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  1. 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.
  2. 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".
  3. 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!!!".
  4. 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.
  5. 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".
  6. 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".
  7. 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.
  8. 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".
  9. 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!".
  10. 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"
  11. "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.
  12. 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".
  13. 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".
  14. 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".
  15. 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".
  16. 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...
  17. 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".
  18. 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"
  19. 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".
  20. 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".
  21. 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".
  22. 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".
  23. 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
  24. 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...
  25. 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".
  26. 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".
  27. 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...
  28. 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".
  29. 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".
  30. 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/...
  31. 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...
  32. 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.
  33. 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...
  34. 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!"
  35. 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
  36. 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.
  37. 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
  38. 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".
  39. 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".
  40. 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".
  41. 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.
  42. 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...
  43. 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
  44. Releases about "Gender Networker" Changing to "Gender Consultants"

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1988 to 1990
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Subject: Gender Consultants, Gender Networker, Michelle Gauthier, Rupert Raj
    Description: Set of releases about Gender Networker changing its name to Gender Consultants and Michelle Gauthier joining Rupert Raj as a partner.
  45. Reckless Masquerade!

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Tom, David
    Date: Jun. 1988
    Topics: Queer people, Transfeminine people, Transgender people, Transmasculine people
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: A collection of poems relating to queer identities written by various authors. The poems were compiled by Tom and illustrated by David.
  46. Questionnaire from Rupert Raj

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: LGBTQ+ prisoners, Transgender activism
    Subject: Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Gender Identity Clinic of New England (GICNE), Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj, Transgender organizations
    Description: Questionnaire from Rupert Raj requesting information on an organization's structure, and about TS convicts and ex-convicts.
  47. Positive Space

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1977 to 2010
    Topics: Bisexuals, Education, Gay men, Homophobia, Lesbians, Transgender people
    Description: A sticker that reads "lesbian gay transgendered bisexual queer POSITIVE SPACE," produced for the positive space campaign, which aimed to create spaces on campus where LGBTQ students felt comfortable.
  48. Poly gendered

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Transgender people, Transgender publishers
    Description: Round button with white text on black background. The button reads "Poly gendered".
  49. Police Escorts Waving Person Outside of St Charles Tavern

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1980
    Topics: Halloween, Halloween costumes, Homophobia, Police, Riots, Transphobia
    Description: A police officer escorts a waving person who is wearing a dress and heels away from St Charles Tavern while a crowd looks on, presumably during the annual Halloween riots in Toronto.
  50. Police Escorts Person Into St Charles Tavern

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1980
    Topics: Halloween, Homophobia, Police, Riots, Transphobia
    Description: A person wearing a dress is led by a police officer into the St Charles Tavern in Toronto while others and another police officer look on, presumably during the annual Halloween riots.
  51. Police Escort Person Down a Street

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1980
    Topics: Arrests, Discrimination, Halloween, Homophobia, LGBTI community, Police, Riots, Transphobia
    Description: A person is escorted down the street by three police officers during the annual Halloween riots in Toronto as someone in a car looks on.
  52. Pissed Off Transsexuals United

     
    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 white text on black background. The button reads "Pissed Off Transsexuals United"
  53. Photographs of Rupert Raj with Micheline Johnson and Mike Camp

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men
    Subject: Micheline Johnson, Mike Camp, Rupert Raj
    Description: Photographs of Rupert Raj with Micheline Johnson and Mike Camp sitting on a couch. Raj is wearing a white jacket and hat.
  54. Photograph of Rupert Raj with His Family

     
    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: Photograph of Rupert Raj with his siblings and parents standing outside of a house.
  55. Photo of Mirha-Soleil Ross and Xanthra Phillipa MacKay

     
    Collection: gendertrash
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: O'Connor, Jennifer
    Date: 1993
    Topics: Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender publishers, Women's publishers
    Subject: Mirha-Soleil Ross, Xanthra Phillippa MacKay
    Description: Black and white photograph of Mirha-Soleil Ross and Xanthra Phillippa MacKay. They are outside on a summer day and grass and bushes are visible in the background. The two women are closely embracin...
  56. Person and Police Officer Stand Outside Charly's

