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  1. Black Couple With a Fan and Top Hat

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1902
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Description: Apparently a promotional photo for the Nouveau Cirque show "Joyeux Nègres", which was filmed by Louis Lumière. Black couple with one man (Charles Gregory) dressed in formal wear and one dressed in ...
  2. Black High Heeled Shoes

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people), Shoes
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko
    Description: These high-heeled shoes belonged to Chrissy Witoko.
  3. Black Jagged Cut Wig

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people), Wigs
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko
    Description: This is a wig that belonged to Chrissy Witoko.
  4. "Black Jenny Lind."

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1909
    Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: J. Robert Johnson
    Description: Article in the Richmond Planet advertising event featuring Black female impersonator.
  5. Black Play Boy Presents Sir Lady Java and Rose Brothers

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 15, 1983 to Apr. 16, 1983
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Discos, Entertainers, Exotic dancers, Female impersonators, Theatre shows, Transgender people
    Subject: Black Playboy, Rose Brothers, Sir Lady Java
  6. Black Pride NYC 1999

     
    Collection: Informational and Event Brochures
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Black Pride NYC
    Date: Jul. 27, 1999
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Gay pride, LGBTQ+ films
    Subject: African Ancestral Lesbians United for Societal Change (AALUSC), Black Gay Expression, Gay Men of African Descent, U-Men Entertainment
    Description: A flyer advertising the second annual Black Pride NYC event happening next year (2000), detailing what will be at the event.
  7. Black Pride NYC 2000

     
    Collection: Informational and Event Brochures
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Black Pride NYC
    Date: circa 2000
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Gay pride, LGBTQ+ communities
    Description: A flyer advertising the third annual Black Pride NYC event happening in 2000.
  8. Black Short Cut Wig

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people), Wigs
    Subject: Chrissy Witoko
    Description: This is a wig that belonged to Chrissy Witoko.
  9. Black Velvet Performance Dress

     
    Collection: Finocchio's collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1999
    Topics: Clothing, Drag, Drag shows, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ events, Nightlife
    Subject: Finocchio's Club
    Description: A photo of a short velvet black dress with a gold sequin design on the neckline and front of the body.
  10. BLACKlines, Vol. 01, Issue 10

     
    Collection: BLACKlines
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Long, Lynnell S.
    Date: Nov. 1996
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ magazines, Transgender community
    Subject: Transsexual Menace
    Description: BLACKlines clipping including an article with the basics of transsexuality, an article on An African American Perspective on the Convention & The Election, and a Black expressions hall of fame sect...
  11. BLACKlines, Vol. 01, Issue 11

     
    Collection: BLACKlines
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Long, Lynnell S., Layne, Janice
    Date: Dec. 1996
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ magazines, Passing (Gender), Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: RuPaul
    Description: A BLACKlines clipping including an interview with RuPaul, a reflection on the experience of being intersex, and an advertisement for a RuPaul club show in Chicago.
  12. BLACKlines, Vol. 01, Issue 12

     
    Collection: BLACKlines
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Long, Lynnell S.
    Date: Jan. 1997
    Topics: Androgyny, Black transgender people, Drag, LGBTQ+ magazines, Transfeminine people, Transgender community, Transphobia
    Description: BLACKlines clippings including an article about transphobia within the LGBTQ+ community.
  13. BLACKlines, Vol. 02, Issue 01

     
    Collection: BLACKlines
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Long, Lynnell S.
    Date: Feb. 1997
    Topics: Bigender identity, Bigender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Lesbian relationships, LGBTQ+ Internet forums, Transgender community, Transgender relationships, Transmasculine people
    Description: BLACKlines clipping containing an article about bigender people.
  14. BLACKlines, Vol. 02, Issue 02

     
    Collection: BLACKlines
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Long, Lynnell S.
    Date: Mar. 1997
    Topics: Black transgender people, Butches, Coming out, HIV-positive people, Intersex people of color, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ magazines, Passing (Gender), Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Description: Two BLACKlines clippings including discussing being intersex, what it means to be a woman, and discrimination against transgender people.
  15. BLACKlines, Vol. 02, Issue 03

     
    Collection: BLACKlines
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Long, Lynnell S.
    Date: Apr. 1997
    Topics: Black transgender people, Coming out, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ magazines, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Description: BLACKlines clipping containing an article from a transgender woman about meeting someone from her past while giving a presentation about her identity.