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  1. 'Woman' Gives Battle, But Proves to Be Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: International News Service
    Date: Nov. 8, 1952
    Topics: Appearance, Female impersonators, Physical violence, Police, Theft
    Subject: Jimmy Curtis
  2. Two Sensational Female Impersonators

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 27, 1952
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Drag kings, Drag queens, Music
    Subject: Lee Leonard, Robin Raye
  3. The Gayest Show in Town at the Melody Club

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 10, 1950
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Theatre shows
    Subject: Bobby Brennan, Bobby Johnson, Jay Page, Rae Sinclair, Sandy Beach, The Melody Club
  4. tangents: Arts & Such

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 1, 1956
    Topics: Drag
    Subject: Claude Buzick, Rae Bourbon
  5. Tamara Rees Show Advertisement

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Sacramento Bee
    Date: Jul. 26, 1955
    Topics: Advertisements, Theatre shows
    Subject: Alameda Theater, Tamara Edel Rees
  6. 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 ...
  7. Tamara Rees Photographs

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Jul. 29, 1955
    Topics: Actors, Gender realignment surgery, Marriage, Photographs, Theatre, Weddings
    Subject: J.E. Courtland, Tamara Edel Rees
  8. Tamara Rees, ExParatrooper, Files For Divorce

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Sacramento Bee
    Date: Dec. 20, 1955
    Topics: Divorce, Gender realignment surgery, Parachute troops
    Subject: J.E. Courtland, Tamara Edel Rees
  9. Tamara Rees Courtland

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Boston Record
    Date: Aug. 29, 1955
    Topics: Forgery, Jails, MtFs
    Subject: J.E. Courtland, Tamara Edel Rees
  10. 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...
  11. Tamara of Burlesque, ExSoldier Who Lost Male Sex in Surgery, Weds Father of 2

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Sacramento Bee
    Date: Jul. 28, 1955
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Gender realignment surgery, Legal status, Marriage, Military, Parents of transgender people, Theatre, Veterans, Weddings
    Subject: J.E. Courtland, Stephen Thomas, Tamara Edel Rees
  12. Tamara Is Out On Bail In Check Case

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: United Press
    Date: Aug. 29, 1955
    Topics: Bail, Check fraud, Gender realignment surgery
    Subject: J.E. Courtland, Tamara Edel Rees
  13. Shock Staggers Mother of Son Who Changed Sex

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Markson, Robert J.
    Date: Nov. 10, 1954
    Topics: Acceptance, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Military, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Social norms
    Subject: Tamara Edel Rees
  14. Sex-Changed Dad Wed to Widower

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Jul. 29, 1955
    Topics: Actors, Gender realignment surgery, Marriage, MtFs, Veterans, Weddings
    Subject: Tamara Edel Rees
  15. Sex-Changed Bride Awaits Curtain Call

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Jul. 29, 1955
    Topics: Lectures, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, MtFs, Photographs, Theatre, Transgender parents, Veterans
    Subject: J.E. Courtland, Tamara Edel Rees
  16. Redwood Inn Thanksgiving Dinner

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 21, 1951
    Topics: Advertisements, Drag, Gatherings
    Subject: Jean Barrios
  17. Press Agent Says Tamara, Mate Separate

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Sacramento Bee
    Date: Nov. 12, 1955
    Topics: Divorce, Gender realignment surgery, Theatre
    Subject: Ed Devere, J.E. Courtland, Tamara Edel Rees
  18. Polish Paper Reports Woman Undergoes Sex Change Operation

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Nov. 8, 1957
    Topics: FtMs, Gender realignment surgery
  19. Police Seeking Tamara on Bad Check Charge

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Aug. 19, 1955
    Topics: Check fraud, Gender realignment surgery, Law, Police
    Subject: Tamara Edel Rees
  20. Police Officer, Man Posing As Woman Are Hurt In Fight

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Sacramento Bee
    Date: Nov. 7, 1952
    Topics: Appearance, Criminal law, Criminalization, Photographs, Physical violence, Police
  21. Photograph of Tamara Edel Rees

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Boston American
    Date: Dec. 20, 1955
    Topics: Divorce, Gender realignment surgery
    Subject: J.E. Courtland, Tamara Edel Rees
  22. Pakistan Doctor Will Reveal Woman to Man Conversion

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: United Press
    Date: Aug. 8, 1955
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Plastic surgery
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Manuwar Ali, Pakistan Medical Association
  23. 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
  24. '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
  25. Newspaper Advertisement for Tamara Rees Performance

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Sacramento Bee
    Date: Aug. 2, 1955
    Topics: Actors, MtFs, Theatre, Theatre shows
    Subject: Tamara Edel Rees
  26. Nasty Phone Calls Flood Rees Home

