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  1. Concealment of Sex

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 30, 1876
    Topics: Crossdressing, Dueling, Passing (Gender), Physicians
    Subject: Earl of Albermarle, James Barry
    Description: The Democratic Press (Ravenna, Ohio)

  2. England's Noted Woman-man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 27, 1901
    Topics: Army, Arrests, Death and dying, Femininities, FtMs, Passing (Gender), Physicians, Politics
    Subject: James Barry, Murray Hill

  3. Portrait of Kay Kendall

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1970
    Topics: Beauty operators, Crossdressing, Gender minorities
    Subject: Kay Kendall
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: ‘A very, very good gay friend of mine. Her name is Kay Kendall, hairdresser.’

  4. Brian at Fourth Beach (1)

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics:  
    Subject: Brian Armino

  5. Brian at Fourth Beach (2)

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Beaches
    Subject: Brian Armino

  6. Brian at Fourth Beach (3)

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Beaches
    Subject: Brian Armino

  7. Dolores Gray (Sammy) on Rutgers Street

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Christmas, Gender minorities, Public facilities
    Subject: Dolores Gray

  8. Fluffus and Kewpie at Fourth Beach

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Beaches, Beauty operators, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Public facilities
    Subject: Kewpie

  9. Group Photo in the Yard on Rutgers Street

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Gender minorities
    Subject: Leslie Caron

  10. Kewpie and Greta Garbo (Willie)

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Beauty operators, Friends, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Greta Garbo, Kewpie
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: Kewpie and Greta Garbo (Willie). ‘A very, very good friend of mine that passed away.’

  11. Kewpie on Stage (1)

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Striptease
    Subject: Kewpie
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: Competition (strip show) at the Kismet organised by the Stellenbosch winery. ‘It is Kewpie on stage, stripping.’

  12. Kewpie on Stage (2)

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Gender minorities, Lingerie, Striptease
    Subject: Kewpie
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: Competition (strip show) at the Kismet organised by the Stellenbosch winery. ‘It is Kewpie on stage, stripping.’

  13. Kewpie with 5 Friends on Christmas

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Christmas, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Public facilities
    Subject: Kewpie, Leslie Caron
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: 'Neighbour, Carmen, Cora, Olivia (Mrs Vi), Kewpie and Bardot (front) in Rutgers Street on Christmas Day.'

  14. Kewpie with Brian's nephew

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Beauty operators, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Public facilities
    Subject: Kewpie

  15. Patti and Olivia on Darling Street

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator: Movie Snaps
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Gender minorities, Public facilities
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: Patti and Olivia in Darling Street (MovieSnaps).

  16. Samantha and Yusuf on Rutgers Street

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Gender minorities, Public facilities
    Subject: Samantha, Yusuf
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: Samantha ‘with a floor mat over her as a cape; in front of a car in Rutgers Street, Neighbour’s child, Yusuf (Ay...

  17. The Biggs Family with Kewpie, Mitzy and Patti at the Trafalgar Baths

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Beauty operators, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Public facilities, Swimming pools
    Subject: Kewpie

  18. Wilhelmina (Willy) at the Trafalgar Baths

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Gender minorities, Public facilities
    Subject: Wilhelmina
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: At the Trafalgar Baths. ‘Willy’ (Wilhelmina) ‘She was a strooi meisie …you know working on the road’.

  19. Portrait of Brian

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1966
    Topics:  
    Subject: Brian Armino
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: ‘My Brian’. Brian at 19/20 years old.

  20. Brian and Kewpie on Rutgers Street (1)

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1955 to circa 1980
    Topics: Beauty operators, Couples, Gender minorities, LGBTQ+ partners, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Public facilities
    Subject: Brian Armino, Kewpie

  21. Brian and Kewpie on Rutgers Street (2)

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1955 to circa 1980
    Topics: Beauty operators, Couples, Gender minorities, LGBTQ+ partners, Public facilities
    Subject: Brian Armino, Kewpie

  22. Kewpie and Gaya on Sir Lowry Road

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1985
    Topics: Beauty operators, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Kewpie

  23. Kewpie at Kogel Bay

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1985
    Topics: Beaches, Beauty operators, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Public facilities
    Subject: Kewpie

  24. Kewpie at the Roaring ‘20s Night at the Ambassador Club (1)

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1985
    Topics: Beauty operators, Costume, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Night life
    Subject: Ambassador Club, Kewpie

  25. Kewpie at the Roaring ‘20s Night at the Ambassador Club (2)

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1985
    Topics: Beauty operators, Costume, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Night life
    Subject: Ambassador Club, Kewpie

  26. Kewpie, Brigitte, Margaret, and the Seapoint Girls Outside a Demolished Building

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1985
    Topics: Beauty operators, Crossdressing, Gender minorities, Multiracial transgender people, Public facilities
    Subject: Kewpie, Seapoint Girls
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: Kewpie, Brigitte (on the right), Margaret and the Seapoint girls on the site of a demolished building off Invery...

