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OUR IMAGE IN ROCK
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Avicolli, Tommi Date: Feb. 19, 1977 Topics: Gay men, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ musicians, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: Alice Cooper, Anthony Louis, Bob Dylan, Candy Darling, David Bowie, Donovan, Dory Previn, Gay Community News, Holly Woodlawn, Jackie Curtis, Janis Ian, Jobriath, Judi Pulver, Lou Reed, Mott the Hoople, Neil Young, Olivia Records, Steven Grossman, The Kinks, the Who, Ziggy Stardust Description: An overview of gay musicians and music in the rock genre. Originally published on pages 8 and 9 of volume 4, issue 34 of Gay Community News. -
only her surgeon knows for sure
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Date: Mar. 28, 1981 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Legal status, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ personal and family law, MtFs, Transgender rights, Transsexual people Subject: Gay Community News, Los Angeles Daily Journal, Raegan Kelly Description: A legal bulletin describing a case in which a trans woman is suing her workplace for discrimination. Originally published on page 2 of volume 8, issue 35 of Gay Community News. -
Older than Methuselah
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Hickman, Craig Date: 1996 Topics: Book reviews, Feminism, LGBTQ+ books, LGBTQ+ communities, Stone butches, Transgender activism, Transgender people Subject: Gay Community News, International Bill of Gender Rights (IBGR), International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP), Jeff Epperly, Joan of Arc, Kate Bornstein, Leslie Feinberg, Lucinda Hitchcock, Quentin Crisp, Stone Butch Blues, Stormé DeLarverie, The Celluloid Closet, Transgender Warriors: A History of Resistance from Joan of Arc to RuPaul, Workers World Party Description: A review of Leslie Feinberg's book Transgender Warriors. Originally published on pages 18 and 19 of volume 22, issue 1 of Gay Community News. -
Looking for room to grow in Sex Roles and Sexualities
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Cottle, Ed, Grewell, Eve Date: May 5, 1984 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Drag queens, Gay community, Gender expression, Gender identity, Lesbian community, Lesbian identity, Lesbians, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Parents of transgender people, Queer transgender people, Sex (Act), Transvestites Subject: Changes, Gay Community News, Solidarity and International Socialists: A Socialist Feminist Network Description: Two letters to the editor, both from trans individuals currently in prison. Originally published on pages 14 and 15 of volume 11, number 41 of Gay Community News. -
SUPPORT GAY PRISONERS
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: O'Hara, Rick Date: 1999 Topics: Anti-gay discrimination, Anti-gay violence, Gay men, Homophobia, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Transgender people Subject: Covenant Station, Gay Community News Description: A letter to the editor detailing experiences of assault and mistreatment in prison for a gay man and his transgender partner. Originally published on page 3 of volume 24, issue 3-4 of Gay Community... -
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... -
'Helping Professions' Meet a Sexual Minority
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Rosen, Lyn Date: Apr. 9, 1977 Topics: Crossdressing, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender expression, Gender identity, Transgender people, Transsexuality, Transvestism Subject: Ariadne Kane, Brooks House, Deborah Feinbloom, Gay Community News, Gender Identity Service of Boston, The Outreach Foundation, Transvestites and Transsexuals: Mixed Views Description: A summary of an event in which counselors, therapists, hotline operators and sex educators met with transvestites, transsexual people, and transgender people. Originally published on page 8 of volu... -
GOAL: Psychosexually Functional Heterosexual Parent
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Brown, Dennise Date: Nov. 29, 1975 Topics: Gender identity, Heterosexism, Heterosexuality, Intersex people, Medicalization, Sex (Body), Sex assigned at birth, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: Gay Community News, John Money, Patricia Tucker, Sexual Signatures: on Being a Man or a Woman Description: A review of the book Sexual Signatures: On Being a Man or a Woman by John Money and Patricia Tucker. Originally published on page 16 of volume 3, number 22 of Gay Community News. -
Glen or Glenda? : Not Just a Puppy Dog's Tale
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Bronski, Michael Date: Jul. 31, 1982 Topics: Exploitation films, LGBTQ+ films, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: Bela Lugosi, Christine Jorgensen, Ed Wood, Gay Community News, Glen or Glenda?, John Waters, World War II Description: A review of Glen or Glenda? (1953), originally published on pages 7 and 8 of volume 10, issue 3 of Gay Community News. -
Gender Role/Identity Discord
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Prunty, Brad Date: Feb. 17, 1979 Topics: Disorders of sexual development, Gay men, Gender identity, Medicalization, Psychology, Research, Transsexuality, Transvestites Subject: Bernard Zuger, Gay Community News, John Money, R.J. Stoller, Richard Green, Sexual Identity Conflict in Children and Adults, Tony Russo Description: An overview of recent research into why young people grow up to be gay or trans. The article and research do not cast a strong positive or negative light on the subject, although effeminacy in youn... -
GCN STONEWALL NATION 69~79: What Happened, Anyhow?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Stein, Cindy Date: Jun. 23, 1979 Topics: Drag queens, Gay liberation, Lesbians, Police harassment, Stonewall riots Subject: Allen Ginsberg, Dave Van Ronk, Dick Leitsch, Donn Teal, Gay Community News, Howard Smith, Lucian Truscott IV, New York City Police Department, New York Daily News, New York Mattachine Society, New York Times, The Gay Militants, Village Voice Description: An account of the Stonewall Riots, originally published on page 9 of volume 6, number 47 of Gay Community News, in the Stonewall 10th Anniversary issue. The author mentions drag queens being presen... -
Gay dic(k)tionary
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Kyper, John Date: Feb. 26, 1989 Topics: Book reviews, Drag queens, Gay men, Gay slang, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ books, LGBTQ+ literature, LGBTQ+ slang, Transsexual people Subject: Banned Books, Gay Community News, Gay Talk, Gay(s)language: a dic(k)tionary of gay slang, H. Max, The Queen's Vernacular Description: A book review of a dictionary of gay slang, published 1988. Originally published on page 9 of volume 16, number 32 of Gay Community News. -
FROM STONEWALL TO THE PUERTO RICAN PRIDE PARADE: THE EPIC ROLE OF TRANSVESTITES
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Negron, Frances Date: Jun. 1994 Topics: Gay men, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ people of color, Stonewall riots, Transphobia, Transvestites Subject: Communidad Orgullo Gay, Gay Community News, Gay Liberation Front, Latino Gay and Lesbian Coalition, Maida Tilchen, National Gay Task Force (NGTF), Pa'Fuera, Puerto Rican Pride Parade, Puerto Rico, Stonewall 25, Stonewall Rebellion, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: An overview of Puerto Rican involvement in the LGBT+ movement, especially Sylvia Rivera's involvement in the Stonewall Rebellion. Originally published on page 22 of volume 20, issues 1 and 2 of Gay... -
Free TV/TS contact service
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Rubin, Ina Helen Date: Jan. 31, 1988 Topics: Crossdressing, Helplines, Letters to the editor, Transgenderism, Transsexual people, Transsexualism, Transvestites Subject: American Transvestite-Transsexual Contact Service, Gay Community News, Kinsey Institute, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), National Transvestite-Transsexual Hotline Number, TV-TS Contact Service Description: A response to an ad, redirecting readers from a paid trans focused talk line to a free one. Originally published on page 4 of volume 15, number 28 of Gay Community News. -
forum GRAFFITI
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Date: Jan. 26, 1974 Topics: Bathrooms, Bisexuality, Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, Gay men, Lesbians, Sexism Subject: Charles Street Meeting House, Gay Community News, Jesus, Richard M. Nixon Description: Content Warning: This item contains racist and homophobic language.
