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  1. Women Who Were Soldiers

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 31, 1914
    Topics: Crossdressing, Military, Passing (Gender), Soldiers
    Subject: Balkan War, Christina Davis, Hannah Snell, Harrietena Korotkiewitch, James Barry, Joan of Arc, Milena Manditch, Peninsular War, Phoebe Hessel, Russo-Japanese War, Serbian Committee for National Defense, Sophie Yovanovitch, Xenia Kritskaya
    Description: The Gazette-Times (Heppner, OR)
  2. Women With Records

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Elmore Bulletin
    Date: Nov. 13, 1892
    Topics: Crossdressing, Marriage, Military, Passing (Gender), Physicians, Romanticism, Sailors
    Subject: Alexander Burke, Ann Bonny, Anne Jane Thornton, Hannah Snell, Hans Brandt, James Barry, Mary Anne Taylor, Mary Parlour, Mary Read, William Talbot
    Description: Elmore Bulletin (Rocky Bar, Idaho)
  3. Women's Clothes Bring $20 Fines

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 22, 1930
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Courts, Female impersonators, Femininities, Law, Masculinities, Police, Social norms
    Subject: Albert Cushman, Wilbur Guyette
  4. Womonspace Sisternews

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Karen
    Date: Sep. 1977 to Oct. 1977
    Topics: Abortion, Appellate courts, Breast cancer, Civil rights, Contraception, Discrimination, Gender diversity, Homophobia, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ Protestants, Military, Parental leave, Rape, Sexual abuse, Suffragettes, Trade unions, Transgender people
    Subject: Alice Paul, Cheryl McDaniels, Jacqueline Means, Jean Whitefield, Marie Soete, National Women's Party, Rosalyn Yalow, Sue Bethke
  5. Wonder Car Turns out to Be Biggest Hoax of Century

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 11, 1975
    Topics: BMW automobiles, Courts, Female impersonators
    Subject: Liz Carmichael
  6. Wonder Club East End at West End Presents...The World's Most Beautiful Female Impersonators

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Wonder Club
    Date: circa 1940
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Singers
    Subject: Bertie LePage, Billy Richards, Francis Parker, George Kelley, Hot Cha Hinton, Poppy Lane, Teddy & Yvonne, Teddy Cook
  7. Wonder Club Presents New Orleans' Distinctly Different Revue: Boys will be Girls!

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Wonder Club
    Date: 1942
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Singers
    Subject: Art Sherrick, Bertie LePage, Billy Richards, Francis LaVerne, Francis Russel, Lee Carol, Paul Gilvre, Vern Valdez
  8. Wonder Woman at the HMC Military Ball

     
    Collection: Military
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Rubin, Janice
    Date: Oct. 23, 1976
    Topics: Crossdressing, Dancers, Drag, Female impersonators, Military, Parties
    Subject: HMC's Uniform Military Ball, Houston Motorcycle Club, Levi's Club, Wonder Woman
  9. Wonder Woman at the HMC Military Ball (2)

     
    Collection: Military
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Rubin, Janice
    Date: Oct. 23, 1976
    Topics: Crossdressing, Dancers, Drag, Female impersonators, Military, Parties
    Subject: HMC's Uniform Military Ball, Houston Motorcycle Club, Levi's Club, Wonder Woman
  10. Wonder Woman at the HMC Military Ball (3)

     
    Collection: Military
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Rubin, Janice
    Date: Oct. 23, 1976
    Topics: Crossdressing, Dancers, Drag, Female impersonators, Military, Parties
    Subject: HMC's Uniform Military Ball, Houston Motorcycle Club, Levi's Club, Wonder Woman
  11. Won't Stop Being a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 28, 1890
    Topics: Appearance, Assigned gender, Baptism, Debt, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Upbringing
    Subject: Marie Engelhardt, Sandor Vay, Sarolta Vay
    Description: The Washington Critic (Washington, DC)
  12. Woodcut Anatomical Illustration of an Intersex Person

