 1998

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Gwenwald, Morgan
    Date: Jan. 23, 1998
    Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Drag performers, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender community
    Subject: Coco LaChine, Gender Identity Project, Imperial Court of New York, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center), They Lived it "Out!"
    Description: A photograph of drag queen Coco LaChine performing at the "They Lived it Out!"" event on January 23, 1998.

  17. A Photograph of Cocoa Rodriguez and Queen Allyson Posing with a "Justice for Marsha" Sign

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 25, 1995
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay pride, Indigenous transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, Queen Allyson
    Description: A photograph of Cocoa Rodriguez and Queen Allyson standing together at the 1995 Pride Parade. Cocoa wears a yellow button that says "Justice for Marsha" in red letters and holds a multicolored umbr...

  18. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson and George Flimlin Changing the Sheets of David Combs’ Bed

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: George Flimlin, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A Polaroid of Marsha P. Johnson and George Flimlin changing the sheets of David Combs’ bed. George was Randy Wicker’s partner and at the time, circa 1990, George was battling AIDS.

  19. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson and Randy Wicker Holding a "I'm Irish Too!" Sign

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 22, 1992
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, QTPOC, Saint Patrick's Day, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization (ILGO), Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson and Randy Wicker with the Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization at New York City's St. Patrick's Day Parade. They are holding a sign that reads "I'm Irish too!" and a...

  20. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson and Randy Wicker Holding a Quilt for David Combs

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1990 to 1992
    Topics: AIDS memorial quilts, Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, LGBTQ+ events, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people
    Subject: David Combs, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson and Randy Wicker holding a quilt for David Combs, Randy's partner who died in 1990. Marsha is wearing a flower headpiece and holding a white balloon.

  21. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson and Randy Wicker In Front of Uplift Lighting Under a Take Back the Day Banner

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: 1992
    Topics: AIDS activists, Black transgender people, Drag queens, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ events, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee (CSLDC), Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Take Back the Day, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson and Randy Wicker with others raising awareness about AIDS in front of Uplift Lighting. They are participating in Take Back the Day, an event dedicated to exposing ...

  22. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Behind Ed Murphy in a Car at the 1985 Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 1985
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay liberation, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Christopher Street Liberation Day March, Ed Murphy, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson sitting behind Ed Murphy in a car at the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade in New York City in June 1985. Ed Murphy is standing in the front of the car wear...

  23. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Holding a Sandwich and Soda, Wearing a Pink Dress and Purple “Stonewall” Sash

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Stonewall
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson holding a sandwich and a soda can. She’s wearing a red floral headpiece, pink dress, and a purple sash that reads “Stonewall.” She’s standing in the street, and be...

  24. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Holding a Sign at a Picket

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Davies, Diana
    Date: circa 1968 to circa 1975
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, QTPOC, Transgender people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: An image of Marsha P. Johnson holding a sign that reads "POWER TO THE PEOPLE" at a protest at Bellevue Hospital.

  25. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Holding Bags, Wearing a Sequined Skirt and a Pink “Stonewall” Sash

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Stonewall
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson holding bags, wearing a sequined skirt, sequined top, and a pink sash that reads “Stonewall.” She’s standing in the street and behind her there are tables, banners...

  26. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Holding Up a Blanket That Reads “Gay Love”

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson holding up a blanket that reads “Gay Love” written in spray paint. Marsha’s standing in the street and wearing a white tulle headpiece and pearl-beaded glasses.

  27. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson in a Pink Dress Posing with Randy Wicker and Suzanne Phillips

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Suzanne Phillips, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A Polaroid of Marsha P. Johnson wearing a pink dress and a pink rose headpiece. She's posing with her roommate Randy Wicker to her left, and her friend Suzanne Phillips to her right.

  28. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson in a White Dress With Feathers in Her Hair and Gems Around Her Eyes

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 31, 1987
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson wearing a white dress with feathers in her hair, red lipstick, and gems around her eyes. She’s standing in her roommate Randy Wicker’s store Uplift Lighting.

  29. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson In Front of Uplift Lighting Raising Awarness about Take Back the Day

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: 1992
    Topics: AIDS activists, Black transgender people, Drag queens, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ events, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee (CSLDC), Marsha P. Johnson, Take Back the Day, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson and another person raising awareness about AIDS in front of Uplift Lighting. The pair are participating in Take Back the Day, an event dedicated to exposing the co...

  30. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Opening a Present at Her Birthday Party, With a Leather Box on Her Lap

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Birthday parties, Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson opening a present at her birthday party. A leather box is on her lap, and she’s wearing a floral and pearl headpiece, and white and gold sequined dress.

  31. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Posing Next to a Nude Model on a Rooftop

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A Polaroid of Marsha P. Johnson standing on a rooftop next to a nude model. She is wearing green camo pants and a blue shirt.

  32. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Posing with a Group at Uplift Lighting

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: George Flimlin, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Suzanne Phillips, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson posing with a group of people at Uplift Lighting. This group includes her roommate Randy Wicker who owns Uplift Lighting, sitting in the front wearing a striped sh...

  33. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Reading a Letter at Her Birthday Party

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Birthday parties, Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson reading a letter at her birthday party. She’s wearing a floral and pearl headpiece, and white and gold sequined dress.

  34. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Sitting Wearing a Floral Headpiece, Blue Jacket, and Red Dress

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson sitting on a chair in front of Randy Wicker’s store Uplift Lighting. She’s wearing a floral headpiece, a blue jacket and a red dress.

  35. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Sitting With Randy Wicker

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 14, 1986
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson and her roommate Randy Wicker sitting together. Randy has his arm around Marsha and she is wearing a yellow graphic t-shirt that reads New York 1985.

  36. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Smiling and Wearing a Baby's Breath Flower Headpiece

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A close-up photograph of Marsha P. Johnson smiling at the camera wearing baby's breath flowers in her short, platinum hair. She is in Randy Wicker's store Uplift Lighting.

  37. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Standing in Front of a 1975 Portrait of Her by Andy Warhol

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1991
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay artists, Pop art, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Andy Warhol, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson standing in front of an Andy Warhol painting of her from the 1975 Ladies and Gentlemen series. Marsha is wearing a long fur coat and short blonde hair.

  38. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Waving from a Car at the 1985 Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade with Ed Murphy

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 1985
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay liberation, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Christopher Street Liberation Day March, Ed Murphy, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson waving front a car at the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade in New York City in 1985. She’s wearing a blazer and tan pants. Ed Murphy is at the front of the...

  39. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Wearing a Christmas Lights Headpiece and a Fur Coat, Posing with Another Person at Uplift Lighting

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A Polaroid of Marsha P. Johnson with blonde hair, a headpiece made from Christmas lights, a fur coat, and colorful patterned scarves. At Randy Wicker's store Uplift Lighting, she's posing with anot...

  40. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Wearing a Christmas-Themed Headpiece

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 18, 1988
    Topics: Black transgender people, Christmas, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson wearing a Christmas-themed headpiece, candy cane earrings, and a fur coat at Randy Wicker's store, Uplift Lighting.

  41. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Wearing a Fur Coat and Winter Gloves, Posing with Another Person at Uplift Lighting

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A Polaroid of Marsha P. Johnson wearing a fur coat and blue and orange patterned winter gloves. She's posing with another person wearing a gray patterned sweater at Randy Wicker's store Uplift Ligh...

  42. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Wearing a Gold Headband, Leather Jacket and White Shirt at New York City Gay Pride 1992

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 1992
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson wearing a gold headband, leather jacket, and white shirt at New York City Gay Pride in 1992. She’s smiling, posing with an unknown person.

  43. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Wearing a Pearl Headpiece, Blue Dress, and a Purple “Stonewall” Sash

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Stonewall
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson wearing pearl headpiece, a blue dress, and a purple sash that reads “Stonewall.” She’s smiling at the camera and carrying a small cardboard box. She’s walking in t...

  44. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Wearing a Shirt With Embroidered Sombreros

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Peters, Rick
    Date: Apr. 19, 1992
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay bars, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Boots & Saddle, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson taken April 19th, 1992 (Easter) at the gay bar Boots & Saddle. Marsha is wearing a white shirt with embroidered sombreros and a floral headpiece.

  45. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Wearing a Teal Strapless Top

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Gillespie, Dana
    Date: Apr. 8, 1972
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson in a teal, strapless top posed in front of a subway station in New York City.

  46. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Wearing a USA Flag Hat and Formalwear

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1991
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A Polaroid of Marsha P. Johnson smiling in a red, white, and blue USA flag themed hat. She is wearing a formal tuxedo with a black bow tie and a string of pearls around her neck. She is in Randy Wi...

  47. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Wearing a White Dress and Feathered Accessories, Holding a Coca-Cola Can

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: 1986
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A Polaroid of Marsha P. Johnson smiling, wearing a white dress with feathered and floral accessories around her head and body. She's holding a Coca-Cola can and is carrying a black purse.

  48. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Wearing an Easter-Themed Hat with a Fake Bird on Top

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 1991
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Easter, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A Polaroid of Marsha P. Johnson wearing a purple hat with a fake bird on top, a red feather boa and holding a wicker basket. The polaroid reads "Easter 1991." She’s in Randy Wicker’s store Uplift L...

  49. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson with a Rainbow Wig and Tinsel on Her Head

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A Polaroid of Marsha P. Johnson wearing a rainbow wig with tinsel and Christmas lights in it. Marsha is smiling at the camera and wearing a brown leather blazer. She is at Uplift Lighting, Randy Wi...

  50. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson with Blonde Hair, a Black Bejeweled Headpiece and Gold Scarf at Uplift Lighting

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 1988
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A Polaroid of Marsha P. Johnson with blonde hair, wearing black jeweled headpiece, black dress and gold scarf posing in Randy Wicker's store Uplift Lighting.

  51. A Photograph of Stormé DeLarverie in a Multicolored Hard Hat and Purple Shirt

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 25, 1995
    Topics: Black lesbians, Butches, Drag kings, Drag queens, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, QTPOC, Racially mixed people, Singers
    Subject: Ivan Valentin, Stormé DeLarverie
    Description: A Photograph of Stormé DeLarverie in profile, wearing a multicolored hard hat and purple t-shirt, turned toward a person in a sequined dress holding an umbrella.

