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  1. Two African American Performers Performing in San Quentin Prison

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: African-americans, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. Prison inmates held a field and track d...
  2. fierce: Thing 6

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1992
    Topics: African American LGBTQ+ people, African American transgender people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ magazines, Transgender people
  3. Charles Pierce at Mr. Valentine

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Rocco, Pat
    Date: 1970
    Topics: African American gays, Beauty contests, Drag queens
    Description: Charles Pierce (in suit) on stage with drag queens at the Mr. Valentine Contest. 1970.
  4. John E. Palmer: An Inventory of His Collection in the Photography Collection at the Harry Ransom Center

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
    Creator: Altermatt, Rebecca J.
    Date: 1997
    Topics: Activists, African-americans, Photography
    Subject: John E. Palmer
  5. Performers on Stage at 20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin Prison

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: African-americans, Crossdressing, Musicians, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Description: Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Shows stage, performers posing. Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. Pris...
  6. Sister Kate Dancing in Two Piece in San Quentin Prison

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: African-americans, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Subject: Sister Kate
    Description: Shows African American prisoner/performer dressed in ruffled two-piece outfit and hat. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event s...
  7. Sister Kate Dancing in Two Piece on Stage

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: African-americans, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Subject: Sister Kate
    Description: Shows African American prisoner/performer dressed in ruffled two-piece outfit and hat. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event s...
  8. Sister Kate Dancing on Stage

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: African-americans, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Subject: Sister Kate
    Description: Shows African American prisoner/performer dressed in ruffled two-piece outfit and hat. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event s...
  9. Sister Kate Doing the Splits

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: African-americans, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Subject: Sister Kate
    Description: Shows African American prisoner/performer dressed in ruffled two-piece outfit and hat. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event s...
  10. Sister Kate Posing for Photograph with Man

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: African-americans, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Subject: Sister Kate
    Description: Shows African American prisoner/performer dressed in ruffled two-piece outfit and hat. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event s...
  11. Sister Kate Standing with Judges

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: African-americans, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Subject: Sister Kate
    Description: Shows African American prisoner/performer dressed in ruffled two-piece outfit and hat. Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event s...
  12. Fleshtones, Assorted (1975-1977)

     
    Collection: The Linda and Cynthia Phillips Papers
    Institution: The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
    Creator: Hartmann, Paul-Francis, Ross, Bob, Matthews, Bob, Troen, Roger, Bruno, Bruce, Greene, Lou, Gayer, Dick, Milk, Harvey, McLean, Donald, Henri, Mr. Marcus, Dixon
    Date: 1975 to 1977
    Topics: African American authors, African-americans, Arts and entertainment occupations, Drama, Gays, LGBT, Literature, Performing arts, Reference sources, Theatre, Writers
    Subject: San Antonio Authors Collection
    Description: Fleshtones, assorted, 1975-1977
  13. Attendees to 5th Annual AIDS Benefit

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1982 to circa 1989
    Topics: African American gays, AIDS activists, Drag shows, Fundraising
    Subject: Edgar Sandifer
    Description: People attending the 5th Annual AIDS Benefit with drag show performances. All proceeds went to Edgar Sandifer's Sandifer House.
  14. Red Jordan Arobateau Fonds

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives
    Date: Jul. 26, 2023
    Topics: African American transgender people, LGBTQ+ authors, LGBTQ+ people of color, Trans men
    Description: Red Jordan Arobateau (1943-2021) was an American author, poet, playwright, visual artist, and trans man. The fonds primarily consists of records related to Red Jordan Arobateau’s life as an author,...
  15. Guide to the Tommie L. Watkins Jr. Papers, 2000-2005

     
    Collection: Discovery Resources
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
    Date: Feb. 7, 2006
    Topics: African-americans, Gay clergy, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Military, Racism, Religions
    Subject: Tommie Watkins Jr.
    Description: Papers of Rev. Tommie Lee Watkins Jr., documenting his interaction with the U.S. Navy regarding their demand that he repay tuition. During the three-year administrative process, Watkins asserted th...
  16. San Quentin Prisoners Performing Onstage

     
    Collection: Prison Photographs
    Institution: California State Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: African-americans, Crossdressing, Prisoners, Prisons, Vaudeville
    Subject: Poetry of Motion, Smith and Griffith
    Description: Stamped on verso: "20th Annual Olympic Club Track & Field Meet at San Quentin prison, c. 1920." Annual event sponsored by the Olympic Club of San Francisco. Prison inmates held a field and track ...
  17. The Army and the Negros

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: National Anti-Slavery Standard
    Date: 1862
    Topics: African American soldiers, Clothing, Crossdressing, Slavery, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
    Description: A newspaper segment examining the role of Black people in the Union Army during the Civil War that includes an excerpt from a New York Times article in which the author describes people seeking ref...
  18. 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.
  19. Hi-Ho Silverlake

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: McQuaid, Peter
    Date: Aug. 22, 1999
    Topics: African American LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Blackface entertainers, Drag performers, Drag queens, Gay political activists, Gentrification, Lesbian political activists, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ night life
    Subject: Andrew Dibben, Ann Magnuson, Beck, Bibbe Hansen, Black Fag, Buff Chandler, Channing Hansen, Jackie Goldberg, Jorjee Douglass, LGBTQ Fashion, Madonna, Mattachine Society, Mimi Pond, Neal Guthrie, Ron Athey, Spaceland, Stone Fox, Sweet P, Vaginal Davis
    Description: New York Times article on music and fashion in Silverlake and the Hollywood area. It includes many mentions of LGBTQ+ performers, bands, etc.
  20. Sir Lady Java

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: ACT UP Los Angeles
    Date: 1989
    Topics: African American transgender people, AIDS awareness, BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people of color
    Subject: ACT UP, Sir Lady Java
    Description: One of a series of signs that were carried by ACT UP members in the Long Beach and Los Angeles pride parades in 1989.
  21. Interview with Zakia McKensey

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: McKensey, Zakia
    Date: Jul. 21, 2020
    Topics: African American transgender people, AIDS education, Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women, Transgender community, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Nationz Foundation, Trans Justice Funding Project
    Description: An interview with Zakia McKensey, an African-American trans woman and native of Richmond, Viginia. At the time of this interview, she was the executive director of Nationz Foundation, a Richmond-ba...
  22. Amusements

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1899
    Topics: LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Al. G. Fields Minstrels, Dallas Opera House
    Description: Article in the Dallas Morning News mentioning Black female impersonator.
  23. A Boom at the Dime

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1891
    Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Dockstader's Colored Minstrel Troupe, Ethiopian, Ninth and Arch Dime Museum, William Campbell
    Description: Article in The Philadelphia Inquirer discussing Black female impersonators.
  24. A.G. Allen's New Orleans Minstrels

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1899
    Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, Minstrel shows
    Subject: A. G. Allen's New Orleans Minstrels, Augustus Stevens
    Description: Article in The Freeman mentioning Augustus Stevens, a Black female impersonator.
  25. Allen's Minstrel Show motto...

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 29, 1912
    Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Allen's Minstrels
    Description: Article in the Pascagoula Democrat-Star about a show featuring a Black female impersonator.