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  1. Descripcion de un hermafrodita

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Sanchez Rubío, Mareos
    Date: Oct. 24, 1816
    Topics: Hermaphrodites, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Hytok
    Description: A published letter from Dr. Mareos Sanchez Rubió about a Black "hermafrodita" named Hytok staying in a bunkhouse in Cuba. The letter includes a detailed description of Hytok's physical characterist...

  2. Illustration of Mary Jones (1836)

     
    Collection: Art Works
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: H.R. Robinson
    Date: 1836
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressing
    Subject: Mary Jones, Peter Sewally
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains racist and transphobic imagery. Text at the bottom reads: "The Man-Monster, Peter Sewally, alias Mary Jones, &c&c Sentenced 18th June 1836 to 5 years im...

  3. An Amalgamationist in Limbo for the Second Time

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 9, 1842
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Peter Sewally
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to the use of racist language.

  4. Grandfather Brown (William) at a masquerade party

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Critcherson, G.P.
    Date: 1800 to 1899
    Topics: African Americans, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, Femininities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Masquerades
    Description: William Brown, a wealthy Black businessman in Worcester, MA in the 19th century, wearing a dress. Part of the Brown Family Papers Collection, call number Mss. Boxes B.

  5. Dance to the [slur] - Saukie

     
    Collection: Art Works
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Catlin, George
    Date: 1861 to 1869
    Topics: BIPOC, Colonialism, Gender minorities, Native americans, Painting, Sauk Indians, Two-Spirit people
    Description: Note the term in the title is censored because it is a historical slur against Native American people who now commonly identify as "Two Spirit."

  6. The Memphis Massacre

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 28, 1866
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Police harassment, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson, Lucy Hunt, Lucy Smith
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to racist language and sexual assault.

  7. The Congressional Committee and the Memphis Riots

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Plymouth Weekly Democrat
    Date: Aug. 16, 1866
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women, Transgender disabled people
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: An article initially published in The Memphis Daily Avalanche on the Congressional Committee created for the 1866 Memphis Riots. The clipping identifies and briefly discusses Frances Thompson as on...

  8. The Memphis Riots

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 21, 1866
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, 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.

  9. Memphis Appeal

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 18, 1870
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Clipping published in the Memphis Daily Appeal

  10. The Vodoo Profession

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 19, 1873
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender disabled people, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson, Voodoo
    Description: An article in the Public Ledger that talks about the case of the State vs. Frances Thompson involving Voodoo.

  11. The "Crutchy" Club

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 22, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, 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.

  12. A Mask Lifted

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 11, 1876
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, 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.

  13. Arrest of a Notorious Character

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
    Date: Jul. 12, 1876
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  14. Thompson's Joke

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 12, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  15. Ledger Lines [3]

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 13, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women
    Subject: Frances Thompson, Lucy Smith
    Description: Published in the newspaper The Public Ledger.

  16. Thompson

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Memphis Daily Appeal
    Date: Jul. 13, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Police harassment, Trans women, Transgender disabled people, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: American Civil War, Frances Thompson, Lucy Smith
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  17. Frances Thompson

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 14, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transfemininity
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: An article in the Memphis Daily Appeal summarizing an interview with Frances Thompson.

  18. Ledger Lines [2]

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 14, 1876
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women, Transgender disabled people
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to ableist language.

  19. Ledger Lines [4]

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 17, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Passing (Gender), Trans women
    Description: Content warning: this item contains racist language.

  20. Ledger Lines [1]

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 18, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender disabled people
    Description: An article in the Public Ledger that mentions Frances Thompson.

  21. Local Paragraphs [2]

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 18, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Trans women
    Description: An article in the Memphis Daily Appeal that mentions the arrest of Frances Thompson.

  22. Evening Star

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 19, 1876
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  23. Major W. J. Sykes

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 19, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: An article in the Memphis Daily Appeal discussing voting rights that mentions Frances Thompson.

  24. The Sentinel

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 19, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Chain gangs, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  25. The Southern Outrages Incredible Radical Stories

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 19, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender disabled people
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  26. A Colored Man Who Successfully Passed as a Woman for 27 Years

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Milan Exchange
    Date: Jul. 20, 1876
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women, Transgender disabled people
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: A clipping from The Milan Exchange about Frances Thompson's life, following her death in 1876.

  27. Ku-Klux Outrages

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 20, 1876
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender), 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 and violence.

  28. Grist From the Outrage Mill

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 28, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  29. Frances Thompson

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 29, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  30. Local Paragraphs

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 2, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: A clipping from the Memphis Daily Appeal mentioning Frances Thompson.

  31. 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.

  32. Ledger Lines [6]

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 9, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  33. Ledger Lines

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 1, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender disabled people
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: A clipping from the newspaper The Public Ledger about Frances Thompson.

