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  1. Princeton's Triangle Club Performance with Male Students Dressed as Cowboys and Dancing Girls

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Sherman Grinberg Film Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1930
    Topics: Crossdressers, Dancers, Drag, Musicals, Performing arts
    Description: Title card: "Princeton's 'Fair Sex' star in show!" / high angle view of stage with men dressed as cowboys and Latina women dancing onto stage / ground level of dancers in unison with dancing feet /...
  2. Queens at Heart (1967)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: UCLA Film and Television Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1967
    Topics: Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Femininities, Gay bars, Gender affirming surgery, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Hormones, LGBTQ+ suicide, Medicalization, Sex (Act), Trans women, Transphobia
    Subject: Jay Martin
    Description: "This short pseudo-documentary offers a rare look at trans life and drag ball culture in mid-1960s New York." According to Jenni Olson, the LGBTQ historian and archivist who rediscovered the film i...
  3. Quick Change Artist (1967)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 20, 1967
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Cabaret, Crossdressing, Drag queens
    Subject: Ricky Renee
    Description: L/S of a Rolls Royce arriving at Ricky Renee's cabaret club (it passes the Fortune Theatre) in daylight. A glamorous blonde in a fur stole gets out of the car; this turns out to really be cabaret s...
  4. Rediscovering Pauli Murray || Radcliffe Institute

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: May 19, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Black LGBTQ+ people, Ethnic relations, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Hormones, Masculinities
    Subject: Havelock Ellis, Pauli Murray
    Description: This panel discussion focuses on Pauli Murray’s groundbreaking work, her tumultuous times, and today’s Murray moment, which includes Yale naming a new residential college in Murray's honor and the ...
  5. Rev J.M. Gates - "Manish Women" (1930)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1930
    Topics: Appearance, Black people, Femininities, Gender role, Masculinities, Sexism
    Subject: J.M. Gates
    Description: Rev Gates was probably the most successful ministers in the South. He was definitely of the fire-and-brimstone call-and-response type, and was unique in that many of his sermons were recorded, abou...
  6. Ringing The Changes (1922)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 20, 1922
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressing, Drag, Female impersonators
    Subject: Bert Errol
    Description: Drag act Bert Errol is seen in his dressing room - he changes from men's clothes to women's. C/U of Bert in his dressing room. He looks into a hand mirror and primps his hair whilst a woman atte...
  7. Roberta Wins Hill Climb

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 5, 1957
    Topics: Automobile racing, Motorsports, MtFs, Shelsley Walsh Hill-climb Race, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Roberta Cowell, Tony Marsh, W.B. Croot
    Description: Roberta Cowell (wartime fighter pilot who had sex change operation) wearing head scarf round her head, examining the engine of her car with a mechanic in the pits, camera pans up and we look down o...
  8. "Safe 'T' Lessons: HIV Prevention for the Transgender Community," An Educational Film

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Warren, Barbara, Blumenstein, Rosalyne, Albanese, Carlo
    Date: 1996
    Topics: Asian transgender people, Black transgender people, Casual sex, Genderqueer people, Hormone therapy (Gender), Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Sex education, Trans men, Trans women
    Description: An educational film created by the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center to help trans people navigate HIV and STI prevention strategies.
  9. Sex Change GI Back in USA

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: 1953?
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Military occupations, MtFs, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: Soldier Christine Joregensen had a sex change in Denmark and returns home to the US. V. Towards, Christine Jorgensen alighting from 'plane. LV. Towards, Christine walking through crowd. SCU. Chr...
  10. Soldiers Concert Party (1914-1918)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1918
    Topics: Actors, Arts and entertainment occupations, Drag, Female impersonators, Military, Racism, Theatre, World war I
    Description: A group of actors, some in drag, perform a World War I era show. Entertainment; World War One. Military show. Pan across group of actors: A soldier with a bunch of clowns and a guy in drag in a ...
  11. South Africa: Woman Who Had Sex Change Is Now Happily Married; Interview With Mr And Mrs Ashley

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 10, 1965
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Legal name change, Trans women, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Melanie Ashley, Robin Ashley
    Description: A short interview with Melanie Ashley and Robin Ashley, in which Melanie's gender transition is discussed.
  12. Spain: Riots And Strikes Again Hit The Troubled Basque Region. 1979

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator: Reuters Agency, Ltd.
    Date: Jun. 14, 1979
    Topics: Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Transvestites
    Subject: Police Brutality
    Description: Short video of protests against Basque police after an off-duty police officer killed a "transvestite"
  13. "SpeakOut - Voices for Recovery" Event Footage

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center
    Date: May 11, 2000
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ people who use substances, Trans men
    Description: Footage of a question-and-answer session following a panel at The Center titled, "Speak Out - Voices for Recovery." This panel was aimed toward LGBTQ+ individuals recovering from substance use.
  14. Stepping Out, Warden and West Issue (1939)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 5, 1939
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressing, Drag, Female impersonators
    Description: Warden and West, comedy stars of the Windmill Theatre: the duo are male comedians in drag playing parts of saucy old Irish women, Biddy and Fanny. The set is designed to look like a park, the two s...
  15. Stormé DeLarverie Memorial

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: May 29, 2014
    Topics: BIPOC, Black lesbians, Butches, Drag kings, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ memorials, LGBTQ+ visibility, Racially mixed people, Stonewall riots
    Subject: Stonewall Veterans' Association, Stormé DeLarverie
    Description: Footage from a memorial service held for Stormé DeLarverie on May 29, 2014. Several people offer tributes to DeLarverie by sharing personal stories and speaking about her activism. Photos of DeLarv...
  16. Sylvester's 40th Birthday (1985)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1985
    Topics: Discos, Drag, HIV/AIDS, Homosexuality
    Subject: Sylvester James, Jr.
    Description: The legendary disco diva captivates the crowd with old standards at this celebration held two years before his actual 40th birthday. U-matic videotape from the Charles Cyberski Collection.
  17. Sylvia Rivera Takes Randy Wicker on a Tour of a Gay Homeless Camp in the West Village

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: 1995
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, HIV-positive people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ people with alcohol use disorders, LGBTQ+ suicide, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Terminal care (AIDS), Trans women, Transfeminine people, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, Frank Constantino, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide attempts and ideation.
  18. The Jubilee Duettists (1933)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Drag, Female impersonators, Male impersonators, Songs
    Description: The Jubilee Duettists perform the old-fashioned song 'Twickenham Ferry'.
  19. The Laughter Cure (1914-1918)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: 1914
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Drag, Male impersonators
    Subject: Ernie Lotinga, Hetty King
    Description: Ernie Lotinga and Hettie King amuse wounded. Wounded and convalescent soldiers watch two entertainers in grounds of large building. Lotinga dressed as comical sailor, King as a man in suit. Audienc...
  20. The Rejected

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: American Archive of Public Broadcasting
    Creator: KQED San Francisco
    Date: Sep. 11, 1961
    Topics: Homosexuality, Medicalization, Sexual orientation, Transsexuality
    Subject: American Psychiatric Association (APA), Anthropology, Mattachine Society
    Description: Video and transcript from "The Rejected," a program aired on KQED, San Francisco in 1961. The program purports to discuss homosexuality from a variety of viewpoints - both affirming and pathologizi...
  21. The Rivals- Some Chippings From the New Splinters Dancing Troupe (1928)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: 1928
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressing, Dancers, Drag, Female impersonators, Performing arts
    Description: A 1920s drag act imitating chorus girls. M/S of what appears to be a troupe of chorus girls doing a high kick routine in the Pathe studio. There is one main dancer and six girls dancing behind. ...
  22. The Robert MacNeil Report: Transexuality and Sports

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: American Archive of Public Broadcasting
    Creator: NewsHour Productions
    Date: Aug. 23, 1976
    Topics: Chromosomes, Medicalization, Official documentation, Trans women, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Forest Hills Stadium, Harry Benjamin, Renee Richards, U.S. Tennis Open, West Side Tennis Club
    Description: An episode of the Robert MacNeill Report featuring a discussion on "transexuality" and sports. The guests are Renee Richards, Dorothy Harris, Charles Ihlenfeld, and Roberto Granato.
  23. "They Lived It 'Out!'" and Other Gender Identity Project Footage

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Gender Identity Project
    Date: 1998
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Asian American LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ artists, LGBTQ+ memorials, Trans women, Transgender community centers
    Subject: Arlene Hoffman, Carolyn Durrell, Coco LaChine, Eva Love, Gender Identity Project, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Richard Burns, Riki Anne Wilchins, Rosalyne Blumenstein
    Description: This video begins with retake shots for a Center project featuring Riki Anne Wilchins, then transitions to "They Lived It 'Out!'", a show at hosted by Rosalyne Blumenstein in honor of late trans fr...
  24. "They Lived It 'Out!'" Event Footage

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 23, 1998
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Asian American LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ artists, LGBTQ+ memorials, Trans women, Transgender community centers
    Subject: Arlene Hoffman, Carolyn Durrell, Coco LaChine, Eva Love, Gender Identity Project, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Richard Burns, Rosalyne Blumenstein
    Description: This video shows "They Lived It 'Out!'", an event at The Center hosted by Rosalyne Blumenstein in honor of late trans friends and role models. Includes performances from Coco LaChine, Bianca Smith,...
  25. Trans (1994)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: UCLA Film and Television Archive
    Creator: Constantinou, Sophie, Rubin, Henry S.
    Date: 1994
    Topics: Clothing, Femininities, Gender expression, Trans men
    Subject: Henry S. Rubin
    Description: Henry, a trans man, muses about the narrow definitions of gender, femininity, sexual politics and the joy of wearing a suit.