  27. Kewpie in Invery Place

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1985
    Topics: Beauty operators, Crossdressing, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Kewpie

  28. Kewpie Walking to Work

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator: Movie Snaps
    Date: 1967 to 1968
    Topics: Beauty operators, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Public facilities
    Subject: Kewpie
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: ‘I was on my way to work in the morning at Salon Kewpie in Kensington’. Photo was taken by a Darling Street ‘M...

  29. Mitzy and Bassey at the Roaring ‘20s Night at the Ambassador Club

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1985
    Topics: Costume, Gender minorities, Night life
    Subject: Ambassador Club

  30. Piper Laurie

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1985
    Topics: Drag
    Description: This photo was captioned "Piper Laurie" by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999.

  31. Portrait of Kewpie (2)

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator: Golden City Post
    Date: circa 1955 to circa 1980
    Topics: Beauty operators, Gender minorities, LGBTQ+ press, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Kewpie
    Description: Kewpie in Rutgers Street. Taken during a press interview for the Golden City Post.

  32. Sodia and Kewpie at the Marie Antoinette Ball at the Ambassador Club

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1985
    Topics: Beauty operators, Costume, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Night life
    Subject: Ambassador Club, Kewpie

  33. Portrait of Kewpie (1)

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator: Movie Snaps
    Date: Jun. 1967
    Topics: Beauty operators, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Kewpie
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: ‘This was June in winter time in the city. Taken by one of the movie snaps.’

  34. Group Picture Outside the Ambassador Club

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator: Sammy
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1980
    Topics: Beauty operators, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Ambassador Club, Kewpie, Sue Thompson
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999.

  35. Kewpie on a Neighbour’s Stoop in Invery Place

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1955 to circa 1985
    Topics: Beauty operators, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Kewpie

  36. Kewpie Prepares to go to a Party

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1955 to circa 1985
    Topics: Beauty operators, Crossdressing, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Kewpie

  37. Olivia, Kewpie, Patti, Sue Thompson, Brigitte, Gaya, and Mitzy in the Middle of the Street

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1980
    Topics: Beauty operators, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Kewpie, Sue Thompson
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: Olivia, Kewpie, Patti (all at back, L-R), Sue Thompson, Brigitte, Gaya, Mitzy (all in front, L-R) in Sir Lowry ...

  38. Olivia on a Car

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1980
    Topics: Gender minorities

  39. Amy, Kewpie, and Stella at a Go-go Party

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1985
    Topics: Beauty operators, Crossdressing, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Parties
    Subject: Kewpie
    Description: left to right: Amy; Kewpie; Stella

  40. Kewpie and Brian Kiss

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1985
    Topics: Beauty operators, Gender minorities, Hairdressers, Kissing, LGBTQ+ partners, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Parties
    Subject: Brian Armino, Kewpie

  41. Kewpie Lying on a Sidewalk

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1985
    Topics: Beauty operators, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Kewpie

  42. Kewpie Sitting in a Tree

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator: Biggs, Billy
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1985
    Topics: Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Kewpie
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: ‘That is myself … Kewpie in Mrs Biggs’s yard in the tree’. Mrs Biggs stayed in 8th Ave, Kensington. Her husband...

  43. Kewpie's Party on Rutgers Street

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1985
    Topics: Crossdressing, Gender minorities, Parties

  44. Mrs. Africa, Mercy, Kewpie and Veronica at the Ambassador Club

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1985
    Topics: Beauty operators, Crossdressing, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Night life
    Subject: Ambassador Club, Kewpie, Mrs. Africa
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: At the Ambassador Club: Mrs Africa, Mercy (Mrs Africa’s daughter), Kewpie, Veronica (Mrs Africa’s daughter, she ...

  45. Kewpie and Patti doing Sue Thompson's Hair

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1970s
    Topics: Beauty operators, Beauty shops, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Kewpie, Salon Kewpie, Sue Thompson
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: ‘Salon Kewpie’ in Sunderland Street: Kewpie with a client, Sue Thompson (‘a very famous strooimeisie’) and Patti.

  46. Kewpie Outside of Salon Kewpie

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1970s
    Topics: Beauty operators, Beauty shops, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Kewpie, Salon Kewpie
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: “Kewpie in front of the salon, ‘Kewpie’s hairdresser’s’”, 1970’s.

