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  1. Roberta Cowell in the Kitchen

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1945 to 1957
    Topics: Cooking, Kitchens, MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Women biographers
    Subject: Picture Post, Roberta Cowell
    Description: Below the photo the following quote appears: "'Cooking was unexpectedly exciting.'"
  2. Roberta Cowell at the Louvre in Paris, Viewing the Venus de Milo (1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1954
    Topics: MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Roberta Cowell, Venus de Milo
    Description: The following description was taken from the Getty Images website: "Transsexual Roberta Cowell, formerly Robert Cowell admires the Venus de Milo in the Louvre during a visit to Paris. Roberta was...
  3. Roberta Cowell Standing in Crowd

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1954
    Topics: MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Roberta Cowell
    Description: Description of the photo on the Getty Images site: "Transsexual Roberta Cowell, formerly Robert Cowell visits Paris with a friend. Roberta was once a Spitfire pilot, prisoner-of-war, racing mot...
  4. Sex Changeo

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: International News Photos
    Date: Apr. 21, 1954
    Topics: Air pilots, Military, Automobile racing drivers, Ex-prisoners of war, Gender affirming surgery, Motorsports, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Transgender parents, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Roberta Cowell
  5. England and the Vices of Sodom: A News Review

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Pedersen, Lyn
    Date: May 1, 1954
    Topics: Drag racing, Gender realignment surgery, Motorsports, MtFs, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, World war II
    Subject: Charles Dusseau, Roberta Cowell
    Description: The relevant article about transsexual woman Roberta Cowell is found on page 6, under the date "March 1954."
  6. 'Of Course I Can Marry,' Says Ex GI, Now Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Brown, James J.
    Date: Nov. 15, 1954
    Topics: Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Interviews, Legal status, Military, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Eade Carp, Harry Benjamin, Tamara Edel Rees
  7. Ex-Chutist Always Felt Like Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: International News Service
    Date: Nov. 16, 1954
    Topics: Appearance, Gender realignment surgery, Military, MtFs, Parachute troops, Transsexual people, Transsexualism, Veterans
    Subject: Tamara Edel Rees
  8. Tamara Rees Poses on Burlesque Stage with Husband, J.E. Courtland, III (July 29, 1955)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 29, 1955
    Topics: MtFs, Partners of transgender people, Theater, Transsexual people
    Subject: J.E. Courtland, Tamara Rees
    Description: The following text appears at the bottom of the object: "WILL LECTURE- Tamara Rees, paratrooper turned 'woman' by sex surgery, poses on the stage of a burlesque theater in Los Angeles with her ...
  9. Tamara Rees Backstage at Los Angeles' Club Oasis with Elaine Cayon (November 10, 1955)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Douglas, Bob
    Date: Nov. 10, 1955
    Topics: Dancers, MtFs, Strippers, Transsexual people
    Subject: Club Oasis, Elaine Cayon, Tamara Rees
    Description: The following text appears at the bottom of the object: "Leg Check: Embarked on a career as a night club strip teaser after undergoing a sex transformation operation in Denmark, an ex-GI billed...
  10. I Changed My Sex

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: McLeod, Charlotte, Mr. Magazine
    Date: circa 1956
    Topics: Army, Discrimination, Femininities, Hormone therapy, Internalized homophobia, Masculinities, MtFs, Physicians, Transsexual people
    Subject: Charlotte McLeod
  11. Transvestism and Transsexualism

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Benjamin, Henry
    Date: Autumn 1958
    Topics: Crossdressing, Essentialism, Gender realignment surgery, Genetics, Hormone therapy, Law, Medicalisation, MtFs, Psychoanalysis, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Havelock Ellis
  12. Tranvestism and Transexualism

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Evans, Ray
    Date: Summer 1961
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender realignment surgery, Literature review, MtFs, Psychiatry, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Virginia Prince
  13. A Peer's Son and the Sex Change Girl

     
    Collection: April Ashley Collection
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 29, 1962
    Topics: LGBTQ+ lovers, Marriage, MtFs, Transsexual people
    Subject: April Ashley, Arthur Corbett, Eleanor Corbett
    Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria)
  14. My Strange Life

     
    Collection: April Ashley Collection
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Ashley, April
    Date: May 6, 1962
    Topics: Acceptance, Clothing, Coming out, Depression, Drag, Electroshock therapy, Family members, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Masculinities, Mothers, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Sailors, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Suicide, Transsexual people
    Subject: Arthur Corbett
    Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria)
  15. Arthur Meets Mother

     
    Collection: April Ashley Collection
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Thomas, Noyes
    Date: May 13, 1962
    Topics: Children, Mothers, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Partners of transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: April Ashley, Arthur Corbett
    Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria)