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  1. Your children may be homosexuals! Here are the shocking details

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 15, 1964
    Topics: Children, Crossdressers, Gay men, Homophobia, Porn magazines
    Subject: Female Mimics International (F.M.I.)
    Description: A newspaper article pleading for action against pornographic magazines containing crossdressing and homosexual content.
  2. Xanthra

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Xanthra Phillippa MacKay
    Description: Round button with photograph of Xanthra Phillipa MacKay.
  3. Woman-born Transsexual

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Transgender publishers, Transsexual people
    Description: Round button with pink/white text on black background. The button reads "Woman-born Transsexual".
  4. Whoops my dear!

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1950? to 1980?
    Topics: Homophobia, Persecution of gay men, Sexual offenses laws
  5. Whining Works!!!

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: LGBTI rights, Transgender publishers
    Description: Round button with red text over white background with a small unhappy face pattern. The button reads "Whining Works!!!".
  6. What Is Transsexuality

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Harbinger Community Services
    Date: 1972
    Topics: Transsexuality
    Subject: Association of Canadian Transsexuals (ACT), Harbinger Community Services, Rupert Raj
    Description: A Harbinger Community Services brochure explaining transsexuality.
  7. What is Transsexualism?

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Huxford, Susan C.
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Gender dysphoria, Transsexual people
    Subject: GenderServe, Rupert Raj
    Description: An article by Susan C. Huxford for the GenderServe Counseling, Educational, and Research Services. It is about societal norms surrounding gender nonconformity.
  8. Wendy Coad with a Friend

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Goodwin, John
    Date: 1980s
    Topics: Clothing, Cosmetics, Friendships
    Subject: Wendy Coad
    Description: Someone poses in a photograph in a romper, a silk robe, a neck scarf, and earrings, and wears makeup, while another person stands partially out of the frame in pants and a pink shirt. One of these ...
  9. Weekly World News Clippings

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Berger, Joe
    Date: Apr. 26, 1988
    Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Gender affirming surgery
    Description: Clippings of a sensational article about a person in China seeking to undergo gender-affirming surgery.
  10. We don't need balls to play

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Transgender publishers
    Description: Round button with white text on black background. This button reads "We don't need balls to play".
  11. Vegan Transsexual

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Description: Button with black text over white and purple flower on white background. The button reads "Vegan Transsexual".
  12. Two Reviews of Leslie M. Lothstein's "Female-to-Male Transsexualism"

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1988
    Topics: FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Transgender history, Transgender people, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Leslie M. Lothstein, Lou Sullivan, Paul A. Walker, Rupert Raj
    Description: Reviews by Lou Sullivan and Paul A. Walker of "Female-to-Male Transsexualism: Historical, Clinical, and Theoretical Issues" by Leslie M. Lothstein.
  13. Two People Posing in Toronto

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Clothing, Events, Gatherings, Halloween, Halloween costumes
    Description: Halloween in Toronto. Two people pose for the camera against a brick wall. Both have black hair or wigs. One person in white jacket, other person in black knit shawl.
  14. TS'S Against Racism

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Anti-racism, Transgender publishers, Transsexual people
    Description: Round button with black text over faint grey word "racism" on purple background. The button reads "TS'S AGAINST RACISM".
  15. TS lives under TS control Now!

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Description: Round button with black text on white and blue textured background. The button reads "TS lives under TS control Now!".
  16. Tribute to Sister Mary Elizabeth (1988)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1988
    Topics: MtFs, Trans women
    Subject: Joanna Clark, Rupert Raj, Sister Mary Elizabeth
    Description: A tribute written by Rupert Raj celebrating the life of Sister Mary Elizabeth, formerly known as Joanna Clark. Item contains handwritten editorial corrections.
  17. Tribute to Judith V. Cousins (August, 1988)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Aug. 1988
    Topics: MtFs, Trans women, Transgender artists, Transgender people in the military
    Subject: Gender Networker, Judith V. Cousins, Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj
    Description: A tribute written about the life of Judith V. Cousins, published in the Gender Networker.
  18. Transvestites steal spotlight from the spankers, pro and con

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 20, 1960
    Topics: Bondage, Crossdressing, Gender role, Gender swapping, Leather community, Spanking
    Description: A series of letters discussing crossdressing, gender roles, and sexual practices such as the use of leather. Page two of the article is located in "Related Links"
  19. Transvestite is guilty of gross indecency: enlists sympathy of court so sentence is suspended; other party is fined $100

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1963
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Passing (Gender)
    Description: A newspaper article describing the appearance of a number of crossdressers in court.
  20. "Transvestism"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 7, 1963
    Topics: Advertisements, Crossdressing, Gay men, Personals
    Description: A newspaper personal for "discreet" men interested in crossdressing.
  21. Transsexuals Get Raped Too

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Sexual assault, Transgender publishers, Transsexual people
    Description: Round button with black text on pink background. The button reads "Transsexuals get raped too".
  22. Transsexuals Get Queerbashed Too

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Hate crimes, Transgender publishers, Transsexual people
    Description: Two round buttons with black text on purple background, one mottled purple. The button reads "Transsexuals get queerbashed too".
  23. Transsexuals get AIDS too (1)

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: HIV/AIDS, Transgender publishers, Transsexual people
    Description: Round button with black text over large grey "AIDS" on purple background. The button reads "Transsexuals get AIDS too".
  24. Transsexuals Get AIDS Too

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: HIV/AIDS, Transsexual people
    Description: Round buttons with black text on purple background. The button reads "Transsexuals get AIDS too".
  25. Transsexuals for Animal Liberation

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Animals, Transsexual people
    Description: Round button with black text on blue background with large purple butterfly in centre. The button reads "Transsexuals for Animal Liberation".
  26. Transsexual Transgender Transgressive Genderqueer Two-Spirited

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1977 to circa 2010
    Topics: Gender diversity, Gender minorities, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Two-Spirit people
    Description: Circular black pin with text in pink, green, red, orange, and purple, with a white band across the middle. The button reads "TRANSSEXUAL TRANSGENDER TRANSGRESSIVE GENDERQUEER TWO-SPIRITED".
  27. Transsexual Sisterhood

     
    Collection: gendertrash
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: 1995
    Topics: Drawings, Transgender community, Transgender publishers, Transsexual people, Zines
    Description: A drawing done in varying shades of purple pen and pencil crayon on yellowing paper.This image depicts four figures, presumably trans women, holding eachother by their hands and hair. Below the fig...
  28. 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.
  29. Transsexual Rehabilitation Surgical Program at Stanford University Hospital

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Transgender people
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: An outline for the plan that an FtM patient would go through when undergoing gender affirming surgery.
  30. 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.
  31. Transsexual $ Hooker

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: LGBTQ+ sex workers, Transsexual people
    Description: Round photo with black text on yellow background. The button reads "TRANSSEXUAL $ HOOKER".
  32. transphobia SUCKS (and not in a good way)

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1977 to circa 2010
    Topics: Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: Planned Parenthood
    Description: Circular green button with black and white text. The button reads "www.ppt.on.ca transphobia SUCKS (and not in a good way) Planned Parenthood Toronto".
  33. Transgender Fury

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: 1977 to circa 2010
    Topics: Transgender people, Transgender publishers
    Description: Round button with black text on green background. The button reads "Transgender Fury"
  34. TransFag

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Eakin, Bruce
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Gay men, Transgender people, Transgender publishers, Transsexual people
    Description: Round button with black text on pink background with black and white image of face with a flower held in mouth. The button reads "TransFag".
  35. Transfabulous: Viva La Trans Revolution!

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1977 to circa 2010
    Topics: Social movements, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transgender rights
    Subject: Che Guevara
    Description: Circular white pin with an illustration of Che Guevara wearing make-up on a red background, with white and yellow text. The button reads "Viva La Trans Revolution! TRANSFABULOUS".
  36. Trans Solidarity! Decriminalize sex work now

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Canadian Union of Public Employees 3903
    Date: 2001 to 2002
    Topics: LGBTQ+ sex workers, Transgender publishers, Transsexual people
    Description: Round button with black text on red background. Yellow ring around edge with stars and "CUPE 3903" in black. The button reads "TRANS SOLIDARITY! Decriminalize sex work NOW".
  37. trans rights now!

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1977 to circa 2010
    Topics: Social movements, Transgender people, Transgender rights
    Description: Circular purple button with white text. The button reads "trans rights now!".
  38. Trans Rights are Human Rights

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1977 to circa 2010
    Topics: Social movements, Transgender people, Transgender rights
    Description: Circular yellow button with diagonal text in black and brown. The button reads "TRANS rights are human RIGHTS".
  39. Trans Pride Trans Power

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1977 to circa 2010
    Topics: Gay pride, Transgender people, Visibility
    Description: A circular blue and pink button divided by a diagonal white bar, with text in black and white. The button reads "TRANS PRIDE TRANS POWER".
  40. Trans Poetry as “Artivism”: An Interview with Rupert Raj

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Oct. 21, 2022
    Topics: BIPOC, Poetry--Collections, Transgender activism, Transgender authors, Transgender community, Transgender poetry
    Description: An interview with trans activist and trailblazer Rupert Raj. In this interview, Raj discusses his international trans poetry anthology, Of Souls & Roles, Of Sex & Gender: A Treasury of Transsexual,...
  41. Trans Fag

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Gay identity, Transgender publishers, Transsexual people
    Description: Round button black text on purple background. The button reads "Trans Fag".
  42. Trans Dyke

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Lesbians, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Description: Round button with pink text in white square on pink background. The button reads "Trans Dyke".
  43. Trans Activism: trans folk & allies working together

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1977 to circa 2010
    Topics: Activists, Allies, Transgender people
    Description: Circular green button with text in black with white borders. The button reads "TRANS ACTIVISM trans folks & allies working together"
  44. Toronto's Leading Ladies

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Competitions, Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, Halloween, Photographs
  45. Toronto TS Group Meeting Agenda

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 8, 1986
    Topics: Transgender activism
    Subject: Rupert Raj, Toronto TS Group
    Description: Document showing a meeting from the Toronto TS Group that Rupert and Michelle co-chaired. They plan to start anew with their jurisdiction and have 28 people in attendance. On the second sheet are h...
  46. This Transie's Angry

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Transgender people, Transgender publishers, Transsexual people
    Description: Round button with black text and a red and blue starburst. The button reads "This Transie's Angry".
  47. Think Transpositively Fight Transphobia

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1977 to circa 2010
    Topics: Transgender people, Transphobia
    Description: Circular white and black button with text in black, white, and red. The button reads "think transpositively fight transphobia".
  48. There are more of us than you think!

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Transgender publishers
    Description: Round button with black text over white background. The button reads "There are more of us than you think!".
  49. Theory Mutilates Surgery Liberates

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Transgender publishers, Transsexual people
    Description: Round button with red text on black and brown background. The button reads "Theory Mutilates Surgery Liberates".
  50. "The Satyr Born Wrong" and "Rain Came"

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Bliss, Romeo
    Date: 1987
    Topics: Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Johnny A, Rupert Raj
    Description: Poem and song by Romeo Bliss. He also wrote under the names Johnny Bliss, Charles John Austen III, and later in life, Johnny A.
  51. The Prohibited Grounds of Dissmisal in Employment

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics:  
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: Chart with list of attribitues that can not be used to justify dismissing someone from their job.
  52. The Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals Recommended Constitution

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 14, 1987
    Topics: Transgender activism
    Subject: Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (FACT), Gender Review, Rupert Raj
    Description: The constitution for The Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals which outlines the scope and purpose of the group as well as the responsibilities for each of the leadership posisti...
  53. The FACTual Newsletter No. 1

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 1978
    Topics: Discrimination in employment, Gender affirming surgery, Hermaphrodites, Intersex, Phalloplasty, Sex discrimination, Stand-to-Pee devices, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Association for Transsexuals of Quebec, Calgary Canadian Human Rights Commission, Charles L. Ihlenfeld, Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (FACT), Harry Benjamin, Inge Stephens, John Money, Mario Martino, Rupert Raj
    Description: The first issue of the Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Transsexuals (FACT). Topics include: discrimination lawsuits in employment, thank you's to doctors and professionals doing work wit...
  54. The Empire Strikes Back

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Transgender publishers
    Description: Round button with white text over blue abstract design. The button reads "THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK".
  55. The ArQuives Trans Collections Guide

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 2020
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag, Gender expression, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ magazines, Motion pictures, Oral history, Periodicals, Photographs, Transgender newsletters, Transgender people, Two-Spirit people
    Subject: Adam's Word, Chrysalis Quarterly, Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario, Cross-Talk, Erickson Educational Foundation, Gender Review, gendertrash, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, International Congress on Sexology, Louis G. Sullivan, Metamorphosis, Mirha-Soleil Ross, Renaissance News, Rupert Raj, The Transsexual Voice, Xpressions
    Description: A research guide for exploring trans histories at the ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives. This guide covers The ArQuives' collections up until January 2020.
  56. Temple University Speech/Language and Hearing Center Resource

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Temple University Speech/Language and Hearing Center
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Transgender activism
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: A resource from Temple University's Speech/Language and Hearing Center that provides voice training to individuals who request it.
  57. 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.
  58. TDOR: Until the Violence Ends

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1977 to circa 2010
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Commemorations of the dead, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: Transgender Day of Remembrance
    Description: Circular white button with two teardrops and the trans symbol in a pink triangle, with text in black and pink. The button reads "TDOR Until the Violence Ends". Note: TDOR is the Transgender Day ...
  59. Switch

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Sexuality, Transgender publishers
    Description: Round button with white text on black background. The button reads "Switch".
  60. Susan Gapka Oral History, Part 2 (2016)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Brown, Elspeth
    Date: 2016
    Topics: Activists, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Health insurance, Law, LGBTI rights policy, Transgender people
    Subject: Ontario Health Insurance Plan
    Description: Second oral history with Susan Gapka, one of 7 activists involved in fighting Ontario's delisting of gender confirming surgeries from the province's public health plan in 1998. Conducted in Spring/...
  61. Susan Gapka Oral History, Part 1 (2016)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Brown, Elspeth
    Date: 2016
    Topics: Activists, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Sexology, Transgender people
    Subject: Harry Benjamin, John Money, Justin Trudeau, Ontario Health Insurance Plan
    Description: First oral history with Susan Gapka, one of 7 activists involved in fighting Ontario's delisting of gender confirming surgeries from the province's public health plan in 1998. Conducted in Spring/S...
  62. Surgical Consent Form

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Health care for LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: A three page surgical consent form. There is no mention of place, time, or context for the documents.
  63. Support Our Youth Workshop: The Diverse Rainbow of TS Women & Men

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: circa 1998
    Topics: FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Sexual orientation, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism, Transitioning status
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: A list of gender identities, transitional statuses, body modifications, sexual orientations, ethnoracial statuses, socioeconomic classifications, and notes on a profile of Rupert Raj.
  64. Support Group for TS Men & TG F-Ms Group Objectives and Calendar

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1999
    Topics: FtMs, LGBTQ+ support groups, Trans men, Transsexual people
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: A document that lists the group objectives for the Support Group for TS Men & TG F-Ms, and also has a calendar for the group. The calendar includes meeting times and any other events the group is p...
  65. Subscription Form for Gender Worker

     
    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 activism
    Subject: Gender Networker, Rupert Raj
    Description: Form addressed to helping professionals and resource providers to subscribe to Rupert Raj's newsletter, Gender Worker.
  66. Subscribe to: gendertrash

     
    Collection: gendertrash
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: 1993
    Topics: Advertising fliers, Transgender people, Transgender publishers, Transsexual people, Zines
    Subject: genderpress, gendertrash
    Description: Handbill printed on gray blue paper which reads "Subscribe to gendertrash." Handbill details gendertrash's target audience, ranging from people in transsexual and/or transgender communities, servic...
  67. Storme: The Lady of the Jewel Box

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 1988
    Topics: Black lesbians, Black LGBTQ+ people, Butches, Drag kings, LGBTQ+ activists, Racially mixed people
    Subject: Stormé DeLarverie
    Description: Photograph of Stormé DeLarverie standing and holding a microphone, printed on beige paper with the caption "Storme: The Lady of the Jewel Box"
  68. STOP Violence Against the Transgendered NOW!

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Transgender people, Transgender publishers
    Description: Round button with white and red text on black background. The button reads "STOP Violence Against the Transgendered NOW!"
  69. Stomp Out Gendercide

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1977 to circa 2010
    Topics: FtMs, Gender diversity, Genderism, Social movements, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: FtM Safer Shelter Research Project
    Description: Circular black button with an illustration of a leg and foot stomping the ground in white, and white text. The button reads "FtM Safer Shelter Research Project [email protected] Stomp Out Ge...
  70. Steps to Approval for Surgery

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Mastectomy, Phalloplasty
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: A set of informational papers concerning the steps a patient must take to be approved for FtM gender-affirming surgery. The papers contain a series of eight questions about how and why the person i...
  71. St. Charles Tavern Mob Article

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Jefferson, James
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), Violence
  72. St. Charles Tavern Halloween Violence Article

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Hannon, Gerald
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Anti-gay violence, Arrests, Crossdressers, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), Police, Violence
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic and homophobic violence.
  73. St. Charles Tavern Article

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Anti-gay violence, Crossdressers, Drag, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), Violence
  74. She Monster

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Eakin, Bruce
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Transgender publishers
    Description: Round button with pink and yellow text on white background with picture of small figure in leopard print dress. The button reads "SHE MONSTER".
  75. S.F. Bans Discrimination Against "Transgenders"

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: San Francisco Chronicle
    Date: Dec. 3, 1994
    Topics: Transgender activism, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Rupert Raj, San Francisco Chronicle
    Description: Copy of an article from the San Francisco Chronicle talking about a new law passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to ban discrimination against "transgenders."
  76. Sexin' Change Award Plaque

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 2001
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Description: An award plaque for Rupert Raj from the 2001 Trans Conference recognizing the work he's done for the transgender community.
  77. Set of Roger E. Peo Business Cards

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Peo, Roger E.
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Counseling, Transgender activism
    Subject: Androgyny Unlimited, Roger E. Peo, Rupert Raj
    Description: Set of five business cards for Roger E. Peo, board certified sexologist for Androgyny Unlimited.
  78. Series of Reviews from Various Publications

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Sullivan, Lou, Blancahrd, Ray, Huxford, Susan C.
    Date: 1988
    Topics: FtMs, MtFs, Trans men, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender people, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Gender Networker, Lou Sullivan, Metamorphosis, Ray Blanchard, Rupert Raj, Susan C. Huxford
    Description: Book and film reviews written by Lou Sullivan, Ray Blanchard, and Susan C. Huxford.
  79. Series of Reviews by Rupert Raj

     
    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 activism, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Liz Hodgkinson, Michael Eliot, Rupert Raj, Sergio Toledo
    Description: Reviews by Rupert Raj of "Michael Née Laura (The Story of the World's First Female-to-Male Trans-sexual)" by Liz Hodgkinson and "Crossing the Line" by Michael Eliot.
  80. Series of Letters to Editors and Purchasers of the Gender Networker (1990)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1990
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Subject: Gender Consultants, Gender Networker, Rupert Raj
    Description: Series of letters from Rupert Raj to editors and purchasers concerning the close of Gender NetWorker.
  81. Self-Organize! Change your sex & your workplace

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Canadian Union of Public Employees 3903
    Date: 2001 to 2002
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Labour, Labour movement, Transgender publishers
    Description: Round button with black text on teal background. Yellow ring around edge with stars and "CUPE 3903" in black. The button reads "Self Organize! Change your sex & your workplace".
  82. School Photographs of Rupert Raj

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: Two four by four grids of Rupert Raj's school pictures.
  83. Save Public Health Care Fund Sex Reassignment Surgeries

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Canadian Union of Public Employees 3903
    Date: 2001 to 2002
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Transgender publishers
    Description: Round button with yellow text on green background. Yellow ring around edge with stars and "CUPE 3903" in black. The button reads "Save PUBLIC Health Care FUND SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERIES".
  84. Rupert Raj's Personal Memoirs

     
    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: Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj
    Description: Rupert Raj documents his experiences as a transgender man.
  85. Rupert Raj's Curriculum Vitae

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1987
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Description: Rupert Raj's curriculum vitae, circa 1987.
  86. Rupert Raj's Criteria for Professional Status as a Counsellor/Educator

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1988
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Transgender activism
    Subject: Gender Worker, Rupert Raj
    Description: Criteria created by Rupert Raj to determine if someone should qualify for professional status as a counselor or educator for people with or about gender dysphoria.
  87. Rupert Raj's Correspondence Regarding Transsexuals in Prison (1986-1987)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert, Williamson, Lois, Williams III, McCollough, Kastner, D. C.
    Date: 1986
    Topics: LGBTQ+ prisoners, Transgender activism
    Subject: Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj, Transsexuals in Prison
    Description: A letter from Lois Williamson, executive director of the Elizabeth Fry Society, responding to Rupert Raj that their staff are not qualified to meet the needs of transsexual clients. A letter from R...
  88. Rupert Raj's Certificates of Membership and Candidate Nomination

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 15, 1990
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Subject: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), National Gender Dysphoria Organization and Support Group (NGDO), Rupert Raj
    Description: Membership certificate for Rupert Raj from the National Gender Dysphoria Organization of America, and certificate of nomination for Rupert Raj from the International Foundation for Gender Educatio...
  89. Rupert Raj Work History

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men
    Subject: Gender Networker, Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj
    Description: Rupert Raj work summary and background. He shares that he recently launched a part-time practice called "RR Consulting that will offer counselling to LGBTQ clients.
  90. Rupert Raj Portrait

     
    Collection: Art Works
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Suess, Maya
    Date: circa 1999
    Topics: Drawings, Educators, FtMs, LGBTQ+ activists, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender people
    Subject: Researcher, Rupert Raj, Writer
    Description: Born in 1952, Rupert Raj is a Eurasian counsellor/psychotherapist, clinical researcher, educator, lecturer, writer, editor, activist and Gender Specialist. He is a trailblazing activist who has bee...
  91. Rupert Raj Oral History (2016)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Brown, Elspeth
    Date: 2016
    Topics: Activists, Counseling, Electrolysis, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Medicalisation, Phalloplasty, Politics, Prisons, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender rights
    Subject: Ontario Health Insurance Plan, Rupert Raj, Trans Health Project
  92. Rupert Raj in the 1970s

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1970 to 1979
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender people
    Subject: Rupert Raj
  93. Roger E. Peo's Curriculum Vitae

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Peo, Roger E.
    Date: Nov. 1990
    Topics:  
    Subject: Roger Peo, Rupert Raj
    Description: Dr. Roger E. Peo's Curriculum Vitae listing his professional accomplishments.
  94. Reviews by Ari Kane and Christina Dewhurst

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Kane, Ari, Dewhurst, Christina
    Date: 1988
    Topics:  
    Subject: Anne Bolin, Ari Kane, Christina Dewhurst, Liz Hodgkinson, Rupert Raj
    Description: Review of "In Search of Eve: Transsexual Rites of Passages" by Anne Bolin, and review of "Bodyshock: The Truth About Changing Sex" by Liz Hodgkinson. Published in the Gender Networker.
  95. Review of Third Sex, Third Gender: Beyond Sexual Dimorphism in Culture and History

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1994
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transsexual people
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: A written review by Rupert Raj of the book Third Sex, Third Gender: Beyond Sexual Dimorphism in Culture and History. He shares his thoughts on the text, ultimately stating that he would highly reco...
  96. Review of the Film "Vera"

     
    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 activism
    Subject: Ana B. Noguiera, Rupert Raj, Sergio Toledo
    Description: Review of the film Vera starring Ana B. Nogueira, by Sergio Toledo
  97. Review of "The Comprehensive Treatment Program for the Gender Conflicted" by Tomye Kelley

     
    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 activism, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Rupert Raj, Tomye Kelley
    Description: Review by Rupert Raj of a set of 3 tapes by Tomye Kelley titled Comprehensive Treatment Program for the Gender Conflicted: Hormone Therapy, Androgony, and Transition.
  98. 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.
  99. Review of Lou Sullivan's "Information for the Female-to-Male Crossdresser and Transsexual"

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Stuart, Kim
    Date: 1988
    Topics: Transgender activism, Transgender people, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Kim Elizabeth Stuart, Lou Sullivan, Rupert Raj
    Description: Review by Kim Stuart discussing "Information for the Female-to-Male Crossdresser and Transsexual" by Lou Sullivan.
  100. Review of Lou Sullivan's "Information for the Female-to-Male Crossdresser and Transsexual"

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1988
    Topics:  
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: A review of Lou Sullivan's "Information for the Female-to-Male Crossdresser and Transsexual" by Rupert Raj.