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"The Trial of M. D'Eon by a Jury of Matrons" (Frontispiece, The Town and Country Magazine - May, 1771)
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: May 1771 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender minorities, Law Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, Eonism Description: According to the Transas City website: "A very unique item which highlights part of the furore over the gender identity of the Chevalier d’Eon. In May 1771, the Town and Country Magazine of Eng... -
Illustration of Mary Jones (1836)
Collection: Art Works Institution: Transas City Creator: H.R. Robinson Date: 1836 Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressing Subject: Mary Jones, Peter Sewally Description: Content Warning: This item contains racist and transphobic imagery. Text at the bottom reads: "The Man-Monster, Peter Sewally, alias Mary Jones, &c&c Sentenced 18th June 1836 to 5 years im... -
Kunkel's Opera Troupe Listing
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Mountain Charley
Collection: Rare Books Institution: Transas City Creator: Charley, Mountain Date: 1861 Topics: Crossdressing, Frontier and pioneer life, Gender expression, Stealth (Transgender) Description: The autobiography of E. J. Guerin, AKA Mountain Charley, charting their thirteen years of life living as a man. The memoir follows Guerin's life as a young mother and wife, which is ruptured by the... -
In Male Attire: Remarkable Career of a Female Who Passed for a Man
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Simmon's and Slocum's Minstrels
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Ella Zoyara: Death of the Noted Circus Female Impersonator
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Incidents in Illinois
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Impersonator Willis: Arrest of an Alleged St. Louisman in New York
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Six Years for Harry Mortimer: The Nimble-Fingered Female Impersonator Must Go to Prison
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Zelma Rawlston Advertisement
Collection: Transas City Photographs (Pre-1900) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1897 Topics: Actors, Crossdressing, Entertainers, Male impersonators Subject: Leona Lewis, Mademoiselle Ani, Zelma Rawlston Description: This Advertisement features three pictures of performers: Zelma Rawlston, Leona Lewis, and Mademoiselle Ani. -
A Female Impersonator: Man Disguised in Woman's Apparel Arrested at Austin
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Fooled the Reubens: Coldwater Boys Played Girl at Batavia Dance
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Not Manners of a Lady: Impersonator Wears Frills and Ruffles, but Uses Fists - Is Charged with Attack on Woman
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Shot Female Impersonator: Negro in Woman's Garb Slashes Policemen and Is Killed
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'Silly Kid' Tries to Dupe Sleuths: "Female Impersonator" Objects to Being Arrested by Men Not in Uniform
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Charges Perjury in P.R.T. Damage Suit: Alleged Accident Victim Whose Case Failed Accused of Swearing Falsely in Own Behalf
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Winsor M'Cay Draws Impressions of Mr. Julian Eltinge at Orpheum
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Man Held on Charge of Stealing Silk Dress
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Arrest Actor's Wife: Jesse Harris Is Dead of Morphine Poisoning
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Transas City Creator: Evansville Courier & Press Date: Nov. 6, 1911 Topics: Actors, Arrests, Crimes, Female impersonators, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Police, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Theatre Subject: J.V. Thomas, Jesse Harris -
"Margaret" Smith Proves to Be Man
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Julian Eltinge Has Big Reception Here
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The Man Who Was a "Perfect Lady"
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Escaped Negro Convict is Captured Here as "Female Impersonator"
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Lived as Man to Help Her Friend
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Woman Dresses as Man; Other Poses as "Wife" to Earn Living for Both
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Girl Posed Six Years as a Man
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Female Impersonator is Betrayed by Feet
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China Has High-Salaried Female Impersonator
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Photos d'outre-mer (Le Regiment May 23, 1918)
Collection: Military Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: May 23, 1918 Topics: Actors, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Navy, Plays, Sailors Description: The text on the page reads: "Photos d’outre-mer Vous voyez cette jeune actrice américaine qui fait des grâces devant l’objectif, n’est-ce pas qu’elle est jolie? … Eh bien c’est… …un jeune ... -
Bothwell Browne as "Miss Jack"
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: circa 1919 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Musicals, Photographs, Stage fencing Subject: Bothwell Browne Description: Bothwell Browne photograph for the Broadway production, Miss Jack at the Herald Square Theatre. -
Bothwell Browne Posing with Sword
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: circa 1919 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Musical theatre, Photographs, Stage fencing Subject: Bothwell Browne Description: Bothwell Browne photograph for the Broadway production, Miss Jack at the Herald Square Theatre. -
Karyl Norman Posing in Dress 1
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Karyl Norman Posing in Dress 2
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Voo-Doo Laying Down
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Voo-Doo Performing
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John Lind, Clever Female Impersonator
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Bothwell Browne Tells Real Name and Age
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Female Impersonator in Trouble
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Browne With His Beauties to Top Orpheum
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Man in Woman's Garb Beans Negro with Gun
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Thompson Held to Grand Jury
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Chic Boy, 16, in Role of Countess, Unmasked Trying to Add to Fine Wardrobe
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The Why of He-Men Who Play Women
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Transas City Creator: Steinman, Samuel Date: May 5, 1929 Topics: Clothing, Female impersonators, Femininities, Mental disorders, Photography, Physical characteristics, Psychologists, Psychology, Sportspersons, Students, Theatre, Theatre shows Subject: George Pease, Haresfoot, Mimics of Michigan, Walter Koppisch, William Sheldon -
Female Impersonator Found Guilty of Theft
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Women's Clothes Bring $20 Fines
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"Advanced" Surgery
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Julian Eltinge Will Introduce New Revue Here
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Astounding Case of the Man Who Was Changed Into a Woman
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Oct. 22, 1933 Topics: Artists, Clothing, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Marriage, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people Subject: Anna Larson, Grete Wegener, H. J. Stening, Lili Elbe, Man into Woman, Niels Hoyer -
Police Raiders Arrest Ten in S.F. Night Club: Patrons Rush for Exits as Officers Visit Finocchio's
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Can Sex in Humans Be Changed?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Transas City Creator: Wickets, Donald Furthman Date: Jan. 1937 Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Intersex, Law, Physical characteristics, Sports, Sportspersons, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people Subject: Lili Elbe, Mark Weston, Norman Haire, Zdenek Koubkov -
Impersonator Found Slain
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Transas City Creator: The Associated Press Date: May 28, 1937 Topics: Female impersonators, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Violence Subject: Edward F. Dolan Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
Los Angeles Permits Female Impersonation
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Julian Eltinge, 57, Dies; Began Stage Career in Hub
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Mildred M. Medical File Photo (1942)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950) Institution: Transas City Creator: Olkon, D.M., Sherman, Irene Case Date: 1942 Topics: Psychiatric clinics, Transgender people Subject: Mildred M. Description: Photograph of Mildred M. taken from her medical report from the University of Chicago Psychiatric Clinic. -
Mildred M. Medical File Photo (1942) (2)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950) Institution: Transas City Creator: Olkon, D.M., Sherman, Irene Case Date: 1942 Topics: Psychiatric clinics, Transgender people Subject: Mildred M. Description: Photograph of Mildred M. taken from her medical report from the University of Chicago Psychiatric Clinic. -
Mildred M. Medical File Photo (1942) (3)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950) Institution: Transas City Creator: Olkon, D.M., Sherman, Irene Case Date: circa 1942 Topics: Psychiatric clinics, Transgender people Subject: Mildred M. Description: Photograph of Mildred M. taken from her medical report from the University of Chicago Psychiatric Clinic. -
Mildred M. Medical File Photo (1942) (4)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950) Institution: Transas City Creator: Olkon, D.M., Sherman, Irene Case Date: circa 1942 Topics: Psychiatric clinics, Psychiatric institutions, Transgender people Subject: Mildred M. Description: Photographs of Mildred M. taken from her medical report from the University of Chicago Psychiatric Clinic. -
Mugshot of Neville McQuade and Lewis Stanley Keith (1942)
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Roberta Cowell with Her Father
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Little Waltz Fooled a Cop
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Roberta Cowell in World War II (1947)
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Roberta Cowell in World War II (1947) (2)
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Karyl Norman Career Summary Page
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: circa 1950 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Lyricists, Musical theater, Singers, Theater Subject: Karyl Norman Description: Page with career summary for Karyl Norman. Includes multiple pictures of Karyl Norman across different times in her career, two of which are signed. -
Shalimar Performing in a Club
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Roberta Cowell in the Kitchen
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: circa 1945 to 1957 Topics: Cooking, Kitchens, MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Women biographers Subject: Picture Post, Roberta Cowell Description: Below the photo the following quote appears: "'Cooking was unexpectedly exciting.'" -
Christine Jorgensen in Car
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: circa 1952 Topics: LGBTQ+ press, Photography, Privacy, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen (second from right) huddles in a car with three other unidentified people -
Christine Jorgensen Walks with a Friend in Denmark
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Police Officer, Man Posing As Woman Are Hurt In Fight
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'Woman' Gives Battle, But Proves to Be Man
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Female Impersonator Is Sentenced To Jail
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Christine Jorgensen in Copenhagen
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: International News Photos Date: Dec. 1, 1952 Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Hospitals, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen sitting in Copenhagen. Reverse has a description of Jorgensen's life potentially for publication. Handwritten markings. -
N.Y. Couple Joyous Son Now Daughter
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Boston American Date: Dec. 1, 1952 Topics: Army, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Masculinities, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, George W. Jorgensen -
Christine Jorgensen at a Press Conference
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: The Associated Press Date: Dec. 11, 1952 Topics: Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen posing for a photograph at a press conference after having received gender realignment surgery in Denmark. -
Christine Jorgensen and Sonia Henie
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: circa 1953 Topics: Parties, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Sonia Henie Description: Christine Jorgensen, left, meets ice skater Sonia Henie (center), surrounded by a group of people in formal wear. -
Christine Jorgensen Arrives at New York Idlewild Airport
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1953 Topics: Photography, Trans women, Transgender people, Travel Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen returns to the United States in 1953 after undergoing gender realignment surgery in Denmark, pictured here at the New York Idlewild Airport (now JFK International Airport). -
Christine Jorgensen Reads "American Weekly"
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: circa 1953 Topics: News magazines, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: American Weekly, Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen sits at a desk reading an issue of "American Weekly," potentially the 1953 story the magazine published about her life. -
Christine Jorgensen Takes Driving Exam
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: circa 1953 Topics: Licenses, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen poses behind the wheel of a car as she takes the test to get her driver's license in 1953 as someone photographs her in the background -
Christine Jorgensen Visits the Kinsey Institute
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1953 Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Meetings, Organizations for sexual research and sexual reform, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Alfred Kinsey, Christine Jorgensen, The Kinsey Institute for Sex Research Description: Christine Jorgensen walks down the hallway of the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research in 1953, where she went to meet with Dr. Alfred Kinsey. -
Christine Jorgensen Visits the Kinsey Institute (2)
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1953 Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Meetings, Organizations for sexual research and sexual reform, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Alfred Kinsey, Christine Jorgensen, The Kinsey Institute for Sex Research Description: Christine Jorgensen poses on a desk at the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research in 1953, where she went to meet with Dr. Alfred Kinsey. -
Christine Jorgensen with a Tea Cup
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Christine Jorgensen with Milton Berle
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1953 Topics: Gatherings, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Milton Berle Description: Christine Jorgensen hobnobbing with Milton Berle, host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater at the time. -
Georgina Turtle at Work
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Georgina Turtle Playing the Piano
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Close-Up of Christine Jorgensen Upon Arrival at New York Idlewild Airport
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: The Associated Press Date: Feb. 12, 1953 Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: A close-up photograph taken of Christine Jorgensen by the AP after her return to the United States at the New York Idlewild Airport (now JFK International Airport) in 1953 and was published by the AP. -
"G.I." Christine Returns Home
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Coronation News Date: Feb. 12, 1953 Topics: Gender realignment surgery, LGBTQ+ press, Military, Trans women, Transgender people, Veterans, Videos Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: A 1953 video of a press conference featuring Christine Jorgensen upon her arrival to the United States following her surgery in Denmark -
Christine Jorgensen Named "Woman of the Year"
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Mar. 7, 1953 Topics: Awards, Photographs, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Scandinavian Society Description: The photograph is captioned "Christine named “Woman of the Year” New York……….. Golden-haired Christine Jorgensen, the former GI transformed into a beautiful woman by Copenhagen (Denmark) surgeons a... -
Christine Jorgensen Receives Woman of the Year Award