     
    Collection: Art Works
    Institution: Yale University Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1500
    Topics: Intersex, Medicalization
  13. Word Is Out - Pat Bond

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1977
    Topics: Bars, Drag kings, Lesbians
    Description: Pat Bond in her pre-interview video for the film "Word Is Out", a groundbreaking documentary about LGBT people made by Peter Adair in 1977.
  14. Word is Out- Tede Mattews

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1977
    Topics: Androgyny, Clothing, Drag, Film, Interviews, Passing (Gender), Violence
    Subject: Peter Adair, Tede Matthews, Word is Out
    Description: Tede Matthews in his pre-interview video for the film "Word Is Out", a groundbreaking documentary about LGBT people made by Peter Adair in 1977.
  15. World War II drag show on board US transport ship

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Sherman Grinberg Film Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 1, 1943
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag, Gender expression
    Subject: United States Navy, World War II
    Description: Short video of a military drag show on a U.S. transport ship during World War II.
  16. World's Most Unusual Show...

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Advertisements, Appearance, Clothing, Drag, Female impersonators, Night life
    Subject: Jewel Box Revue, Lynn Carter
  17. Would Rather Be Mabel: Than "Dave," and Again She Has Put on Skirts

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 30, 1902
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Passing (Gender), Violence
    Subject: Dave Kyle, Ellis Glenn, John A. McElhaney, Mabel McElhaney, Samuel O. Boyce
  18. Would Save Glenn

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Evening Times-Republican
    Date: Nov. 28, 1899
    Topics: Courts, Crossdressing, Marriage, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Alice Glenn, Ellis Glenn, James Dukes
    Description: Evening Times-Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa)
  19. Would You Ever Guess

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Appearance, Crossdressers, Drag queens
    Subject: Ricky Renee
    Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria)
  20. Would YOU Go Over to the Opposite Sex for a Year?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Proops, Marjorie
    Date: Sep. 27, 1961
    Topics: Femininities, Gender role, Gender swapping, Masculinities
  21. "Would You" Postcard

     
    Collection: Kentucky History
    Institution: Faulkner Morgan Archive
    Creator: Colonial Art Co., N.Y.
    Date: 1910
    Topics: Postcards
  22. Writer Claims Sex Change Let 'Her' Become Pregnant

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: United Press International
    Date: Sep. 11, 1969
    Topics: Ethnic groups, Gender realignment surgery, MtFs, Pregnancy
    Subject: Dawn Pepita Hall, John Paul Simmons
  23. Wrong Again

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Pacific & Atlantic
    Date: Nov. 26, 1923
    Topics: Clothing, Transgender people
    Subject: Lionel Ames
  24. Wrong Sex

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: 1980
    Topics: Advice columns, Children, Gender role, Mothers, Transphobia
    Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria)
  25. Xanthra

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, Genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil
    Date: circa 1990
    Topics: Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Xanthra Phillippa MacKay
    Description: Round button with photograph of Xanthra Phillipa MacKay.
  26. Xmas Letter 1994

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: 1994
    Topics: Black transgender people, Gay men, Gay pride, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people
    Subject: ACT UP, Bill Dobbs, Cocoa Rodriguez, George Flimlin, Harry Hay, Joe McGrath, Marsha P. Johnson, Mattachine Society, Nelson Woodrow Anderson III, Prescott Townsend, Stonewall 25, Uplift Lighting
    Description: The 1994 issue of an annual newsletter written by Marsha P. Johnson's roommate, Randy Wicker, in which he provides updates on his life and business, the household, and close friends. The letter inc...
  27. Xmas Letter December 2000

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Dec. 2000
    Topics: Black transgender people, Cloning, Gay men, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, Randy Wicker, Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting
    Description: The 2000 issue of an annual newsletter written by Marsha P. Johnson's roommate, Randy Wicker. Wicker explains that Sylvia Rivera has become his best friend and is helping to keep business afloat, a...
  28. 'X-Rated' Review Given of a Movie

