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Melissa Sklarz Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Sklarz, Melissa, Tennenbaum, Ric Date: Jul. 5, 2017 Topics: Bathrooms, Civil rights, Crossdressing, Elections, Ethnic groups, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Homelessness, Hormones, Isolation, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Lobbying, MtFs, Night life, Politics, Public facilities, Public sex, Representation, Schools, Stigmatisation, Substance abuse, Transgender people, Transgender rights, Transitioning (Gender), Visibility Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Christine Jorgensen, Gay and Lesbian Independent Democrats, GenderPAC, Kate Bornstein, Laverne Cox, Melissa Sklarz, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Riki Anne Wilchins, Stonewall Democrats Description: Melissa Sklarz was the first transgender elected official in New York, having been a judicial delegate since the 1990s. She has served on many trans rights legislative committees, including the Sto... -
Marty Hernandez Avedon Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Hernandez Avedon, Marty, Van Ness, Lorenzo Date: Apr. 1, 2017 Topics: Abuse, Adoption, Bullying, Change of name, Colleges, Coming out, Dating, Demonstrations, Diversity, Employment discrimination, Ethnic groups, Families, Foster families, Gender diversity, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mental health, Passing (Gender), Politics, Racism, Stereotypes, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Marty Hernandez Avedon Description: Marty Hernandez Avedon discusses growing up in the foster care system only to be adopted by a family who rejected him at the age of 10, reconnecting with his biological parents, and what the name H... -
Whoops my dear!
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Lavender lads make woo! woo! Hallowe'en eve
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980 Topics: Crossdressers, Drag balls, Drag queens, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender) Description: A newspaper article describing a queer celebration, focusing on the drag performers -
Letters to the editor: "very old transvestite" speaks up for males who prefer femme attire
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Date: May 28, 1966 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gender diversity, Masculinities, Older people Description: A letter on the subject of crossdressing and men and women's clothing. Page 2 of this article can be found in the "related links" section. -
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. -
Transvestite is guilty of gross indecency: enlists sympathy of court so sentence is suspended; other party is fined $100
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Aversion therapy claimed cure for males dressing as females
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How Transvestism is Linked With Corporal Punishment
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Date: Sep. 10, 1960 Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender role, Passing (Gender), Spanking Description: Two letters on the nature of crossdressing, specifically how it begins in children and how it is fostered. -
Man dressed as woman solicits officer
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Date: May 7, 1960 Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Police, Prostitution, Transgender prostitution Description: A newspaper article on a police officer's encounter with a crossdressing sex worker. Page two of the story is located in the "Related Links" section. -
Transvestites steal spotlight from the spankers, pro and con
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Date: Feb. 20, 1960 Topics: Bondage, Crossdressing, Gender role, Gender swapping, Leather community, Spanking Description: A series of letters discussing crossdressing, gender roles, and sexual practices such as the use of leather. Page two of the article is located in "Related Links" -
"Pansies" Bloom in Cocktail Bar
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"Transvestism"
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Photo of Mirha-Soleil Ross and Xanthra Phillipa MacKay
Collection: gendertrash Institution: The ArQuives Creator: O'Connor, Jennifer Date: 1993 Topics: Transgender community, Transgender people, Transgender publishers, Women's publishers Subject: Mirha-Soleil Ross, Xanthra Phillippa MacKay Description: Black and white photograph of Mirha-Soleil Ross and Xanthra Phillippa MacKay. They are outside on a summer day and grass and bushes are visible in the background. The two women are closely embracin... -
Hands Off
Collection: gendertrash Institution: The ArQuives Creator: MacKay, Xanthra Phillippa, genderpress, Ross, Mirha-Soleil Date: 1983 Topics: Transgender people, Transgender publishers, Transsexual people, Zines Subject: genderpress Description: This image is a collage of cut out text glued onto white paper. The letters, in a variety of colours and fonts, read "h[ey] hom[o] pigs keep your gross hands off our culture queer doesn't mean gay ...