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  1. West Berlin: Boys Were Girls And Girls Were Boys At The Carnival Time Transvestites Ball. 1976

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator: Reuters Agency, Ltd.
    Date: Jan. 27, 1976
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag, Gender expression, Transvestites
    Subject: Carnival Time Transvestites Ball
    Description: Transcript and video of participants in The Carnival Time Transvestites Ball in West Berlin, 1976.
  2. West Berlin: Ball Of The Year For Transvestites. 1978

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator: Reuters Agency, Ltd.
    Date: Nov. 12, 1978
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag, Gender expression, Transvestites
    Description: Transcript and video from a drag ball held in West Berlin in November 1978.
  3. Weslee Agee (Avery) Gives Speech

     
    Collection: Alison Laing's Photographs
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator:
    Date: 1995
    Topics: Crossdressers, LGBTQ+ events
    Subject: Weslee Avery
    Description: Weslee Agee (Avery) speaks at what may be a Fantasia Fair event. Undated.
  4. We're Not a Danger to Your Family. We Are Your Family!

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1900s
    Topics: Activists, Discrimination, Families, LGBTI community, Pink triangles
    Description: Blue circular button with upside-down rainbow triangle. Text: "We're not a danger to your family. WE ARE YOUR FAMILY!" Ruler also pictured for scale.
  5. Wendy Parker Poses in a Home

     
    Collection: Alison Laing's Photographs
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator:
    Date: May 13, 1990
    Topics: Crossdressers
    Subject: Wendy Parker
    Description: Wendy Parker sits and poses for a photo
  6. Wendy Parker

     
    Collection: Alison Laing's Photographs
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 9, 1990
    Topics: Crossdressers
    Subject: Wendy Parker
    Description: Wendy Parker stands and poses for a photo in what may be a lobby
  7. Wendy Coad with a Friend

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

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1968?
    Topics: Composers, Electronic music, Transgender people
    Subject: Wendy Carlos
    Description: The following sentence is under the image: " Wendy Carlos studying Tron score at her modular Moog system."
  9. We'll Have Our Day in Court!

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: LGBTQ+ bars, MtFs, Trans women, Transsexual people
    Subject: Diva's, San Fransisco Hall of Justice, The Motherlode
  10. Well, Back to the Computer

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: The Advocate
    Date: Jan. 6, 1971 to Jan. 19, 1971
    Topics: Bars, Gay community, Harassment, Police
    Subject: The Exile
  11. Welfare Dep't Picks Up Tab for Sex Change

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Baton Rouge Advocate
    Date: Feb. 1, 1973
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Welfare benefits
    Subject: Lester Persky, Metropolitan General Hospital, Walter J. Pories
  12. Welcome to Rose City Gender Center

     
    Collection: Informational and Event Brochures
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Crossdressers, Education, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Partners of transgender people, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Description: Item originally collected by Lou Sullivan.
  13. Welcome to Fantasia Fair 1981

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Miscellaneous Documents
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1981
    Topics: Acceptance, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Service occupations
    Subject: Fantasia Fair
  14. Welcome to ETVC Flyer

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Acceptance, Crossdressers, Gatherings, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Educational TV Channel (ETVC)
    Description: Item originally collected by Lou Sullivan.
  15. Weekly World News Clippings

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Berger, Joe
    Date: Apr. 26, 1988
    Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Gender affirming surgery
    Description: Clippings of a sensational article about a person in China seeking to undergo gender-affirming surgery.
  16. Weekly Register

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 10, 1876
    Topics: Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Passing (Gender), Transfemininity
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains transphobic language and potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.
  17. Weekly Intelligencer

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 9, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: An article in the Weekly Intelligencer that mentions the Frances Thompson case.
  18. Wednesday TV

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 11, 1980
    Topics: Acceptance, Anti-discrimination law, Appearance, Birth certificate amendments, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Hormones, Marriage, Transsexual people
    Subject: A Change of Sex, Julia Grant
    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)
  19. Wedding Recalls Mystery

