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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 ... -
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. -
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 ... -
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... -
Akasha Barker Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Barker, Akasha, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro Date: Jul. 12, 2018 Topics: Adolescence, Androgyny, Arrests, Arts and entertainment occupations, Beauty schools, Body image, Change of name, Education, Family members, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Isolation, LGBTI community, Mental health, Music, NGOs, Police brutality, Sexually abused LGBTQ+ children, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender people Description: In this conversation with interviewer Sebastián Castro Niculescu, entertainer Akasha Barker (she/her/hers & they/them/theirs) discusses her journey with her gender identity during the HIV/AIDS epid... -
Bianey Garcia Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Garcia, Bianey Date: Jul. 13, 2017 Topics: Childhood, Coming out, Discrimination, Families, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Hormones, Immigration, Immigration law, Imprisonment, Latin american cultures, Lawyers, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Organisations, Police, Prisons, Racism, Sexual abuse, Transgender people, Transphobia, Violence Subject: Bianey Garcia, Make the Road Description: Bianey Garcia is a community organizer at Make the Road New York, a non-profit organization providing services and advocacy for Latinx and working class communities. Born in Veracruz, Mexico and ra... -
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... -
Buffalo Belles Vol. 6 No. 4 (April, 1997)
Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State Creator: Lorraine, Kathy Date: Apr. 1997 Topics: Clothing, Cosmetics, Crimes, Crossdressing, Events, Film, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Meetings, Police, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Wigs Subject: GenderPAC, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Just Like a Woman, Kindred Spirits, Peggy Rudd, Raquel Welch -
Buffalo Belles Vol. 6 No. 7 (July, 1997)
Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State Creator: Lorraine, Kathy Date: Jul. 1997 Topics: Acceptance, Activists, Advice columns, Comic strips, Crossdressers, Elections, Electrolysis, Gender realignment surgery, Hair, Hate crimes, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ partners, Lobbying, Marriage, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Passing (Gender), Support groups, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Dana K. DeVilla, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Erie Sisters Riverside Gala Weekend, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Rachel Miller, The Bliss of Becoming One -
Carla Roldos Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Roldos, Carla, Keyes, Anna Date: Apr. 18, 2018 Topics: Appearance, Death and dying, Drag balls, Employment discrimination, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, LGBTI community, Mental health, MtFs, Nursing, Passing (Gender), Politics, Public safety, Role models, Support groups, Transgender people Subject: Gay mother Description: In an interview with Anna Keyes, trans woman Carla Roldos talks about her experiences transitioning and becoming a member of the trans community in New York City. Roldos specifically discusses the ... -
Cecilia Gentili Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Gentili, Cecilia Date: Jul. 14, 2017 Topics: Addictions, Childhood, Clothing, Dictatorships, Families, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Immigration, Immigration policy, Imprisonment, Labour, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Organisations, Passing (Gender), Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Violence Subject: Cecilia Gentili, Gay Men's Health Crisis Description: Cecilia Gentili is the Director of Policy at Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC). In this wide-ranging interview, she reflects on the relationships and experiences that inform her story of struggle, res... -