  34. Frances Thompson Dead

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Public Ledger
    Date: Nov. 3, 1876
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Barbour Lewis, Ku Klux Klan
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  35. Local Paragraphs [1]

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 4, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ death notices, Trans women
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: A clipping from the Memphis Daily Appeal announcing the death of Frances Thompson.

  36. Troy Herald

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 8, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ death notices, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  37. By Telegraph

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 10, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ death notices, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: A clipping from the Puget Sound Weekly Argus announcing the death of Frances Thompson.

  38. Facts and Fancies

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Public Ledger
    Date: Nov. 11, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ death notices, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: A clipping from the Public Ledger mentioning Frances Thompson's death.

  39. Southern Items

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 16, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ death notices, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Clipping from the newspaper The Lake County Star that mentions Frances Thompson

  40. Miscellaneous

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 21, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ death notices, Trans women
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: An article that mentions the passing of Frances Thompson.

  41. Memphis Appeal

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Memphis Daily Appeal
    Date: Dec. 1, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Eliza Pinkston, Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  42. The "Cock and Bull" - Story of Eliza Pinkston

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 9, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Eliza Pinkston, Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  43. Weekly Intelligencer

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 9, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: An article in the Weekly Intelligencer that mentions the Frances Thompson case.

  44. Public Ledger

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 26, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women
    Subject: Eliza Pinkston, Frances Thompson
    Description: Clipping from the newspaper The Public Ledger. A judge compares the court cases of Frances Thompson and Eliza Pinkston.

  45. The Spirit of Democracy

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Spirit of Democracy
    Date: Dec. 26, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Trans women, Witnesses
    Subject: Eliza Pinkston, Frances Thompson
    Description: An article from the The Spirit of Democracy discussing the testimony of Eliza Pinkston in relation to the New Orleans race riots. Frances Thompson is also mentioned.

  46. Eliza Pinkston

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 30, 1876
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women, Transgender disabled people, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Eliza Pinkston, Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault and physical violence.

  47. Radical Theft, Lying, Deceit and Trickery

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 2, 1877
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  48. Tennessee News

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Memphis Daily Appeal
    Date: Jan. 19, 1877
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Crossdressing, Trans women
    Subject: Frances Thompson, Sally Walker
    Description: An article in The Memphis Daily Appeal mentioning the arrest of Sally Walker on the basis of wearing female clothes. The clipping compares the case of Sally Walker to that of Frances Thompson.

  49. Ledger Lines [5]

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Public Ledger
    Date: Feb. 16, 1878
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Crossdressing, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women
    Subject: Frances Thompson, Jenny Smith
    Description: A clipping from Public Ledger about Jenny Smith, who was arrested and fined for wearing female apparel, and compared to Frances Thompson.

  50. Singular Case

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 21, 1878
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transfemininity, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

  51. Hard on the Stalwarts

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Memphis Daily Appeal
    Date: May 21, 1880
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Night riding (Racial violence), Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault and racial violence.

  52. North Carolina News

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 30, 1880
    Topics: Assigned female at birth, BIPOC, Black people, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ parents, Transmasculine people
    Description: A clipping from the Yorkville Enquirer mentioning a "colored woman who was raised as a boy."

  53. Schools For Training Liars

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 5, 1884
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault and the use of transphobic language.

  54. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior

     
    Collection: Government Documents
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: 48th Congress, 2nd Session
    Date: 1885
    Topics: BIPOC, Indian agents, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Two-Spirit people
    Subject: Crow Reservation, Finds-them-and-kills-them, Osh-Tisch
    Description: Letter from the secretary of interior leasing Crow land. It names Finds-them-and-kills-them, Osh-Tisch, who was an Indigenous trans person.

  55. Report of the Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, on the condition of the Indians in the Indian Territory, and other reservations, etc. In two parts. Part I.

     
    Collection: Government Documents
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1886
    Topics: BIPOC, Indian agents, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous transgender people, Transgender people of color, Two-Spirit people
    Subject: Finds-them-and-kills-them, Osh-Tisch
    Description: List of names for land lease on Crow Reservation. Includes Osh-Tisch, "Finds-them-and-kills-them."

  56. Owl Pharmacy

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 6, 1887
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, Minstrel shows
    Description: Article in The Abilene Reflector about "the best colored female impersonators in the business."

  57. Go-Won-Go Mohawk

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier
    Date: Mar. 19, 1889
    Topics: BIPOC, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Seneca Indians
    Subject: Gowongo Mohawk, The Indian Mail Carrier (Play)
    Description: A clipping from the New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier about Gowongo Mohawk's performance in the play "The Indian Mail Carrier," as a male impersonator.

  58. Announcements

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 14, 1889
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Billy Gauze
    Description: An article in the Omaha Daily Bee mentioning Billy Gauze, a female impersonator of color.