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 6, 1903
    Topics: Adoption, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Families, Farmers, FtMs, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Alice Howard, Edith Dyer Howard, George Richmond, William C. Howard
  20. Wedding night disaster – for the registrar

     
    Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Levite, Thodore
    Date: Nov. 4, 1985
    Topics: Crossdressing, Law, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage
    Subject: Bahira Tolba
    Description: Clipping saved by Lou Sullivan
  21. Wears Man's Attire in Order to Earn Living

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 30, 1908
    Topics: Children, Crossdressing, FtMs, Immigration, Labour, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Frank Woodhull, Mary Johnson
    Description: The Mitchell Capital (Mitchell, SD)
  22. Wear Your Gown All Year Round

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Laurence, Leo E.
    Date: Oct. 31, 1969 to Nov. 6, 1969
    Topics: Clothing, Communities, Discos, Drag, Drag community, Police, Self-acceptance
  23. We Wah and Bar Chee Ampe

     
    Collection: Clothing Collection
    Institution: Wearing Gay History
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: LGBTQ+ people of color, Lhamana, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Two-Spirit community, Two-Spirit people, Zuni Indians
    Subject: We'wha, WeWah and BarCheeAmpe
    Description: Off-white t-shirt. Printed on the front of the t-shirt in blue ink is a model of the globe with the word "HOME" surrounding it. Printed on the back of the t-shirt in lavender ink is a photograph of...
  24. We Wah & Bar Chee Ampe Group Marching with Sign at New York City Pride, 1991

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 30, 1991
    Topics: BIPOC, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ people of color, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Two-Spirit people
    Subject: Native American people, New York City Pride, We Wah & Bar Chee Ampe
    Description: Members of the We Wah & Bar Chee Ampe group marching down 5th Avenue at the 1991 New York City Pride holding up a white banner that says "We Wah & Bar Chee Amp. Two Spirits in N.Y.C".
  25. 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".
  26. We Can't Speak Up For Ourselves, Says Transsexual Christine

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: 1970 to 1979
    Topics: Crossdressers, Feminism, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Homosexuality, MtFs, Resistance movements, Sexuality, 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)
  27. We Bombed

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Silverstein, Mike, Benton, Nick, Walker, Julian
    Date: Dec. 11, 1970 to Dec. 17, 1970
    Topics: Conferences, Gay liberation, LGBTI community, Sexism, Transphobia
    Subject: Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR)
  28. Wayne Dressed Up for Halloween on Castro Street in 1976

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1976
    Topics: Drag, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), Photography, Public facilities
    Subject: Castro Café
    Description: Wayne (last name unknown). Halloween 1976 at the Castro Café, on Castro Street near 18th.
  29. Wayne County

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Howes, Keith
    Date: 1970 to 1979
    Topics: Abuse, Discrimination, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, MtFs, Stereotypes, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: Wayne County
    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)
  30. Watchin' the Moon Rise

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Whiting, Richard A., Egan, Raymond B., Kahn, Gus
    Date: 1918
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Musical theatre
  31. Watch Your Language! Tips for the Media Regarding Transgendered Persons

     
    Collection: AEGIS Publications
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS)
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Gender identity, Gender identity in mass media, Terms and phrases
    Subject: American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS)
    Description: A public service announcement directed at the media explaining gender-related terminology and name and pronoun usage as they relate to transgender people.
  32. Watch Out For That Cute Chick at the Bar She May Be a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Henderson, CY
    Date: Jul. 25, 1964
    Topics: Arrest, Bars, Courts, Crossdressing, Drag, Fashion, Law, Police, Tourism, Transgender people, Travelers
    Subject: David Garner, Raffaella Lingui
  33. Wasp Waist

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Femininities, Gender expression
  34. Washington State Appeals Court Requires Boeing to Accommodate a Transsexual

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: 1992
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Crossdressing, Gender dysphoria, Transfeminine people, Transgender people in the workplace
    Description: A record of the case Doe v. The Boeing Company, which involves an employee for Boeing who sued for discrimination faced upon transitioning.
  35. Was Queer Case

