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  1. A Female Soldier

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 11, 1865
    Topics: Crossdressing, Secrecy, Soldiers
    Subject: Hannah Snell
  2. A Femenine Jehn

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 26, 1887
    Topics: Assigned gender, Death and dying, FtMs, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Transportation occupations
    Subject: Charley Parkhurst, Charlotte Parkhurst, Frank Parkhurst, Peter Elehebarne
    Description: The McCook Tribune (McCook, Nebraska)
  3. A Few Days Left!: Charlotte McLeod

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: New Orleans Times-Picayune
    Date: Aug. 14, 1954
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, MtFs
    Subject: Charlotte McLeod
  4. A Field Guide to Persons in the Transgendered Gay Community

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Denny, Dallas
    Date: Oct. 1991
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag queens, Passing (Gender), Post-operative, Pre-operative, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Description: Originally published in "The News" Volume 7 Number 8. Dallas Denny describes the differences in people who identify as transsexual, crossdressers, and drag queens and how they vary in gender expres...
  5. A Filmmaker Fictionalizes to Get at Difficult Truths

     
    Collection: Brandon Teena Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Harrison, Eric
    Date: Feb. 7, 2000
    Topics: Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Anti-queer violence, Sexual violence, Transmasculine people
    Subject: All She Wanted, Aphrodite Jones, Boys Don't Cry, Brandon Teena, Drew Barrymore, Hilary Swank, John Lotter, Kimberly Peirce, Lana Tisdel, Lisa Lambert, Phillip DeVine, The Hurricane, The Insider, Thomas Nissen
    Description: Newspaper clipping originally published in the Los Angeles Times on February 7, 2000. The piece features quotes from various people associated with the production of the 1999 film "Boys Don't Cry" ...
  6. A Former He, She's a Bride

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: UPI Radiotelephoto
    Date: Mar. 17, 1962
    Topics: Marriage, Partners of transgender people, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Francis Bonnet, Jacques Dufresnoys
  7. A French prisoner of war acting in an internment camp in Dülmen, performing in drag, wearing a long white dress. Photographic postcard, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1915 to 1918?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A man in drag holding a fan, leaning against a plain background. 'Richard', a French prisoner of war at Dülmen Camp in Germany, wearing a delightful and beautifully-made tiered and sequinned frock ...
  8. A French prisoner of war in drag acting in an internment camp in Dülmen. Photographic postcard, ca. 1917.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1917
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photographs of military, naval, and prisoner-of-war camp drag.
  9. A French prisoner of war posing in drag at a prisoner of war camp in Cottbus. Photographic postcard by P. Tharan, 191-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1910 to 1919?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A man in drag poses standing by a table with a vase of flowers. The drag is in the high fashion of 1912: harem pants as influenced by the Russian Ballet and a wide brimmed feather trimmed hat. The ...
  10. A Gay Day Carol

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Bay Area Reporter
    Date: Jun. 25, 1992
    Topics: Dyke marches, Gay pride, Gender expression, Gender identity, Trans marches, Transsexual people
    Subject: Anna Madrigal, Armistad Maupin, Billy Tipton, Charles Dickens, Christine Jorgensen, DeAnn Oliver, Doris Fish, Gay Day Parade, Jack Bee Garland, Jesse Helms, Joan of Arc, Justin Bond, Kristiene Clarke, Leslie Feinberg, Lou Sullivan, Michael A. Lumenti, Omewenne, Randie Flame, Robin Scott, Sandy Stone, Tales of the City, Veronica Klaus
    Description: An article by Kate Bornstein with musings on transsexuals, pride, and the Gay Day Parade that appeared in the Bay Area Reporter. Published June 25, 1992
  11. A Gay Interview

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Van, Eddie, Perry, H. L.
    Date: Apr. 15, 1977 to Apr. 21, 1977
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Gay community, Homosexuality, Interviews, Police, Police raids, Transgender people
  12. [A gendarme, a magistrate and others] or women in costume

