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Tax Snag Halts Male Dancer's Trip For Sex Change
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The Cockettes
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The Pekin Theatre
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1906 Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Andrew Tribble, Pekin Theatre, The Man from Bam Description: Article in Broad Axe mentioning a performance by Andrew Tribble, a Black female impersonator. -
With the Actors
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: May 21, 1921 Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, Vaudeville Subject: Andrew Tribble, Chocolate Brown Co., Irvin C. Miller Description: An article in The Chicago Whip mentioning two productions starring Andrew Tribble, a Black female impersonator. -
"Going Public" Event Footage
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center Date: May 20, 1997 Topics: AIDS awareness, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people in mass media, Femininities, Masculinities, Queens (Gay culture), Sissies Subject: Committee for Black Gay Men, Gay Men of African Descent, OUT Magazine Description: A clip from The Center's event "Going Public," a panel discussion on popular images of LGBTQ+ people and how the public responds to them. At 0:21:10, Panelist Cary Alan Johnson speaks on the unique... -
Out of the Shadows
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library Creator: Riggs, Marlon Date: 1990 Topics: AIDS education, Anti-Blackness, Black bisexual people, Black gay men, Black transgender people, Coming out, Queerphobia, Trans women Description: This short documentary, narrated by poet Essex Hemphill, provides a portrait of Black transgender women and gay men in Philadelphia as they face antiblackness, queerphobia, and HIV/AIDS. -
Marsha P. Johnson at Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade, 1981
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Jun. 28, 1981 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender political activists Subject: Christopher Street Liberation Day March, Marsha P. Johnson, New York City Pride Description: Two photos of Marsha P. Johnson at the 1981 Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade. -
Gender Identity Project Staff, 1998
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: 1998 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transmasculine people Subject: Andre Stevens, Arlene Hoffman, Carrie Davis, Lynn E. Walker, Melissa Sklarz, Rosalyne Blumenstein, Tracy Carrawante Description: Staff photo of The Center's Gender Identity Project from 1998. -
Marsha P. Johnson at the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade 1977
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Decker, L. Date: Jun. 26, 1977 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender political activists Subject: Christopher Street Liberation Day March, Marsha P. Johnson, New York City Pride Description: Photograph of Marsha. P Johnson at the 1977 Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade. Front and back included. -
Interview with Wahira LaBelle
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: LaBelle, Wahira Date: Dec. 7, 2020 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ migrants, Queer people, Transfeminine people, Women, Somali Subject: Black LGBTQ+ Migrant Project (BLMP), Black Trans Migrants United (BTMU) Description: An interview with Wahira LaBelle, a trans fem queer of Somali descent, community organizer, migrant justice activist, and advocate based in California. At the time of this interview, she was the Ba... -
More Medical Discoveries
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Aug. 2, 1876 Topics: BIPOC, Black people, 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. -
Doings of Stage People
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1900 Topics: Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Minstrel shows Subject: Florence Hines, Rig Minstrel Festival, Vesta Tilley Description: Article in the Colored American that mentions Florence Hines, a Black male impersonator. -
Empire Theater
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Aug. 20, 1893 Topics: BIPOC, Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Vaudeville Subject: Eaton's Afro-American Vaudeville Company, Florence Hines Description: An article in The Indianapolis Journal mentioning Florence Hines, a Black male impersonator. -
Shake Dancer Postpones Sex Change For Face Lifting
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The Colored Minstrels
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1894 Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Minstrel shows Subject: Richards & Pringles Georgia Minstrels, Willis Gauze Description: A newspaper article from The State reviewing a minstrel show mentioning Gauze, a female impersonator who was Huron and sometimes performed in white makeup.