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Mar. 31, 1953 Topics: Awards, Organisations, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Harry Berglind, Scandinavian Society Description: Christine Jorgensen accepts a certificate from Harry Berglind, chairman of the Scandinavian Societies of Greater New York, for their Woman of the Year award in 1953. -
Christine Jorgensen at Adelphi Theater, New York City
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Apr. 8, 1953 Topics: Photography, Theatre, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen at the Adelphi Theater in New York City wearing a straw hat and an orchid corsage. -
Male Shake Dancer Plans to Change Sex, Wed GI in Europe
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Jet Date: Jun. 18, 1953 Topics: Actors, Black people, Classification of diseases, Dancers, Female impersonators, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Law, Marriage, Medicalisation, Military, MtFs Subject: Charles Robert Brown -
Shake Dancer Postpones Sex Change For Face Lifting
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Christine Jorgensen Listening to the Radio
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Oct. 10, 1953 Topics: Photographs, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: This picture from Christine Jorgensen's trip to Havana, Cuba shows her sitting beside a dresser, tuning a radio. -
Christine Jorgensen on a Trip to Cuba
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Christine Jorgensen Reading a Magazine and Smoking
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Oct. 10, 1953 Topics: Photographs, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Fuste Show Description: A photograph of Christine Jorgensen from her trip to Havana, Cuba. She is pictured reading an issue of Fuste Show, while smoking a cigarette. -
Tax Snag Halts Male Dancer's Trip For Sex Change
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Charlotte McLeod on Couch with Her Father, Charles McLeod
Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: circa 1954 Topics: Family members, Gender realignment surgery, Photography, Smoking Subject: Charles McLeod, Charlotte McLeod Description: Charlotte McLeod, in a long skirt and white sweater, sits on a couch, speaking with her father, Charles, who is wearing a suit and holds a cigarette. -
Christine Jorgensen in Formal Wear
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Seymour, Maurice Date: circa 1954 Topics: Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Myles Bell Description: Christine Jorgensen poses with Myles Bell in evening wear for photographer Maurice Seymour in 1954. -
Christine Jorgensen Poses on the Andrea Doria
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Christine Jorgensen Waves from Airplane Steps
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1954 Topics: Airline personnel, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people, Travel Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen is pictured waving from the steps of a plane in 1954 before departure. -
Roberta Cowell and Lisa Morrell in Cab in Nice (1954)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1954 Topics: MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Lisa Morrell, Roberta Cowell Description: According to the Transas City site: "From the back of the photograph: THE GIRL ALL THE WORLD IS TALKING ABOUT RESTS IN THE SUNSHINE AT NICE. On the Promenade des Anglais, Roberta and her comp... -
Roberta Cowell and Lisa Morrell in Nice (1954)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1954 Topics: MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Lisa Morrell, Picture Post, Roberta Cowell Description: From the Transas City Website: "Roberta Cowell in Nice, 1954, looking at her cover article on Picture Post. From the back of the photograph: ME ON THE COVER. ' Picture Post, with my story in ... -
Roberta Cowell at the Louvre in Paris, Viewing the Venus de Milo (1954)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1954 Topics: MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Roberta Cowell, Venus de Milo Description: The following description was taken from the Getty Images website: "Transsexual Roberta Cowell, formerly Robert Cowell admires the Venus de Milo in the Louvre during a visit to Paris. Roberta was... -
Roberta Cowell in France (March 1954)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1954 Topics: Loneliness, MtFs, Restaurants, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Roberta Cowell Description: According to Transas City the following is found on the back of the photograph: “…sometimes I felt lonely…” Dated Wednesday, 17 March, 1954. -
Roberta Cowell in French Streetcar (1954)
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Roberta Cowell in Pisa, Italy (April 22, 1954)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1954 Topics: Cameras, Leaning Tower (Pisa, Italy), MtFs, Photography, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Roberta Cowell Description: According to Transas City, the following appears on the back of the photograph: "Risking recognition, Roberta interrupts her escape to take pictures at Pisa." -
Roberta Cowell in Villefranche (1954)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1954 Topics: Gardens--France, MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Roberta Cowell Description: According to Transas City the following is found on the back of the photograph: “The March sun was warm, and the roses were already in bloom, and no one knew me.” -
Roberta Cowell Outside Night Club in Nice (1954)
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Roberta Cowell Standing in Crowd
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1954 Topics: MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Roberta Cowell Description: Description of the photo on the Getty Images site: "Transsexual Roberta Cowell, formerly Robert Cowell visits Paris with a friend. Roberta was once a Spitfire pilot, prisoner-of-war, racing mot... -
Tamara Rees Side-By-Side