  52. A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera and Lee Brewster at a 1971 Demonstration in Albany

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Davies, Diana
    Date: Mar. 14, 1971
    Topics: Drag queens, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transgender activism, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Lee Brewster, Street Transvestites for Gay Power, Sylvia Rivera
    Description: A photograph Sylvia Rivera (right) and Lee Brewster (left) at the March 14th, 1971 demonstration in Albany, New York.

  53. A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson Protesting for "Intro 475"

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Davies, Diana
    Date: Apr. 1973
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Drag queens, Gay rights, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Barbara Deming, Intro 475, Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera
    Description: A photograph of Sylvia Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, Barbara Deming, Kady Vandeurs, and others protesting in front of City Hall in support of the gay rights bill "Intro 475."

  54. A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera and Queen Alison at the 1995 NYC Pride Parade

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 24, 1995
    Topics: Drag queens, Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Queen Alison, Sylvia Rivera
    Description: A photograph of Sylvia Rivera and Queen Alison at the New York City Pride Parade on June 25, 1995. Sylvia walks ahead of Queen Alison wearing a red dress and black tights. Queen Alison is behind he...

  55. A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera Speaking in Washington Square Park

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Lane, Bettye
    Date: 1973
    Topics: AIDS activists, Drag queens, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activists, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Christopher Street Liberation Day March, Sylvia Rivera
    Description: A photograph of Sylvia Rivera onstage in Washington Square Park at the 1973 Christopher Street March.

  56. A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera with Her Arms Around Queen Alison and Ivan Valentin at the 1995 NYC Pride Parade

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 25, 1995
    Topics: Drag queens, Gay pride, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Ivan Valentin, Queen Alison, Sylvia Rivera
    Description: A photograph of Sylvia Rivera with her arms around Queen Alison and Ivan Valentin at the New York City Pride Parade on June 25, 1995. Sylvia is wearing a red dress and black tights. Queen Alison is...

  57. A Photograph of Wayne H., Queen Allyson, and Randy Wicker at Pride

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 25, 1995
    Topics: Drag queens, Gay men, Gay pride
    Subject: Queen Allyson, Randy Wicker, Wayne H.
    Description: A Photograph of Wayne H., Queen Allyson, and Randy Wicker leaning against The Stonewall Car at the 1995 Pride Parade.

  58. A Woman, Crossdressed in Black Leathers, Started the Riots at Stonewall

     
    Collection: East Coast FTM Group Organizational Records
    Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives
    Creator: Lesbian Connection, FTM
    Date: circa 1989
    Topics: Battering, Crossdressing, Drag queens, FtMs, Lesbians, Police raids, Stonewall riots
    Subject: Anne Tracy, Harry Beard, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), John D'Emilio, Lesbian Tide, San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade, Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities: The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States 1940-1970, The Village Voice

  59. Allen Ginsberg 2nd Installment

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Young, Allen, Ginsberg, Allen
    Date: Apr. 13, 1973 to Apr. 19, 1973
    Topics: Crossdressers, Discos, Drag queens, Gay community, Gay liberation, Interviews, LGBTI community, Machismo

  60. An Exotic Gay Subculture Turns Poignant Under Scrutiny

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Dunning, Jennifer
    Date: Mar. 23, 1991
    Topics: Ballroom families, Drag balls, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transvestites
    Subject: Dorian Corey, Jennie Livingston, Meg McLagan, Octavia St. Laurent, Pepper Labeija, Willi Ninja
    Description: A description of how the film "Paris is Burning" relates to ball culture in New York City.

  61. Andy Warhol posing with group - Zbigniew Brzezinski at black tie party; Drag queen and man in makeup (in America); Hotel room interiors, with Christopher Makos, close-up of hand holding grapefruit

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Stanford University Special Collections
    Creator: Warhol, Andy
    Date: Dec. 1980
    Topics: Drag queens, Gay artists
    Subject: Andy Warhol, Christopher Makos, Zbigniew Brzezinski
    Description: Negatives of photographs taken by Andy Warhol including images of unidentified drag queen.

  62. Annie Hindle's Strange Career

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: The Philadelphia Inquirer
    Date: Jul. 10, 1892
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag kings, Drag queens, Male impersonators, Weddings
    Subject: Annie Hindle, Annie Ryan, Charles Hindle, Charles Vivian, G. C. Baldwin, Gilbert Saroney, Louise Spangehal

  63. At a party with Christopher Makos taking off a man's leopard shirt, shirtless man with drag queen; Bianca Jagger with others in the back of a limousine; Liza Minnelli with others at a table in a club, Regine, Victor Hugo

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Stanford University Special Collections
    Creator: Warhol, Andy
    Date: circa 1976 to 1979
    Topics: Drag queens, Gay artists
    Subject: Bianca Jagger, Christopher Makos, Liza Minnelli, Régine Zyllberberg, Victor Hugo
    Description: Negatives of photographs taken by Andy Warhol including images of unidentified drag queen.

  64. Bradley Picklesimer Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Picklesimer, Bradley
    Date: Mar. 28, 2018
    Topics: Anti-gay violence, Berdache, Drag, Drag queens, Gay discos, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Hormones, LGBTQ+ porn films, Police raids, Sexual assault, Siblings, Stonewall riots, Transitioning (Gender), Transvestites
    Subject: ACT UP, AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), Bernard Jay, Bradley Picklesimer, Café LMNOP, Chi Chi LaRue, Club Agogo, Courtney Act, David Bowie, Divine, Francis Marion Picklesimer, Henry Faulkner, Jayne County, Judy Garland, Lee Angelique, Martha Lynn Stone, Miss Bradley, Sweet Evening Breeze, The Montparnasse, The Thrusters, Wade Littrell
    Description: OUTWORDS interview with Bradley Picklesimer conducted by Kate Kunath on March 28, 2018 in Meally, KY. AT 20, Bradley opened his first downtown club in Lexington, KY with the help of his brother and...

  65. 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 ...

  66. Buffalo Belles Vol. 3 No. 12 (December, 1994)

     
    Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters
    Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State
    Creator: Lorraine, Kathy
    Date: Dec. 1994
    Topics: BDSM, Bisexuals, Clothing, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Passing (Gender), Surgery, Plastic, Transgender rights, Transsexual people
    Subject: Denise W. Miller, Femme Mirror, George Plimpton, How to Impersonate a Woman, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), International Ladies Garment Workers Union (ILGWU), JoAnn Roberts, Manhattan's Feminization School, Michael Salem, Nu Phi Chi, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Riverside Weekend, Rochester CD Network, Terry Bradley, The Erickson Foundation, Transvestia, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self

  67. Buffalo Belles Vol. 4 No. 4 (April, 1995 (1))

     
    Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters
    Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State
    Creator: Lorraine, Kathy
    Date: Apr. 1995
    Topics: Acceptance, Clothing, Comic strips, Crossdressing, Customs, Death and dying, Drag, Drag kings, Drag queens, Families, Femininities, Masculinities, Sexism, Soldiers, Wigs
    Subject: Albert DJ Cashier, Erie Sisters, Frances Lee, Lyons Wakeman, Niagara Lake Weekend, Night Out in Buffalo, Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, Xpressions, Xpressions Xplorer

  68. Buffalo Belles Vol. 5 No. 1 (January, 1996)

     
    Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters
    Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State
    Creator: Lorraine, Kathy
    Date: Jan. 1996
    Topics: Charity, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Femininities, Performing arts, Sexuality, Support groups, Two-Spirit people
    Subject: Big Sisters, Carl Jung, Dame Edna Everage, Dolly Parton, Nanuel Puig, Night Out in Buffalo, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Spring Fling, Virginia Prince

  69. Buffalo Belles Vol. 5 No. 9 (September, 1996)

     
    Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters
    Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State
    Creator: Lorraine, Kathy
    Date: Sep. 1996
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hair--Removal, LGBTQ+ parents, LGBTQ+ poetry, Psychology, Transgender community, Transsexual people
    Subject: Niagara Gazette, Rochester CD Network, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self

  70. Buffalo Belles Vol. 6 No. 12 (December, 1997)

     
    Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters
    Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State
    Creator: H., Jean, H., Camille
    Date: Dec. 1997
    Topics: Appearance, Coming out, Crossdressers, Drag, Drag queens, Fetishism, Hair, Medication, Passing (Gender), Sexuality, Transgender people
    Subject: Different for Girls, Ma Vie En Rose

  71. Buffalo Belles Vol. 6 No. 5 (May, 1997)

     
    Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters
    Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State
    Creator: Lorraine, Kathy
    Date: May 1997
    Topics: Children, Communities, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Discrimination, Drag queens, Education, Events, Film, Gender, Gender realignment surgery, Heterosexuality, Law, Meetings, Organisations, Religions, Suicide, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Wigs
    Subject: Be All You Want to Be, Carol Beecroft, Femme Mirror, John Money, Judy Daniels, Just Like a Woman, Nu Phi Chi, Sweetheart Connection, Tau Chi, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self

  72. Buffalo Belles Vol. 6 No. 9 (September 1997)

     
    Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters
    Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State
    Creator: H., Camille, S., Michelle, Carpenter, Susan
    Date: Sep. 1997
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Drag, Drag queens, Electrolysis, Gender identity, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Transgender people, Transsexual people, Wigs
    Subject: Imperial Court of Buffalo, Micheal Brown

  73. Chi Chapter Tribune Vol. 38 Iss. 09 (September, 1999)

     
    Collection: Chi Chapter Newsletters
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Peters, Denise
    Date: Sep. 1999
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Beauty standards, Children, Clothing, Coming out, Cosmetics, Counseling, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Elections, Families, Female impersonators, Femininities, Film, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Harassment, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ relationships, Music festivals, Passing (Gender), Photographs, Prejudices, Sexual orientation, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Travel
    Subject: Cher, Chicago Gender Society, Fall Harvest, Great Lakes Council of Gender Groups, Holiday En Femme, How the West was Fun, Kevin Kline, Positive Attitudes Living Side by side (PALS), Rachel Miller, Stadt Hallenfast, Tri-Ess Odyssey, Virginia Prince, Will Smith
    Description: Periodical name changed from "The Chi Tribune" starting with Vol. 36 No. 2 (February, 1997)

  74. Club 82 Presents Sincapades of 1954

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Russell, Kitt
    Date: 1954
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease
    Subject: Chickie Ramos, Claire Ross, Del Lester, Diane, Flo Hunter, Frank Quinn, Frankie Gordone, Gene Darling, Ginny Scott, Jan Richards, Jean Klemn, Jeri Grayson, Joey Mann, Jolly Hughes, Kyra Lynn, Laurette Bass, Lee Mong, Lou Taylor, Nicky Gallucci, Pat Burns, Pepe Carman, Peppe, Ricky Renee, Roccio, Rubay, Sally Geis, Sandra Mitchell, Sonna Teal, Sully Sullivan, Terry Howe, Tommy Morgan, Toni Bennett, Tony Phillips, Vicki Vogue, Vickie Lynn

  75. Clubs News (April 1988)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator: Gemini Club, Aquarius Club, Albany T.V. Entertainers Club, Uno Club, International Cultural Group
    Date: Apr. 1988
    Topics: Actors, Arts and entertainment occupations, Drag queens, Events, HIV/AIDS, Parties, Photography, Social activities clubs, Support groups
    Subject: Lynne Carter

  76. Concerts To-Day

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 14, 1909
    Topics: Concerts, Crossdressers, Drag queens
    Subject: Claire Romaine, Neil Burgess & Co., The County Fair

  77. Correspondence from Randy Wicker to Don Rojas

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Jul. 16, 1992
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ death and dying, LGBTQ+ discrimination, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: This item is a correspondence from Randy Wicker to the executive editor of New York Amsterdam News, Don Rojas, concerning Marsha P. Johnson's death.