Che Gossett Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Gossett, Che Date: May 3, 2019 Topics: AIDS education, Arab-Israeli conflict, Archivists, Baptist church, Black people, Black studies, Colonialism, Community centres, Cross-cultural relationships, Education, Femininities, Film, Gay clergy, Gender, Gender studies, Gentrification, HIV/AIDS, Homeless people, Homelessness, Justice, Labour, LGBTQ+ relationships, Military, Politics, Prisons, Pronoun, Racism, Religions, Roman catholicism, Segregation, Thai boxing, Transgender community, Transgender people Subject: ACT UP Philly, All of Us or None, Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN), Audre Lorde Project (ALP), Black Panthers, Center for Reserach on Women at Barnard, Critical Resistance, Darby Hickey, David Farwell, Detroit: Yes I Do Mind Dying, Different Avenues, Fox News, Fred Milton, Galaei, George Jackson, Hearts on a Wire, James Baldwin, Jerry Brown, Lambda Literary Retreat, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Michael Gurden, Native Son, Philadelphia FIGHT, Project Home, Roxbury, Ryan Smith, Ryan White Youth Conference, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Trans Health Conference, Uphams Corner Health Clinic, Yuri Kochiyama Description: Che Gossett shares on the left political history of their parents, their time spent in multiple abolitionist, black and queer organizing groups, and their becoming a critical scholar of trans studi... -
Chocolate Babies
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: UCLA Film and Television Archive Creator: Winter, Stephen Date: 1996 Topics: AIDS activists, Black LGBTQ+ people, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ adoption, LGBTQ+ families Description: 1996 film written and directed by Stephen Winter that follows a group of queer activists of color in New York. Winter describes the film as "comic political satire," in which the activists critique... -
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 -
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... -
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... -
Dorian Corey Is Dead
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Aug. 31, 1993 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Drag, Female impersonators, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ death notices, Trans women Subject: Dorian Corey, Paris Is Burning, Sally's Hideaway, Sally's II Description: A clipping from the New York Times about the death of Dorian Corey, a Black trans woman. -
Ei Meeker Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Awad, Nadia, Meeker, Ei Date: Oct. 9, 2017 Topics: Activists, AIDS organizations, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Community centres, Direct action, Educators, Families, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender role, Harassment, Health care, Help lines, HIV/AIDS, Housing, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Politics, Roman catholicism, Schools, Sex education, Sexuality, Tolerance, Transgender children, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: ACT UP, Bailey House, Ei Meeker, Terry McGovern -
Elizabeth Coffey-Williams Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Coffey-Williams, Elizabeth Date: Aug. 8, 2016 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Cookie Mueller, Divine, Donna Reed, Elizabeth Coffey-Williams, Female Trouble, John Waters, Johns Hopkins Gender Identity Clinic, Mink Stole, Multiple Maniacs, Pat Moran, Pink Flamingos, The Carry On Thrift Shop Description: OUTWORDS interview with Elizabeth Coffey-Williams conducted by Mason Funk on August 8, 2016, in Philadelphia, PA. After moving to Baltimore in 1970 she met rising film director John Waters, and she... -
FTM Newsletter #12
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jun. 1990 Topics: Authors, Ball culture, Bottom surgery, Butches, Crossdressers, Dental dams, Femmes, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Intersex people, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ events, MtFs, Queer community, Queer relationships, Safer sex, Self-perception, Sex accessories, Testosterone, Transgender community, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: Adam's Word, Babe Bean, Butch Femme Soiree, Claremont Counseling Center, Driftwood Lounge, Free University, From Female to Male: The Life of Jack Bee Garland, Gender Clinic, Gender Dysphoria Trust, Gender Worker, Gertrude Stein, Get-Together, Gift Center Pavilion, Harry Benjamin INternational Gender Dysphoria Association Symposium, Hidden: A Gender, Hustler, ISE General Account Fund, Jack Bee Garland, Janus Information Facility, John Armstrong, John Money, Johnny A, Kate Bornstein, Lady Bird Johnson, Lee Nichols, Lin Fraser, Lou Sullivan, Louis Gorren, Mary Louise Medacco, Metamorphosis, National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), Paul Walker, Rites of Passage, Roxanne Cherry, Rupert Raj-Gauthier, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Standards of Care, Sterling Winterhalter, Steve Antonetti, The Adam Society, The Imperial Star Empire Turnabout Ball, Thomas Kelenske, Weekly World News Description: Issue #12 of FTM International published in June 1990. Includes an article discussing AIDS/HIV, an opinion piece on the magazine "Hustlers", and a book review of "From Female to Male: The Life of J... -