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: circa 1954 Topics: LGBTQ+ veterans, Post-operative, Trans women Subject: Netherlands, Rees, Tamara, World War II Description: A comparison between a photo of Tamara Rees following her operation in the Netherlands with her military photo from World War II. -
Danish Doctors Again Change Sex of American
Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: The Associated Press, Andersen, Eigil Date: Feb. 14, 1954 Topics: Army, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Law, MtFs, Physicians Subject: Charlotte McLeod, Christine Jorgensen Description: Same article published in the Baton Rouge Advocate and Boston American; links below. -
Charlie to Charlotte Operation Successful On New Orleans Patient
Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: The Advocate Date: Feb. 24, 1954 Topics: Army, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, MtFs Subject: Charlotte McLeod, Christine Jorgensen Description: Newspaper formerly known as the Baton Rouge State Times Advocate. Second page of article linked below. Same article published in the Boston American and Sacramento Bee; links below. -
Danes Change 2d GI to Girl
Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: The Associated Press Date: Feb. 24, 1954 Topics: Army, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Medical interventions, MtFs, Plastic surgery Subject: Charlotte McLeod, Christine Jorgensen Description: Same article published under different titles in the Baton Rouge Advocate and the Sacramento Bee; links below. -
American Youth Encounters Trouble in Seeking Change of Sex in Denmark
Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Portland Oregonian Date: Feb. 25, 1954 Topics: Army, Baptist church, Family members, Gender realignment surgery, MtFs Subject: Charles McLeod, Charlotte McLeod, Christine Jorgensen Description: Clipping of same article found in the Richmond Times Dispatch; link below. -
Charlotte McLeod Comes Home as a Woman
Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Feb. 25, 1954 Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Photography Subject: Charlotte McLeod Description: Charlotte McLeod, still in Copenhagen, poses in a black dress coat and a white hat as she prepares to return to the United States. -
Ex-GI 'Charlotte' Goes Into Hiding
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New Case Parallels Jorgensen's
Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: The Associated Press Date: Feb. 25, 1954 Topics: Army, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Law, MtFs, Physicians Subject: Charlotte McLeod, Christine Jorgensen Description: Full article published in the Portland Oregonian; link below. -
Now His Daughter, Says Ex-GI's Dad
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Coming Home a Woman
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Christine Jorgensen and "Frank" Sit on a Boat
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Mar. 1954 Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen, smiling, and a person identified as "Frank" pose on a boat, with water in the background. -
Christine Jorgensen, "Frank," and Another Person
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Mar. 1954 Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen poses standing up with an individual identified as "Frank" and one other person by the water. -
Christine Jorgensen, "Frank," and Three Others on a Boat
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Mar. 1954 Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen, smiling, poses for a photo on the bow of a boat with a person identified as "Frank" alongside three other individuals with water in the background. -
Christine Jorgensen Poses on a Boat with Eight Others
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Christine Jorgensen Poses on a Dock with "Frank" and Two Others
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Mar. 1954 Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen poses on a dock with "Frank" and two others in front of a sign that says "Bay Harbor" and "Roger II" with fish hanging from it. -
Christine Jorgensen Poses on the Bow of a Boat While Eight Others Gather on Top
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Mar. 1954 Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen stands leisurely on the bow of a docked boat while eight others gather haphazardly on the top of the boat. -
Christine Jorgensen Poses with Ted Karras
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Mar. 1954 Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Ted Karras Description: Christine Jorgensen stands with Ted Karras on a dock underneath a sign that reads "M. B. FLA." -
Christine Jorgensen Sits with Ted Karras
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Mar. 1954 Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Ted Karras Description: Christine Jorgensen and Ted Karras pose for a photograph together, smiling, on a boat with two other people in the background. -
Christine Jorgensen Sitting on a Boat
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Mar. 1954 Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen poses for a photo while sitting at the bow of a boat. She is dressed in nautical attire. -
Christine Jorgensen Striking a Pose on the Dock
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Mar. 1954 Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen sits on a pier under a sign that says "Bay Harbor" and "Roger II," posing for a photograph, while holding her sailor hat. -
Christine Jorgensen Surrounded by Eight People On Top of a Boat
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Mar. 1954 Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen, along with eight other people, are on top of a docked boat. There is a parking lot in the background. -
Christine Jorgensen with Frank in Naval Attire
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Christine Jorgensen with Six Other People on a Boat