  59. China Stars Are Here

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: White, Charley
    Date: Jun. 22, 1889
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Chinese People, Moo Sing Jee, Taka Wing
    Description: An article in The Evening World interviewing Chinese American female impersonator Taka Wing about a performance.

  60. Ta Ka Wing and the Whole Chinese Dramatic Troupe are Doomed

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 17, 1889
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Chinese People, Taka Wing
    Description: Article in The Evening World about female impersonator Taka Wing.

  61. The Costumer is the Boss

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Foo, Wong Chin
    Date: Aug. 23, 1889
    Topics: BIPOC, Chinese, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing
    Description: A clipping from the Staunton Vindicator about the costuming of the Swintien Loh theater troupe mentioning Taka Wing, a female impersonator.

  62. Richards & Pringle's Famous Georgie Minstrels

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Greenville Times
    Date: Sep. 28, 1889
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Great Gauze, Richards & Pringles Georgia Minstrels, Willis Gauze
    Description: A clipping from The Greenville advertising a performance by Richards & Pringle's Georgia Minstrels featuring The Great Gauze, a female impersonator.

  63. A Chinese Theater

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1890
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Chinese People, Mr. Ah Gian
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to the use of racist language.

  64. A Photograph of Woman Dressed in Men's Clothing

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Roberts, G. Walter
    Date: 1890
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ people of color, QTPOC, Transmasculinity
    Description: A photograph of a woman dressed in men's clothing.

  65. The Burglary that Led to the Chinese Battle

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 13, 1890
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Lee Low
    Description: An article in the Los Angeles Herald that mentions Lee Low, a Chinese female impersonator.

  66. Footlight and Foyer

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 8, 1891
    Topics: BIPOC, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Seneca Indians
    Subject: Gowongo Mohawk
    Description: An article in the St. Paul Daily Globe about a show featuring Gowongo Mohawk.

  67. The Great Gauze, Wonderful Contralto

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 4, 1892
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Great Gauze, Richards & Pringles Georgia Minstrels, Willis Gauze
    Description: Clipping announcement for The Great Gauze show, published by the newspaper The Silver State

  68. News of the Theatres

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Sun
    Date: Aug. 7, 1892
    Topics: BIPOC, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Seneca Indians
    Subject: Gowongo Mohawk
    Description: A clipping from The Sun sharing various theater news stories, including Gowongo Mohawk's upcoming performance tour in England.

  69. Theatrical Notes

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 25, 1893
    Topics: BIPOC, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Seneca Indians
    Subject: Gowongo Mohawk
    Description: An article in the Herald on Gowongo Mohawk, a Seneca male impersonator, sucessfully performing in England.

  70. 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.

  71. The Minstrels

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Daily Ardmoreite
    Date: Jan. 9, 1896
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Great Gauze, Richards & Pringles Georgia Minstrels, Willis Gauze
    Description: A clipping from The Daily Ardmoreite reviewing Richards & Pringle's Georgia Minstrel show mentioning the great Gauze, a female impersonator.

  72. Amusements

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 31, 1896
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators
    Subject: Florence Hines
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to racist language.

  73. The Minstrel Show

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 18, 1898
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Great Gauze
    Description: An article in the Kinsley Graphic about a show featuring the great Gauze.

  74. Richards & Pringle's Performance Announcement

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Pine Bluff Daily Graphic
    Date: Jan. 2, 1899
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Great Gauze, Richards & Pringles Georgia Minstrels, Willis Gauze
    Description: A clipping from Pine Bluff Daily Graphic promoting a performance by Richards & Pringle's Georgia Minstrels featuring the Great Gauze, a female impersonator.

  75. Chinese Female Impersonator Is Surprised

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 24, 1899
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Chinese People, Fon Chang Mai
    Description: An article published in the Hot Springs Weekly Star about Fon Chang Mai, a Chinese female impersonator.

  76. Among Stage People

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 2, 1899
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Vaudeville
    Subject: Florence Hines
    Description: An article in The Colored American mentioning Florence Hines, a Black male impersonator.

  77. North Morgantown

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 6, 1899
    Topics: BIPOC, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Seneca Indians
    Subject: Gowongo Mohawk, The Indian Mail Carrier (Play)
    Description: Praise for American Indian Actress Go-Woo-Go Mohawk in her play Wep-Ton-No-Mah, The Indian Mail Carrier. Published in the newspaper Daily New Dominion.

  78. Doings of Stage People

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 13, 1900
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Florence Hines, Vesta Tilley
    Description: An article in The Colored American about Florence Hines, a Black male impersonator.

  79. Among the Negro Performers

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 10, 1900
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Black Sensation Company, Florence Hines
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to racist language.

  80. [Couple with fan and top hat] [Black couple]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1902
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Description: Apparently a promotional photo for the Nouveau Cirque show "Joyeux Nègres", which was filmed by Louis Lumière. Black couple with one man (Charles Gregory) dressed in formal wear and one dressed in ...

