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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. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Dolores Costello of the Vitagraph Players

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Vitagraph Company of America, Costello, Dolores
    Date: 1911
    Topics:  
    Subject: Dolores Costello
    Description: Costello dressed as a sailor.
  5. Sweet sixteen and never been kissed

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Bamforth and Co.
    Date: 1905
    Topics:  
  6. The World Famous Leon & Eddie’s Present Mr. Francis Renault

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Clothing, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Don Ten Eyck, Francis Renault, Hado, Hotel Taft, Leon & Eddie's, Robert Stevenson
    Description: A card for a show starring Francis Renault; includes what appears to be a signature from Francis Renault.
  7. Hermaphrodism

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1928
    Topics: Bible, Biology, Gender diversity, Intersex, Intersex people, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Surgery
    Subject: Adam and Eve, Anna John Budd, Aristophanes
  8. F2M Fraternity Presents: Video Night

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: FtMs, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Media, Phalloplasty, Television
    Subject: F2M Fraternity, Roseanne Barr, Tracy Ullmans
    Description: Item originally collected by Lou Sullivan
  9. Tiffany Club Special Announcements and Coming Events (December 1983-January 1984)

     
    Collection: Tiffany Club Documents
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: The Tiffany Club of New England
    Date: Jan. 1984
    Topics: Meetings, Parties, Support groups, Transsexual people, Workshops
    Subject: Mariette Pathy Allen
    Description: Physical item located in Cornell's Mid-Hudson Valley Transgender Association Records, 1970-2014. Collection Number: 7832.
  10. Ella Wesner Postcard

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Sarony, Napoleon
    Date: circa 1870 to circa 1900
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Male impersonators
    Subject: Ella Wesner
    Description: A postcard of Ella Wesner in men's formal attire holding a top hat.
  11. Bothwell Browne Postcard (2)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Photo-Roto Incorporated
    Date: 1935
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Performing arts, Postcards
    Subject: Bothwell Browne
    Description: Bothwell Browne is photographed on the front of a postcard, posing in a performance outfit and headdress.
  12. The All New Jewel Box Revue Starring Lynne Carter

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1940s
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: Ben Maksiks, Doris Maksiks, Ian Maksiks, Jewel Box Revue, Lynne Carter, Maksik's Town & Country Club
  13. Francis Renault Poster

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1945
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Musicians, Singers
    Subject: Francis Renault
  14. Francis Renault: World's Foremost Female Impersonator

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 5, 1945
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Musicians, Singers
    Subject: Francis Renault
  15. Columbia Presbyterian Performs Intersex Genital Mutilation Flyer

     
    Collection: Riki Anne Wilchins' Flyers
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Hermaphrodites With Attitude
    Date: 199X
    Topics: Female circumcision, Intersex, Intersex people, Intersex rights, Surgery
    Subject: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
  16. Ask N.O.W. to Begin the Process of Addressing the Needs & Concerns of Its Transgender & Transexual Members Flyer

     
    Collection: Riki Anne Wilchins' Flyers
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1995
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Civil rights, Feminism, Hate crimes, Oppression
    Subject: Brandon Teena, Leslie Feinberg, Marsha P. Johnson, National Organization for Women (NOW), Stone Butch Blues
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence and sexual assault.