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Thomas, Bob
    Date: Dec. 5, 1969
    Topics: Actors, Film, Pornography, Reviews
    Subject: Gore Vidal, Myra Breckinridge, Raquel Welch
  29. Yana Calou Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Calou, Yana
    Date: Mar. 1, 2017
    Topics: Activists, Colleges, Employment discrimination, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Hormone therapy, LGBTI community, LGBTI rights, LGBTQ+ parents, Media occupations, Migration, NGOs, Residence permits, Trade unions, Transgender people, Visibility, Work situation
    Subject: Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Yana Calou
    Description: Yana Calou spent much of their youth traveling around the world and eventually found a community in Utah, where they began advocating for LGBTQ rights. Later, Calou moved to NYC, where they worked ...
  30. Yanyi Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Yanyi, Lisowski, Zef
    Date: Jun. 11, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Allies, Appearance, Bathrooms, Bullying, Coming out, Communities, Ethnic groups, Gay-straight alliances, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Libraries, Masculinities, Media, Parents of transgender people, Poets, Public services, Racism, Religions, Representation, Schools, Secrecy, Sexuality, Social media, Students, Therapists, Tomboys, Transgender community, Transgender people, Violence, Work situation, Writers
    Description: Yanyi, a poet and software engineer, reflects on his experiences being part of and building many forms of community, including Asian American community, queer/trans community, and neighborhood comm...
  31. Years in Masquerade

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 10, 1895
    Topics: Arrests, Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressing, Lady's maids, Parks, Police, Prisoners
    Subject: Estelle Lawrence, Reginald Culton, Violet Beacon, Violet Dell
    Description: Waterbury Evening Democrat (Waterbury, Connecticut)
  32. Yes, Ms. Davis

     
    Collection: Zines
    Institution: Queer Zine Archive Project
    Creator: Davis, Vaginal
    Date: 1994
    Topics: Drag, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ events, Performance art, Punk rock music
    Subject: Melvin Van Peebles, Vaginal Davis, Youth Brigade
    Description: A zine titled: "Yes, Ms. Davis," created by Vaginal Davis. Includes advertisements for events, collages, and articles.
  33. Yesterday’s Concerts.

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 13, 1885
    Topics: LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Ella Wesner, Koster & Bial's
    Description: A clipping from "The New York Times" titled: "Yesterday’s Concerts." Details a performance given by Ella Wesner. This item was contributed to DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  34. Yesterday's Men

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Meades, Jonathan
    Date: Mar. 29, 1984
    Topics: Erotica, Gender realignment surgery, Homosexuality, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Physicians, Sexual practices, Transsexual people
    Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria)
  35. Yoseñio Lewis Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Lewis, Yoseñio
    Date: Dec. 17, 2021
    Topics: AIDS education, Latino/a/x transgender people, Older transgender people, Trans men, Transgender political activists
    Subject: The TransAms, Yoseñio Lewis
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains sensitive content related to child abuse and sexual assault.
  36. You can tell he's a fan of Barbra Streisand

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: May 2, 1971
    Topics: Hormones, MtFs, Plastic surgery
    Subject: Barbra Streisand, Laura Parker
    Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria)
  37. YOU Magazine Letters (March 1988)

     
    Collection: South Africa Media Coverage (via Gender Dynamix)
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator: YOU Magazine
    Date: Mar. 1988
    Topics: Crossdressers, Families, Gender role, History, Psychology, Transgender people
    Subject: Robert Baden-Powell, The Phoenix Society
    Description: Letters to the editor of YOU Magazine
  38. You Never Can Tell

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Browne, Ken
    Date: Nov. 30, 1931
    Topics: Butches, Dykes, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ cartoons
    Description: Comic strip published in Brevities: America's First National Tabloid Weekly, Vol. III, No. 5 on November 30, 1931. The comic depicts two women who are sporting blazers, ties, and slicked-back hair ...
  39. Young male impersonator as sailor

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Baraschy
    Date: 1924
    Topics:  
  40. Young male impersonator in top hat and suit

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1910
    Topics:  
  41. Younger than BYNG TIME