  78. Correspondence from Randy Wicker to Father Ken Smith, July 1992

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Jul. 21, 1992
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ memorials, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Bob Kohler, Ken Smith, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: This item is a correspondence written by Marsha P. Johnson's roommate Randy Wicker to Father Ken Smith at St. Veronica's Church in New York City. Randy is writing to him to ask if he'd be intereste...

  79. Correspondence from Randy Wicker to Gay Officers Action League Members

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Nov. 10, 1992
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Police, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Gay Officers Action League (GOAL), Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: This item is a correspondence from Randy Wicker to the members of the Gay Officers Action League concerning the police investigation into Marsha P. Johnson's death.

  80. Crossing Sexual Borders

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Avicolli, Tommi
    Date: Sep. 1, 1974
    Topics: Bi+ people, Black transgender people, Bottom surgery, Drag queens, Feminists, Gender expression, Gender roles, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Sexual roles, Stonewall riots, Transsexualism, Transvestism, White transgender people
    Subject: Cybil Shepherd, Dr. Burou, Erickson Educational Foundation, Gay Activists Alliance/Philadelphia, Information for the Family of the Transsexual, Marilyn Monroe
    Description: Clipping from pages 4-6 and 26-28 of The Gay Alternative, issue 8, published on September 1 1974.

  81. Death in Drag

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Goldstein, Richard, The Village Voice
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ death and dying, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Police, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide.

  82. Death of a Drag Queen

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Newman, Andy, Hoboken Reporter
    Date: Jul. 19, 1992
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Mental health, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: This item is an article in the Hoboken Reporter that describes Marsha P. Johnson's death and provides an overview of her life. A version of page two of the clipping annotated by Randy Wicker is als...

  83. Death of a Drag Queen Follow-up

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Newman, Andy
    Date: Oct. 20, 1992
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people
    Description: A short follow-up article that conveys new information about the circumstances surrounding Marsha P. Johnson's death.

  84. Demand Justice!!

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ death and dying, LGBTQ+ death notices, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ memorials, QTPOC, Sex workers, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Andy Warhol, Hot Peaches, Marsha P. Johnson, Stonewall Rebellion
    Description: This item is a leaflet announcing a demonstration for Marsha P. Johnson to demand a full police investigation into her death. This item includes a clipping of a newspaper death notice for Marsha an...

  85. Demand Justice For Marsha

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: 1992
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ death and dying, Police, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: This item is a flyer titled "Demand Justice for Marsha" that demands that the New York police arrest the four men who were seen harassing Marsha P. Johnson on July 4, 1992. The flyer encourages peo...

  86. Demure Butchness #1

     
    Collection: Zines
    Institution: Queer Zine Archive Project
    Creator: Timmer
    Date: 1992
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag queens, Faggots, Female impersonators, Gay community, Gay men, Gender expression, Gender roles, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ night life, LGBTQ+ sex workers, LGBTQ+ zines, Masculinities, Popular culture
    Subject: 1808 Club, Alphonse, Casablanca Show Lounge, Christian Slater, Club Kids, Dow Corning, Emilio Estevez, Glam Slam, Lady Miss Jill, Madonna, Miss Brett Marie, Miss Gay San Francisco, Miss Gay USA Minnesota, Miss Lisa, Miss Methadone, Morgan Chessler, Mr. Ron, Ms. Epiphany, MTV, Robin West, Rosie Perez, Saloon, Tanya Michaels, Tasha Monet
    Description: An article titled "Drag Hag Review" can be found on pages 21-24.

  87. Dinner party with Liza and Vincente Minnelli, Jane Holzer and Jed Johnson with sparklers, Bob Colacello, Andy Warhol and Victor Hugo, Fred Hughes; Party with Steve Rubell, drag queen, D. D. Ryan

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Stanford University Special Collections
    Creator: Warhol, Andy
    Date: circa 1976 to 1981
    Topics: Drag queens, Gay artists
    Subject: Andy Warhol, Bob Colacello, D.D. Ryan, Fred Hughes, Jane Holzer, Jed Johnson, Liza Minnelli, Steve Rubell, Victor Hugo, Vincente Minnelli
    Description: Negatives of photographs taken by Andy Warhol including images of unidentified drag queen.

  88. 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.

  89. Donna Sachet Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Sachet, Donna
    Date: Jul. 27, 2016
    Topics: Child abuse, Coming out, Drag, Drag queens, Gay bars, Gay Christians, Gay community, Gay men, Gay movement, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Lipsynching, Methodist Church, Police harassment, Stonewall riots
    Subject: ACT UP, Bette Davis, Beverly Sills, Black Cat Bar, Campus Crusade for Christ, Donna Sachet, Donna Summer, Empress of San Francisco, Fire Island, Gay Men's Chorus, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), GLAAD Media Awards, Joan Crawford, José Sarria, Juanita More, Judy Garland, Mark Leno, Miss Gay San Francisco, Perry Ellis, Shanti Project, Tavern Guild, The Celluloid Closet, Trannyshack
    Description: OUTWORDS interview with Donna Sachet conducted by Mason Funk on July 27, 2016 in San Francisco, CA. Donna is a drag performer, community activist, and author. Donna has raised millions of dollars f...

  90. Drag Queen in the New York Gay Pride Parade

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Epstein, A.J.
    Date: 1979
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Gay pride, Gay pride parades, Parades
    Description: A drag queen marches in the New York gay pride parade with a "Miss America" sash and a sign that reads "Not every Boy Dreams of Being a Marine."

  91. Drag Vol. 1 No. 1 (1971)

     
    Collection: Drag
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Brewster, Lee G.
    Date: 1971
    Topics: Activists, Black queer people, Civil rights, Comic strips, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Gender identity, Homosexuality, Letters to the editor, MtFs, Politics, Queer people of color, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Barbarella, Christine Jorgensen, John Hansen, Mardi Gras Ball, Mel Michaels
    Description: Alternative title: DRAG Queens. ; On item cover: "A magazine about the Transvestite". ; Contents: Editorial -- Drag queens demonstrate -- John Hansen as Christine -- Viewpoint -- Stomp those high h...

  92. Drag Vol. 1 No. 3 (1971)

     
    Collection: Drag
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Brewster, Lee G.
    Date: 1971
    Topics: Activists, Asian queer people, Black queer people, Civil rights, Comic strips, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, Hormones, MtFs, Politics, Queer people of color, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Abbee Francois Timoleon de Choisy, Lynn Carter, Mardi Gras Ball, Toni Lee
    Description: Alternative title: DRAG Queens. ; On item cover: "A magazine about the Transvestite". ; Contents: Editorial -- News -- Telling it like it is -- Abbe de choisy -- Miss America pageant -- Hormones do...

  93. Drag Vol. 1 No. 4 (1971)

     
    Collection: Drag
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Brewster, Lee G.
    Date: 1971
    Topics: Activists, Black queer people, Civil rights, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Politics, Queer people of color, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Mardi Gras Ball, Sally Douglas, Toni Valponi
    Description: On item cover: "A magazine about the Transvestite". ; Contents: Editorial -- News -- What you always wanted to know about hormones -- Powder puff review --San Francisco scene -- Makin the scene -- ...

  94. Drag Vol. 3 No. 10 (1973)

     
    Collection: Drag
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Brewster, Lee G.
    Date: 1973
    Topics: Activists, BIPOC, Black queer people, Civil rights, Comic strips, Counseling, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, MtFs, Politics, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Mardi Gras Ball
    Description: On item cover: "Now! America's No.1 magazine about the transvestite!" ; Contents: News -- Debbie Hartin -- Changing sex? -- Harriet Juestis Jackson -- Are bull dykes really transvestites -- Kip Mar...

  95. Drag Vol. 3 No. 11 (1973)

     
    Collection: Drag
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Brewster, Lee G.
    Date: 1973
    Topics: Activists, Asian queer people, BIPOC, Civil rights, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Politics, Queer people of color, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Gay Parade, Mardi Gras Ball
    Description: On item cover: "The International Transvestite Quarterly". ; Contents: Drags & tv's join march -- Just like high society -- In memoriam -- Miss Joey -- Mardi Gras '73 -- Movie review -- Theatre rev...

  96. Drag Vol. 3 No. 12 (1973)

     
    Collection: Drag
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Brewster, Lee G.
    Date: 1973
    Topics: Activists, BIPOC, Black queer people, Civil rights, Comic strips, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Gender identity, Letters to the editor, MtFs, Politics, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Mardi Gras Ball
    Description: On item cover: "The International Transvestite Quarterly". ; Contents: News -- The gold key girls --Party-time -- Famous E. Russell -- Dear drag -- In memoriam -- Coming events -- Getting together

  97. Drag Vol. 3 No. 9 (1973)

     
    Collection: Drag
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Brewster, Lee G.
    Date: 1973
    Topics: Activists, Asian queer people, BIPOC, Black queer people, Civil rights, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Politics, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Mardi Gras Ball
    Description: On item cover: "Now! America's No.1 magazine about the transvestite!" ; Contents: News -- Lee's Mardi Gras ball -- Elizabeth the queen -- Philadelphia ball -- Petry __ New York balls -- Fillian and...