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 #... -
FTM Newsletter #19
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Apr. 1992 Topics: African American transgender people, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy (Gender), Packing (Phallus), Trans men Subject: Ari Kane, Audre Lorde, Bill Walker, Bobby Gene The Art Machine, David Gilbert, Gay and Lesbian Historical Society, Herbie (Prosthesis), Humanitarian Award from The Minorities Trust, Lou Sullivan, Magic Johnson, Morgan Skye, Neil Wilson, Packers, Paul Walker, Rhonnie J. Reed, She Even Chewed Tabacco, The Shanti Project Description: Issue 19 of FTM International published in Month Year. Discussions on history of female-crossdressers, concerns about testicular implants, a networking column for correspondence requests, experienc... -
FTM Newsletter #21
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Oct. 1992 Topics: Bottom surgery, Crossdressers, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, MtFs, Packing (Phallus), Third gender, Third gender people, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: A Day in the Life of a Gay Boy, A Different Light Bookstore, A New View of A Woman's Body, Anne Moir, Aristotle, Beijing Number Three Hospital, Blush Entertainment, Brain Sex: the Real Difference Between Men and Women, Brendan Seaan O'Cullane, Chris Roberts, Christian David, Cleis Press, Creative Growth Enterprises, David W. Miller, Discovery Channel, Dossie Easton, Fatale Video, Good Sex, Harvard University Press, IBM PC, IFGE Conference, James Green, Jason Cromwell, Jeff Shevlowitz, Jerry Montgomery, Julia Hutton, Katherine Gordon, League of Women Voters, Leatherworks Convention, Lin Fraser, Los Angeles Times, Lou Sullivan, Lynn Montgomery, Making Sex: Body and Gender from the Greeks to Freud, Max Valerio, Medicaid, MediCal, MLA Guide, Montgomery Institute, Montgomery Medical & Psychological Institute, Pat Yancey-Jones, People Are Talking, Randy Ingersoll, Ray Watshke, Rhonnie James Reed, San Francisco City Council, San Francisco Examiner, Susan Heeger, Tama Janowitz, Tapestry Journal, The Male Cross-Dresser Support Group, The Spirit and The Flesh - Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture, Third Gender Alliance, Thomas Laqueur, Tom Duane, Transsexuals' Rap for Enlightenment and Education (TREE), University of California Berkeley, Vivian Purves, Walter L. Williams, William A. Henkin, Writer's Guide, Xia Zhao Ji Description: Issue #21 of FTM International published in October 1992. Includes updates about the FTM community, the "FTM Male Box" section, a networking column, an advertisement for a packer, and a review of M... -
FTM Newsletter #24
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jul. 1993 Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Bottom surgery, Crossdressing, Feminism, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Gender expression, Gender roles, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Intersex people, Lesbian culture, MtFs, Psychiatry, Suicide, Testosterone, Therapies, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Treatment, Veterans Subject: Animal Magnetism, Anne Fausto-Sterling, Anne Ogborn, Annual Convention of the American Psychiatric Association, Ari Kane, Bart Nagel, Brown University, Dan Riley, David W. Miller, Davis Fleming, Don Vaughan, Dossie Easton, Dr. Metzger, Female Misbehavior, George Brown, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), James Cromwell, Jamison Green, Jane Thomas, Joaquina Costa, Joseph Vega, Kasdon Obgyn, Kiki Whitlock, Kim Stuart, Laura Caldwell, Les Nichols, Leslie Feinberg, Leslie Marion Young, Lin Fraser, Los Angeles Gender Center, Louis Muljanto, Marie Keller, Marie-France Alderman, Marty L. Brown, Maximillian Wolf, Melissa Foster, Michael Maine, Monika Treut, Oakland Tribune, Orlando, Philadelphia Hilton Towers, Ricardo Samitier, Richard Green, Roxanne de Lyon, Sally Potter, San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco Chronicle, Sheila Kirk, Shoshanna Gillick, Steve Dain, Stone Butch Blues, Taylor Montgomery, Teresinha Gomes, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Criminal, The Sciences, The Uninvited Dilemma: A Question of Gender, Theseus Counseling Service, This Bridge Called My Back, Tito Anibal de Paixao Gomes, Transgender Liberation: A Movement whose Time has Come, University of Oregon Health Sciences Gender Program, Vincent Tafarella, Visions Magazine, William A. Henkin, Yvonne Cook Description: Issue #24 of FTM International published in July 1993. Includes an article on Maximilian Wolf, a piece on the American Psychiatric Association convention in San Francisco, and an interview with Les... -