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1905
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Postcard showing six women posing in front of the entry to a brick building. Three are dressed in the simple outfits of working women, including one wearing a long white apron; the other three are ...
  13. A Genitoplasty Diary

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Sullivan, Lou
    Date: Apr. 3, 1986 to Oct. 1987
    Topics: FtMs, Gay men, Trans men, Transgender people, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Lou Sullivan, Rupert Raj
    Description: Writing detailing Lou's experience as he receives gender affriming surgery. Includes some sketches.
  14. A Girl At Last

     
    Collection: Fiction
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Judy
    Date: 1975
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Erotic literature, Fantasy, Fiction, Passing (Gender)
  15. A Girl's Dilemma

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 17, 1961
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Courts, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Gender identity, Hospitals, Imprisonment
    Subject: Christine Vensettie
    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)
  16. A Glossary for Understanding Gender Diversity

     
    Collection: Outreach Publications
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Outreach Institute of Gender Studies
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Gender diversity, Gender expression, Gender identity, Terms and phrases
    Subject: Conscious Gender Community, Outreach Institute of Gender Studies (OIGS)
    Description: A glossary of termsfrom the Outreach Institute of Gender Studies related to "certain behaviors associated with conscious gender communities" printed on orange paper.
  17. A Good Variety Show

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1895
    Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Bon Ton Vaudevilles, Gus Mills
    Description: Article in the Worcester Daily Spy discussing Gus Mills, a Black female impersonator.
  18. A Guide to the Linda and Cynthia Phillips Papers, 1964-2000

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
    Creator: University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
    Date: Aug. 2000
    Topics: Activists, Clubs, Crossdressers, Family relationships, Gender identity, LGBT, Reference sources, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Women
    Subject: Boulton and Park Society, Cynthia Phillips, International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP), Linda Phillips, Texas Tea Party
    Description: Linda and Cynthia Phillips were married in Dallas in 1958. Over the years, the couple became prominent within the transgender community of Central and South Texas. Linda and Cynthia also became aff...
  19. A Headshot of Dorothea

     
    Collection: Felicity Chandelle Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 18, 1961
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Parties
    Subject: Felicity Chandelle Photo Album, The Playgirl Club
    Description: A headshot of Dorothea, a visitor from Chicago, at the second Play Girl Club House Party.
  20. A Headshot of Gail

     
    Collection: Felicity Chandelle Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 18, 1961
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Parties
    Subject: Felicity Chandelle Photo Album, The Playgirl Club
    Description: A headshot of Gail at the second house party of the Playgirl Club.
  21. A Headshot of Marlow Monique Dickson

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women
    Subject: Marlow Monique Dickson
    Description: A black and white headshot of Marlow Monique Dickson. She appears to be sitting down, resting her face on her hands.
  22. A Headshot of Marlow Monique Dickson in Feathers

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women
    Subject: Marlow Monique Dickson
    Description: A black and white headshot of Marlow Monique Dickson. She is wearing a rhinestone necklace and feather accessory. "Marlo" is written in the bottom right corner of the photo.
  23. A Headshot of Marlow Monique Dickson in Profile

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women
    Subject: Marlow Monique Dickson
    Description: A black and white headshot of Marlow Monique Dickson. She has short, dark hair and is wearing a rhinestone necklace and feather accessory. "Marlow" is written in the bottom left corner.
  24. A Headshot of Marlow Monique Dickson with Blonde Hair

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women
    Subject: Marlow Monique Dickson
    Description: A headshot of Marlow Monique Dickson. She is wearing a dark blouse and asymmetrical black earrings.
  25. A Headshot of Marsha P. Johnson with Feathers in Her Hair

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Sterrar, Stanley
    Date: 1987
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A black and white headshot of Marsha P. Johnson with feathers and beads in her hair.
  26. A Headshot of Tiffany Chandelle