  81. Jack Brown, Dressed in Drag, Holds a Dance Pose with Partner Charles Gregory

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1902 to 1903
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Cakewalk (Dance), Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Charles Gregory, Jack Brown
    Description: In the first image, Jack Brown and Charles Gregory stand facing away from each other, each with one hand reaching toward the camera, smiling. In the second, details within the photo have been color...

  82. Jack Brown, in Drag, and Charles Gregory Dance the Cake-Walk

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1902 to 1903
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Cakewalk (Dance), Dance, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Charles Gregory, Jack Brown
    Description: A clip of Jack Brown and Charles Gregory dancing the Cake-Walk. Brown wears a long dress with a ruffled skirt and a large hat with feathers. Gregory wears striped pants, a jacket, and a bow tie wit...

  83. Jack Brown, in Drag, Smiles Down at Bowing Dance Partner Charles Gregory

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1902 to 1903
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Cakewalk (Dance), Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Charles Gregory, Jack Brown
    Description: Jack Brown holds his skirt out to the side while Gregory bows dramatically in front of him. Brown and Gregory performed the Cake-Walk, a very popular dance, as part of “Les Joyeux Nègres" at the No...

  84. Jack Brown Poses in Drag alongside Dance Partner Charles Gregory with Arm Outstretched

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1902 to 1903
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Cakewalk (Dance), Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Charles Gregory, Jack Brown
    Description: Jack Brown leans toward partner with face upturned and right arm extended holding a fan. Gregory leans back toward Brown with his cane and top hat held high. Brown and Gregory performed the Cake-Wa...

  85. Jack Brown Poses in Drag Holding Skirt and Fan, with Dance Partner Charles Gregory

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1902 to 1903
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Cakewalk (Dance), Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Charles Gregory, Jack Brown
    Description: Charles Gregory leans across Jack Brown in a wide stance, while Brown appears to step toward Gregory almost as if the two are in motion. Brown and Gregory performed the Cake-Walk, a very popular da...

  86. Jack Brown Poses in Drag in Front of Dance Partner Charles Gregory, Holding a Fan

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1902 to 1903
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Cakewalk (Dance), Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Charles Gregory, Jack Brown
    Description: A postcard featuring Jack Brown in drag with dance partner Charles Gregory. Brown stands in the center wearing a long dress and ruffled hat with a fan in his right hand. Gregory is leaning out from...

  87. Jack Brown Posing in Drag

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1902 to 1903
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Jack Brown
    Description: Jack Brown poses in drag facing the camera with arms outstretched and one leg lifted. He wears a large, ruffled hat and a light colored tiered dress with dark ruffles and trim. The bottom of the po...

  88. Jack Brown Stands in Drag Beside Dance Partner Charles Gregory with Arms Open Wide

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1902 to 1902
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Cakewalk (Dance), Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Charles Gregory, Jack Brown
    Description: Jack Brown and Charles Gregory pose side by side with their arms stretched out. Brown holds his skirt out wide while Gregory gazes up at him. Brown and Gregory performed the Cake-Walk, a very popul...

  89. Two black actors, one in drag, dance together on stage. Coloured process print, ca. 1903.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1903
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Cakewalk (Dance), Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Charles Gregory, Jack Brown
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  90. Two black actors, one in drag, dancing the Cake-Walk in Paris. Photographic postcard, 1903.

     
    Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards
    Institution: Wellcome Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1, 1903
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Cakewalk (Dance), Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Charles Gregory, Jack Brown
    Description: Part of James Gardiner Collection: photograph album labelled ‘Drag’.

  91. Indian Maidan Scared Rioters: Go-Wong-Go Mohawk, with Rifle, Chased Away a Mob That Endeavored to Cross her Yard at Edgewater, N.J

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 5, 1903
    Topics: BIPOC, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Seneca Indians
    Subject: Gowongo Mohawk
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to the use of racist language.

  92. Chinese Actor impersonating a female character, Chinese Theatre, 623 Jackson Street, San Francisco

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: 1906
    Topics: BIPOC

  93. Cole & Johnson—Gennett

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 2, 1906
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators
    Subject: Andrew Tribble, Cole & Johnson, Gennett, The Shoo-Fly Regiment
    Description: An article in the Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram mentioning a performance by Andrew Tribble, a Black female impersonator.

  94. Tong-Fighting Actor Slips Away

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 24, 1908
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Chinese People, Mun Woo Kee
    Description: An article in The Pacific commercial advertiser about Mun Woo Kee, a Chinese female impersonator.

  95. Gauze: Canadian Indian Soprano & Damen Imitator

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1910
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Sopranos (Singers)
    Subject: Great Gauze
    Description: A postcard captioned:"Gauze: Canadian Indian Soprano & Damen Imitator."

  96. De Rose

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Pryor, Leon
    Date: Mar. 25, 1911
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Crescent Theatre, De Rose
    Description: An article in The Statesman about a Black female impersonator performing in New York.

