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Kunkel's Opera Troupe Listing
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A Woman Married to a Woman
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Two men in drag sitting in conversation. Photograph, 1855/1860.
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Beefsteak Pete Arrested
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Girl-Boys
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Beefsteak Pete Arrested
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"Harry" Stokes the Man-Woman
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"Harry" Stokes, the Man-Woman
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A Singular Character
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An Extraordinary Case of a Girl Concealing Her Sex
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An Extraordinary Case
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jan. 25, 1860 Topics: Crossdressing, FtMs, Prisoners, Suicide Subject: Augustine Baudoin, Augustus Baudoin Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide. -
How to Determine Doubtful Sex
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Baltimore
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Apr. 12, 1860 Topics: Crossdressing, Equestrian sports, Government, Passing (Gender) Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, Louis XVI, Md'lle Zoyara, Pierre Beaumarchais Description: The Daily Exchange (Baltimore, MD) -
A Woman Conceals Her Sex
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Chevalier D'Eon
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Mountain Charley
Collection: Rare Books Institution: Transas City Creator: Charley, Mountain Date: 1861 Topics: Crossdressing, Frontier and pioneer life, Gender expression, Stealth (Transgender) Description: The autobiography of E. J. Guerin, AKA Mountain Charley, charting their thirteen years of life living as a man. The memoir follows Guerin's life as a young mother and wife, which is ruptured by the... -
A man in drag holding a broom. Photograph, 1862.
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An man in drag posing side-on. Photograph, 1862.
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The Army and the Negros
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: National Anti-Slavery Standard Date: 1862 Topics: African American soldiers, Clothing, Crossdressing, Slavery, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Description: A newspaper segment examining the role of Black people in the Union Army during the Civil War that includes an excerpt from a New York Times article in which the author describes people seeking ref... -
The Cairo News
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: May 2, 1863 Topics: Crossdressing, FtMs, Military, Soldiers, Suicide Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide. Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye (Burlington, IA) -
A Colored Fille du Regiment
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William Lingard Sheet Music
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Dance to the [slur] - Saukie
Collection: Art Works Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Catlin, George Date: 1861 to 1869 Topics: BIPOC, Colonialism, Gender minorities, Native americans, Painting, Sauk Indians, Two-Spirit people Description: Note the term in the title is censored because it is a historical slur against Native American people who now commonly identify as "Two Spirit." -
Sue Monday, The Guerrilla Spy
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A Female Soldier
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A Female "Husband" Robs His Wife and Decamps
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Bridgeport Items: Romance
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The Chimney Corner
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Women in Men's Clothes
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Philadelphia Ledger Date: Jun. 28, 1866 Topics: Army, Arrests, Clothing, Courts, Crossdressing, Gender role, Physicians Subject: Mary Walker Description: The Public Ledger (Memphis, Tennessee) -
The Memphis Massacre
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jul. 28, 1866 Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Police harassment, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape Subject: Frances Thompson, Lucy Hunt, Lucy Smith Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to racist language and sexual assault. -
The Congressional Committee and the Memphis Riots
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: The Plymouth Weekly Democrat Date: Aug. 16, 1866 Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women, Transgender disabled people Subject: Frances Thompson Description: An article initially published in The Memphis Daily Avalanche on the Congressional Committee created for the 1866 Memphis Riots. The clipping identifies and briefly discusses Frances Thompson as on... -
The Memphis Riots
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Aug. 21, 1866 Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender disabled people, Transgender survivors of rape Subject: Frances Thompson Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault. -
The Man-Woman
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Romantic Paupers
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Man-Woman
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A Man-Woman
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The Female Husband and Male Wife
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A Disguised Female Becomes Pugilistic in a New York Bar-Room
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A Cleveland Girl in Male Attire
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Life and Examination of the Would-Be Ladies
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The Celebrated Rentz Santley Novelty Company
Collection: Ephemera Institution: Peabody Essex Museum Creator: Date: circa 1870 Topics: Burlesque (Theater), Female impersonators, Theater, Vaudeville Subject: 4 Aesthetic Four 4, Alice Daily, Alice Smith, Andy and Annie Hughes, Annie Boyd, Billy Buckley, Blanch Moncrief, Bruno Kennicott, Don Jose, Dutch Daly, Edgar Edgerton, Edith Sinclair, Emma Alfredo, Emma Wilson, Esther Vaughan, Fannie Florence, Fred Wilson, Georgia Lester, Harry Morris, Harry Woodson, Kate Gresham, Laura Bennett, Lillie Ashford, Lizzie Paine, Louise Giroux, Lulu Mortimer, M. B. Leavitt, Mechanic's Hall, Millie Ellsworth, Rentz Santley, Teddy Raynor, The Masher's Quadrille, The Rentz Santley Novelty Company, The Spanish Dude, Topsy Robins, Victoria North, W.M. Skuse -
The Life and Examination of Boulton and Park
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Foreign
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Memphis Appeal
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: May 18, 1870 Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women Subject: Frances Thompson Description: Clipping published in the Memphis Daily Appeal -
What is it?