  98. Drag Vol. 4 No. 14 (1974)

     
    Collection: Drag
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Brewster, Lee G.
    Date: 1974
    Topics: Activists, BIPOC, Black queer people, Civil rights, Comic strips, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Politics, Queer people of color, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Transsexualism
    Description: On item cover: "The International Transvestite Quarterly". ; Contents: Drag times -- Miss Fire Island -- Miss Stephanie -- Linda Lee -- Miss Gilded Grape -- Getting together.

  99. Efrain John Gonzalez fonds

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag queens, LGBTQ+ artists, LGBTQ+ night life, Photography, Trans women
    Subject: Dee Morris, Efrain John Gonzalez, Fabric Factory, Gloria Hole, INK & STEEL, Speed Limit 55, Wigstock
    Description: Efrain John Gonzalez was born in the Bronx, raised in Long Island, moved to Manhattan in 1975, and settled in Park Slope, Brooklyn in 1979. A photographer since secondary school at Holy Trinity Hig...

  100. Female Impersonators No. 1

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Health Knowledge
    Date: Winter 1969
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Documentaries, Drag, Drag queens, Events, Femininities, Labour, Letters to the editor, Photographs, Strippers
    Subject: Billy Daye, Bobbie Paris, Dean Harlowe, Jackie Morell, Joie Tone, Karyl Houston, Leslie Marlowe, Mark Vickers, Morrish Stevens, Pudgy Roberts, The Queen, Toni Lee

  101. Female Impersonators (Summer 1969)

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Magnum Publications
    Date: Summer 1969
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Discos, Drag, Drag queens, Entertainers, Singers, Striptease
    Subject: Baby Martell, Bambi, Carousel Club, Club 82, Coccinelle, Crazy Horse, Hans Crystal, Holli White, Holly White, Jean Colette, Jewel Box Revue, Lew Manx, Madame Arthur, Terry Noel, Toby Marsh

  102. Female Mimics International Vol. 11 No. 1

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

  103. Female Mimics International Vol. 11 No. 2

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

  104. Female Mimics International Vol. 11 No. 6

     
    Collection: Female Mimics International
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Eros Publishing Company
    Date: 1981
    Topics: Actors, BIPOC, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discos, Drag, Drag queens, Gender bending, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Nude photographs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Chrysis, Elaine, Frenchie, Karla
    Description: Also known as: F.M.I. Female Mimics International and FMI Female Mimics International. ; On item cover: "The original magazine for men who enjoy dressing like women." ; Contents: Letters to the edi...

  105. Female Mimics International Vol. 12 No. 4

     
    Collection: Female Mimics International
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Eros Publishing Company
    Date: 1982
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discos, Drag, Drag queens, Gender bending, MtFs, Nude photographs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Brandy Alexander, Danielle, Haley Tiresius, Jackie LaFrench
    Description: Also known as: F.M.I. Female Mimics International and FMI Female Mimics International. ; On item cover: "The original magazine for men who enjoy dressing like women." ; Contents: Interview with Hal...

  106. Female Mimics International Vol. 17 No. 1

     
    Collection: Female Mimics International
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Eros Publishing Company
    Date: 1987
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discos, Drag, Drag queens, Gender bending, MtFs, Nude photographs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Crazy Horse, Morelle De Keigh
    Description: Also known as Female Mimics International and FMI Female Mimics International. ; On item cover: "The original magazine for men who enjoy dressing like women." ; Contents: The crazy horse saloon -- ...

  107. Female Mimics International Vol. 22 No. 1

     
    Collection: Female Mimics International
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: MAGCORP, the Magazine Corporation of America
    Date: 1992
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discos, Drag, Drag queens, Gender bending, MtFs, Nude photographs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Angel, Bambi, Dawn Avalon, Margo
    Description: Also known as Female Mimics International and FMI Female Mimics International. ; On item cover: "The original magazine for men who enjoy dressing like women." ; Contents: Copacabana's farewell part...

  108. Female Mimics International Vol. 23 No. 3

     
    Collection: Female Mimics International
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: MAGCORP, the Magazine Corporation of America
    Date: 1993
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discos, Drag, Drag queens, Gender bending, MtFs, Nude photographs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Cassandra, Margo, Stasha
    Description: Also known as Female Mimics International and FMI Female Mimics International. ; On item cover: "The original magazine for men who enjoy dressing like women." ; Contents: Editorial -- Women of the ...

  109. Female Mimics Premiere Issue

     
    Collection: Female Mimics
    Institution: The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
    Creator: Selbee Associates, Inc.
    Date: 1963
    Topics: Actors, Appearance, BIPOC, Comedy, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Entertainers, Femininities, History, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Photographic models, Sexuality, Social role, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: 82 Club, Bambi, Burma, Carlson Wade, Christine Jorgensen, Jack Lemmon, Jackie Maye, Jewel Box Revue, Kim August, Kitt Russell, Le Carrousel, Lou Pearson, Marilyn Marks, Merry Madhouse, Ranchito Escondido, Ray Leen, Shalimar, Sone Teal, T.C. Jones, Tanya, The Princeton Triangle, Tony Curtis

  110. Female Mimics Vol. 1 No. 11

     
    Collection: Female Mimics
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Health Knowledge
    Date: 1968
    Topics: Actors, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag kings, Drag queens, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Bobby Barton, Christian Dubois, Dora De Carlo, Hilmar Dubois
    Description: On item cover: "For the adult reader." ; Contents: Drag ball -- Chez moune and elle et lui -- Dora De Carlo -- Bobby Barton -- Do clothes make the girl? -- Vicky the bombshell -- Hilmar and Christi...

  111. Female Mimics Vol. 1 No. 3

     
    Collection: Female Mimics
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Selbee Associates, Inc.
    Date: 1963
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag kings, Drag queens, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Art Students League Ball, Chez Moune, Patricia Ann Morgan, Pudgy Roberts, Rex Huntington, Terry Noel, Toby Marsh
    Description: On item cover: "The world's foremost female impersonators." ; Contents: How I changed my sex -- Steins and stags -- Terry the tantalizing -- A stitch in time -- The balls that made N.Y. flip -- Hap...

  112. Female Mimics, Vol. 1 No. 4

     
    Collection: Female Mimics
    Institution: The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
    Creator: Selbee Associates, Inc.
    Date: Autumn 1964
    Topics: Actors, Appearance, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Entertainers, Femininities, History, MtFs, Night life, Passing (Gender), Photographic models, Sexuality, Social role, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Vaudeville
    Subject: 82 Club, Baby Martell, Canadian Revue, Carlson Wade, Cherchez La Femme, Gene Chandler, Gigi Duval, Holli White, Jack Lemmon, Jewel Box Revue, Julian Eltinge, Kitt Rogers, Lou Pearson, Minette, Tony Curtis, W.M. Hardy

  113. Female Mimics Vol. 1 No. 5

     
    Collection: Female Mimics
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Health Knowledge
    Date: 1965
    Topics: Actors, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag kings, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Bambi, Bunny Lake, Emilio Tellez, Jewel Box Revue
    Description: On item cover: "The world's foremost female impersonators." ; Contents: Let us entertain you! -- Let's have a ball -- Puerto Rican peach -- Gorgeous guys -- Scintillating cinema -- Stag turned doe ...

  114. Female Mimics Vol. 1 No. 6

     
    Collection: Female Mimics
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Health Knowledge
    Date: 1965
    Topics: Actors, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag kings, Drag queens, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: 82 Club, Abby Sinclair, Pointe, Randy Taylor, Ricky Renee
    Description: On item cover: "The world's foremost female impersonators." ; Contents: Randy Taylor -- "Mister actress" -- Cabaret 'pointe' -- Capucine -- New York's 82 club -- Vinnie Sommers -- Abby Sinclair.

  115. Female Mimics Vol. 1 No. 8

     
    Collection: Female Mimics
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Health Knowledge
    Date: 1966
    Topics: Actors, BIPOC, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag kings, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: 82 Club, Bambi, Hans Crystal, Ricky Renee
    Description: On item cover: "For the adult reader." ; Contents: Ricky Renee -- Pudgy Roberts -- 'Little parrot club' -- 'Elle et lui' -- 'The nightlife club' -- Who has it? -- Holli White -- Coccinelle -- Kim A...

  116. Female Mimics Vol. 1 No. 9

     
    Collection: Female Mimics
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Health Knowledge
    Date: 1967
    Topics: Actors, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag kings, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Bunny Garland, Crazy Horse, Joey Baker, Moorish Stevens, Randy Taylor, Tammy Novack
    Description: On item cover: "For the adult reader." ; Contents: Tammy Novak -- "The golden age of female impersonation"-part 1 -- Randy Taylor -- The "crazy horse' -- Moorish Stevens -- Bunny Garland -- "Galler...

  117. Female Mimics Vol. 5 No. 3

     
    Collection: Female Mimics
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Eros Publishing Company
    Date: 1979
    Topics: Actors, Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag kings, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Eve, Iris Duval, Miss Gay USA, Sulka
    Description: On item cover: "New Female Mimics." ; Contents: Letter to the editor -- Iris Duval -- Looking your best -- The golden age of female impersonation -- Introducing Sulka -- Eve -- Memoirs of a TV lesb...

  118. Fernando Feliciano Interview Transcript

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Schroeder, Kurt
    Date: May 31, 1995
    Topics: Arrests, Bars, Drag, Drag queens, Gay community, Gay culture, Health care centres, Navy, Police, Same-sex marriage, STDs, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities
    Subject: Society for Individual Rights (SIR), The Coits

  119. Freddy Fender and others at 860 Broadway; Party at Regine's nightclub; Catherine Guinness, drag queen, Truman Capote, Elsa Peretti, Monique Van Vooren, and others

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Stanford University Special Collections
    Creator: Warhol, Andy
    Date: Feb. 28, 1978
    Topics: Drag queens, Gay artists, Gay authors
    Subject: Catherine Guinness, Elsa Peretti, Freddy Fender, Monique Van Vooren, Régine Zyllberberg, Truman Capote
    Description: Negatives of photographs taken by Andy Warhol including images of unidentified drag queen.