     
    Collection: Felicity Chandelle Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: 1961
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing
    Subject: Felicity Chandelle, Felicity Chandelle Photo Album
    Description: A headshot of Tiffany Chandelle wearing a brown fur coat and black hat.
  27. A Headstone for Billie (February 21, 1997)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 21, 1997
    Topics: Death and dying, Drag, LGBTI community, Memorials
    Subject: Billie McAllister, Madame Fertilizer
  28. A Holiday Card From Marsha P. Johnson to Randy Wicker

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Johnson, Marsha P.
    Date: Dec. 9, 1991
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Randy Wicker
    Description: A holiday card written by Marsha P. Johnson to her roommate, Randy Wicker. The card reads "Joy to The World. To Randy and All Help. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Marsha P. Johnson, Love Alway...
  29. A home of our own

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: The Ad Hoc Committee to Support the Lesbian Herstory Archives
    Date: Jun. 23, 1991
    Topics: Anti-lesbian violence, Archives, Butches, Dykes, Femmes, Lesbian activism, Lesbian African-Americans, Lesbian archives, Lesbian bars, Lesbians, Lesbians of colour, Male impersonators, Persecution of lesbians
    Subject: Becky Johnson, C. Walsh Theater, First African Meeting House, Gay Community News, Jenifer Firestone, Jewel Box Revue, Joan Nestle, Lesbian Herstory Archives, Michelle Parkerson, Red Shades Affinity Group, Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box, Stormé DeLarverie, West Village
    Description: An article summarizing an event to benefit the Lesbian Herstory Archives, featuring a short film about Storme Delarverie and appearances from notable lesbian activists. Originally published on page...
  30. A Journey to an Overlooked Past

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Biederman, Marcia
    Date: Jun. 11, 2000
    Topics: Ball culture, Drag balls, Harlem Renaissance, Masquerading
    Subject: Hamilton Lodge
    Description: Subsection of a larger New York Times article on New York City’s history as the site of the gay rights movement. The clipping discusses the ballroom scene in Harlem, specifically during the 1920s a...
  31. A kinder and gentler festival?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Burkholder, Nancy
    Date: Sep. 1, 1991
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Cisgender women, Lesbian culture, MtFs, Music festivals, Passing (Gender), Stealth (Transgender), Transphobia, Transsexual people, Women's music festivals, Womyn
    Subject: Barbara Price, Gay Community News, Lisa Vogel, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Two Nice Girls
    Description: An article by Nancy Burkholder, a woman who was thrown out of a Women's Music Festival on suspicion of being transsexual. Burkholder criticizes this decision eloquently. Originally published on pag...
  32. A Lady Surgeon in the Army

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 8, 1876
    Topics: Army, Crossdressing, Death and dying, Femininities
    Subject: Hart's Annual Army List, James Barry
    Description: National Republican (Washington, DC)
  33. A large group of men in drag at Club 82, New York City. Process print, 196-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to 1969?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.
  34. A Leaflet Inquiring for Information on Marsha P. Johnson's Death

     
    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, Police, QTPOC, Sex workers, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, Stonewall Rebellion
    Description: This item is a leaflet created by the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project which is a call to action to contact the organization or the police and offering a $5000 award for anyone ...
  35. A letter from a photographer to Randy Wicker

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Giard, Robert
    Date: Jan. 18, 1999
    Topics: Gay men, Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Stonewall riots, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Don Lucas, Hal Call, Harry Hay, Jack Nichols, José Sarria, Martin Duberman, Robert Giard, Stonewall, Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A letter to Randy Wicker from a photographer asking to be connected to Sylvia Rivera to take her portrait.
  36. A letter from AEGIS Board Members to Members of the Society of the Second Self

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Correspondence
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Richmond, Marisa
    Date: Sep. 8, 1996
    Topics: Transgender community
    Subject: American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS), Chrysalis Quarterly, Dallas Denny, The Society for the Second Self, Inc.
    Description: A letter from AEGIS Board Members to Members of the Society of the Second Self in which they seek to clarify the particulars and goals of the letter they received accusing Dallas Denny of publishin...
  37. A Letter from the Society of the Second Self to AEGIS