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The Charge Against "Gentlemen" Personating Women
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The Men in Petticoats in London
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The Men in Petticoats in London
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England.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: London Telegraph, Cork Reporter Date: Jun. 22, 1870 Topics: Courts, Crimes, Crossdressing, Prejudices Subject: Arthur Clinton, Ernest Boulton, Frederick William Park, Montagu Williams, The London Globe -
British "Masquerading."
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: London Globe Date: Jun. 23, 1870 Topics: Bail, Courts, Indictments, Prisoners Subject: Ernest Boulton, Justice Blackburn, Lord Arthur Pelham Clinton, Sergeant Ballantine, Sergeant Perry, William Park -
The Boulton Masquerade
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The Boulton Masquerade
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The Masqueraders.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: English Lord and American Consul Date: Jul. 5, 1870 Topics: Arrests, Courts, Crimes, Crossdressing, Navy, Sodomy laws Subject: Arthur Pelham Clinton, C. H. Thomas, Edward I, Edward XIX, George II, John S. Fisk, Louis Charles Hurt, Martin Luther Cumming, New York World, William Summerville -
European News Items
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Crossdressing in London and Texas
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A black chevalier...
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A Black Chevalier D'Eon
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A London Correspondence
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: The New York Times Date: Aug. 26, 1870 Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Passing (Gender) Subject: Arthur Clinton, J.S. Fiske, The New York Times Description: Burlington Weekly Free Press (Burlington, VT) -
The Morality of Masquerading
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Goddesses in Disguise; Or, Women in Masquerade
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Ernest Boulton in drag. Photograph by London Stereoscopic Company, ca. 1871.
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Miscellany
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England
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Free Love and Trousers
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About a Man-Woman
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NEW YORK, October 17th.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Oct. 19, 1872 Topics: LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art Subject: Ella Wesner, Everret House, Josie Mansfield Description: A clipping from "Marysville Daily Appeal" titled: "NEW YORK, October 17th," discussing Ella Wesner and Josie Mansfield's trip to Europe. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan. -
RUMORED ELOPEMENT OF A HOTEL-KEEPER WITH ELLA WESNER.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Nov. 18, 1872 Topics: LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art Subject: Ella Wesner, Josie Mansfield Description: A clipping from "Chicago Tribune" titled: "RUMORED ELOPEMENT OF A HOTEL-KEEPER WITH ELLA WESNER," discussing the relationships of Ella Wesner. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan. -
Matinee Christmas Day
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The Vodoo Profession
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: May 19, 1873 Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender disabled people, Transgender survivors of rape Subject: Frances Thompson, Voodoo Description: An article in the Public Ledger that talks about the case of the State vs. Frances Thompson involving Voodoo. -
Plymouth County News
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A man in drag resting against a chair. Photograph, 187-.