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1980
    Topics: Bars (Drinking establishments), Halloween, Homophobia, Police, Riots, Transphobia
    Description: A person faces away from the camera while an adjacent police officer engages with them as they stand outside a building with a sign reading, "Charly's," presumably during the annual Halloween riots...
  57. People Line the Street Behind Police Officers

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1980
    Topics: Halloween, Homophobia, Police, Riots, Transphobia
    Description: A crowd lines the street as police officers block access to the street, presumably during the annual Halloween riots in Toronto.
  58. People in a Car During Halloween Riots

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Halloween, Homophobia, Riots, Transphobia
    Description: Four people sit in a car – three are in the backseat and one leans out the window from the front passenger seat – looking at something during the Halloween anti-trans riot.
  59. Peer-Support Group for Transsexual Men and Female-to-Males

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1999
    Topics: FtMs, LGBTQ+ support groups, Trans men, Transsexual people
    Subject: Rupert Raj, The 519
    Description: Flyer advertising a peer support group for transsexual men and FtMs. The flyer details when and where the group is taking place, along with a contact number. It also gives a brief description of wh...
  60. Peer Support Group for Transsexual Men, Female-to-Males

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1999
    Topics: FtMs, LGBTQ+ support groups, Trans men, Transsexual people
    Subject: Rupert Raj, The 519
    Description: Flyer advertising a peer support group for transsexual men and FtMs. The flyer details when and where the group is taking place, along with a contact number. It also gives a brief description of wh...
  61. "Pansies" Bloom in Cocktail Bar

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 17, 1951
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Sexual offenses laws, Soldiers
    Subject: Bambi
    Description: A newspaper article discussing the trial of a crossdresser referred to as "Bambi."
  62. Pamphlet on the Federation of American and Canadian Transsexuals (FACT)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Federation of American and Canadian Transsexuals
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Transgender activism, Transgender community
    Subject: Federation of American and Canadian Transsexuals (FACT), Rupert Raj
    Description: Pamphlet on the Federation of American and Canadian Transsexuals (FACT). Outlines the purpose of the organization, who can join, the services offered, the different memberships and their costs, and...
  63. Pamphlet Introducing Rupert Raj

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Metamorphosis Medical Research Foundation
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Subject: Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj
    Description: Pamphlet of Rupert Raj's personal background, history, and work.
  64. Oral History with Lezlie Lee Kam, PT 2 (16 June 2017)

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Brown, Elspeth, Lee Kam, Lezlie
    Date: Jun. 16, 2017
    Topics: Alcoholism, Bars, Butches, Gay pride, Hate crimes, Latinos, Lesbians, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Mardi gras, MtFs, Older transgender people, Oral history, Police, Police brutality--United States, Soft butches, Volunteering
    Subject: Black Lives Matter (BLM), Club Manhattan, Lesbian Organization of Toronto, Lezlie Lee Kam, LOOT, Proud and Visible Coalition, Soca, The Rose, World Majority Lesbians
    Description: Lezlie Lee Kam is a 55+, gender-mysterious, world majority person and dyke; a Trini; a Carib; Brown; and a Callaloo-a mix of Chinese, Carib, Indian, Portuguese, and Venezuelan. She was born in Trin...
  65. Oral History with Lezlie Lee Kam, PT 1 (27 April, 2017)

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Brown, Elspeth, Lee Kam, Lezlie
    Date: Apr. 27, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Afro-caribbeans, Black power, Butches, Christianity, Coming out, Ethnic relations, Gender role, Lesbian culture, Lesbian separatism, Migration, Oral history, Popular culture, Soft butches, Transphobia
    Subject: Lesbian Organization of Toronto
  66. Operation Jack O'Lantern: Public Safety

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Demonstrations, Halloween, Law, Public safety
  67. Operation Jack O'Lantern