  97. Aftermath of a Musical Fete

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Randolph, Oliver
    Date: Jul. 1, 1911
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Andrew Tribble
    Description: An article in The Twin City Star mentioning Andrew Tribble, a renown female impersonator.

  98. Tribble and Dumount

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Pryor, Leon
    Date: Aug. 12, 1911
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Vaudeville
    Subject: Andrew Tribble
    Description: An article in The Statesman mentioning an upcoming performance by Andrew Tribble, a Black female impersonator.

  99. Negro Had Criminal Record

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 3, 1913
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Clothing, Gender expression, Queer people of color
    Subject: John Moore, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
    Description: A clipping from "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle," describing the arrest of John Moore for "masquerading in women's clothes." Item reproduced at highest resolution available. This item was contributed to ...

  100. Richards & Pringle's Famous Minstrels

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 19, 1915
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Great Gauze, Richards & Pringles Georgia Minstrels, Willis Gauze
    Description: A clipping from the Ashland Tidings about the Richards & Pringle's Famous Minstrels show programme mentioning the Great Gauze, a female impersonator.

  101. Getting Even for Wrongs of a Year

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 5, 1917
    Topics: BIPOC, Clothing, Crossdressing, Customs and practices
    Description: An article in the Bridgeport Evening Farmer describing a group of cross dressing individuals during a local celebration on the island of Grenada .

  102. Colored Boxer Put on Bout Here in Two Weeks

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 28, 1918
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows, Vaudeville
    Subject: Andrew Tribble
    Description: A clipping from The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram mentioning Andrew Tribble, a Black female impersonator.

  103. Vaudeville–Monday and Tuesday

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 30, 1918
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows, Vaudeville
    Subject: Andrew Tribble
    Description: An advertisement in The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram for a performance by Andrew Tribble, a Black female impersonator.

  104. Colored Boxer to Give Exhibition on April 15

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 3, 1918
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators
    Subject: Andrew Tribble
    Description: An article in the Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram mentioning a performance by Andrew Tribble, a female impersonator of color.

  105. Boxing Card at Coliseum Here Monday Night

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 12, 1918
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Andrew Tribble
    Description: An article in the Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram mentioning a performance by Andrew Trimble, a female impersonator of color.

  106. 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.

  107. Chocolate Brown a Great Show

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Peyton, Dave
    Date: May 28, 1921
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, Transfemininity, Vaudeville
    Subject: Andrew Tribble, Chocolate Brown Co.
    Description: An article in The Chicago Whip about a show featuring Andrew Tribble, a Black female impersonator.

  108. Negro Must Wear Men's Clothing

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 30, 1922
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black people, Criminalization, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Rachel Watson, Richard Watson
    Description: An article in The Dispatch News about Rachael Watson, a Black person living as a woman who was arrested and forced to wear men's clothing.

  109. Negro Must Wear Men's Clothing

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 31, 1922
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black people, Criminalization, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Rachel Watson, Richard Watson
    Description: An article in The Union Daily Times about Rachael Watson, a Black person living as a woman who was arrested and forced to wear men's clothing.

  110. Handbook of the Indians of California

     
    Collection: Government Documents
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1924
    Topics: BIPOC, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Transgender people of color, Transvestites, Two-Spirit people, Yokuts Indians
    Subject: Native American people, Tongochim, Tunosim
    Description: Government document describing the roles of Two Spirit people in the Yokuts tribe.

  111. A Photo Card of Mei Lanfang Holding a Flag

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Operas, Chinese
    Subject: Mei Lanfang
    Description: Photo Card of Mei Lanfang posing with a flag over her head.

  112. A Photograph of Mei Lanfang

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Operas, Chinese
    Subject: Mei Lanfang
    Description: Photograph of Mei Lanfang, a Chinese female impersonator.

  113. A Photograph of Mei Lanfang Holding a Sword

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Mei Lanfang
    Description: A picture of Mei Lanfang. She is in costume and holding a sword.

  114. A Photograph of Mei Lanfang Wearing a Headdress

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920 to 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Mei Lanfang
    Description: A photograph of Mei Lanfang wearing a headdress.

  115. A Photograph of Mei Lanfang with Two Unknown People

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Mei Lanfang
    Description: A black and white photograph with Mei Lanfang pictured with two unknown people.

  116. Mei Lanfang

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Operas, Chinese
    Subject: Asian people, Mei Lanfang
    Description: A photograph of Mei Lanfang, a female impersonator, from the Billy Rose Theater Division of the New York Public Library.

  117. Mei Lanfang and Performers

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Operas, Chinese
    Subject: Mei Lanfang
    Description: Photo of Mei Lanfang, a female impersonator, and other performers.

  118. Mei Lanfang and Unknown Person

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Crossdressing, Female impersonators
    Subject: Asian people, Mei Lanfang
    Description: Photograph of the Chinese female impersonator Mei Lanfang standing outside with an unidentified person.