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The Fastest Girl in New York
Collection: Dime Novels Institution: American Antiquarian Society Creator: Cabot, Colonel Date: 1873? Topics: Arranged marriage, Ballroom dancing, Bisexual women, Change of name, Crossdressing, Equestrian sports, Femininities, Gambling, Gender, Gender role, Homophobia, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Masculinities, Physical characteristics, Physical fitness, Police, Sports Subject: Ben Emerson, Bill McArdle, Cleopatra Clayton, Dan Bryant, Gallus Mag, Gil Fitzroy, Harry Bertolph, Harry Clifton, Harry Horton, Harry Prince, Hary Hill, Jack Perry, Josie Bourbon, Juan Mendez (Don Juan), Minnie Lord, Ned Sampson, Sue Martin, William Clayton -
City Summary
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Theatre Comique
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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 -
Theatre Comique: Ernest Byne
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ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Nov. 15, 1874 Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art Subject: Academy of Music, Ella Wesner Description: A clipping from "The Chicago Daily Tribune" titled: "ACADEMY OF MUSIC," discussing Ella Wesner's performance at the Academy of Music. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan. -
Interviewing Dr. Mary Walker
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Amusements
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: May 12, 1875 Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Performing arts, Physical characteristics, Role behavior Subject: Ernest Byne, Swiss Bell Ringers Description: The Daily Gazette (Wilmington, DE) -
Which? A Man in Woman's Dress
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jul. 1, 1875 Topics: Clothing, Courts, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Government, Law, Monarchy, Passing (Gender) Subject: Charles Genevieve Louis Auguste Andre Timothee d'Eon de Beaumont, Chevalier D'Eon, Horace Walpole, Louis XV, Milwaukee Sentinel Description: Indiana State Sentinel (Indianapolis, IN) -
An Old Story Revived
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: The New York Times Date: Jul. 26, 1875 Topics: Censorship, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Government, Passing (Gender) Subject: Chevalier D'Eon, Count de Guerchy, duc de Nivernois, Empress Elizabeth, James Barry, Louis XV, Madame de Pompadour, Prince de Conti, Queen Charlotte, Walpole Description: The Daily Argus (Rock Island, IL) -
A Woman-Husband
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In Male Attire: Remarkable Career of a Female Who Passed for a Man
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The Memphis Theater
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Both and Neither
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Francis Thomas
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1876 Topics: Black transgender people, Chain gangs, Police harassment, Trans women, Transgender victims of rape Subject: Frances Thompson, Lucy Smith Description: Subtitle: The Vile and Villainous Negro, Who, for Twenty-Seven Years, Has Passed Himself off as a Woman-His Arrest. Article in The Daily Gazette about Frances Thompson's arrest that also details he... -
Political Points
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: The Patriot Date: 1876 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Elections, Race relations, Racism Subject: Frances Thompson, Ku Klux Klan, St. Louis Times Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to rape. -
The Woman in Battle: the adventures, exploits, and travels of Madame Loreta Juaneta Velasquez
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Duke University Creator: Date: circa 1876 Topics: Military, Soldiers, Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Biography, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female Subject: Lieutenant Harry T. Buford, Loreta Juaneta Velasquez Description: Brochure advertising the publication of the book "The Woman in Battle" by Loreta Janeta Velazquez, who claims to have masqueraded as a male Confederate soldier during the Civil War. Includes highli... -
Mary Murdock Mason
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jan. 27, 1876 Topics: Clothing, Gender expression, Gender identity Subject: Mary Murdock Mason Description: A clipping from "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle" titled: "Mary Murdock Mason." Details Mary Murdock Mason's ideas on gender. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan. -
Dramatic Doings
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The Man Who Kissed Dr. Mary Walker
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The "Crutchy" Club
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jun. 22, 1876 Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women, Transgender disabled people, Transgender survivors of rape Subject: Frances Thompson Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault. -
A Female Husband
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A Mask Lifted
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jul. 11, 1876 Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women, Transgender disabled people, Transgender survivors of rape Subject: Frances Thompson Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault. -
Arrest of a Notorious Character
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer Date: Jul. 12, 1876 Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape Subject: Frances Thompson Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault. -
Thompson's Joke
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jul. 12, 1876 Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault. -
Ledger Lines [3]
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jul. 13, 1876 Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women Subject: Frances Thompson, Lucy Smith Description: Published in the newspaper The Public Ledger. -
Thompson
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: The Memphis Daily Appeal Date: Jul. 13, 1876 Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Police harassment, Trans women, Transgender disabled people, Transgender survivors of rape Subject: American Civil War, Frances Thompson, Lucy Smith Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault. -
Frances Thompson
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jul. 14, 1876 Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transfemininity Subject: Frances Thompson Description: An article in the Memphis Daily Appeal summarizing an interview with Frances Thompson. -
Ledger Lines [2]
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jul. 14, 1876 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women, Transgender disabled people Subject: Frances Thompson Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to ableist language.