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag, Halloween, Homophobia, Intolerance, LGBTI community, Police brutality, Riots, Transphobia
  68. Only a Transvestite Could Love You

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Transgender publishers, Transvestism, Transvestites
    Description: Round button with white text on black background. The button reads "ONLY A TRANSVESTITE COULD LOVE YOU".
  69. Only a Transsexual could love you

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Transsexual people
    Description: Round button with white text on black background.
  70. On Transsexualism

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Apr. 1973
    Topics: Transgender activism, Transsexual people
    Subject: Go Info, Rupert Raj
    Description: An article written by Rupert Raj in Go Info discussing transsexual identity and gender-affirming medical care.
  71. Notice from Rupert and Michelle Raj-Gautier on Gender Consultants

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Gender Consultants, Gender Worker, Rupert Raj
    Description: Notice from Rupert and Michelle Raj-Gautier saying that Gender Worker is changing to Gender Consultants. They add that they will be introducing three new services to their main plan.
  72. 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...
  73. Nick Mule Oral History (2016)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Brown, Elspeth
    Date: 2016
    Topics: Activists, Feminism, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Health insurance, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia
    Subject: Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario, Ki Namaste, Nick Mule, Ontario Health Insurance Plan, Rainbow Health Network
  74. My girlfriend is a Transsexual

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: LGBTQ+ partners, Transgender publishers, Transsexual people
    Description: Round button with black text over pink background. The button reads "My girlfriend is a Transsexual".
  75. My boyfriend is a Transsexual

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Eakin, Bruce
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: LGBTQ+ relationships, Transgender publishers, Transsexual people
    Description: Round button with black text on pink background with b&w image of face with short hair and sunglasses. The button reads "My boyfriend is a Transsexual".
  76. Metamorphosis, Vol. 2 No. 1 (February 1983)

     
    Collection: Metamorphosis
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Feb. 1983
    Topics: Appearance, Communities, Femininities, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Masculinities, Phalloplasty, Psychiatry, Sexuality
    Subject: Charles Devine, Charles Horton, Julia Terzis, Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj
  77. Metamorphosis Vol. 1, No. 4 (August 1982)

     
    Collection: Metamorphosis
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Aug. 1982
    Topics: Etiology, Femininities, FtMs, Gender identity, Genetics, Homosexuality, Hormones, Masculinities, Psychology, Sexual orientation, Sexuality, Surgery, Transsexual people
    Subject: Claude Migeon, Louis G. Sullivan, Norman Fisk
  78. Metamorphosis Vol. 1, No. 1 (February 1982)

     
    Collection: Metamorphosis
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Feb. 1982
    Topics: Appearance, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Health, Phalloplasty, Sexuality, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Erik Schinegger, F. Brantley Scott, Joseph Lamberti, Jude Patton, Mario Martino, Nicholas C. Ghosh, Richard Freen, Rupert Raj, Steve Dain
  79. Metamorphosis Magazine Vol. 7, No. 1 (February 1988)

     
    Collection: Metamorphosis
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Feb. 1988
    Topics: Crossdressers, Femininities, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Mental health, MtFs, Penis, Personal and family law, Phalloplasty, Physical health, Sexology, Social integration, Transsexualism, Voice therapy (Gender)
    Subject: Bodyshock: The Truth about Changing Sex, Christine Jorgensen, Crossing the Line, Femininity, In Search of Eve: Transsexual Rites of Passage, John Money, Mary Elizabeth, Michael Elliot, Stanley L. Gore, Transsexualism and Sex Reassignment
  80. Metamorphosis Magazine Vol. 6, Nos. 1-2 (January-April 1987)

