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  1. Two Baluchi Buggas, A Sindhi Zenana, and the Status of Hijras in Contemporary Pakistan

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Naqvi, Nauman, Mujtaba, Hasan
    Date: Jan. 1998
    Topics: Baluchi (Southwest Asian people), Gender expression, Gender markers, Hijras, Police harassment, QTPOC, South Asian LGBTQ+ people, Transfeminine people, Zenanas
    Subject: Mohammed Aslam
    Description: This essay from Trikone Magazine (Vol. 13, No. 1) discusses South Asian gender identities and associated experiences in Pakistan.
  2. Transsexual Rights - An Outsiders View

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Human rights, Transgender rights, Transsexuality
    Subject: Mark Rees, Rupert Raj, Self Help Association for Transsexuals (SHAFT)
    Description: A short essay written in response to the Mark Reese case in support of transsexual rights.
  3. Transsexual Oppression: Medical, Legal, and Social

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1978 to 1986
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, FtMs, Legal name change, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: An essay from Rupert Raj detailing the different types of oppression transgender people face in medical, legal, and social areas.
  4. Transgender in the United States: A Brief Discussion

     
    Collection: Academic Papers and Publications
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Denny, Dallas
    Date: Oct. 1999 to Nov. 1999
    Topics: Crossdressing, FtMs, Medicalization, Sexual orientation, Transsexualism
    Subject: Donna Reter, Harry Benjamin, Havelock Ellis, John Money, Jon Meyer, Magnus Hirschfeld, Richard Green, Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
    Description: Published in issue 28.1 of the SIECUS Report, this paper concerns trans history, history of medicalization, and the differentiation between labels.
  5. The Vamps Take Manhattan

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Ahmed, Faraz
    Date: Apr. 1998
    Topics: Anal sex, Crossdressing, Dancers, Hijras, LGBTQ+ night life, Pakistanis--United States, QTPOC, South Asian LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association (SALGA)
    Description: This essay from Trikone Magazine recounts the experiences of a group of Pakistani dancers who cross-dress and work in Manhattan nightlife.
  6. The Phyllasbuster's War Stories

     
    Collection: Phyllis Frye Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Frye, Phyllis Randolph
    Date: 2001
    Topics: Children of transgender people, Demonstrations, Employment discrimination, Feminists, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: League of Women Voters, National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), Nikki Van Hightower, Phyllis Randolph Frye
    Description: Frye explains: "This is a collection of seven short stories that reflects many of the early struggles that my wife and I encountered as I came out of the closet as to being transgendered in the mid...
  7. Tempest in a Chamberpot: a Social Science Perspective

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1988
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender people's writings
    Description: An article written by Rupert Raj, in which he weighs in on the "bathroom issue" surrounding which bathrooms trans people can use, approaching the issue from a social science perspective.
  8. Sacred Cows Make the Best Hamburger: A collection of editorials and essays

     
    Collection: Creative Design Services Publications and Documents
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Roberts, JoAnn
    Date: 1993
    Topics: Crossdressers, Gender role, Genderism, Marriage, Politics
    Subject: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE)
  9. Review of Richard F. Docter's "Transvestites and Transsexuals"

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1988
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Description: Review of the book Transvestites and Transsexuals: Toward a Theory of Cross-Gender Behavior by Dr. Richard F. Docter.
  10. "Reflections of a Drag Queen Striving Towards Political Correctitude"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Housel, David
    Date: 1993
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, Femininities, Masculinities, QTPOC, Sexism
    Subject: Black and White Men Together, Men of All Colors Together NY
    Description: An excerpt from Men of All Colors Together NY's 10th Anniversary Journal describing the experience of being BIPOC and a drag queen in New York.
  11. Radclyffe Hall: Lesbian or F-M TS?

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1988
    Topics: Gender identity, Sexual orientation, Transgender people, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: Discussion of the life, gender identity, and sexuality of Radclyffe Hall, who was born in 1883. The piece contests that Hall dressed in male garments and could have been a male-to-female transgende...
  12. Papers (1989-1995 and undated)

     
    Collection: The Linda and Cynthia Phillips Papers
    Institution: The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
    Creator: Garcia, Greg, Phillips, Linda, Brown, George R., Salinas, Phillips, Cynthia, Franzke, Alice W.
    Date: 1989 to 1995
    Topics: Activists, Clubs, Crossdressers, Families, Family relationships, Gender identity, LGBT, Reference sources, Societies, Transgender people
    Description: Papers, 1989-1995 and undated. Handwritten annotations on vaious pages.
  13. Not Quitting the Game - Just Switching Sides

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men
    Subject: Gender Worker, Metamorphosis
    Description: Rupert Raj writes about his burnout regarding his work with Metamorphosis Medical Research Foundation and his decision to take a step back from running the organization. He assures everyone that h...
  14. Metamorphosis: a Man in the Making

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Essays, FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Transgender authors, Transgender identity, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: In this essay, Rupert Raj details his experiences coming out and living as a transgender bisexual man. He also recounts past relationships and discusses the politics and philosophies that guide his...
  15. Marsha P. Johnson Stonewall Survivor Dies One Week After 1992's Gay Pride Celebration

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, QTPOC, Stonewall riots, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Andrew Stein, Anti Violence Project, David Dinkins, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Tom Duane
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains homophobic language.