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... -
Guide to the Candida Scott Piel Papers
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Yale University Library Manuscripts and Archives Date: Jan. 2006 Topics: HIV/AIDS Subject: Candida Scott Piel, Jewel Box Revue Description: The Candida Scott Piel Papers document a socially active gay and lesbian culture, centered in New York City, around the turn of the twenty-first century. The papers include subject files, printed m... -
Guide to the Pauline Layton Papers, 1967-1999
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Date: Apr. 11, 1998 Topics: Bisexuality, Bullying, Gay college students, Gender identity, Hate crimes, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Lesbians, Transsexualism, Transvestism Subject: Ben Curtis, Cornell University, Pauline Layton Description: Pauline Layton is a native Ithacan who studied mathematics at Cornell, but later became a musician, writer, and videographer. Member of Cornell's Student Homophile League, 1968-1970; member of Univ... -
Hoshina Seki Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Seki, Hoshina, Funk, Mason Date: Jan. 21, 2020 Topics: Buddhism, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Japanese Americans, Partners of transgender people, Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941, Transgender Buddhists, Transgender parents, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: American Buddhist Academy, Hoshina Seki, New York Buddhist Church Description: Hoshina Seki was born in 1941 in New York City. Her father founded the New York Buddhist Church in 1938 and Hoshina buried questions about her gender identity under the pressure to “set an example”... -
Iele Paloumpis Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Paloumpis, Iele Date: Mar. 6, 2019 Topics: Abuse, Androgyny, Baptist church, Childhood, Christianity, Dancers, Disabilities, Eastern orthodox churches, Education, Humanistic, Gay theology, Gender diversity, Gender studies, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, LGBTQ+ theology, Liberation theology, Occultism, Pronoun, Sexually abused LGBTQ+ children, Spirituality, Terminal care, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia, Working class Subject: Arts and Literact Program, Coalition for Hispanic Family Services, End-of-Life Doula, Hollins University Description: iele is a nonbinary dance artist and end-of-life doula from Chicago. They describe growing up in the conservative Greek Orthodox Church, surviving domestic abuse, and homelessness, before leaving C... -
Interview with Amy Coleman
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Coleman, Amy, Kearns, John J. Date: Jul. 16, 2000 Topics: Drag, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Hot Peaches, International Chrysis, Jimmy Camicia, Marsha P. Johnson, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: An interview with Amy Coleman about her time with Hot Peaches and her relationship with Jimmy Camicia. Amy also discusses Marsha Johnson’s role in Hot Peaches, her mental health, and her institutio... -
Interview with Awen Briem
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Briem, Awen Date: Dec. 28, 2015 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Assigned gender, Bullying, Change of name, Clothing, Coming out, Communities, Employment discrimination, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Harassment, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Hormones, Language, LGBTQ+ partners, Masculinities, Politics, Religions, Schools, Sexuality, Social media, Suicide, Surgery, Therapies, Transgender people, Transphobia, Youth Subject: OutFront Minnesota Description: Awen Briem identifies as transgender and as male if he’s not out to them. He was assigned female at birth and grew up in Syracuse, New York. His family then moved to Des Moines, Iowa. He experience... -
Interview with Elle Hearns
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hearns, Elle Date: Feb. 7, 2017 Topics: Activists, Black people, Bullying, Christianity, Coming out, Gay identity, Gender role, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Sexual assault, Suicide, Transgender people, Verbal abuse, Violence Subject: Anita Moore, Betty Skinner, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Brittany Nicole Kidd-Stergis, Cemia Dove, Cherno Biko, Dom Mockings, Erin Lange, GetEQUAL, John Crawford, Lourdes Ashley Hunter, Marsha P. Johnson Institute, Michael Brown, Michael David Battle, Sojourner Truth Leadership Fellowship for Black Trans Women, Sylvia Rivera, TGNCF, Tiffany Edwards, Trans Justice Funding Project, TransWomen of Color Collective, Tras Health Care Summit, Wriply Bennet Description: Elle Hearns identifies her gender as Black and her assigned birth as Black. She’s also identifies herself as a black trans woman. She was always tiny, she says, but in her mind, she was always big.... -
