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  1. Christine Jorgensen with Frank in Naval Attire

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1954
    Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photographs, Trans women, Transsexual people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: The signature reads “To Frank – Thank you for letting me join your Harem. Christine.”
  2. '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
  3. 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
  4. Tamara Rees Vacuuming at Home (July 28, 1955)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: United Press International
    Date: Jul. 28, 1955
    Topics: LGBTQ+ newspapers, Marriage, MtFs, Transsexual people
    Subject: J.E. Courtland, Robert Egan Rees, Tamara Edel Rees
    Description: Along the side of the photo appears the following text, on a separate sheet of paper: "BCP3-7/28-SACRAMENTO: Tamara Edel Rees Sweeps clean and starts life anew. She claims she was transformed fr...
  5. 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 ...
  6. 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...
  7. 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
  8. Ray Bourbon enters court

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 1, 1956
    Topics: Birth certificate amendments, Courts, Gender realignment surgery, Law, MtFs, Transsexual people
    Subject: Rae Bourbon, Ray Bourbon
    Description: Wearing a black and white nylon dress, false eyelashes, heavy perfume and 5 o'clock shadow, Ray (or Rae) Bourbon enters Beverly Hills Municipal Court on August 1, 1956, to deny he (or she) was guil...
  9. Ray Bourbon leaves court

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 1, 1956
    Topics: Courts, Gender realignment surgery, Law, MtFs, Transsexual people
    Subject: Rae Bourbon, Ray Bourbon
    Description: Ray Bourbon leaves Beverly Hills Municipal Court after arraignment August 1, 1956, on impersonating a woman.
  10. A Changing of Sex By Surgery Begun at Johns Hopkins

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Buckley, Thomas
    Date: Nov. 21, 1966
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Gender dysphoria, Homosexuality, LGBTQ+ people of color, Medicalization, MtFs, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Harry Benjamin, Mental Health, Reed Erickson, The Transsexual Phenomenon
    Description: A clipping from the New York Times talking about early gender affirming surgery done at Johns Hopkins.
  11. Sex-Change Surgery Set in Minnesota

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Dec. 18, 1966
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, MtFs, Psychology, Surgery, Transsexual people
    Subject: Donald W. Hastings, University of Minnesota Gender Clinic
  12. Name Is Changed to Match Sex

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Apr. 15, 1967
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Legal name, MtFs, Transsexual people
    Subject: University of Minnesota Gender Clinic
  13. News Report on Birth Certificate Change

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Advocate
    Date: Nov. 22, 1968
    Topics: Birth certificate amendments, Courts, MtFs, Transsexual people
  14. Sex Change Clinic Opens in Seattle

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: United Press International
    Date: Jan. 22, 1969
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Intersex people, MtFs, Physicians, Psychiatrists, Transsexual people
    Subject: University of Washington Medical School
  15. What Other Editors Say Believe It or Not

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Richmond News Leader
    Date: Dec. 27, 1969
    Topics: Discrimination, Dismissal of employees, Employment discrimination, Gender realignment surgery, MtFs, Sexism, Transsexual people
    Subject: University of Minnesota Gender Clinic