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  1. Letter from Dr. Leah C. Schaefer to Rupert Raj (July 21, 1984)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Schaefer, Leah
    Date: Jul. 21, 1984
    Topics: Transgender activism
    Subject: Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj
    Description: Letter from Dr. Leah Schaefer to Rupert Raj accepting a board position and updating him on her life.
  2. Local Drag Bar Sparks a Queer-Rock Renaissance

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The History Project
    Creator: Muther, Christopher
    Date: Apr. 1996
    Topics: Bisexual artists, Drag, Drag bars, LGBTQ+ musicians, MtFs, Performance art, Pre-operative, Transsexual people
    Subject: Jacque's, Limelight, Rikki Bates, Ryan Landry, Space Pussy, Women of Sodom
    Description: This item is an article entitled "Local drag bar sparks a queer-rock renaissance" from the Supplement to the Boston Phoenix. It features several "gender bending" rock bands.
  3. Being Trans in the 1980s - Nightlife

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The History Project
    Creator: Petra
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Clocking (Gender), Drag bars, LGBTQ+ night life, Nightclubs, Passing (Gender), Pre-operative, Trans women, Transsexual people
    Subject: Combat Zone (Location)
    Description: This item contains Petra's reflections on nightlife as a trans woman in Boston in the '80s.
  4. The Darktown Strutter's Ball

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Thornton, Timmie, GAY Magazine
    Date: Feb. 15, 1971
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Timmie Thornton
    Description: "The Darktown Strutter's Ball" by Timmie Thornton from from "GAY Magazine" Volume 2 Issue 44. This article discusses Timmie Thornton's experience in the drag scene.
  5. Planning Note for the "Moonlight in Manhattan" Event, 1994

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: 1994
    Topics: LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ events, Transgender community
    Subject: Greater New York Gender Alliance (GNYGA), International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Moonlight in Manhattan NYC
    Description: A handwritten note containing planning details about the "Moonlight in Manhattan" event, 1994.
  6. IFGE Newsletter Vol. 6 No. 2 (Summer 2000)

     
    Collection: International Foundation for Gender Education Publications and Documents
    Institution: The History Project
    Creator: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE)
    Date: 2000
    Topics: LGBTQ+ awards
    Subject: Alison Laing, Ariadne Kane, Betty Ann Lind, Carol Beecroft, Carrie Davis, Dallas Denny, Dana Rivers, Denise Leclair, Diane Dale, Diane Ellaborn, Donna Nadeau, Ellen Summers, Eve Burchert, Jamison Green, Jane Ellen Fairfax, Jennifer Marquette, Joan Hoff, Joann Prinzivalli, Julie Anne Johnson, Larissa Glasser, Laura Caldwell, Mary Frances Fairfax, Merissa Sherrill Lynn, Naomi Owen, Pamela Geddes, Phyllis Frye, Rose Ryan, S Kristine James, Sara Herwig, Sheila Kirk, Sr. Mary Elizabeth, Tony Barreto-Neto, Virginia Prince, Yvonne Cook-Riley
    Description: Volume 6, Number 2 International Foundation for Gender Education's newsletter, published in Summer 2000. Includes nomination form for the Virginia Prince Lifetime Contribution Award 2001.
  7. FTM Newsletter #35

     
    Collection: FTM International
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Feinberg, Leslie, de Maria Arana, Marcus, Craffey, Brynn, Green, Jamison, Hernandez, Michael, Dull, Victor, Forte, Patrick Jerome
    Date: Autumn 1996
    Topics: Terminal care (AIDS)
    Subject: 2ND Annual FTM, 2ND National Gender Lobbying Day, AIDS Project, Birdie Jo Hoaks, Brenda Ludgate, Canadian Organization for the Rights of Prostitutes, Chanelle Pickett, David Harrison, Deanna Wilkinson, Deborah Forte, Fifth International Transgender Law Conference, GenderPAC, Gerald Ramsey, Harry Benjamin Standards of Care, Kim Elizabeth Stuart, Leslie Feinberg Health Fund, Rodney Dale Neadeau, San Francisco HIV Prevention Planning Council, Sanda Davis, Sean O'Neill, Shawn Keegan, Tyra Hunter
    Description: Issue 35 of FTM International published in Autumn, 1996. This special conference edition includes second annual FTM conference survey and sign ups for FTM membership. Articles include discussions o...
  8. FTM Newsletter #10

     
    Collection: FTM International
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 1989
    Topics: FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Trans men
    Subject: Alice B. Theatre, Annie Sprinkle, Bodyshock, Charlotte Clarke, Claremont Counseling Center, David Gilbert, Eli Coleman, Elijah Allan Wallach, FTM Get-Together, Harry Benjamin INternational Gender Dysphoria Association Symposium, Hidden a Gender, J. Kenney, Jean Van Aarle, Kate Bornstein, Kegan Paul, Les Nichols, Leslie Martin Lothstein, Lin Fraser, Liz Hodgkinson, Loras Cigrand, Lotte C. van de Pol, Lou Sullivan, M. Edgerton, Martin Rawlings-Fein, Michael Dillon, Michael Nee Laura, Rudolf M. Dekker, Scott A. McPherson, Social Group For TS Parents, Stanley Biber, Stephen Whittle, Steve Dain, Steven Kessler, Susan Finque, T/S Crossing, The Well Known Troublemaker, Walter Bockting, Yoshiho Kumagi
    Description: Issue #10 of FTM International published in December 1989. Discusses symposium on surgery, letters from FTM's about surgery, announcements of social groups/upcoming events, a tribute to Michael Dil...
  9. An Intimate Circle of Friends