Interview with Lourdes Ashley Hunter
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hunter, Lourdes Ashley Date: Mar. 22, 2017 Topics: Activists, Assigned gender, Black people, Bullying, Christianity, Families, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Genocide, Hair--Removal, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Liberation movements, Self-acceptance, Transgender people, Violence Subject: Barack Obama, Creating Change, Ellie Ford, Islan Nettles, Laverne Cox, Queers for Economic Justice, Slyvia Rivera Law Project, Trans Justice, Trans Youth Group, TransWomen of Color Collective, Women's March Description: Lourdes Ashley Hunter is a black trans woman who was born in 1976 in Detroit, Michigan where they* lived for twenty-six years. They are a gender non-conforming, non-binary gender abolitionist and s... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Isreal Padilla
Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, HIV/AIDS Subject: Aurea Perez, Dary Crews, Isreal Padilla, Isreal Padilla, Jr., Lillian Perez, Lillie Padilla, Marie Padilla, Mark Miller, Miss Buddies, Sophia Black Description: An obituary for Isreal Padilla also known as Sophia Black in the "Dallas Voice." Discusses their family, work, and success with doing "female impersonation." -
Isreal Padilla, Jr. aka “Sophia Black”
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Drag, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ relationships Subject: Aurea Perez, Dary Crews, Isreal Padilla, Isreal Padilla, Jr., Lillian Perez, Lillie Padilla, Marie Padilla, Mark Miller, Miss Buddies, Sophia Black -
Jamie Bauer Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Bauer, Jamie Date: Jun. 5, 2017 Topics: Activists, Age, Childhood, Civil rights, Clothing, Coming out, Dating, Demonstrations, Ethnic groups, FtMs, Gay rights, Gender diversity, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Lesbian community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Liberation movements, Politics, Racism, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Therapists, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence, Work situation Subject: ACT UP, Anita Bryant, Jamie Bauer, Women's Pentagon Action Description: Jamie Bauer recounts their childhood and adolescence growing up in New York City’s Stuyvesant Town, resisting family pressure to conform to normative gender expressions and discovering butch femme ... -
JD Davids Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Davids, JD Date: Mar. 11, 2017 Topics: Activists, Childhood, Coming out, Demonstrations, Employment discrimination, Families, Feminism, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Housing, Internet, LGBTI community, Politics, Pregnancy, Schools, Sports, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender parents Subject: ACT UP, Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP), JD Davids, Project TEACH Description: JD Davids, a writer, health activist, and communication strategist, recounts his experiences as a member of the Philadelphia HIV/AIDS activist movement and subsequent move to New York City. A Phila... -
Josephine Perez Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Keyes, Anna, Perez, Josephine Date: Mar. 23, 2018 Topics: Abuse, Activists, Childhood, Coming out, Drag, Employment discrimination, Ethnic groups, Families, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Housing, LGBTI community, MtFs, Organisations, Police, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual orientation, Street violence, Substance abuse, Transgender community, Transgender prostitutes, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Audre Lorde Project (ALP) Description: Josephine Perez is a trans* advocate who emphasizes a need for better law enforcement protections for transgender women. Josephine experienced sexual violence on multiple occasions and became a sex... -
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... -
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... -
Letter from Bet Power to Lou Sullivan (July 24, 1987)
Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives Creator: Power, Bet, Power, Ben Date: Jul. 24, 1987 Topics: Alcoholism, Buddhism, Clothing, Crossdressers, Femmes, FtMs, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Labelling, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ lovers, Masculinities, Menopause, Self-acceptance, Self-image, Shamanism, SM, Spirituality, Support groups, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: B Group, Ben Power, Bet Power, International Ms. Leather, Lou Sullivan, Outrageous Women, The Lesbian and Gay Pride Rally Description: Included with the letter is a speech given by Bet. -
Letter from Bet Power to Pam Parker (June 24, 1987)
Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives Creator: Power, Bet, Power, Ben Date: Jul. 24, 1987 Topics: FtMs, HIV/AIDS, Lesbians, Masculinities, Self-acceptance, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: Ben Power, Bet Power, Pam Parker Description: Handwritten notes on both pages. Phone number has been redacted. -
Memory Circle: Remembering Bryn Kelly
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Scholl, Zachary, Barton, Joss, Lewis, AJ, Kerr, Theodore, Clark, Naomi, Liederman, Katie, Crandall, Maxe, Parker, Chris, Cage, Diana, Shulman, Sarah, Novack, Rebecca, Buffalo Trace Date: Aug. 20, 2016 Topics: Activists, AIDS phobia, Artists, Blogs, Christianity, Colleges, Coming out, Depression, Discrimination, Families, Gender identity, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Hospitals, Isolation, LGBTQ+ relationships, Marriage, MtFs, Music groups, Night life, Self-help, Smoking, Solidarity, Suicide, Tarot, Transgender community, Transgender culture, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Writers Subject: ACT UP, Bryn Kelly, Lambda Literary Retreat, Testo Junkie Description: Story sharers include: Katie Liederman, Diana Cage, Maxe Crandall, Chris Parker, Naomi Clark, Buffalo Trace, AJ Lewis, Zachary Scholl, Rebecca Novack, Joss Barton, Sarah Shulman / / Friends of prol... -
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... -
Naomi Clark Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Clark, Naomi Date: Mar. 3, 2017 Topics: Activists, Bathrooms, Beauty standards, Change of name, Childhood, Coming out, Dating, Discrimination, Educators, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Internet forums, Isolation, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ parents, MtFs, Oppression, Politics, Representation, Social networking websites, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Video games--Design, Work situation Subject: Judith Butler, Lambda Legal, Naomi Clark, Sylvia Rivera Description: Naomi Clark describes her work with hte Sylvia Rivera Law Project, the on-line trans and queer community Strap-On.org, and her career in video game design. She begins her oral history with her chil... -
Paisley Currah Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Currah, Paisley Date: Jun. 27, 2019 Topics: Activists, Birth certificates, Children, Conferences, Divorced people, Feminists, Gender, Gender role, Gender studies, HIV/AIDS, Internalized homophobia, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ parents, Marxism, Political science, Prisons, Religions, Rural areas, Trade unions, Transgender community, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transgender studies, Women's studies, Zines Subject: ACT UP Ithaca, Biddy Martin, Carolyn Riccardi, Carrie Davis, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS), City University of New York (CUNY), Connor Brotus, David Valentine, Empire State Pride Agenda, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Jamison Green, Jennifer Levi, Joann Prinzivalli, Melissa Sklarz, Ned Brinkley, New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA), Pauline Park, Queens Homophile Association, Queer Nation, Roz Blumenthal, Sarah Schulman, Shannon Minter, Sierra Showman, Sophia Pazzos, Spencer Bergstedt, Susan Stryker, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, The Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), The Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act (SONDA), Trans Day of Action, Transgender Law and Policy Institute (TLPI), True Spirit Conference -
Paris Milane Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Milane, Paris Date: Jun. 22, 2017 Topics: Activists, Change of name, Childhood, Clothing, Colleges, Crimes, Ethnic groups, Families, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Hormones, Housing, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Organisations, Stealth (Transgender), Substance abuse, Support groups, Transgender community, Unemployment, Violence Subject: Housing Works, Paris Milane Description: Paris shares her experience of growing up in Atlanta and starting to “live her truth” at a young age. She recalls finding reassurance in a community of other Black trans women for the first time an...