     
    Collection: Metamorphosis
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Jan. 1987 to Apr. 1987
    Topics: Appearance, Childbirth, Communities, Families, Femininities, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Hormones, Human rights, Law, Masculinities, Parenthood, Phalloplasty, Prejudices, Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy, Self-acceptance, Sexuality, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: Academisch Ziekenhuis Vrije Universiteit, Betty Wilson Steiner, Chicago Gender Society, Gender Dysphoria: Development, Research, Management, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), National Gender Alliance (NGA), Presentations of Gender, Robert J. Stoller, Self Help Association for Transsexuals (SHAFT), Svend J. Robinson, Tenth Annual Symposium on Gender Dysphoria, Virginia Prince
  81. Metamorphosis Magazine Vol. 6, No. 4 (July-August 1987)

     
    Collection: Metamorphosis
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Jul. 1987 to Aug. 1987
    Topics: Communities, Crossdressers, Ethics, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Heterosexuals, Hormones, Patients, Penis, Phalloplasty, Psychological tests, Psychosocial care, Psychotherapy, Stress
    Subject: Allan Berube, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Danny Watson, German Society for Sex Research, Gunter Doerner, Jack Garland, Louis Gooren
  82. Metamorphosis Handbook from Patricia Fisher

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Metamorphosis
    Date: 1980 to 1989
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transsexual people, Transsexuality, Transvestites
    Subject: Chris Ross, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Judy Dupuis, Metamorphosis, Micheline Johnson, Michelle Townsend, Patricia Fisher, Rupert Raj
    Description: Metamorphosis handbook providing resources and information about transsexualism, including a sex orientation scale, Metamorphosis brochure, and memorandum from Judy Van Maasdam.
  83. MealTrans Support Group for F-M Transsexual Men/F-M Transgendered Women

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1999
    Topics: FtMs, Trans men, Transsexual people
    Subject: Rupert Raj, The 519
    Description: A document that lays out when and where the support group will take place, and also lists the groups' norms, purpose, expectations, and facilitator: Rupert Raj.
  84. Martine Stonehouse Oral History (2016)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Brown, Elspeth
    Date: 2016
    Topics: Activists, Discrimination, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Health insurance, Human rights, Law, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Subject: Martine Stonehouse
  85. Maries Fight Back/'Mary's fight back

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Transgender publishers, Transsexual people
    Description: Two round buttons with black text on pink background, and black text on red background. The button reads "'Mary's fight Back".
  86. Man dressed as woman solicits officer

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: May 7, 1960
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Police, Prostitution, Transgender prostitution
    Description: A newspaper article on a police officer's encounter with a crossdressing sex worker. Page two of the story is located in the "Related Links" section.
  87. Lifestory

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender authors
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: Rupert Raj writes an essay on his life story. He writes about his family history and background, recounts his experiences in school, and as a trans person in medical and psychiatric systems. He des...
  88. Letters to the editor: "very old transvestite" speaks up for males who prefer femme attire

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: May 28, 1966
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gender diversity, Masculinities, Older people
    Description: A letter on the subject of crossdressing and men and women's clothing. Page 2 of this article can be found in the "related links" section.
  89. Letters to the Editor from Rupert Raj and His Sister

