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Aleshia Brevard interview, part 2
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Stryker, Susan Date: 2001 Topics: Closeted transgender people, Drag community, Drag queens, Gender-affirming surgery, Hormones, Legal status, LGBTQ+ fashion, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Marriage, MtFs, Trans women, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transitioning status Subject: Aleshia Brevard Crenshaw, Alice Cooper, Finnochio's, Harry Benjamin, LaVerne Cummings, Screaming Queens, Stormé DeLarverie Description: Susan Stryker interviews Aleshia Brevard, an actor, model, author, theatre professor, and trans woman. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Brevard worked at Finocchio's drag revue as a Marilyn Monro... -
Alexis Francois Actor Biography
Collection: Alexis Francois Collection Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: circa 1980 to circa 1999 Topics: Genderfluid people, LGBTQ+ actors Subject: Alexis Francois Description: An actor biography for Alexis Francois detailing past stage experiences. -
All Hail Vicki Marlane, Queen of the Night
Collection: Vicki Marlane Collection Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: circa 1990 to circa 2000 Topics: Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Trans women Subject: Vicki Marlane Description: A collage, possibly composed of advertisements, dedicated to Vicki Marlane. Vicki Marlane (1934-2011) was a legendary San Francisco drag queen and transgender woman. Marlane had a long career; star... -
Amanda Armstrong Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Armstrong, Amanda Date: Mar. 21, 2019 Topics: Androgyny, Anti-transgender violence, Bathrooms, Bullying, Childbirth, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Communism, Counseling, Counterculture, Death penalty, Education, Family members, Feminists, Gay liberation, Gender, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender role, Hormones, Labour, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ parents, Liberalism, Menstruation, Middle class, Motherhood, MtFs, New Left, Police, Politics, Psychology, Religions, Resistance movements, Rural areas, Sexual assault, Socialism, Sports, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexualism, Visibility, White people Subject: 9/11 Terror Attacks, Academic Workers for a Democratic Union, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.), Karl Marx, Occupy Oakland, Oscar Grant, Ralph Nader, Swarthmore College, Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminism (TERF), University of California Student-Workers Union (UAW) Description: Amanda Armstrong recounts her organizing as a graduate student militant in the 2009-2012 protest wave in Berkley and Oakland. She joined occupations and building take-overs organized by students an... -
Amanda St. Jaymes interview, part 1
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Stryker, Susan Date: 2001 Topics: Amphetamines, Coming out, Crossdressing, Drag community, Female impersonators, Gay bars, Hormones, LGBTQ+ direct action, LGBTQ+ night life, LGBTQ+ people who use substances, Marriage, MtFs, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people, Police raids, Post-operative, Transgender bars, Transgender community, Transgender prostitution, Transitioning status, Transphobia, Transsexual people Subject: Amanda St. Jaymes, El Rosa's Hotel, Finocchio's Club, LaVerne Cummings, Screaming Queens, Sexology, Tenderloin Description: Susan Stryker interviews Amanda St. Jaymes, a trans woman who moved to the Tenderloin in December 1963 at the age of 19. St. Jaymes worked at the Chukker Club, a 1960s venue frequented by trans peo... -
Amanda St. Jaymes interview, part 2
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Stryker, Susan Date: 2001 Topics: Coming out, Drag performers, Drag queens, Education, Female impersonators, Hormones, LGBTQ+ adoption, LGBTQ+ night life, Prostitution, Strippers Subject: 181 Club, Amanda St. Jaymes, Billy DeVoe, Center for Special Problems, El Rosa's Hotel, Finnochio's, Frolic Room, Heath Street, Screaming Queens, Tenderloin Description: Susan Stryker interviews Amanda St. Jaymes, a trans woman who moved to the Tenderloin in December 1963 at the age of 19. St. Jaymes worked at the Chukker Club, a 1960s venue frequented by trans peo... -
Amanda St. Jaymes interview, part 3
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Stryker, Susan Date: 2001 Topics: Gender-affirming surgery, MtFs, Trans women, Transgender bars, Transgender community, Transsexual people Subject: Amanda St. Jaymes, Chukker Club, Compton's Cafeteria Riots, El Rosa's Hotel, Ginger's, Screaming Queens Description: Susan Stryker interviews Amanda St. Jaymes, a trans woman who moved to the Tenderloin in December 1963 at the age of 19. St. Jaymes worked at the Chukker Club, a 1960s venue frequented by trans peo... -
America's Lovliest Female Impersonator
Collection: Sir Lady Java Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University Creator: Date: Mar. 1967 Topics: African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people of color Subject: Sir Lady Java Description: News article on Sir Lady Java's performances. Presents various pictures and her dance shows. -
America's Most Unusual Night Club Finocchio's
Collection: Drag Show Programs Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Finocchio, Marjorie, Finocchio, Joseph Date: circa 1950 Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease Subject: Del Le Roy, Frank Doran, Freddie Renault, Jackie Maye, John Lonas, Johnny Mangum, Karyl Norman, Li-Kar, Milton La Maire, Niles Marsh, Ray Francis -
An Evening in Copenhagen with Rae Bourbon (UTC 1)
Collection: Ephemera Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art Description: Two page program with writing " 'A bit of old San Francisco' best wishes" on the left, a photo of a person in a dress, with words underneath: "José, Nightingale Montgomery Street." -
An Evening of Pure "Charles Pierce" Craziness
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Independent Voices Creator: Madellani, Leonardo Date: Apr. 22, 1977 to Apr. 28, 1977 Topics: Clubs, Female impersonators, Humour Subject: Bette Davis, Charles Pierce, Gloria Swanson, Joan Crawford, Mae West -
An Evening with a Living Legend: Christine Jorgensen
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Frog Pond The Restaurant Date: 1983 Topics: Events, MtFs, Photographs, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Bill Lockwood, Christine Jorgensen, Frog Pond The Restaurant Description: A poster featuring a photograph of Christine Jorgensen, advertising the event, "An Evening With A LIVING LEGEND Christine Jorgensen IN CONCERT WITH Bill Lockwood". The date and location are also pr... -
An Exotic Gay Subculture Turns Poignant Under Scrutiny
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Dunning, Jennifer Date: Mar. 23, 1991 Topics: Ballroom families, Drag balls, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transvestites Subject: Dorian Corey, Jennie Livingston, Meg McLagan, Octavia St. Laurent, Pepper Labeija, Willi Ninja Description: A description of how the film "Paris is Burning" relates to ball culture in New York City. -
An Interview - Penelope Spheeris
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Independent Voices Creator: Rogers, Fritzi, Forfreedom, Ann Date: May 1972 Topics: Film, Interviews, Transsexual people Subject: Hats off to Hollywood (film), Los Angeles International Film Festival, Penelope Spheeris -
Androgyny Journal, Vol. 1, No. 4
Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries Creator: D'Arthur, Shava Date: Feb. 1978 Topics: Book reviews, Civil rights, Gender-affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ discrimination, MtFs, Sex discrimination, Sex education, Transsexual people Subject: Canary Conn, Gender News, Sexual Signatures Description: Androgyny Journal Number 4 (February 1978) is a monthly publication by Gender Media Publications in association with the Southern California Gender Identity Group. The issue includes reports on two...