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Mar. 1954 Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen sits on a boat with six other individuals, many in hats and other nautical wear, smiling and posing for a photograph. -
Christine Jorgensen with Three Other People
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Mar. 1954 Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen sits on a bench on a dock with three other people, posing and smiling. -
British War Pilot Reported Transformed Into Woman
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: The Associated Press Date: Mar. 6, 1954 Topics: Birth certificate amendments, Gender realignment surgery, Medicalisation, Military, MtFs, Physicians, Plastic surgery, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Roberta Cowell -
Ex-Pilot Now Woman, British Agency Asserts
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: The Associated Press Date: Mar. 6, 1954 Topics: Birth certificate amendments, Gender realignment surgery, Medicalisation, Military, Physicians, Plastic surgery, Transgender parents, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Roberta Cowell -
Full Sex Change By Flier
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Hormones, Surgery Change British War Pilot Into Woman
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: The Associated Press Date: Mar. 6, 1954 Topics: Birth certificate amendments, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Medicalisation, Military, Physicians, Plastic surgery, Transgender parents, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Roberta Cowell -
RAF Vet, Father of 2, Changes Into Woman
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Through Treatments British Father of Two Becomes Opposite Sex
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: The Associated Press Date: Mar. 6, 1954 Topics: Birth certificate amendments, Gender realignment surgery, Medicalisation, Military, MtFs, Physicians, Plastic surgery, Transgender parents, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Roberta Cowell -
Defends RAF Flier In Sex Change as Female
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: International News Service Date: Mar. 16, 1954 Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Medicalisation, Military, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Physicians, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Ernest Cowell, Roberta Cowell -
No Babies for Sex Changer
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: The Associated Press Date: Mar. 21, 1954 Topics: Birth certificate amendments, Childbirth, Gender realignment surgery, Military, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Ernest Cowell, Roberta Cowell -
Change in Pilot's Sex Brings a Stage Offer
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Roberta Cowell Driving Car (April 1954)
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After the Brawl
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Charlotte in Seclusion After Umbrella Affray
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Charlotte, Who Was Charles, Falls In Hotel
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Ex-GI Turned Girl Swings at Photogs
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G.I. In New Sex Switch
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Notoriety Causes Anger
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Danes Check On Sex Change
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Sex Changeo
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: International News Photos Date: Apr. 21, 1954 Topics: Air pilots, Military, Automobile racing drivers, Ex-prisoners of war, Gender affirming surgery, Motorsports, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Transgender parents, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Roberta Cowell -
Roberta Cowell
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Roberta Cowell and Friend Shopping in French Market (April 22, 1954)
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Danes Are Cool To SF Man's Intention To Become Woman
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Sex Change or Suicide Choice
Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: The Associated Press Date: May 13, 1954 Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Medicine, Mental health, MtFs, Physicians, Suicide Subject: Charles McLeod, Charlotte McLeod Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide. -
Asks Charles Be Charlotte
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Sex-Shifter Wants to Be Charlotte
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Charlotte Seeks Night Club Job
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Charlotte Halted by Court Action
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Charlotte M'Leod Suit Lost by Badon
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Opening Tonight SEE! And HEAR!: Charlotte McLeod
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Proves Big Hit In First Show!: Charlotte McLeod
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Interesting Answers to Feminine Fans!: Charlotte McLeod
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Can You Match Her?: Charlotte McLeod
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Christine Jorgensen Leaving on the S.S. United States
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Christine Jorgensen Leaving on the S.S. United States (2)
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Publishers Fight for Charlotte McLeod's Biography
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A Few Days Left!: Charlotte McLeod
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Charlotte McLeod Plans to Become a Secretary
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Woman Says She's Father Of 2 Children
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: The Associated Press Date: Nov. 7, 1954 Topics: Exile, Military, MtFs, Suicide, Transgender parents Subject: Tamara Edel Rees Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide. -