  119. Mei Lanfang Crouching

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Operas, Chinese
    Subject: Mei Lanfang
    Description: Photo of Mei Lanfang crouching and posing.

  120. Mei Lanfang Holding a Fan

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Mei Lanfang
    Description: Photo of the Chinese female impersonator Mei Lanfang posing for a picture holding a fan.

  121. Mei Lanfang Holding a Fan

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Operas, Chinese
    Subject: Mei Lanfang
    Description: A photo card featuring a photo of Mei Lanfang.

  122. Mei Lanfang Holding a Tea Cup

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Taifan Peking
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Operas, Chinese
    Subject: Mei Lanfang
    Description: This item features a photo of Mei Lanfang holding a tea cup.

  123. Mei Lanfang Photo Card

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Operas, Chinese
    Subject: Mei Lanfang
    Description: This item contains a photo of the Chinese female impersonator Mei Lanfang.

  124. Photo Card of Mei Lanfang and an Unknown Performer

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Operas, Chinese
    Subject: Mei Lanfang
    Description: A photo card featuring Mei Lanfang and another performer in costume.

  125. Photo Card of Mei Lanfang in Costume

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Operas, Chinese
    Subject: Mei Lanfang
    Description: Photo card of Mei Lanfang standing in costume.

  126. Photo Card of Mei Leifang Kneeling

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Operas, Chinese
    Subject: Mei Lanfang
    Description: Photo card of the Chinese female impersonator Mei Lanfang kneeling.

  127. Photograph of Mei Lanfang Holding a Staff

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1920 to circa 1930
    Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Operas, Chinese
    Subject: Asian people, Mei Lanfang
    Description: A photograph of Mei Lanfang holding a staff in costume.

  128. Howard- "Charlston Dandies"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 29, 1926
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Andrew Tribble
    Description: An article in the Evening Star mentioning Andrew Tribble, a Black female impersonator.

  129. Men Dressed as Women at the "Negro Review"

     
    Collection: Kentucky History
    Institution: Faulkner Morgan Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 193X
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ people of color, Night life, Parties, Photography
    Subject: Negro Review

  130. Portrait of Gladys Bentley (2)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1925 to circa 1939
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ people of color, Male impersonators, Musicians, Photography
    Subject: Gladys Bentley

  131. Gladys Bentley, Prentiss Taylor, and Norah Holt

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Van Vechten, Carl
    Date: 1935
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ people of color, Male impersonators, Musicians, Photographs
    Subject: Gladys Bentley, Norah Holt, Prentiss Taylor

  132. Gladys Bentley and Willie Bryant

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1936
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ people of color, Male impersonators, Musicians, Photography
    Subject: Gladys Bentley, Willie Bryant

  133. Gladys Bentley

     
    Collection: Academic Papers and Publications
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Young, Wilbur
    Date: Sep. 1938
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ musicians, Male impersonators
    Subject: Gladys Bentley, Ubangi Club
    Description: This item is an essay about Gladys Bentley written by Wilbur Young as a part of the "Sketches of Colorful Harlem Characters." This item portrays Bentley in a negative light.

  134. Portrait of Gladys Bentley (1)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1942 to circa 1945
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Musicians, Postcards
    Subject: Gladys Bentley

  135. Drag contest, Club Alabam

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator: Woods, Clyde
    Date: circa 1945
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Clubs, Drag, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, Night life
    Subject: Club Alabam
    Description: Contestants fill the dance floor during a drag contest at Club Alabam, located at 42nd and Central Avenue in Los Angeles, hosted by Bill Hefflin.

  136. Mexican American boy dressed as Carmen Miranda

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1945
    Topics: BIPOC, Children, Crossdressing, Halloween, Mexican American children
    Subject: Carmen Miranda, Hispanic People, Jesse Gonzalez
    Description: Jesse Gonzalez dressed as Carmen Miranda for Halloween costume, circa 1945.

  137. Birth Registration Certificate for Marsha P. Johnson

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 27, 1945
    Topics: Birth certificates, Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: Marsha P. Johnson's birth certificate issued by the city of Elizabeth, New Jersey

  138. City Scoop Column

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Reddus, Luther
    Date: Nov. 26, 1949
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators
    Subject: Ritz Lounge, Valda Gray
    Description: A clipping from the Chicago World publication mentioning Valda Gray's "The Valda Gray Show."

  139. Nabbed in 'maid' masquerade

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 27, 1950
    Topics: Arrests, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Household work, Imprisonment, LGBTQ+ people of color, Police stations
    Subject: Frank Porter, Mary Lee Porter, Queque Malpress, Rita Porter, Tisha Porter, Willie Moore
    Description: Masculine jail clothing was substituted for feminine attire worn by these three youths after they were nabbed early today. They said they had been employed as female domestic servants in fashionabl...