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Crossdressers, FtMs, Gender dysphoria
    Subject: Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj
    Description: Letters to the Editor from Rupert Raj and his sister in repsonse to "Altered States" by Ian Brown. Rupert's response critizises the article, saying it was sensationalized and the reporting was irre...
  90. Letters to Rupert Raj from Physicians (1973-1976)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Armstrong, R.A., Hanker, Fred O., Dushoff, Ira M., Packman, Paul M., Laidlaw, Robert W., Firth, S. T., Zitrin, Aurthur
    Date: 1973
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Transgender activism
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: Letters to Rupert Raj (formerly known as Nicolas Ghosh) from various North American physicians expressing support for and discussing the a petition Rupert was endorsing that would include sex reass...
  91. Letters to Rupert Raj about Legal Name Changes (1982, 1986)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Johnson, Beverley, Fulton, Ed
    Date: Apr. 21, 1982
    Topics: Gender markers, Legal name change
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: Letters from the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communication on legal name changes.
  92. Letters from Vern L. Bullough to Rupert Raj (1994)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Bullough, Vern L.
    Date: Jun. 12, 1994
    Topics: Crossdressing, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: AEGIS, Holly Devor (now Aaron Devor), IFGA, IHEU, Kim Elizabeth Stuart, Rupert Raj, Tri Sigma, Vern L. Bullough
    Description: Letters from Vern L. Bullough to Rupert Raj discussing a proposed book by Raj. Vern provides feedback on what he thinks Raj should focus his book on, as well as discusses Kim Stuart, and cross-dres...
  93. Letters from Vern L. Bullough to Rupert Raj (1983, 1984)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Bullough, Vern L.
    Date: Aug. 8, 1983
    Topics: Crossdressing, Gender affirming surgery
    Subject: Rupert Raj, Vern L. Bullough
    Description: Letters from Vern L. Bullough to Rupert Raj informing Raj of surgeons performing gender affirming procedures in the Los Angeles area and asking Raj if he would like a brief summary of the cross dre...
  94. Letters from the Gay Community Appeal of Toronto to Rupert Raj (January 15, 1987)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Gay Community Appeal of Toronto
    Date: Jan. 15, 1987
    Topics:  
    Subject: Lesbian and Gay Community Appeal of Toronto, Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj
    Description: Letters from representatives of the Gay Community Appeal of Toronto to Rupert Raj, and Metamorphosis. Includes a letter from the president of the organization thanking all the applicants and inviti...
  95. Letters from Rupert Raj to the Ontario Minister of Labor and to the Department of External Affairs (1986)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: May 22, 1986
    Topics: Transgender activism
    Subject: Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj
    Description: Two letters from Rupert Raj to the Ontario Minister of Labor and to the Department of External Affairs concerning trans rights issues. The first letter to the Minister of Labor calls for the additi...
  96. Letters from Rupert Raj to Government Officials (June 12, 1986)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Jun. 12, 1986
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Transgender activism, Transgender rights, Transsexual people
    Subject: Civil Rights Act, Evelyn Gigantes, Greg Lawrence, Mark Rees v. United Kingdom, Ontario Human Rights Code, Rupert Raj, Sven Robinson
    Description: A letter from Rupert Raj to Svend Robinson, M.P. and another to Evelyn Gigantes, thanking them for their responses to his request to include "transsexualism" as a gender category in anti-discrimina...
  97. Letters From Roger E. Peo to Rupert Raj (1992)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Peo, Roger E.
    Date: Nov. 24, 1992
    Topics: FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ health education, Sexologists, Sexology, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Alice Webb, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, IBM, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), JoAnn Roberts, Leah Schaefer, Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj
    Description: Three letters of correspondence from Roger E. Peo to Rupert Raj. Peo discusses personal updates and updates from his work and interaction with trans and trans-related organizations. He discusses Ru...
  98. Letters from Milton Edgerton to Rupert Raj (August 8, 1985)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Edgerton, Milton
    Date: Aug. 8, 1985
    Topics: FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Trans men
    Subject: Milton Edgerton, Rupert Raj
    Description: Three letters from Milton Edgerton to Rupert Raj detailing surgical procedures for transsexual patients conducted at the University of Virginia Medical Center.
  99. Letters from Medical Organizations to Rupert Raj (1984, 985)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Kohlmeyer, Klaus, Howe, Karen, Fjeld, Jane, Lawson, Darlene
    Date: May 31, 1984
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Transgender activism
    Subject: Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj
    Description: Letters between the Metamorphosis and other health organizations regarding details on transgender patients and couseling on gender reassignment surgeries.
  100. Letters from Judy Jennings to Rupert Raj (April 25, 1984)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Jennings, Judy
    Date: Apr. 25, 1984
    Topics: FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Mastectomy, MtFs, Phalloplasty
    Subject: Gender Identity Association, Rupert Raj
    Description: Letters from Judy Jennings, executive secretary of the Gender Identity Association, to Rupert Raj providing information on sex reassignment surgeries for both trans men and trans women.