Ex-Paratrooper Dad of 2 Returns As Woman from Holland Surgery
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Ex-Paratrooper Returned to U.S. As Woman After Surgery in Holland
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Shock Staggers Mother of Son Who Changed Sex
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Mother of Man Turned Woman Wants Son Back
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'Of Course I Can Marry,' Says Ex GI, Now Woman
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Brown, James J. Date: Nov. 15, 1954 Topics: Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Interviews, Legal status, Military, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Transsexual people, Transsexualism Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Eade Carp, Harry Benjamin, Tamara Edel Rees -
Ex-Chutist Always Felt Like Woman
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Nasty Phone Calls Flood Rees Home
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Dual Portrait of Tamara Rees (November 22, 1954)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: United Press International Date: Nov. 22, 1954 Topics: LGBTQ+ newspapers, Military, MtFs, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people Subject: Robert Egan Rees, Tamara Adel Rees Description: The following text appears at the bottom of the object, on a separate sheet of paper than the photographs: "NXP53-11/8-NEW YORK:Robert Egan Rees shown at left as a decorated paratrooper during W... -
GI Tells Sex Shift in Book
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Meet Charlotte
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Tamara Rees Clipping
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Charlotte McLeod Puts Makeup on Barbara Maye
Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: circa 1955 Topics: Appearance, Cosmetics, Employees, Photography, Transgender people Subject: Barbara Maye, Charlotte McLeod Description: Charlotte McLeod works as a beautician at the Great Northern Hotel's salon in New York, using a eyebrow pencil on customer Barbara Maye. -
Christine Jorgensen Performs on Stage at the Silver Slipper
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1955 Topics: Performing arts, Photography, Singers, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Silver Slipper Description: Christine Jorgensen, wearing a gown, sings into a microphone on stage at the Silver Slipper club in Las Vegas in 1955. -
Coccinelle Posing in Studded Bralet
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1952? to 1959? Topics: Actors, Entertainers, French, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Coccinelle Description: This image could possibly be from the film Europa di notte (1959,) but we are not certain. -
Leg Check
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Douglas, Bob Date: circa 1955 Topics: Post-operative, Striptease, Trans women Subject: Cayon, Elaine, Club Oasis, Denmark, Rees, Tamara Description: Photo from Jet Magazine depicting Tamara Rees comparing her legs with those of Elaine Cayon. They are backstage at Los Angeles night club Club Oasis. -
Tamara Rees Posing in Doorway (1955)
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Midnight in N.Y.
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Charlotte McLeod at an All-Night Beauty Salon
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Charlotte McLeod Rushed by Phil Irwin
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Tolerance Asked For Those Cheated At Birth
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Alvarez, Walter C. Date: Mar. 22, 1955 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Autobiographies, Crossdressers, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Legal name, MtFs, Physicians, Psychoanalysis, Religions, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Roberta Cowell -
Tamara Rees Show Advertisement
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Paratrooper Who Changed Sex Weds
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Tamara of Burlesque, ExSoldier Who Lost Male Sex in Surgery, Weds Father of 2
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: The Sacramento Bee Date: Jul. 28, 1955 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Gender realignment surgery, Legal status, Marriage, Military, Parents of transgender people, Theatre, Veterans, Weddings Subject: J.E. Courtland, Stephen Thomas, Tamara Edel Rees -
Tamara Rees Vacuuming at Home (July 28, 1955)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: United Press International Date: Jul. 28, 1955 Topics: LGBTQ+ newspapers, Marriage, MtFs, Transsexual people Subject: J.E. Courtland, Robert Egan Rees, Tamara Edel Rees Description: Along the side of the photo appears the following text, on a separate sheet of paper: "BCP3-7/28-SACRAMENTO: Tamara Edel Rees Sweeps clean and starts life anew. She claims she was transformed fr... -
Sex-Changed Bride Awaits Curtain Call
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Sex-Changed Dad Wed to Widower
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Tamara Rees Photographs
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Tamara Rees Poses on Burlesque Stage with Husband, J.E. Courtland, III (July 29, 1955)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Jul. 29, 1955 Topics: MtFs, Partners of transgender people, Theater, Transsexual people Subject: J.E. Courtland, Tamara Rees Description: The following text appears at the bottom of the object: "WILL LECTURE- Tamara Rees, paratrooper turned 'woman' by sex surgery, poses on the stage of a burlesque theater in Los Angeles with her ... -
Newspaper Advertisement for Tamara Rees Performance
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LA Promoter Sues Tamara, Charges Contract Breach
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Held Over!! - One More Week