  140. Mrs. Mary Cooper

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Reddus, Luther
    Date: Jan. 28, 1950
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators
    Subject: Ritz Lounge, Valda Gray
    Description: An article in the Chicago World praising Black female impersonator Valda Gray's performance at the Ritz Lounge.

  141. Portrait of Gladys Bentley (3)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1952
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ people of color, Male impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Gladys Bentley

  142. Coco Performing on Stage

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1950 to 1959?
    Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ people of color, Photography, Theatre shows
    Subject: Jewel Box Revue
    Description: Back of photo reads: "To my dear sister, Drake. You are a doll in all respects. Love, Coco. Jewel Box Revue"

  143. Performer Exiting a Stage

     
    Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, Music--Performance, Theater
    Description: A black performer poses for a photograph near a stage as she smiles, holding one arm out and holding up the skirt of her dress.

  144. Performer in Front of a Band

     
    Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag, Drag queens, Evening gowns, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, Music--Performance, Singing, Theater
    Description: A black person wearing a silk dress and gloves performs on stage with a band.

  145. Portrait of Phil Black

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1954
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, Photography
    Subject: Phil Black

  146. Sweet Evening Breeze, Early 1950s

     
    Collection: Kentucky History
    Institution: Faulkner Morgan Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Photography, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Sweet Evening Breeze
    Description: Sweet Evening Breeze in a wedding gown poses while laying down on a couch.

  147. Sweets in Her Prall Street Home, Mid-1950s

     
    Collection: Kentucky History
    Institution: Faulkner Morgan Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Sweet Evening Breeze
    Description: Sweet Evening Breeze poses in a wedding gown in her Prall Street home in Lexington, Kentucky.

  148. She's A He

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 5, 1954
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, BIPOC, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Photographs
    Subject: Manhattan Guardsmen, Phil Black

  149. A Photograph of Stormé DeLarverie Surrounded by Three Female Impersonators

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1958
    Topics: Black lesbians, Drag kings, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, QTPOC, Transfeminine people, Transmasculine people
    Subject: Jewel Box Revue, Roberts Show Club, Stormé DeLarverie
    Description: A photograph of Stormé DeLarverie (center), surrounded by three female impersonators at Roberts Show Club in Chicago, Illinois.

  150. José Sarria Performing at the Black Cat

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1958
    Topics: BIPOC, Gay men, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latinos, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: José Sarria performing at the Black Cat Café. 1958.

  151. José Sarria Performing at the Black Cat

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1958
    Topics: BIPOC, Gay men, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latinos, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: José Sarria performing at the Black Cat Café. 1958.

  152. Storme, Dori, and Pals Relight the Shubert

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: MacArthur, Harry
    Date: Sep. 26, 1958
    Topics: BIPOC, Black lesbians, Black people, Female impersonators, Lesbians, Racially mixed people, Studs
    Subject: Bill Daye, Chunga Ochoa, Dori D'or, Jewel Box Revue, Lynne Carter, Robbi Ross, Shubert Theater, Stormé DeLarverie, Toni Midnight, Tytanic
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to transphobic comments.

  153. Portrait of Stormé DeLarverie (3)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1969
    Topics: Activists, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ people of color, Male impersonators, Photography, Public facilities
    Subject: Stormé DeLarverie
    Description: Stormé DeLarverie is known as "the mother of the Stonewall riots"

  154. Portrait of Stormé DeLarverie (4)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1969
    Topics: Activists, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ people of color, Male impersonators, Photography
    Subject: Stormé DeLarverie
    Description: Storme DeLarverie is known as "the mother of the Stonewall riots"

  155. Jackie Shane Performs in a Lounge

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Music, Night life, Singers, Transgender people
    Subject: Jackie Shane

  156. Jackie Shane Performs with Brass Ensemble

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Music, Night life, Transgender people, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Jackie Shane

  157. Jackie Shane Poses in a Chair

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Musicians, Singers, Transgender people, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Jackie Shane

  158. Jackie Shane Poses in Dress

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Musicians, Transgender people, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Jackie Shane

  159. Ted Duncan, Chunga Ochoa, and Ward Fleming in Jewel Box Revue performance

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960
    Topics: BIPOC, Crossdressing, Dancers, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, Photography, Theatre shows
    Subject: Chunga Ochoa, Ted Duncan, Ward Fleming

  160. Two People in a Bedroom, One Sitting, One Standing

     
    Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1970
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Clothing, Gender expression, Gender non-conforming people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people of color
    Description: Two black people pose for a photograph in a bedroom; one, wearing a long white skirt, stands looking at the camera, while the second lounges on a bed and gazes at the other.

  161. Two People Pose in a Bedroom, One Sitting, One Standing

     
    Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1970
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Clothing, Gender expression, Gender non-conforming people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people of color
    Description: Two people pose in a bedroom wearing dresses. One appears to be white, the other, a person of color.