  47. Kewpie Cutting Someone's Hair

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1965 to circa 1985
    Topics: Beauty operators, Beauty shops, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Kewpie, Salon Kewpie

  48. Kewpie on the Phone

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1970 to circa 1985
    Topics: Beauty operators, Crossdressing, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Kewpie
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: Kewpie at home. ‘This is myself having a phone call done’.

  49. Kewpie Working in her Salon

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1978 to circa 1979
    Topics: Beauty operators, Beauty shops, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Kewpie, Salon Kewpie

  50. How a Happily Married Man Turned into a Successful Career Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Lowe, Shirley
    Date: circa 1979
    Topics: Gender dysphoria, Marriage, Masculinities, MtFs, Navy, Transsexual people
    Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria)

  51. Fanfare Magazine No. 22 (May 1986)

     
    Collection: Fanfare
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator: The Phoenix Society
    Date: May 1986
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Assigned gender, Police, Police entrapment, Sexual minorities

  52. Fanfare Magazine No. 25 (November 1986)

     
    Collection: Fanfare
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator: The Phoenix Society
    Date: Nov. 1986
    Topics: Body image, Crossdressers, Fiction, Gender role, Photography, Sexism, Transgender people, Transsexual people

  53. Fanfare Magazine No. 26 (January 1987)

     
    Collection: Fanfare
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator: The Phoenix Society
    Date: Jan. 1987
    Topics: Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Self-acceptance, Transsexualism

  54. Fanfare Magazine No. 27 (March 1987)

     
    Collection: Fanfare
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator: The Phoenix Society
    Date: Mar. 1987
    Topics: Crimes, Drag, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Hormones, Passing (Gender), Photography, Politics, Pregnancy, Self-acceptance, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, Parliament, Stephanie Anne Lloyd

  55. Fanfare Magazine No. 29 (July 1987)

     
    Collection: Fanfare
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator: The Phoenix Society
    Date: Jul. 1987
    Topics: Acceptance, Androgyny, Appearance, Cinemas, Crossdressers, Gender realignment surgery, Gender role, Homosexuality, Passing (Gender), Photography, Plastic surgery, Politics, Psychiatry, Psychology, Sexuality, Stereotypes, Transsexual people
    Subject: Elizabeth Club

  56. "It's Over, Daddy– You're A Woman Now..." (November 17, 1988)

     
    Collection: South Africa Media Coverage (via Gender Dynamix)
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator: Parker, Edward
    Date: Nov. 17, 1988
    Topics: Acceptance, Children of transgender people, Gender realignment surgery, LGBTQ+ relationships, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: Michelle Evert

  57. When Husbands Wear the Panties: Transsexual Tales

     
    Collection: South Africa Media Coverage (via Gender Dynamix)
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator: The Phoenix Society
    Date: Aug. 1990
    Topics: Acceptance, Aversion therapy, Crossdressers, Drag balls, Gender identity, Gender role, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life, James C. Coleman, The Phoenix Society, The Transgender Phenomenon: You and Your Dual Gender

  58. Kewpie Sitting in her Beauty Salon

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1993?
    Topics: Beauty operators, Gender minorities, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Kewpie, Salon Kewpie

  59. #NobodyKnowsI'mTrans*

     
    Collection: Clothing Collection
    Institution: Wearing Gay History
    Creator:
    Date: 2015
    Topics: Body politics, Clothing, Passing (Gender), Transgender community
    Subject: Gender DynamiX
    Description: White t-shirt. Front: "#NobodyKnowsI'mTrans*" Back: "Gender Dynamix 10 years advancing human rights" Gender DynamiX is the first African based organisation solely focusing on the transgender c...

  60. Kewpie Photographic Collection, ca. 1950s to 1980s.

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 2017
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Gender diversity, Photographs
    Subject: Kewpie
    Description: The collection consists of over 700 of Kewpie's personal photographs (including duplicates), the vast majority of which have captions that were provided by Kewpie during the accessioning proces...

  61. Kewpie: Daughter of District Six

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator: District Six Museum, GALA
    Date: 2019
    Topics: Beauty contests, Beauty shops, Drag, Drag balls, Exhibitions, Hairdressers, LGBTQ+ museums, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Performance, Segregation
    Subject: Billy Biggs, Brian Armino, District Six, District Six Homecoming Centre, Jenny Marsden, Kewpie, Mavis, Moffie, Salon Kewpie, Sister, Tina Smith, Ursula Hansby
    Description: This publication follows the exhibition, Kewpie: Daughter of District Six, curated by Jenny Marsden and Tina Smith, first held at the District Six Homecoming Centre, 21 September 2018–30 March 2019.