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 31, 1901
    Topics: Courts, Crossdressing, Lawyers, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Elbert B. Glenn, Ellis Glenn
  36. Was Ellis Glenn Her Twin Brother

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 31, 1905
    Topics: Courts, Crossdressing, Families, Prisons
    Subject: Ellis Glenn
    Description: The Fairmont West Virginian (Fairmont, WV)
  37. Was A Russian Spy

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 22, 1906
    Topics: FtMs, Marriage
    Subject: Baron von Schlippenbach, Isaac Lipschitz, Nicolai De Raylan
    Description: Evening Star (Washington, DC)
  38. Was a "Man" for Eight Years

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1909
    Topics: Black people, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Transmasculine people
    Subject: James Allen, Maude Allen
    Description: Article in the Cleveland Gazette about a Black woman who chose to pass as a man to avoid gender discrimination in the workforce.
  39. Warren Debenham Comedy Sound Collection

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: Emerson College Archives and Special Collections
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Comedians, Comedy, Comedy sketches, Crossdressing, Drag, Humour, LGBTQ+ radio
    Subject: Warren Debenham
  40. WANTS TO WEAR MALE ATTIRE

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 31, 1913
    Topics: Clothing, Detention of LGBTQ+ people, Women's movement
    Subject: Catherine Clarke, Elizabeth Trondle, Raymond Street Jail, The Baltimore Sun, Woodrow Wilson
    Description: A clipping from "The Baltimore Sun" titled: "WANTS TO WEAR MALE ATTIRE." Detailing Elizabeth Trondle's arrest for wearing men's clothing and her letter to President Wilson asking for her release. T...
  41. Wanted By FBI: Leslie Douglas Ashley

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Federal Bureau of Investigation
    Date: Dec. 28, 1964
    Topics: Drag queens, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Offenders
    Subject: Cookie Cordell, Edward Elizondo, FBI, Leslie Douglas Ashley, Leslie Perez
  42. WANTED - GAY FRIENDSHIP

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 15, 1974
    Topics: Gay men, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ communities, Personals, Sex (Act), Transvestites
    Subject: Gay Community News
    Description: Personals ad seeking community. Originally published on page 15 of volume 1, number 51 of Gay Community News.
  43. Want Action? Join H.M.C.s Military Ball & U.S.O Show!

     
    Collection: Military
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Houston Motorcycle Club
    Date: Sep. 25, 1976
    Topics: Crossdressing, Dancers, Drag, Events, Female impersonators, Military, Parties
    Subject: HMC's Uniform Military Ball, Houston Motorcycle Club, Levi's Club
  44. Walter Carlos Composing Music for New Movie

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 29, 1982
    Topics: Composers, Film industry, MtFs, Music, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: A Clockwork Orange, Tron, Wendy Carlos
    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)
  45. Wally Follies

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 13, 1985
    Topics: Composers, MtFs, Transsexual people
    Subject: Angela Morley, Wendy Carlos
    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)
  46. Walk on the Wildside Gala Celebration & Drag Show Promotional Flyer

     
    Collection: Creative Design Services Publications and Documents
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Walk on the Wildside
    Date: 1990?
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag balls, Parties
    Subject: Jackie Loren, JoAnn Roberts, Walk On The Wildside
    Description: This object is a promotional poster to announce the release of JoAnn Roberts' Art & Illusion Companion and Jackie Loren's makeup video.
  47. Waiting for the males

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Eckstone, C.
    Date: 1907
    Topics:  
  48. Wagon Wheel

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 23, 1937
    Topics: Bars, Drag kings, Drag queens, Night life, Theatre shows
    Subject: Daisy Gold, Dave Beckerman, Wagon Wheel
  49. Voo-Doo Performing

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1918 to circa 1921
    Topics: Cabaret, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: Voo-Doo
  50. Voo-Doo Laying Down

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1900-1950)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1918 to circa 1921
    Topics: Cabaret, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: Voo-Doo