  162. José Sarria at Black Cat Bar

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  163. José Sarria at Black Cat Bar (10)

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  164. José Sarria at Black Cat Bar (2)

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  165. José Sarria at Black Cat Bar (3)

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  166. José Sarria at Black Cat Bar (4)

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  167. José Sarria at Black Cat Bar (5)

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  168. José Sarria at Black Cat Bar (6)

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  169. José Sarria at Black Cat Bar (7)

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  170. José Sarria at Black Cat Bar (8)

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  171. José Sarria at Black Cat Bar (9)

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag shows, Gay bars, Gay men, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  172. José Sarria Performing at the Black Cat

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latinos, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  173. José Sarria Performing at the Black Cat

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latinos, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  174. José Sarria Performing at the Black Cat

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latinos, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  175. José Sarria Performing at the Black Cat

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latinos, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  176. José Sarria Performing at the Black Cat

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latinos, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  177. José Sarria Performing at the Black Cat

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latinos, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  178. José Sarria Performing at the Black Cat

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latinos, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  179. José Sarria Performing at the Black Cat

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latinos, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  180. José Sarria Performing at the Black Cat

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latinos, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  181. José Sarria Performing at the Black Cat

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latinos, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  182. José Sarria Performing at the Black Cat

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latinos, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  183. José Sarria Performing at the Black Cat

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latinos, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  184. José Sarria Performing at the Black Cat

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latinos, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: José Sarria mingles with the crowd at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  185. José Sarria Performing at the Black Cat

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latinos, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  186. José Sarria Performing at the Black Cat

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latinos, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  187. José Sarria Performing at the Black Cat

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latinos, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  188. José Sarria Performing at the Black Cat

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latinos, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  189. José Sarria performs at Black Cat 24

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1960 to circa 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Drag, Drag shows, Gay bars, Hispanic American gays, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latinos, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Description: José Sarria performs a drag show at the Black Cat Bar. Circa early 1960s.

  190. Ted Claus Mural

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Navajo Times
    Date: Apr. 18, 1962
    Topics: BIPOC, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous peoples, Two-Spirit people
    Subject: Hosteen Klah, Nádleehi
    Description: A clipping from The Navajo times about a mural in the Museum of Navajo Ceremonial Art, and mentions the contributions of Navajo Nádleehi Hosteen Klah.

  191. Travel Document for Sylvia Rivera

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 7, 1962
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Sylvia Rivera
    Description: A travel document stamped by Immigration and Naturalization Services upon Sylvia Rivera's return to New York.

  192. Female Mimics Premiere Issue

     
    Collection: Female Mimics
    Institution: The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
    Creator: Selbee Associates, Inc.
    Date: 1963
    Topics: Actors, Appearance, BIPOC, Comedy, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Entertainers, Femininities, History, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Photographic models, Sexuality, Social role, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: 82 Club, Bambi, Burma, Carlson Wade, Christine Jorgensen, Jack Lemmon, Jackie Maye, Jewel Box Revue, Kim August, Kitt Russell, Le Carrousel, Lou Pearson, Marilyn Marks, Merry Madhouse, Ranchito Escondido, Ray Leen, Shalimar, Sone Teal, T.C. Jones, Tanya, The Princeton Triangle, Tony Curtis

  193. Portrait of Jackie Shane

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1963?
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Singers, Transgender people
    Subject: Jackie Shane

  194. Blue Dahlia Show Lounge Presents Our Guys Are Dolls Revue

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Blue Dahlia Show Lounge
    Date: 1960s
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag, Entertainers, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, Theatre shows
    Subject: Blue Dahlia Show Lounge, Kismet, Maria Montez, Paolo, Roger Williams

  195. Jackie Shane is Seen Between Sets in Toronto in the 1960s

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Goode, Jeff
    Date: 1960s
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Musicians, Singers, Transgender people
    Subject: Jackie Shane

  196. Lavender & Lace (1964)

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Selbee Associates, Inc.
    Date: 1964
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drinking of alcoholic beverages, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Lavender & Lace
    Description: "Lavender & Lace: Female Impersonators... at Play" is an illustrated limited edition Selbee Publication. It includes many photographs of crossdressers, including people of color.

  197. Person Wearing an Apron

     
    Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1979
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Gender expression, Gender non-conforming people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people of color
    Description: A black person stands in a bedroom, wearing an apron and drinking.

  198. Portrait of a Person with a White Necklace and Earrings

     
    Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1979
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Gender expression, Gender non-conforming people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people of color
    Description: A close-up photograph of a black person who is wearing a dark-colored top, as well as a white necklace and earrings.

  199. Portrait of Carmen Del Ray (1)

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1960s
    Topics: BIPOC, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Photography
    Subject: Carmen Del Ray

  200. Portrait of Lynn Pace

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1960s
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Boa constrictor, Drag, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Lynn Pace