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Moody, Linda
    Date: Oct. 13, 1984
    Topics: Crossdressing, Lesbian artists, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ archives, LGBTQ+ theater, Sexism
    Subject: Addie Manning, Anne Whitney, Boston Area Lesbian and Gay History Project, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Cushman, Edwin Booth, Eliza Cook, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Gay Community News, Hamlet, Harriet Hosmer, Janet Kahn, Macbeth, Matilda Hays, Oliver Twist, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare
    Description: This article details the life and history of Charlotte Cushman and her circle of friends, many of whom were lesbians and engaged in crossdressing. There are several small typos in the article; Cush...
  10. A home of our own

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: The Ad Hoc Committee to Support the Lesbian Herstory Archives
    Date: Jun. 23, 1991
    Topics: Anti-lesbian violence, Archives, Butches, Dykes, Femmes, Lesbian activism, Lesbian African-Americans, Lesbian archives, Lesbian bars, Lesbians, Lesbians of colour, Male impersonators, Persecution of lesbians
    Subject: Becky Johnson, C. Walsh Theater, First African Meeting House, Gay Community News, Jenifer Firestone, Jewel Box Revue, Joan Nestle, Lesbian Herstory Archives, Michelle Parkerson, Red Shades Affinity Group, Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box, Stormé DeLarverie, West Village
    Description: An article summarizing an event to benefit the Lesbian Herstory Archives, featuring a short film about Storme Delarverie and appearances from notable lesbian activists. Originally published on page...
  11. Crossing Sexual Borders: Interview with Three Male-to-Female Transeuxals

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Tommi Avicolli
    Date: May 3, 1975
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Gender dysphoria, Gender expression, MtFs, Parents, Psychology, Trans women, Transgender children, Women's movement
    Subject: Erickson Educational Foundation, Gay Community News, Information for the Family of the Transsexual, Marilyn Monroe, New Words (Feminist Bookstore), Olivia Records, The Gay Alternative, The Linen Closet
    Description: Interviews with three transsexual women, ages 19 and 22, all from Pennsylvania. The article is reprinted from the Philadelphia paper The Gay Alternative. The article is printed on pages 8 and 12 of...
  12. Coming Out as Transsexual

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Christina Ann Debosco
    Date: Jan. 31, 1988
    Topics: Diversity, Drag, Intersectionality, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: Buffalo Transition Support, Gay Community News, March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation
    Description: A letter to the editor of Gay Community News from Christina Ann Debosco. Debosco requests that more information and writing by and for transgender individuals be published in the newspaper. Origina...
  13. San Francisco Minstrels!

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Peabody Essex Museum
    Creator:
    Date: May 12, 1874
    Topics: Female impersonators, Minstrel shows, Theater
    Subject: A. Smidt, Beaumont Read, Billy Birch, Birch, Wambold, and Backus' San Francisco Minstrels, C. Henry, Charley Backus, D. S. Wambold, E. Kirwan, J. Wills, Johnson & Powers, Joseph Norrie, Mechanics Hall, S. Watts, T. A. E. Richardson, T. P. Jones, The Great Ricardo, W. Blakeney, W. S. Mullaly, W. Schwab
    Description: Advertisement for event featuring minstrel and female impersonation act The Great Ricardo
  14. The Evangeline Combination

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Peabody Essex Museum
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 12, 1877
    Topics: Dance, Female impersonators, Opera, Theater
    Subject: A. S. Pennoyer, BABA, Blanche Selickson, C. M. Winter, Clara Fisher, Cora Verne, Edward E. Rice, Edwin S. Tarr, Eliza Weathersby, Estelle Stroelin, Evangeline, Flora Lee, George H. Cassidy, George Ulmer, Golden and Dixey, Harry Braham, Harry Hunter, Harry Josephs, Hattie Richardson, Herman Singleton, J. Cheever Goodwin, J. P. Steele, J. R. Quincy, Lizzie Webster, Louise Winans, Lucy Wood, M. C. Daly, Mechanic Hall, N. C. Goodwin Jr., Niblo's Garden, Seth M. Crane, Stella Richings, The Boston Museum, The Evangeline Combination, The Heiffer Dance, The Lydia Thompson Troupe, W. W. Bullock
    Description: Advertisement for a production of Evangeline featuring female impersonator Harry Josephs as Catherine.
  15. Valda Prout Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Prout, Valda
    Date: Aug. 6, 2016
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Coming out, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Gay bars, Gender affirming surgery, Hair removal, Homophobia, Hormone therapy (Gender), Police harassment, Police raids, Racism, Segregation, Slurs, Theater, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, West Indian Americans
    Subject: Agassiz Village, Auntie Mame, Dorothy Mallory, Dr. Risch, George L. Prout, Jacque's, La Belse, Mae Bonds, Paul Robeson, Phil Black, Punch Bowl, Summer Stock, Valda Prout
    Description: OUTWORDS interview with Valda Prout, conducted by Mason Funk on August 6, 2016 in Washington DC. "Today, Valda lives in a small apartment just north of Logan Circle in Washington DC, a short walk f...