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  1. 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".

  2. 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)

  3. 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.

  4. 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

  5. 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.

  6. 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

  7. 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)

  8. 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)

  9. 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.

  10. 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...

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Vonda DeLayne

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Gay community, HIV/AIDS, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Miss Gay America, Miss Gay USA, Miss Metroplex, Miss Texas USA, Miss Universe de Texas, Vonda DeLayne, Vonda Richards
    Description: An obituary for Vonda DeLayne, who was also known as Vonda Richards. The clipping states: "she never forgot her roots in the gay community, remaining active in AIDS causes, as well as the pageant s...

  15. Vivian Lopez Ponce Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Ponce, Vivian Lopez, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro
    Date: Aug. 21, 2018
    Topics: Acceptance, Activists, AIDS activists, Discos, Family members, HIV/AIDS, Homosexuality, MtFs, Sexology, Sexual relationships, Sexuality, Support groups, Transgender people, Women
    Description: In an interview with Sebástian Castro Niculescu, activist Vivian Lopez Ponce details her struggles with her gender identity throughout her life, including a lack of familial acceptance and family d...

  16. Vivian Lopez Interview Transcript

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: 2004
    Topics: Change of name, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Legal process, Marriage
    Subject: Esta Noche, Tom Waddell Clinic

  17. Vive Les Boys at the Paddock

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1969
    Topics: BIPOC, Black queer people, Comedy, Dancers, Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: Carol Surnet, Jessie St. John, Jody Lee, Kismet, Lila Storm, Mel De Carr, Stacy Stevens, The Paddock International, Vives Les Boys
    Description: Postcard from 1969 revue "Viva Les Boys" at The Paddock in Atlantic City

  18. Vive Les Boys

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1969
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Theatre shows
    Subject: Bobbi Johns, Dee Connors, Fat Jack, Jerri Daye, Kismet, Lelo

  19. Virginia Prince

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Date: 2008
    Topics: Awards, Crossdressing, Letters, LGBTQ+ newspapers, Photographs
    Subject: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Virginia Prince
    Description: Virginia Prince awards and certificates, photographs, correspondence, ephemera and publications.

  20. Violet Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Violet
    Date: May 10, 2019
    Topics: Capitalism, Childhood, Civil rights, Class struggle, Ethnic groups, Femininities, Furry fandom (Subculture), Gender, Gender realignment surgery, Gentrification, Health care, Hormones, Mental health, Music, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Roleplay, Sexism, Social classes, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Soundcloud
    Description: Violet shares her experience of being a musician and DJ in New York’s rave scene while navigating the political landscape of gentrification. Having grown up nomadically with immigrant parents, she ...

  21. Vintage and Modern Films

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 24, 1987
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, HIV/AIDS, Homosexuals, LGBTQ+ films
    Subject: Chuck Solomon: Coming of Age, Halloweenie, Storme: The Lady of the Jewel Box, Stormé DeLarverie
    Description: A list of films that are going to be featured at festivals in New York City; among them are films featuring numerous LGBTQ+ stories like that of Stormé DeLarverie.

  22. Videotape collection of J. Ari Kane-DeMaios, 1976-2000

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator: Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
    Date: Feb. 2010
    Topics: Crossdressers, Gender identity, Homosexuality, Sex customs, Television programmes, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Fantasia Fair, Jennie Livingston, Outreach Institute of Gender Studies (OIGS)
    Description: Videotape recordings of Fantasia Fair activities, and interviews with or lectures by created by J. Ari Kane-DeMaios, transgender activist, counselor, and executive director of the Outreach Institut...

  23. Victory!

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ death and dying, QTPOC, Sex workers, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Andy Warhol, Hot Peaches, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Stonewall, Tom Duane
    Description: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to violence against and deaths of transgender people.

  24. Victoria Schneider Papers

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: GLBT Historical Society
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Intersex, Law, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Johanna Breyer, Victoria Schneider
    Description: "The collection extensively documents Schneider’s lawsuit against the city, including correspondence with attorneys and supporters, Schneider’s deposition (during which she was cross-examined at le...

  25. Victoria Armany at CHAOS

     
    Collection: Jose Gutierrez Collection
    Institution: The Jose Gutierrez Archives
    Creator: Gutierrez, Jose
    Date: 1996
    Topics: Appearance, BIPOC, Drag, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Photography
    Subject: CHAOS, Victoria Armany
    Description: Victoria Armany poses for a photo at an apparent drag competition at CHAOS.

