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  1. Ella Zoyara: Death of the Noted Circus Female Impersonator

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: San Francisco Chronicle
    Date: May 28, 1879
    Topics: Circus, Female impersonators, Theatre, Theatre groups
    Subject: Ella Zoyara, Omar Kingsley

  2. Just Like in Pekin

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1889
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Joss temple, Shi Lou Tau Moo ("Loyal Slave"), Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing
    Description: This item is an article published in the New York Herald with that mentions Taka Wing, a Chinese female impersonator. Uses extensive racist language.

  3. He is the Greatest of the Chinese Actors

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1899
    Topics: Costumes, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Theater
    Subject: Ada Rehan, Chinese People, Fon Chong Mai, Merchant of Venice
    Description: This item is an article published in the Philadelphia Inquirer about China actor and female impersonator, Fon Chong Mai. This article talks about his talent as an actor, Chinese theater, and his im...

  4. Shot Female Impersonator: Negro in Woman's Garb Slashes Policemen and Is Killed

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 22, 1908
    Topics: Black people, Clothing, Female impersonators, Mass media, Police, Race relations, Violence
    Subject: George Thompson

  5. 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

  6. [Scrapbook #1]

     
    Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Cabaret, Crimes, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag balls, Drag queens, Gender realignment surgery, Hairdressers, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Hormone therapy, Intersex, Law, LGBTQ+ people of color, Lingerie, Mardi gras, Military, Rape, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transsexual people
    Subject: Ava-Graph films, Avis, Baby Martell, Bambi, Beryl Kaye, Billy Richards, Brandy Alexander, Bunny Lake, Caprice, Capucine, Carroll Baker, Catherine Millinaire, Chickee Ramos, Chris Moore, Chris Scarlet, Claudio Gora, Claudis Williams, Clifford Cayer, Coccinelle, Coleen Dewhurst, Dale Roberts, Daniel Emilfork, Danny Dan, Danny La Rue, Diana Dors, Dianna Adams, Donna Mae, Edith Le Bec, Edna Barge, Edward Lloyd Jr., Emilio Tellez, Female Mimics (FM), Florence Robinson, Gabriel Jabour, Gary Lynn, Gene Chandler, George Schroeders, Gigi Duval, Ginger Halliday, Harvey Lee, Holli White, Jack Murphy, Jackie King, Jacques Audiberti, Jacques Dufilho, James Butler, James Lapossie, James Louis Law, Jan Britton, Jay Stevenson, Jean Aron, Jinx Austin, Joe Baker, Joe Chandler, John Hooton, Joie Tone, Keni Harlowe, Kiki Moustic, Kitt Rogers, La Poupee, La Rey, Lena Sibya, Leslie Carroll, Leslie Douglas Ashley, Lonnie Carrol, Marilyn Marks, Mark Vickers, Maurice Fitzgerald, Michael Angelo Cournoyer, Michael Gerula, Michel de Re, Micki La Marr, Mischelle, Paul Gilbert, Paul Raymond, Peaches, Ramonita, Richard Kay, Richard Porter, Ricky Renee, Robbi Ross, Robin Roberts, Robin Rogers, Robin Sanchel, RoseMary Sheehan, Sacha Pitoeff, Shannon Elder, Sonné Teal, Suzy Day, Sylvia, Tammy Kaye, Terry Durham, Terry Fontaine, Tina Marsh, Tobi Marsh, Tommie Osborne, Tommy Dee, Toni Del Rey, Toni Lee, Trini Seville, Val Avery, Vicki Monroe, Vinnie Sommers, Windy Starr, Zambella, Zbigniew Cybulski

  7. Drag Vol. 3 No. 9 (1973)

     
    Collection: Drag
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Brewster, Lee G.
    Date: 1973
    Topics: Activists, Asian queer people, BIPOC, Black queer people, Civil rights, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Politics, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Mardi Gras Ball
    Description: On item cover: "Now! America's No.1 magazine about the transvestite!" ; Contents: News -- Lee's Mardi Gras ball -- Elizabeth the queen -- Philadelphia ball -- Petry __ New York balls -- Fillian and...

  8. TVIC Newsletter Vol. 3 No. 24 (January 19, 1974)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 19, 1974
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Arrests, Birth certificates, Cannabis, Clothing, Coming out, Counseling, Courts, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Divorce, FtMs, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Law, Marriage, MtFs, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Robbery, Sin, Transsexual people
    Subject: Leo Wollman

  9. Crossing Sexual Borders

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Avicolli, Tommi
    Date: Sep. 1, 1974
    Topics: Bi+ people, Black transgender people, Bottom surgery, Drag queens, Feminists, Gender expression, Gender roles, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Sexual roles, Stonewall riots, Transsexualism, Transvestism, White transgender people
    Subject: Cybil Shepherd, Dr. Burou, Erickson Educational Foundation, Gay Activists Alliance/Philadelphia, Information for the Family of the Transsexual, Marilyn Monroe
    Description: Clipping from pages 4-6 and 26-28 of The Gay Alternative, issue 8, published on September 1 1974.

  10. TVIC Journal Vol. 6 No. 67 (October 28, 1978)

     
    Collection: Upstate New York Newsletters
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 28, 1978
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Clubs, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Employment discrimination, Femininities, Gatherings, Gender dysphoria, Health insurance, LGBTQ+ relationships, Medicare, Organisations, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Sexual harassment, Support groups, Transgender community, Transsexual people, Voice therapy (Gender)
    Subject: Ariadne Kane, Cherrystone, International Alliance for Male Feminism (IAMF), Jenell Ashlie, Joseph A. Califano, Outreach Institute of Gender Studies (OIGS), Paula Grossman, Shangri-La, Tri Sigma

  11. Our Sorority (June 1981)

     
    Collection: Outreach Publications
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Anne, Linda
    Date: Jun. 1981
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Events, LGBTI community, Organisations, Public facilities, Self-image, Stereotypes, Transgender community, Transsexualism
    Subject: Gateway Gender Alliance (GGA), Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Muriel Olive
    Description: Physical item located in Cornell's Miscellaneous Human Sexuality Periodicals, circa 1950-2003. Collection number: 7687.

  12. Renaissance News, Vol. 1 No. 4 (November 1987)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Nov. 1987
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Fundraising, HIV/AIDS, Intolerance, Lectures
    Subject: Good Morning, Columbus

  13. Renaissance News, Vol. 2 No. 1 (January 1988)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Jan. 1988
    Topics: Clothing, Coming out, Couples, Crossdressing, Events, HIV/AIDS, Letters, LGBTQ+ relationships, Support groups
    Description: Public Image; "Voices-The 1988 Conference on Transgender Issues"

  14. Renaissance News, Vol. 2 No. 2 (February 1988)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Feb. 1988
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Events, FtMs, Genetics, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Self-acceptance, Transsexualism
    Subject: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Jackie Keller, Oxford University
    Description: Kinsey Institute Series

  15. Renaissance News, Vol. 2 No. 4 (April 1988)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Apr. 1988
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Meetings, Newsletters, Passing (Gender), Research, Transsexual people
    Subject: Ariadne Kane, Human Outreach Institute