  120. Friends of Marsha P. Johnson Questionnaire / Membership Form

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ death and dying, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A questionnaire instructing members of "Friends of Marsha P. Johnson" to identify the most pressing issues related to the investigation into Marsha's death and her memorialization.

  121. FTM Newsletter #14

     
    Collection: FTM International
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 1990
    Topics: Drag, Drag kings, Drag queens, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy (Gender), Lesbians, Testosterone, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: Alfred A. Knopf, Americans with Disabilities Act, Annette Kobak, Bay Area Reporter, Blackwell's Worst Dressed List, Brooke Shields, Carlos Bea, Castro Theater, Cathy Brown, Cecily Mackworth, Center for Special Problems, Chez Mollet Restaurant, Chris Johnson, Colette Kirby, Crystal Club, Department of Defense, Dolly Parton, Dorian Gray, Dr. Demuth, Elizabeth Montgomery, Esther Newton, Farrah Fawcett, Focus International, FTM Get-Together, Gender Dysphoria Program, Inc., George Chauncey, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay & Lesbian Past, Home for Contemporary Theater, How To Change Your Name, Hustler, IFGE Convention, Ingersoll Gender Center, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Isabelle Eberhardt, Isabelle: The Life of Isabelle Eberhardt, J. Sonne, James S., Jason Pirro, John Weitz, Judy Van Maasdam, Julia Roberts, Kate Bornstein, Kris Kristofferson, Lily Tomlin, Linda/Les and Annie, lnformation for the Female to Male Cross Dresser and Transsexual, Lynn Falske, Man in Charge (The Executive's Guide to Grooming, Manners and Travel), Martha Vicinus, Martin B. Duberman, Matt Doutre, Mount San Rafael-Hospital, New Anatomies, Nina de Voogd, Oregon Health Sciences University, Paper, Pat Califia, Pope John Paul II, Richard F. Docter, Roberta Marie Rodgers, Rupert Raj-Gauthier, San Francisco County Jail, She Even Chewed Tabacco, Stanford Medical School, Stanley Biber, Sybil Holiday, T.J. Furber, The Destiny of Isabelle Eberhardt, The Ecco Press, The Gender Trap, The Mythic Mannish Lesbian: Radclyffe Hall and the New Woman, The Passionate Nomad: The Diary of Isabelle Eberhardt, The Portrait of Dorian Gray in the Yellow Press, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, Theatre Rhinoceros, Timberlake Wertenbaker, Transsexuality - Jude, Transvestites and Transsexuals: Toward a Theory of Cross-Gender Behavior, Vagabond, VERA, Veruschka, Wendy Nelson, William A. Henkin, Willie Nelson, Women Make Movies
    Description: Issue #14 of FTM International published in December 1990. Includes an announcement of the third edition Lou Sullivan's handbook, responses to Rupert Raj's submission in the previous issue (Issue #...

  122. FTM Newsletter #22

     
    Collection: FTM International
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1993
    Topics: Butches, Crossdressers, Deadnaming, Drag queens, Femmes, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Gender expression, Lesbians, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, MtFs, Philosophy, Marxist, Testosterone, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: A Femme/Butch Reader, Joan Nestle, Anne Bolin, Ari Kane, Bay Times, Brat Attack No.3, Dallas Denny, David Schreier, David W. Miller, Dossie Easton, East Coast FtM Group, Edenews, Gera, H. Merle Knight, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Holly Devor (now Aaron Devor), In Search of Eve: Transsexual Rites of Passage, Ingersoll Gender Center, Jameson Green, Jane Ellen Fairfax, Jason Cromwell, Jeff Shevlowitz, Leslie Feinberg, Lin Fraser, Lou Sullivan, Marjorie Garber, Matthew Windsel, Max, Michael E. Main, Monika Treut, Rene-Kadar Omiani, Short Sizes Inc, Sky Renfro, Stone Butch Blues, Stonewall, Susan Stryker, The Australian Transsexual Support Association, The Eden Society, The Spirit and the Flesh, The Transgender Caucus of the 1993 March On Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, Theresa Frieden, Transgender Caucus, Transgender Liberation: A Movement whose Time has Come, Trish Thomas, Vested Interests, William A. Henkin
    Description: Issue #22 of FTM International published in January 1993. Includes discussions of past FTM gatherings, review of the show "Geraldo", a look at "Transgender Through a Socialist Lens".

  123. Gal with Slacks, Clever Ditties, Also 'Real Gone'

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Roy, Rob
    Date: Apr. 24, 1948
    Topics: Drag kings, Drag queens, Male impersonators, Musical theatre, Musicians, Police
    Subject: Gladys Bentley, Nellie Lutcher, Ubangi Club

  124. Gay Asian Party: A Benefit Event for HIV/AIDS Education

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Korean Lesbian and Gay Organization
    Date: May 1991
    Topics: AIDS awareness, AIDS education, Asian LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, Entertainers, LGBTQ+ theater, QTPOC, Singers
    Description: An event program for a HIV/AIDS education benefit hosted by the Korean Lesbian and Gay Organization.

  125. Gay Morning America Show Excerpt: Miss Fire Island 1985

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Gay Morning America
    Date: Nov. 9, 1985
    Topics: Drag performers, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ events
    Subject: Gay Morning America, Miss Fire Island
    Description: Originally aired as part of Gay Morning America Season 3, Episode 3, this is a recording of the announcement of the Miss Fire Island 1985 winners.

  126. GCN STONEWALL NATION 69~79: What Happened, Anyhow?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Stein, Cindy
    Date: Jun. 23, 1979
    Topics: Drag queens, Gay liberation, Lesbians, Police harassment, Stonewall riots
    Subject: Allen Ginsberg, Dave Van Ronk, Dick Leitsch, Donn Teal, Gay Community News, Howard Smith, Lucian Truscott IV, New York City Police Department, New York Daily News, New York Mattachine Society, New York Times, The Gay Militants, Village Voice
    Description: An account of the Stonewall Riots, originally published on page 9 of volume 6, number 47 of Gay Community News, in the Stonewall 10th Anniversary issue. The author mentions drag queens being presen...

  127. Girl Talk, Vol. 15 No. 7 (July, 1999)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Silk, Cyndi
    Date: Jul. 1999
    Topics: Appearance, Drag queens, Fashion, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, MtFs, Transgender people
    Subject: Lesbian and Gay Advisory Committee, Lips

  128. Grace Detrevarah Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Detrevarah, Grace, Keyes, Anna
    Date: Feb. 21, 2018
    Topics: Dancers, Drag queens, Families, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Immigrants, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Religions, Social integration, Transgender people, Writers
    Subject: Candy Labeija, LaRoque Bey
    Description: Grace Detrevarah, a self-proclaimed "spiritual black trans woman" talks to Anna Keyes about her supportive parents and rebellious adolescence, and growing up in an environment far removed from a tr...

  129. Group Holding an 82 Club Banner

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Jacobs, Eric Stephen
    Date: Aug. 1973
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Events, Gay pride, Photography, Public facilities
    Subject: 82 Club

  130. He Enjoys Being A Girl

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Flatley, Guy
    Date: Nov. 15, 1970
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Detention of LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Gender, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ films, Motion picture actors and actresses, Riots, Trans women, Transvestites
    Subject: Andy Warhol, Harold Danhakl, Holly Woodlawn, Larry Rivers, Paul Morrissey, Trash (Film)
    Description: Holly Woodlawn formerly known as Harold Danhakl is arrested at the U.N. for female impersonation. Holly Woodlawn starred in the Andy Warhol-Paul Morrissey film: "Trash". She is bailed out by Larry ...

  131. Here and There

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Berliner, L. T.
    Date: Jan. 19, 1917
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Theatre
    Subject: Leon Finch, The Girl Who Smiles

  132. Here's Laughing with You - 1983

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Dec. 21, 1983
    Topics: Black transgender people, Christmas, Drag queens, Gay men, New Year, QTPOC, Sex work, Transfeminine people
    Subject: David Combs, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Willie Brashears
    Description: Content warning: This item contains nudity and racist language.

  133. Here's to Marsha

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Ballard, Roland
    Date: Nov. 25, 1995
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, Gay pride, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Gay Liberation Front
    Description: A letter from Roland Ballard to Randy Wicker containing a photograph of Marsha P. Johnson at the New York City 1987 Pride Parade.

  134. In the Life: Ep. 1701, "A New Look"

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: UCLA Film and Television Archive
    Creator: Scagliotti, John
    Date: Oct. 2007
    Topics: Documentary television programs, Drag, Drag queens, Health care, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Plastic surgery, Poor women, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: DeParis Perez, Lulu, Stefanie Rivera
    Description: Segment on "Lulu Gets a Facelift": 39:21-45:40 Segment on a low-income transwoman: 45:44-56:39

  135. Interview with Bennie Toney and Footage of a Street Memorial for Marsha P. Johnson

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: 1997
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Cold cases (Criminal investigation), Drag queens, Eyewitness accounts, LGBTQ+ memorials, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Bennie Toney, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.

  136. Interview with Brian Belovitch

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library
    Creator: Belovitch, Brian
    Date: Aug. 29, 2021
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Gay men, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ authors, LGBTQ+ victims of bullying, Passing (Gender), Sex work, Substance abuse, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Trans Figured: My Journey from Boy to Girl to Woman to Man
    Description: An interview with Brian Belovitch. Brian is a writer, playwright, performer and survivor of HIV. He identifies as a gay man of trans experience. Topics in order of discussion include: moving to Pro...

  137. Interview with Meredeth Vezina

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Vezina, Meredith
    Date: Jan. 13, 2017
    Topics: Assigned gender, Baseball, Cheerleaders, Contraception, Cosmetics, Divorce, Drag queens, Endocrinology, Femininities, Football, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Lesbian identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, Military, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Privilege (Social psychology), Psychiatry, Shame, Sports, Support groups, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Wars
    Subject: Cuyamaca Woods, Harry Benjamin Standards of Care, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Marsha P. Johnson, Michele Bachmann, National Organization for Women (NOW), Silvia Rivera, Stonewall 25, Tracy O'Brien, Traditions Military Video Business, Trans Elders, Trans Narratives, University of California San Diego, University of California San Diego Gender Program, University of Vermont, Vietnam War Veteran Interviews
    Description: Meredith Vezina identifies as a trans woman and was assigned male at birth. She lived in Berlin, New Hampshire until she moved to Long Island, New York when she was 7. She has two much younger sist...

