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  1. Being Trans in the 1980s - Nightlife

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The History Project
    Creator: Petra
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Clocking (Gender), Drag bars, LGBTQ+ night life, Nightclubs, Passing (Gender), Pre-operative, Trans women, Transsexual people
    Subject: Combat Zone (Location)
    Description: This item contains Petra's reflections on nightlife as a trans woman in Boston in the '80s.
  2. Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries Manifesto

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Gender expression, Gender roles, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Police harassment, Sexism, Sexual violence, Transgender community, Transgender rights
    Subject: Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR)
    Description: A manifesto created by Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries.
  3. Gay Power: When Do We Want It? Or Do We?

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Street Transvestites for Gay Power
    Date: 1970
    Topics: Gay liberation, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, QTPOC, Transgender people
    Subject: Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Street Transvestites for Gay Power
    Description: A paper from Street Transvestites for Gay Power about the relationship between police and gay activists.
  4. All Dressed Up: A Boardgame for Crossdressers

     
    Collection: International Foundation for Gender Education Publications and Documents
    Institution: The History Project
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Crossdressing, Femininities, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ arts
    Description: Photographs of 'All Dressed Up: A Boardgame for Crossdressers." Includes photos of the board, box, and instruction manual, as well as the gameplay cards and pieces.
  5. International Foundation for Gender Education: Office Guide and Operating Procedures

     
    Collection: International Foundation for Gender Education Publications and Documents
    Institution: The History Project
    Creator: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE)
    Date: 1992
    Topics: Transgender libraries, Transgender people, Transgender publishers
    Subject: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Merissa Sherrill Lynn, Tapestry Magazine, The Christine Jorgensen Fund, The Winslow Street Fund, Tiffany Club, Virginia Prince
    Description: Internal guide for conducting the business of the International Foundation for Gender Education created in 1992.
  6. The Motherlode

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag bars, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ bars
    Subject: LA LA, Tacky Drag Shows, The Motherlode
  7. We'll Have Our Day in Court!

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: LGBTQ+ bars, MtFs, Trans women, Transsexual people
    Subject: Diva's, San Fransisco Hall of Justice, The Motherlode
  8. Connie Norman; Broken Promises Cost Lives

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: ACT UP Los Angeles
    Date: 1996
    Topics: AIDS activists, AIDS awareness, Trans women, Transsexual people
    Subject: ACT UP, Connie Norman, Democratic National Convention (DNC)
  9. Sir Lady Java

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: ACT UP Los Angeles
    Date: 1989
    Topics: African American transgender people, AIDS awareness, BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people of color
    Subject: ACT UP, Sir Lady Java
    Description: One of a series of signs that were carried by ACT UP members in the Long Beach and Los Angeles pride parades in 1989.
  10. Connie Norman, AIDS diva, 1949-1996

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: ACT UP Los Angeles
    Date: 1996
    Topics: AIDS activists, HIV/AIDS, Trans women, Transsexual people
    Subject: ACT UP, Connie Norman
  11. Tommie Hunter

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Foster & Harwood, Hunter, Tommie
    Date: 1931
    Topics:  
    Subject: Tommie Hunter
  12. Female impersonators Ben and Jim Obo

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Dyche, Obo, Ben
    Date: 1920
    Topics:  
    Subject: Ben Obo
  13. Man and male impersonator in patriotic costumes

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1920
    Topics:  
  14. Jack Whymont

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: King & Wilson, Whymont, Jack
    Date: 1920
    Topics:  
    Subject: Jack Whymont
  15. Novelty's imitateur a transformations

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1915
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Full length photo of a man in showgirl dress; vignette headshot of same performer in white tie. Divided verso.