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 1978
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Drag
    Subject: Douglas Byng
  42. Your children may be homosexuals! Here are the shocking details

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 15, 1964
    Topics: Children, Crossdressers, Gay men, Homophobia, Porn magazines
    Subject: Female Mimics International (F.M.I.)
    Description: A newspaper article pleading for action against pornographic magazines containing crossdressing and homosexual content.
  43. Your Health Project Report

     
    Collection: International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy: Annual Proceedings and Newsletters
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Rothblatt, Martine Aliana
    Date: Aug. 1994
    Topics: DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Health insurance, Hormone therapy, Intersex, Medical laws and legislation, Oppression, Psychology, Transgender people
    Subject: HBIGDA Standards of Care for Hormonal and Surgical Sex Reassignment of Gender Dysphoric Persons, Lisa Middleton, Standards of Care
  44. "Your Health" Workshop Report

     
    Collection: International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy: Annual Proceedings and Newsletters
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Middleton, Lisa Janet, Stuart, Sharon Ann, Laframboise, Sandra
    Date: Jun. 1995
    Topics: Crossdressers, DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Health insurance, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy, Law, Prisoners, Supreme court, Surveys, Taxation, Transgender people, Transgender prisoners, Transgenderism, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: Collier Cole, Dallas Denny, Doe v. State of Minnesota, Douglas Ousterhout, DSM-IV, Farrannette v. Kaiser Foundation, Garry Hill, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, HBIGDA Standards of Care for Hormonal and Surgical Sex Reassignment of Gender Dysphoric Persons, Linda Phillips, Martine Rothblatt, Ray Hill, Rush v. Johnson, Rush v. Parham
  45. "Your Jobs" Workshop Report

     
    Collection: International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy: Annual Proceedings and Newsletters
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Skaer, Laura Elizabeth, Xavier, Jessica M.
    Date: Jun. 1995
    Topics: Acceptance, Employment discrimination, Gender minorities, Labour law, Personal and family law, Sexual minorities, Shame, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Alicia Edenfield, Christian v. Randall, Cissy G. Conley, Esquire Magazine, International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP), JoAnna McNamara
  46. Your Problems

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Landers, Ann
    Date: Jul. 20, 1970
    Topics: Family members, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Legal process, Mental health, Psychiatry, Sexual orientation
  47. "Your Rights" Workshop Report

     
    Collection: International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy: Annual Proceedings and Newsletters
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Frederickson, Tere, Stuart, Sharon Ann, McKellar, Dee S., Lindenmuth, Evelyn
    Date: Jun. 1995
    Topics: Bathrooms, Discrimination, Human rights, Military, Military law, Parents of transgender people, Sports, Students, Transgender children, Transgender military personnel, Transgender people
    Subject: Cissy G. Conley, Decolonizing the Body: Kinship in the Nation, Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Veterans of America (GLBVA), George Brown, International Bill of Gender Rights (IBGR), International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP), International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA), Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
  48. Your Sexual Makeup

     
    Collection: Informational and Event Brochures
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator: Gender Education Center
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Gender identity, Gender role, Sexual orientation
  49. Your SOFFA Voice Vol. 1, Issue 1 (December, 1998)

     
    Collection: Your SOFFA Voice
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Burchell, Jodi
    Date: Dec. 1, 1998
    Topics: Acceptance, Allies, Coming out, FtMs, LGBTQ+ poetry, Parents of transgender people, Partners of transgender people, Support groups, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: American Boyz, Our Trans Children, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), Sandra Cole, Southern Comfort Conference, Transgender Special Outreach Network (TSON), True Spirit Conference
  50. Your SOFFA Voice Vol. 2, Issue 1 (February, 1999)

     
    Collection: Your SOFFA Voice
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Burchell, Jodi
    Date: Feb. 1, 1999
    Topics: Acceptance, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, LGBTQ+ poetry, MtFs, Older transgender people, Parents of transgender people, Partners of transgender people, Sexual identity, Support groups, Transgender community, Transgender couples, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: ElderTG, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), Transgender Aging Network (TAN)