  138. Interview with Michael Lynch

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Kearns, John J., Lynch, Michael
    Date: Dec. 6, 2000
    Topics: Black queer people, Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gender expression, HIV/AIDS, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Performance art, QTPOC, Stonewall riots, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Andy Warhol, Christopher Street Columbus Tour, Hot Peaches, Jimmy Camicia, Marsha P. Johnson, Spare Change for a Dying Queen, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera
    Description: An interview with Micheal Lynch. The two talk about Lynch's experience in the Hot Peaches, and provides stories about Marsha P. Johnson. Lynch describes the group's trip to London and Hambrug—speci...

  139. Interview with Monet (Kisha) Martin

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Martin, Monet (Kisha)
    Date: May 18, 2017
    Topics: Assigned gender, Cannabis, Cross-cultural relationships, Drag queens, Families, Gender identity, Hormones, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Rape, Sexual relationships, Sports, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Surgery, Transgender people, Violence
    Description: Monet (Kisha) Martin identifies as a trans woman and was assigned male at birth. She played sports growing up such as basketball, baseball, hockey, and soccer. Martin was kicked out of high school ...

  140. Interview with Randy Wicker

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Kearns, John J., Wicker, Randy
    Date: Feb. 1, 2003
    Topics: Black transgender people, Detention of LGBTQ+ people under a hospital order, Drag queens, Gay men, HIV/AIDS, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ chosen families, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Transfeminine people, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Hot Peaches, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Uplift Lighting
    Description: An interview with Randy Wicker in which he talks about Marsha Johnson’s involvement with GAA and Heritage of Pride. He also discusses Marsha’s mental health, institutionalization, prostitution, and...

  141. Interview with Valerie Spencer

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Spencer, Valerie
    Date: Oct. 5, 2017
    Topics: African American transgender people, Assigned gender, Bullying, Butches, Christianity, Clothing, Depression, Drag queens, Employment discrimination, Exorcism, Families, Families, Black, Femininities, Heteronormativity, HIV/AIDS, Identity politics, Intersectionality (Sociology), Labeling, Language, Marriage, Medical interventions, Medicalisation, Privilege (Social psychology), Psychic trauma, Racism, Role behavior, Role models, Schools, Self-care, Health, Social advocacy, Soft butches, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center of Color
    Description: Valerie Spencer identifies as a black trans woman and was assigned male at birth. She was born and raised in Los Angeles, California in the suburbs. She had an older brother who was murdered when s...

  142. It's Been A Pleasure: 25th Anniversary of the Jewel Box Revue

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Brown, Danny, Benner, Doc
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1959
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag kings, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease
    Subject: Adrian Dennis, Apollo Theatre, Billie Daye, Billy Austin, Bobby Barton, Bruno Le Fantastique, Chris Moore, Doddie Daniels, Don Marshall, Doug Maguire, El Capitan Theatre, Halle Loki, In the Heart of Broadway, Jan Britton, Kirk Wilde, Kurt Mann, Laverne Cummings, Little Twiggie, Maksik's Town & Country Club, Mal Michles, Micky Marlow, Minnie of the Golden West, Pat Robbins, Paul Barnett, Poor Suzette Production, Rene Del Rio, Riverside Hotel, Robbin Rogers, Stormé DeLarverie, Ziegfeld Follies

  143. It's Been a Pleasure the Jewel Box Revue

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Brown, Danny, Benner, Doc
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1959
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag kings, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease
    Subject: Apollo Theatre, Billy Austin, Bobby Barton, Bruno Le Fantastique, Calypso Production, Christian Dubouis, Chunga Ochoa, Dale Roberts, Doddie Daniels, Dori D'or, Doug Maguire, Eddie Bush, El Capitan Theatre, Ella Fitzgerald, Gaby Delane, Gene Chandler, Gita Gilmore, Guilda, Harvey Lee, Jackie Maye, Jan Britton, Kim August, Kirk Wilde, Laverne Cummings, Lee Loren, Maksik's Town & Country Club, Mark Williams, Mary Davies, Mickey London, Micky Marlow, Nicky McDermott, Poor Suzette Production, Ralph Crego, Riverside Hotel, Robin Rogers, Sammy Davis, Stormé DeLarverie, Titanic

  144. It's Been a Pleasure the Jewel Box Revue (4)

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Brown, Danny, Benner, Doc
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1959
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease
    Subject: Adrian Dennis, Apollo Theatre, Billie Daye, Billy Austin, Bobby Barton, Can-Can Chorus, Chris Moore, Doddie Daniels, Don Marshall, Doug Maguire, El Capitan Theatre, Halle Loki, Harvey Lee, In the Heart of Broadway, Jan Britton, Kirk Wilde, Kurt Mann, Laverne Cummings, Little Twiggie, Maksik's Town & Country Club, Mal Michles, Micky Marlow, Minnie of the Golden West, Pat Robbins, Paul Barnett, Poor Suzette Production, Rene Del Rio, Riverside Hotel, Robbin Rogers, Stormé DeLarverie, Ziegfeld Follies

  145. It's Been A Pleasure the Jewel Box Revue (5)

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Brown, Danny, Benner, Doc
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1959
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease
    Subject: Adrian Dennis, Bernie Brandall, Billie Daye, Billy Austin, Bobby Barton, Can-Can Chorus, Darryll Stewart, Doug Maguire, El Capitan Theatre, Frankie Bennett, Halle Loki, In the Heart of Broadway, Jan Britton, Kirk Wilde, Laverne Cummings, Lolo Rivera, Maksik's Town & Country Club, Mal Michles, Minnie of the Golden West, Pat Robbins, Poor Suzette Production, Rene Del Rio, Riverside Hotel, Robbin Rogers, Sid Marshall, Stormé DeLarverie, Ziegfeld Follies

  146. It's Been A Pleasure the Jewel Box Revue (6)

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Brown, Danny, Benner, Doc
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1959
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease
    Subject: Adrian Dennis, Apollo Theatre, Billy Austin, Bobby Barton, Can-Can Chorus, Chris Moore, Doddie Daniels, Don Marshall, El Capitan Theatre, Halle Loki, In the Heart of Broadway, Jackie Lamarr, Kurt Mann, Laverne Cummings, Little Twiggie, Lynn Pace, Maksik's Town & Country Club, Mal Michles, Minnie of the Golden West, Paris Todd, Poor Suzette Production, Rene Del Rio, Riverside Hotel, Robbin Rogers, Stormé DeLarverie, Tina Darling, Tony Lee, Ziegfeld Follies

  147. Kady Vandeurs and Marsha P. Johnson at gay rights rally at City Hall

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Davies, Diana
    Date: 1973
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ personal and family law, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Intro 475, Kady Vandeurs, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson protesting at City Hall in support of the gay rights bill "Intro 475." Kady Vandeurs is in the background holding a partially visible sign that reads "Gay Rights for...

  148. Kate Bornstein Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Bornstein, Kate
    Date: Nov. 4, 2019
    Topics: Activists, Actors, Buddhism, Cancer, Chat rooms, Childhood, Counseling, Crossdressers, Crowdsourcing, Cults, Death and dying, Drag queens, Ethnic groups, Femininities, Film, FtMs, Fundraising, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Health, Health care, Lesbians, LGBTI community, Overweight people, Postmodernism, Religions, Scientology, SM, Suicide, Theatre, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender studies, Women's studies, World war II, Wrestling, Writers, Youth
    Subject: 9/11 Terror Attacks, A Queer and Pleasant Danger, A Thousand and One Ways to Live Without Working, America Online (AOL), B'hai, Barbara Carrellas, Christine Jorgensen, Church of Scientology, Gazebo, Gender Just for the Fun of it: Compassionate Gender Strategies for Divisive Times, Gender Outlaw, Hello Cruel World, I Am Cait, Jamison Green, Laura Vogel, Lee Sullivan, On Our Backs, Power Surge, Tuli Kupferberg, We Croak
    Description: Kate Bornstein discusses her life as a writer and actor. Moving between growing up in a Jewish family on the New Jersey shore, studying acting in school, joining the Church of Scientology, finding ...

  149. Kiara St. James Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, St. James, Kiara
    Date: Mar. 6, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Black people, Childhood, Christianity, Civil rights, Drag queens, Education, Families, Femmes, Foster families, Gender identity, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Hormones, Intimate partner violence, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Night life, Organisations, Politics, Poverty, Racism, Transgender community, Transgender rights, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Housing Works, Kiara St. James, New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG)
    Description: Kiara St. James is the CEO and a co-founder of New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG). Here, she recalls the experiences throughout her life that inform her activism and advocacy today as a tr...

  150. 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...

  151. Kristen Lovell Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Lovell, Kristen
    Date: Apr. 4, 2019
    Topics: Actors, Bisexual youth, Black people, Bullying, Cocaine, Drag, Drag queens, Gay and lesbian youth, Health care, Homeless people, Jews, LGBTI community, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Women, Writers
    Subject: Amanda Milan, Center Lane, Chi-Chi's, Cole Cafe, Covenant House, Fenced Out, Iris House, James Street Hotel, March of Dimes, Marsha P. Johnson, Michael Bloomberg, New Neutral Zone, New York Police Department (NYPD), Octavia St. Laurent, Operation Spotlight, Rites of Passage, Stonewall mobile, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, Trans Empowerment Group, Two Potatoes
    Description: Kristen Lovell discusses her time working "the stroll," in the West Village in the late 1990s and early 2000s. She recounts the community, conflict and challenges faced by fellow sex workers, inclu...

  152. LadyLike No. 28

     
    Collection: LadyLike
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Creative Design Services
    Date: 1996
    Topics: BIPOC, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Deborah Lynne MacKinnon, Lydia's T.V. Fashion, Pudgy Roberts, The Tenant, Transgender Forum
    Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Deborah Lynne MacKinnon -- Lips, NYC's newest restaurant/club -- Lydia's pride -- TVideo review -- Flash back on Pu...