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Correspondence
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Beecroft, Carol, Fairfax, Jane Ellen, Hester, Lauren
    Date: Jul. 15, 1996
    Topics: Transgender community
    Subject: American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS), Dallas Denny, The Society for the Second Self, Inc., Tri-Ess
    Description: A letter from the Society of the Second Self to AEGIS accusing Dallas Denny, the Executive Director of AEGIS, of violating journalistic integrity by publishing criticism of Tri-Ess based on inaccur...
  38. A Letter Written by an Attendee at Marsha P. Johnson's Memorial Service

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Seymour, William
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ memorials, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A letter written by William Seymour to Randy Wicker and other of Marsha P. Johnson's friends following her memorial service.
  39. A Letter Written by Randy Wicker to a Commander at the Sixth Precinct About Marsha P. Johnson's Death

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Oct. 8, 1992
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A letter written by Randy Wicker, Marsha P. Johnson's roommate, to Commander Kennedy at the Sixth Precinct in New York City. In the letter, Randy talks about dropping off videotapes containing info...
  40. A Letter Written by Randy Wicker to Ali

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Nov. 3, 1982
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Willie Brashears
    Description: A Thanksgiving letter from Randy Wicker to Ali based in Cairo, Egypt. Wicker discusses how he first became roommates with Marsha P. Johnson through Willie Brashears.
  41. A Life Cut Short: Gender Identity Discrimination and the Murder of Chanelle Pickett

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Sex work, Trans women, Transgender activism
    Subject: Chanelle Pickett, Gabrielle Pickett
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.
  42. A Little of My Life

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Messetti, Vivian
    Date: Mar. 1, 1959
    Topics: Circus, Femininities, Intersex, Masculinities, Neugebauer family
    Subject: Uncle Tom's Cabin, Vivian Messetti
  43. 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)
  44. A louca da Consolação

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Grupo Dignidade
    Creator: Penteado, Darcy
    Date: Aug. 1980
    Topics: Film, Stereotypes, Transgender characters, Transgender community
    Subject: A Louca da Consolação (film), Paulo Braz
  45. A Lucky Disaster

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 11, 1898
    Topics: Crossdressing
    Subject: Babe Bean
    Description: The Herald (Los Angeles, CA)
  46. A Man and a Woman of Joyce & Briggs

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Hurwitt, Robert
    Date: Sep. 29, 1978 to Oct. 5, 1978
    Topics: Crossdressers, Homosexuality, Theatre
    Subject: Alcazar, Richard Wherret, The Elocution of Benjamin Frank
  47. A man dressed in drag as a cowgirl. Photographic postcard, ca. 1915-1920.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1915? to 1920?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: A humorous photograph of ca. 1915-1920 taken at the Fancy Dress Studio, Tottenham Court Road, London. A gawky and lantern-jawed 'cowgirl' in a terrible wig poses with a taxidermy horse
  48. A man in drag (?) poses wearing a long coat with fur trim and a hat with a brooch. Photographic postcard, 192-.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1929?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: He smiles at the viewer and holds a bag under his arm. Extremely well-dressed figure wearing the high fashion of the mid-late 1920s. May be a man in drag, or possibly a woman with masculine feature...
  49. A man in drag and a man in male clothes looking into each others' eyes. Photographic postcard.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1914 to 1918?
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: An unmarked French-produced postcard, World War I period, showing an unidentified concert party or prisoner-of-war camp theatrical production
  50. A man in drag (Charlie) sits face-on, wearing detailed costume, with a window painted on the backdrop. Photographic postcard, 1919.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1919
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: The man smiles, with his head tilted slightly and legs crossed, gazing out towards the viewer. Photograph of 'Charlie' sent back to his sister from Egypt in 1919, where one may assume he was part o...