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Sacramento Bee
    Date: Nov. 16, 1954
    Topics: Harassment, Hate, Military, MtFs, Photographs, Social security regulations, Transphobia, Veterans
    Subject: Tamara Edel Rees
  27. Mr. Gadabout

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 22, 1952
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Drag queens
    Subject: Fred Hamilton, Lee Leonard, Robin Ray
  28. Mother of Man Turned Woman Wants Son Back

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Nov. 11, 1954
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Military, MtFs, Parachute troops, Parents of transgender people
    Subject: Tamara Edel Rees
  29. Man-Turned-Girl Held in Forgery

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Aug. 28, 1955
    Topics: Bail, Forgery, Gender realignment surgery, Jails, Theatre
    Subject: Tamara Edel Rees
  30. Los Angeles Permits Female Impersonation

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 10, 1940
    Topics: Actors, Female impersonators, Law, Police
    Subject: Julian Eltinge
  31. License Denied to Flamingo Club

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Los Angeles Times
    Date: Apr. 18, 1951
    Topics: Legal process, License agreements
    Subject: Flamingo Club, P.L. Sutton
  32. LA Promoter Sues Tamara, Charges Contract Breach

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Sacramento Bee
    Date: Aug. 4, 1955
    Topics: Army, Gender realignment surgery, Law, Marriage, Theatre
    Subject: J.E. Courtland, R. Russell Moore, Tamara Rees Courtland
  33. LA Police Seek Tamara, ExGI Turned Woman, For Checks

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: United Press
    Date: Aug. 19, 1955
    Topics: Check fraud, Gender realignment surgery, Police, Theatre
    Subject: Hollywood Burlesque Theater, J.E. Courtland, Tamara Adele Rees Courtland
  34. Jug Club

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 16, 1952
    Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Night life
    Subject: Jean Barrios, Rickey San Jaun
  35. Hormones, Surgery Change British War Pilot Into Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Mar. 6, 1954
    Topics: Birth certificate amendments, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Medicalisation, Military, Physicians, Plastic surgery, Transgender parents, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Roberta Cowell
  36. Held Over!! - One More Week

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Sacramento Bee
    Date: Aug. 6, 1955
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Theatre
    Subject: Alameda Theater
  37. Gladys Bentley Marries Calif. Cook

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Jet Magazine
    Date: Sep. 18, 1952
    Topics: Drag kings, Marriage
    Subject: Bobbie Minton, Charles Roberts, Gladys Bentley
  38. Gladys Bentley and Miss Jimmy Reynard

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 1942
    Topics: Drag, Drag kings, Male impersonators, Musical theatre
    Subject: Butch Minton, Gladys Bentley, Jimmy Reynard, Mona's Club 440, Rose O'Neill
  39. GI Tells Sex Shift in Book

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: International News Service
    Date: Nov. 22, 1954
    Topics: Books, Gender realignment surgery, Military, MtFs, Physicians, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexualism, Veterans, Writers
    Subject: Tamara Edel Rees
  40. 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
  41. Divorce Actions

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Sacramento Bee
    Date: Dec. 20, 1955
    Topics: Abuse, Divorce, Legal cruelty
    Subject: Arthur L. Roberts, Bertha Elizabeth Gebhard, Helen M. Huber, J.E. Courtland, Kenneth R. Jensen, Max Bernardo, Paul Newton Yates, Robert S. Capps, Sylvester Lincoln Allen, Tamara Edel Rees, Wallace H. Derickson, William H. Parker, Jr.
  42. Danes Are Cool To SF Man's Intention To Become Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: May 5, 1954
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, MtFs
    Subject: Charlotte McLeod, Christine Jorgensen, John Cabell Breckinridge
  43. Converted Woman Seeking Divorce

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Dec. 20, 1955
    Topics: Divorce, Gender realignment surgery, Theatre
    Subject: J.E. Courtland, Tamara Edel Rees
  44. Bridge Revealed As Former GI

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The San Diego Union-Tribune
    Date: Nov. 14, 1959
    Topics: Army, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, MtFs
    Subject: Charlotte McLeod, Ralph H. Heidal
  45. At the Victory Club Tonite

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 25, 1952
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Drag queens, Music
    Subject: Lee Leonard
  46. About Those Ads

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 1, 1954
    Topics: Advertisements, Clothing, Discrimination, Letters to the editor, Transphobia
    Description: This letter is in reference to an advertisement run on page 31 in ONE Magazine Vol. 2, Issue 8 from October 1954. The ad can be found here under the related links section.
  47. 50s Style Women's Music

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950
    Topics: Clubs, Crossdressers, Entertainers, Musicians
    Subject: Beverly Shaw, Chi Chi Club, Club Laurel, Flamingo Club, Mona's Club