  153. LadyLike No. 39

     
    Collection: LadyLike
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Creative Design Services
    Date: 1999
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Bobby Lake, Grey Ryder, Sarah Thomas, The Woman Inside, Wigstock
    Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Amanda Richards -- Foto feature: Wigstock -- Photo secrets from a pro -- Flash back: Grey Rider- part 1 -- TVideo r...

  154. LadyLike No. 46

     
    Collection: LadyLike
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Creative Design Services
    Date: 2001
    Topics: BIPOC, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Brenda R., Sally's Hideaway, Sandelle Kincaid
    Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Brenda R -- Foto feature: Sally Hideaway -- Hormones and The struggle within -- Always a lady -- Flashback: Sandell...

  155. LadyLike No. 5

     
    Collection: LadyLike
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Creative Design Services
    Date: 1989
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Dressing For Pleasure, Jennifer Wells, Morgan Stevens
    Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Ladylike profile -- Dressing for pleasure -- Ladylike profile The incredible shrinking tran -- Departments-Girl Talk -- A mo...

  156. LadyLike No. 57

     
    Collection: LadyLike
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Creative Design Services
    Date: 2004
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Raymond Bertin, Roxanne Van Ness
    Description: Also known as: "Lady like" and "Ladylike Magazine." ; Contents: Features-Profile: Candy -- All you need is love -- Dream the impossible dream -- That skirt -- Dramaqueen: The lost career of Raymond...

  157. Lee G. Brewster's Mardi Gras Ball

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Brewster, Lee G.
    Date: Feb. 16, 1974
    Topics: Activists, Civil rights, Drag, Drag queens, Entertainers, Gender identity, MtFs, Politics, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: 82 Club, Chris Moore, Jewel Box Revue, Pudgy Roberts, Queens Liberation Front, Robin Rogers
    Description: The Mardi Gras Ball was an annual drag ball hosted in New York City during the late 1960s and early 1970s by drag queen and crossdressing activist Lee G. Brewster.

  158. Legendary Transvestite Found Dead

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Family members of LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ death and dying, QTPOC, Sex workers, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Andy Warhol, George Flimlin, Hot Peaches, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Stonewall Rebellion
    Description: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to graphic descriptions of death.

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

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

  160. Les Girls: Boys Will Be Girls Vol. 2 No. 1

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Holly Publications
    Date: 1981
    Topics: Activists, Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Civil rights, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Claudia Passot, Hans Crystal, Tiny
    Description: Contents: The girls of Singapore -- Madame Arthur's -- The queens of Hawaii -- Tiny - the toast of New York -- Transformation, 1960's style -- Claudia Passot - Parisian sensation.

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

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

  162. Letter to a Femme

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries
    Creator: Feinberg, Leslie
    Date: Jan. 1994
    Topics: Anti-gay violence, Anti-transgender violence, Butches, Coming out, Discrimination, Drag, Drag queens, FtMs, Hate crimes, Hate speech, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ lovers, Passing (Gender), Police officers, Police raids, Prejudices, Rape, Sexual harassment, Soft butches, Stonewall riots, Suicide, Transgender people
    Subject: Apex: A Point of Departure, Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues, Workers World Party
    Description: This clipping can be found on page 3 of the periodical.

  163. Marsha P. Johnson at the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade 1977

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Decker, L.
    Date: Jun. 26, 1977
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Christopher Street Liberation Day March, Marsha P. Johnson, New York City Pride
    Description: Photograph of Marsha. P Johnson at the 1977 Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade. Front and back included.

  164. Marsha P. Johnson Memorial Service Program

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ memorials, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Bob Kohler, Heritage of Pride, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Stonewall
    Description: This item is a memorial service program for Marsha P. Johnson held on July 26, 1992. The program includes musical notation for the service music and the order of the service activities.

  165. Marsha P. Johnson Obituary

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Hammond, John
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ death and dying, LGBTQ+ death notices, LGBTQ+ sex workers, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Ed Murphy, Gay Liberation Front, George Flimlin, Hot Peaches, Kay Tobin, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Stonewall Rebellion, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), The Gay Crusaders (Book)
    Description: This item is an obituary for Marsha P. Johnson written by John Hammond. The obituary begins by describing the circumstances surrounding Marsha's death and a call to action for anyone with more info...

  166. Marsha P. Johnson Stands with Weinstein Hall Demonstrators

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Davies, Diana
    Date: Sep. 14, 1970
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, New York University (NYU), Weinstein Hall Demonstration
    Description: Marsha P. Johnson stands alongside protesters marching at Weinstein Hall holding a pro-gay sign.

  167. Memorial & Remembrance Celebration of Marsha Johnson Poster

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ memorials, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: This item is a poster for a memorial & remembrance celebration of Marsha Johnson. This celebration was held on July 26, 1992 at the Duane Methodist Church in New York City. The bottom of the poster...

  168. Memorial & Remembrance Celebration of Marsha Johnson Posters

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ memorials, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: This item is a grid of repeating images of a poster for a memorial & remembrance celebration of Marsha Johnson. This celebration was held on July 26, 1992 at the Duane Methodist Church in New York ...

  169. Memorial Collage for Marsha P. Johnson

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: 1992
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ activism, QTPOC, Sex workers, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Andy Warhol, Marsha P. Johnson, Stonewall, Wigstock
    Description: This item is a collage to memorialize Marsha P. Johnson. The caption reads, "Marsha "P"(for "pay it no mind"!) Johnson. Stonewall instigator, gay rights legend, Andy Warhol model, prostitute, "star...

  170. Men Who Portray Women in Plays

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: New York Herald
    Date: Dec. 10, 1893
    Topics: Drag queens, Female impersonators, Labour, Performing arts, Students, Theatre
    Subject: Charley Wykeham, Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez, Etienne Girardot, Richard Harlow

  171. Miss Destiny

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 1964
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Femininities, Gay culture, Gender identity, Homosexuality, LGBTQ+ parents, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Masculinities, Transsexual people
    Subject: City of Night, John Rechy, Miss Destiny

  172. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major
    Date: Jul. 27, 2016
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Catholic Church, Drag, Drag queens, Gay men, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Misogyny, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Normalization, Passing (Gender), Police, Sex work, Sissies, Stonewall riots, Substance abuse, Trans men, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Women's movement
    Subject: Ashley, Christine Jorgensen, Cookie, Evelyn, Frank Smith, Grandma Cerils, Helen, Judy Garland, Kitty, Madison Society, Major!, Marcus Arana, Marsha P. Johnson, Mattachine Society, Miss Major, Monica, Natalie Wood, National Lawyers Guild, Puppy, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera
    Description: Interview with Miss Major Griffin-Gracy conducted by Mason Funk August 27, 2016 at the apartment she shared with her son in Oakland. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy was one of a group of transgender women...

  173. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Griffin-Gracy, Major, Lewis, AJ
    Date: Dec. 16, 2017
    Topics: Care, Clothing, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Ethnic groups, Families, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Law, Legal aid, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Organisations, Police, Prisons, Stigmatisation, Transgender people, Transgender prostitution, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Angels for Care, Christine Jorgensen, Griffin Gracy Historical Retreat and Resource Center, Harry Benjamin, Major Griffin-Gracy, Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Major, Sylvia Rivera, Tenderloin AIDs Resource Project, Trans Gender, Gender Variant and Intersex Justice Project
    Description: In this interview, Miss Major talks about the culture of transwomen sex workers in New York City and Chicago during the 1960's through 1980's as well as her care-work and advocacy during the rise o...

  174. "Moonlight in Manhattan" Event Pamphlet, 1994

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Greater New York Gender Alliance
    Date: Apr. 1994
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressers, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ events, Transfeminine people, Transfemininity, Transsexual people
    Subject: Gender Identity Project, Jim Bridges, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Mariette Pathy Allen, Moonlight in Manhattan NYC, Muriel Olive, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center)
    Description: An event pamphlet from the Greater New York Gender Alliance for the "Moonlight in Manhattan" fundraising event from April 21-24th, 1994.

  175. "Moonlight in Manhattan" Second Annual Event Flyer

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Greater New York Gender Alliance
    Date: Spring 1994
    Topics: Drag queens, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ events
    Subject: Gender Identity Project, Greater New York Gender Alliance (GNYGA), Imperial Court of New York, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Jim Bridges, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Mariette Pathy Allen, Miss Coco Peru, Moonlight in Manhattan NYC, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center)
    Description: A "Moonlight in Manhattan" event brochure mockup for their second annual event hosted April 21-24, 1994.

  176. Mr. Jean Barrios

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 14, 1924
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Singers
    Subject: Jean Barrios

  177. Negatives from the "They Lived It "Out!"" Event, 1998

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 23, 1998
    Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ events, Transfeminine people, Transgender community
    Subject: Coco LaChine, Donna Cartwright, Gender Identity Project, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center), They Lived it "Out!"
    Description: Negative strips featuring event-goers from the "They Lived It 'Out!'" Event, 1998, including Coco LaChine and Donna Cartwright.

  178. Negatives from the "They Lived It "Out!"" Event, 1998

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 23, 1998
    Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ events, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender community, Transmasculine people
    Subject: Coco LaChine, G. Winston James, Gender Identity Project, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Rosalyne Blumenstein, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center), They Lived it "Out!"
    Description: Negative strips featuring performers and event-goers from the "They Lived It 'Out!'" Event, 1998.

  179. Neil Burgess Passes Into Great Beyond

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 19, 1910
    Topics: Actors, Death and dying, Drag queens, Theatre shows
    Subject: Neil Burgess & Co.

  180. New Trenns Magazine Vol. 2 No. 6

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Slavik, Cathy Charles
    Date: 1971
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Beauty standards, Crossdressers, Drag, Drag queens, Employment discrimination, Entertainers, Femininities, Health care, Hormones, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ press, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Mental disorders, MtFs, Multiple personality disorder, Passing (Gender), Personals, Photographs, Physicians, Prosthesis, Sexual orientation, Theatre, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Coccinelle, Harry Benjamin, Lori Lee, National Star Chronicle, Russell E. Smith, The Transvestite: A Study of Men Who Enjoy Wearing Women's Clothing, The Village Voice

  181. New Witness is Found in Mystery Pier Death

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: The Village Voice
    Date: Oct. 14, 1992
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ death and dying, Police, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: This item is a newspaper clipping from The Village Voice explaining developments surrounding Marsha P. Johnson's death.

  182. NYC Gay Pride

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: The Gay Liberator
    Date: Aug. 1, 1973
    Topics: Drag queens, Female impersonators, Gay activism, Gay pride, Gay pride parades, Heterosexual women, Latino/a/x transgender people, Lesbian activism, Lesbian feminism, Lesbian pride, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ events, Stonewall riots, Transgender activism, Transvestites
    Subject: Arthur Bell, Bette Midler, Craig Rodwell, Jean O'Leary, Lee Brewster, Oscar Wilde Book Shops, Queens Liberation Front, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, The Village Voice, Vito Russo
    Description: Clipping from page 5 of The Gay Liberator, issue 29, published August 1, 1973.

  183. On WNET and Nationwide, the Rainbow Flags are Flying

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Gates, Anita
    Date: Aug. 24, 1994
    Topics: Bisexuality, Black transgender people, Drag queens, Homosexuality, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ choruses, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ people of color, Trans women
    Subject: A Day in the Life of Lady Chablis, Angels in America, Bob Dole, George C. Wolfe, Ian Mckellen, Katherine Linton, Lady Chablis, Liza Minnelli, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Melissa Etheridge, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Pat Buchanan, PBS, Rent, The Doll, The Grand Empress
    Description: New York Times article featuring mention of "A Day in the life of Lady Chablis", a segment hosted by PBS about Lady Chablis, a Black trans woman performer.

  184. Other Cities...

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: McIntire, Dal
    Date: Apr. 1, 1955
    Topics: Arrests, Discos, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Police raids, Prisoners

  185. Our Sorority (June 1981)

     
    Collection: Outreach Publications
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Anne, Linda
    Date: Jun. 1981
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Events, LGBTI community, Organisations, Public facilities, Self-image, Stereotypes, Transgender community, Transsexualism
    Subject: Gateway Gender Alliance (GGA), Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Muriel Olive
    Description: Physical item located in Cornell's Miscellaneous Human Sexuality Periodicals, circa 1950-2003. Collection number: 7687.

  186. Our Special Joy Vol. 3 No. 6 (June, 1983)

     
    Collection: Our Special Joy
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Moran, Mary Jane
    Date: Jun. 1983
    Topics: Acceptance, Advertisements, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Employment discrimination, Fashion, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender role, Genderism, Heterosexual men, Support groups, Transsexual people
    Subject: Alexandra Cruikshank, Ann Landers, Avon, Barry Shapiro, Be Beautiful, the Complete Guide to the Art of Makeup, Bergen Record, C.J.S. Thompson, Carole Jackson, Chi Delta Mu, Chris Gosselin, Color Me Beautiful, Constance Shrader, Crossdresser's Guide To The Upper Midwest, Dee Ratteree, Di Biggs, Disco Beauty: Night Time Makeup, Don Williams, DRESSING UP - Transvestism and Drag: The History of an Obsession, Edith Marie, Elaine D'Aurizio, Emergence: A Transsexual Autobiography, Emily Cho, Evelyn Roaman, Femme Fashion Expressions, Femme Mirror, Forbidden Fantasies: Men Who Dare to Dress in Drag, Glenn Wilson, How to Be a Woman Though Male, Howard Landsman, I Haven't a Thing To Wear, Jan Hayes-Steinert, Janet Shibley Hyde, Janet Wallach, Jean Adams, Jean DuCoffe, John T. Malloy, Judith Keith, Julia Daniels, Looking Terrific, Makeovers, Making It Big, a Guide to Health, Success and Beauty for the Women Size 16 and Over, Mario Martino, Mark Joseph, Maxi Meah, Men: The Anxious Sex Object, Mike Phillips, Mirror Image: The Odyssey Of A Male-To-Female Transsexual, Mitchel Gray, Muriel Olive, Myra Waldo, Nancy Hunt, Patricia Morgan, Paul Hoffman, Peter Ackroyd, Renata Lee, Ruthann Moskwitiz, Sandy Linter, Sexual Variations: Fetishism, Sadomasochism and Transvestism, Sherry Suib Cohen, The Evelyn Roaman Book: An Expert Shows You How Heavy Can Be Happy, The Lingerie Book, The Man-Maid Doll, The Mysteries of Sex, The New Beauty Book, The Prime of Life and How to Make it Last, The Transvestite and His Wife, The Village Voice, The Woman's Dress for Success Book, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Understanding Cross Dressing, Understanding Human Sexuality, Virginia Prince, Vogue Magazine, Westchester Self-Help Clearinghouse, Working Wardrobe: Affordable Clothes That Work For You, Your Face After 30: The Total Guide to Skin Care and Makeup for the Realistic Woman

  187. Party at Halston' showroom for the birthday of Hiro, with Victor Hugo, Benjamin Liu, Regine, Barbara Allen, drag queen

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Stanford University Special Collections
    Creator: Warhol, Andy
    Date: Oct. 31, 1980
    Topics: Drag queens, Gay artists
    Subject: Benjamin Liu, Halston, Régine Zyllberberg, Victor Hugo
    Description: Negatives of photographs taken by Andy Warhol including images of an unidentified drag queen.

  188. Party at Halston's showroom for the birthday of Hiro, with Regine, Benjamin Liu, D. D. Ryan, Victor Hugo, Brooke Shields, drag queens, others; Jay Shriver posing nude

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Stanford University Special Collections
    Creator: Warhol, Andy
    Date: 1982
    Topics: Drag queens, Gay artists
    Subject: Benjamin Liu, Brooke Shields, D.D. Ryan, Halston, Hiro, Jay Shriver, Régine Zyllberberg, Victor Hugo
    Description: Negatives of photographs taken by Andy Warhol including images of unidentified drag queens.

  189. Party in Victor Hugo's loft, with Bianca Jagger and Holly Woodlawn, Victor Bockris kissing a Cockette, Christopher Makos, Diana Vreeland, Halston, Edwige

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Stanford University Special Collections
    Creator: Warhol, Andy
    Date: Jan. 6, 1978
    Topics: Drag queens, Gay artists, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ actors, Trans women
    Subject: Bianca Jagger, Christopher Makos, Diana Vreeland, Edwidge Bellmore, Halston, Holly Woodlawn, Victor Bockris, Victor Hugo
    Description: Negatives of photographs taken by Andy Warhol including images of Holly Woodlawn and a member of the drag troupe the Cockettes.

  190. Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Walking Arm in Arm with Another Protester

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Davies, Diana
    Date: Sep. 14, 1970
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, New York University (NYU), Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Weinstein Hall Demonstration
    Description: A black and white photograph of Marsha P. Johnson walking arm in arm with another protester followed by a large group at the Weinstein Hall Demonstration.

  191. Photographs Featuring Marsha P. Johnson with Friends at Her Birthday Party, Serving Cake

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Birthday parties, Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: George Flimlin, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson with friends at her birthday party. Marsha’s wearing a floral and pearl headpiece and a white and gold sequined dress. George Flimlin, Randy Wicker's partner, sits...

  192. Photographs of Marsha P. Johnson Cutting Into Her Birthday Cake with Randy Wicker

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Birthday parties, Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker
    Description: Photographs of Marsha P. Johnson cutting into her birthday cake at a bar. She’s wearing a floral and pearl headpiece, and white and gold sequined dress. Her roommate Randy Wicker stands next to her...

  193. Photographs of Marsha P. Johnson Standing in Front of a Birthday Cake with Lit Candles

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Birthday parties, Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker
    Description: Photographs of Marsha P. Johnson standing in front of a birthday cake with lit candles. She’s at a bar for her birthday party. She’s wearing a floral and pearl headpiece, and white and gold sequine...

  194. Photographs of Marsha P. Johnson Wearing a Yellow Robe

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 5, 1987
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson wearing a pink outfit and a yellow robe over it. Marsha's hair is in pigtails tied with red ribbons. She is sitting down in an apartment while holding a Snoopy plush.

  195. Photographs of Sylvia Rivera Protesting the 1996 "Stonewall" Film with a Group Including Ivan Valentin, Cocoa Rodriguez, Randy Wicker, and Martin Duberman

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: 1996
    Topics: Drag queens, Gay men, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, Ivan Valentin, Martin Duberman, Randy Wicker, Stonewall (Film), Sylvia Rivera
    Description: Photographs of Sylvia Rivera, wearing a white shirt, jeans, and a yellow sash. She's standing with a group protesting director Nigel Finch's "Stonewall" film in 1996. Ivan Valentin with curly blond...

  196. Pretty? Yes, But "She's" a "He"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: NEA Service
    Date: Nov. 17, 1923
    Topics: Drag queens, Opera
    Subject: Julian Eltinge, Lionel Ames

  197. Pride Parade Letter from Peter Dvarackas to Randy Wicker

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Dvarackas, Peter
    Date: Jul. 6, 1987
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay pride, HIV/AIDS, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people
    Subject: ACT UP, Harvey Fierstein, Hell Fire, Man Hole, Marsha P. Johnson, Peter Dvarackas, Randy Wicker, Rev. John McNeill, Sybil Bruncheon
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains racist and transphobic language.

  198. Queens at Heart (1967)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: UCLA Film and Television Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1967
    Topics: Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Femininities, Gay bars, Gender affirming surgery, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Hormones, LGBTQ+ suicide, Medicalization, Sex (Act), Trans women, Transphobia
    Subject: Jay Martin
    Description: "This short pseudo-documentary offers a rare look at trans life and drag ball culture in mid-1960s New York." According to Jenni Olson, the LGBTQ historian and archivist who rediscovered the film i...

  199. Queer Nation "Justice for Marsha"

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Queer Nation
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ death and dying, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: This item is a leaflet created by Queer Nation announcing a demonstration on July 19, 1992 for Marsha P. Johnson to make demands to the police to change the suicide death classification of Marsha's...

  200. "Reflections of a Drag Queen Striving Towards Political Correctitude"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Housel, David
    Date: 1993
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, Femininities, Masculinities, QTPOC, Sexism
    Subject: Black and White Men Together, Men of All Colors Together NY
    Description: An excerpt from Men of All Colors Together NY's 10th Anniversary Journal describing the experience of being BIPOC and a drag queen in New York.