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  1. 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."
  2. 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.
  3. Notes on The Rights of Lesbians and Gay Males in Prison

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Farmer, Dee
    Date: Apr. 24, 1993
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Gay men, HIV/AIDS, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ prisoners, QTPOC, Transgender people
    Subject: Dee Farmer
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.
  4. Now at The Hustlers

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 9, 1967
    Topics: Activists, African American transgender people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Entertainers, Exotic dancers, Female impersonators, Transgender people
    Subject: Benny Curtis Show, Sepia, Sir Lady Java, The Hustlers (Club), Willie Bobo
  5. Oasis Cocktail Lounge proudly presents... Sir Lady Java Review

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 31, 1971
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Discos, Entertainers, Exotic dancers, Female impersonators, Theatre shows, Transgender people
    Subject: Oasis Cocktail Lounge, Sir Lady Java
  6. One Night Only Sir Lady Java

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: African American transgender people, BIPOC, Discos, Entertainers, Exotic dancers, Female impersonators, Transgender people
    Subject: Roy's Twenty Grand West, Sir Lady Java
  7. 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."
  8. Pauline and Wilma

     
    Collection: Kentucky History
    Institution: Faulkner Morgan Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 20, 1971
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Parties, Photography, Transgender people of color
    Description: Two women, Pauline and Wilma, pose for a photo together in front of a wall
  9. Pay It No Mind - The Life and Times of Marsha P. Johnson

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Kasino, Michael
    Date: Oct. 15, 2012
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Drag queens, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ death and dying, QTPOC, Sex work, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker
    Description: This documentary features interviews with Marsha P. Johnson and various friends of hers reflecting upon her activism and personality.
  10. Peace Be Unto You

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Farmer, Dee
    Date: circa 1988 to circa 2005
    Topics: AIDS activists, AIDS awareness, AIDS death and dying, BIPOC, Black transgender people, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ Christians, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ prisoners, LGBTQ+ religious people
    Subject: Dee Farmer, Judy Greenspan
    Description: A short book written by Dee Farmer & Associates that shares an account of the conditions and inhumane treatment of people in prison with HIV/AIDS, infused with religious references.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Person Posing and Singing

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), LGBTQ+ people of color, Singing
    Description: Two pictures of the same person: in the first picture the person is posing for the camera wearing a gown and shoulder length black gloves. The second picture has the person singing into a microphon...
  14. 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.
  15. Perverted Justice

     
    Collection: Trans People and Prisons
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Farmer, Dee
    Date: Mar. 1993
    Topics: AIDS activists, BIPOC, Black transgender people, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ prisoners
    Subject: Dee Farmer, Judy Greenspan
    Description: An article by Dee Farmer about how incarcerated people with AIDS are treated in prisons and by the court.