  26. Vicky Vogue Photo Album 1

     
    Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums
    Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Clothing, Drag, Drag queens, Gay pride, Leather community, LGBTQ+ events
    Subject: Imperial Court of Buffalo, Vicky Vogue
    Description: The first in a series of photo albums of "Buffalo's Drag Mamma" Vicky Vogue.

  27. Vicky Vogue

     
    Collection: Clothing Collection
    Institution: Wearing Gay History
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Clothing, Drag community, Drag families, Drag queens, Gender expression
    Subject: Vicky Vogue
    Description: Description: White shirt with black lettering; image of Vicky Vogue

  28. Vicki Marlane Photographs and Artifacts

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: GLBT Historical Society
    Date: Jan. 2014
    Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Gay pride, Transgender people
    Subject: Aunt Charlie's Lounge, Forever's Gonna Start Tonight, Vicki Marlane
    Description: "The Vicki Marlane Photographs and Artifacts document Marlane’s personal life in the 1970s and 1980s and her performance work in the 1990s. There is a small amount of material on her early career. ...

  29. Vice Leather Boys Lecture East Bay Gays

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 19, 1973 to Oct. 25, 1973
    Topics: Crossdressers, Discrimination, Harassment, Homosexuality, Vice squad

  30. Veronica Friedman Papers

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: GLBT Historical Society
    Date: 2020
    Topics: Trans women, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Veronica Friedman
    Description: "The collection consists of Friedman’s detailed and emotional diary entries, as well as drafts of letters to her mother and children, personal notes, daily planner pages, timelines and autobiograph...

  31. Verasphere Archive, 1995-2009

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library
    Creator: James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center, San Francisco Public Library
    Date: 2013
    Topics: Drag, HIV/AIDS
    Description: The archive contains newspaper clippings, oral histories, videorecordings, and photographs that document the costumes, appearances, and photographs of Mrs. Vera, a drag persona, and her circle of f...

  32. Venus Castina: Famous Female Impersonators: Celestial and Human (Facsimile Edition)

     
    Collection: Rare Books
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Bulliet, Clarence Joseph
    Date: 1956
    Topics: Amazons, Bible, Christianity, Circumcision, Crossdressers, Drag, Drag queens, Eroticism, Femininities, History, Homophobia, Judaism, Masculinities, Music, Mythology, Passing (Gender), Poets, Psychology, Sexuality, Sportspersons, Theatre, Transphobia, Visual arts
    Subject: Abbé de Choisy, Antoine Francois Derues, Bernard S. Talmey, Farinelli, Freud, Girolamo Crescentini, Havelock Ellis, Julian Eltinge, Julius Caesar, King Charles II, Leonardo da Vinci, Memories of the Kaiser's Court, Michelangelo, Oscar Wilde, Penal Code of 1889, Queen Elizabeth I, Raphael de la Chapelle, Secret Life of the Kaiser, Shakespeare, The Dark Ages, Witches' Sabbath, World War I
    Description: Contents: At the shrine of Venus Castina --The hero in woman's dress -- Achilles. Hercules, Samson -- The gods in fine laces -- Love of the philosophers -- Orgy of the Caesars -- Versatility of Sat...

  33. Veiled Threat Laid on Rescuer of 'Drag Queens'

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Thompson, Jennifer L.
    Date: May 3, 1974 to May 9, 1974
    Topics: Courts, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag queens, Police, Violence
    Subject: Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Hall of Justice, National Caucus of Labor Committees

  34. Vaudeville–Monday and Tuesday

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 30, 1918
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows, Vaudeville
    Subject: Andrew Tribble
    Description: An advertisement in The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram for a performance by Andrew Tribble, a Black female impersonator.

  35. Vaudeville Performers in front of Red Light Cafe Set

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Clowns, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Shows shack decorated with graffiti, saloon doors, men dressed as women posed in front. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920."

  36. Vaudeville Groups Walking Through Prison Yard

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Shows acts, spectators, guards. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." 2012-0050. Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Franci...

  37. Vaudeville Acts Posing as a Group

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Shows several of acts posing for group portrait on stage. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Clu...

  38. Vaudeville Act Dancing Together

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Couples, Crossdressing, Dancers, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Shows vaudeville act, one man dressed as woman in top and shorts, one man in jacket and hat with cane. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920."

  39. Vanguard Revisited (February 2011)

     
    Collection: Vanguard
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Vanguard Publications
    Date: Feb. 2011
    Topics: Arts, Discrimination, Drug abuse, Fiction, HIV/AIDS, Intersex, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ poetry, Mental health, Older gay men, Photography, Police, Religions, Transgender people
    Subject: Barack Obama, GLBT Historical Society (GLBTHS), Matthew Sheppard

  40. Vanguard Magazine Vol. 3 No. 1 (1970)

     
    Collection: Vanguard
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Vanguard, Inc.
    Date: 1970
    Topics: Civil rights, Discrimination, Experiments, Homosexuality, Police misconduct, Research, Stereotypes
    Subject: Society for Individual Rights (SIR)

  41. Vanguard Magazine Vol. 1 No. 9 (1967)

     
    Collection: Vanguard
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Vanguard Publications
    Date: 1967
    Topics: Abortion, Activists, Bisexuality, Civil rights, Drug abuse, Fiction, Homosexuality, Hormone therapy, Law, LGBTQ+ poetry, Marriage, Mental health, Police, Prostitution, Psychology, Religions, Sexual relationships, Theatre, Transgender people, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Youth
    Subject: Adolf Eichmann, Edward Sagarin, John Wolfenden, The Anatomy of Dirty Words, Timothy Leary

  42. Vanguard Magazine Vol. 1 No. 8

     
    Collection: Vanguard
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Vanguard Publications
    Date: 1967
    Topics: Bisexuality, Ethics, Fiction, Psychology, Religions, Sexual relationships, Sexuality, Syphilis, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
    Subject: Diaz de Isla, Krishnamurti, Rom Landau

  43. Vanguard Magazine Vol. 1 No. 7 (May 1967)

     
    Collection: Vanguard
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Vanguard, Inc.
    Date: circa May 1967
    Topics: Discrimination, Drug abuse, Homosexuality, Religions, Sexual freedom, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Youth
    Subject: Sexual Freedom League, Tenderloin Committee (TLC)

  44. Vanguard Magazine Vol. 1 No. 6 (April 1967)

     
    Collection: Vanguard
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Vanguard, Inc.
    Date: Apr. 1967
    Topics: Civil rights, Ethnic relations, Gay and lesbian youth, Gay military personnel, LGBTQ+ movement, Police misconduct, Religions, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities
    Subject: Glide (Queers for Christ), Society for Individual Rights (SIR), Tenderloin Committee (TLC)

  45. Vanguard Magazine Vol. 1 No. 5 (March 1967)

     
    Collection: Vanguard
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Vanguard, Inc.
    Date: Mar. 1967
    Topics: Civil rights, Demonstrations, Peace movement, Police brutality, Sexuality
    Subject: Society for Individual Rights (SIR)

  46. Vanguard Magazine Vol. 1 No. 4 (February 1967)

     
    Collection: Vanguard
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Vanguard, Inc.
    Date: Feb. 1967
    Topics: Civil rights, Constitutional rights, Discrimination, Homosexuality, Homosociality, LGBTQ+ poetry, Social movements
    Subject: SIR Community Center, Society for Individual Rights (SIR), T.L. Welfare Fund

  47. Vanguard Magazine Vol. 1 No. 10 (October/November 1967)

     
    Collection: Vanguard
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Vanguard Publications
    Date: Oct. 1967 to Nov. 1967
    Topics: Bisexuality, Gender role, Homosexuality, LGBTQ+ people who use substances, LGBTQ+ poetry, Liberalism, Monogamy, Police, Politics, Religions, Sexual relationships, Sexual roles, Taboos, Violence
    Subject: Friedrich Karl Forberg, The Open End

  48. Vanguard Magazine Vol. 1 No. 1 (August 1966)

     
    Collection: Vanguard
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Vanguard, Inc.
    Date: Aug. 1966
    Topics: Class struggle, Demonstrations, Discrimination, Economic exploitation
    Subject: Edward Hansen

  49. Vanguard Magazine: The Magazine of the Tenderloin Vol. 1 No. 2 (October 1966)

     
    Collection: Vanguard
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Vanguard, Inc.
    Date: Oct. 1966
    Topics: Demonstrations, Drag balls, Police brutality, Prejudices
    Subject: Artists' Liberation Front (ALF), National Planning Conference of Homophile Organizations

  50. 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...