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Interview with Valerie Spencer
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Spencer, Valerie Date: Oct. 5, 2017 Topics: African American transgender people, Assigned gender, Bullying, Butches, Christianity, Clothing, Depression, Drag queens, Employment discrimination, Exorcism, Families, Families, Black, Femininities, Heteronormativity, HIV/AIDS, Identity politics, Intersectionality (Sociology), Labeling, Language, Marriage, Medical interventions, Medicalisation, Privilege (Social psychology), Psychic trauma, Racism, Role behavior, Role models, Schools, Self-care, Health, Social advocacy, Soft butches, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: Caitlyn Jenner, Janet Mock, Laverne Cox, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center of Color Description: Valerie Spencer is a Black woman (trans) from LA. At the time of the interview, she was working on a Masters in Social Work at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. In the interview, she discusses her di... -
Jackie Starr and Bill Scott wedding party
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: circa 1950 Topics: Butches, Drag, Drag community, Drag kings, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ couples, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ weddings, Male impersonators, Strippers Subject: Bill Scott, Jackie Starr, Nick Arthur, Skippy LaRue Description: Photograph of wedding party, including maid of honor Skippy LaRue in female drag, bride Jackie Starr, groom Bill Scott, and best man Nick Arthur in male drag posing together in a full-body picture. -
Jay London Toole Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Toole, Jay London, Kerr, Ted Date: Jun. 15, 2016 Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Butches, Childhood, Coming out, Criminalization, Crisis centres, Families, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, Homeless people, Homelessness, Imprisonment, LGBTI community, Passing (Gender), Police, Prostitution, Sexual child abuse, Soft butches, Stigmatisation, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities Subject: Jay London Toole Description: Jay Toole describes her experiences of queer homelessness in New York City. Born in the South Bronx, she became homeless as a child due to the circumstances of her family and identity as a stone bu... -
Joan Jett Blakk Article on RuPaul
Collection: Ephemera Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Butches, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ musicians Subject: Joan Jett Blakk, Madonna, Meshell Ndegeocello, RuPaul Description: Article from Joan Jett Blakk discussing Ru Paul's music and praising her talent. She also talks about other queer musicians and her love for San Francisco. -
Kyle Katz Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Yesner, Lenni, Katz, Kyle Date: Apr. 29, 2017 Topics: Butches, Childhood, Clothing, Coming out, Depression, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Health care, Hormones, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Night life, Single parent families, Soft butches, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Kyle Katz Description: In this interview Kyle Katz speaks about their childhood, growing up in Boston, coming to New York, and the role that timing, books and community have played in how they identify, and understand th... -
Leader of the Pack: A Lesbian Biker Novel
Collection: Red Jordan Arobateau Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Arobateau, Red Jordan Date: 1993 Topics: Butches, Leather community, Lesbian bars, Lesbian erotic literature, Lesbian fiction, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ motorcycle clubs, Sex work Description: Book 2 in the series: "The Outlaw Chronicles - The Lesbian Biker Series" (Book #1: Satan's Best; Book #3: The Black biker.) -
Lesbian Masquerade
Collection: Ephemera Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: Jun. 1979 Topics: Butches, Crossdressing, Lesbians, Passing (Gender), Soft butches Subject: Allan Berube Description: Item originally collected by Lou Sullivan. -
Lesbian Sex/Gay Sex What's the Difference
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Independent Voices Creator: Creet, J. Date: Winter 1991 Topics: Activists, Butches, Drag queens, Feminism, Gay rights, Homosexuality, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTI community, LGBTI rights, Sexuality, Sodomy laws, Soft butches Subject: Ontario Human Rights Code -
Letter from Bet Power to Lou Sullivan (June 30, 1988)
Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives Creator: Power, Bet, Power, Ben Date: Jun. 30, 1988 Topics: Butches, Career development, Crossdressing, Cruising (LGBTQ+ culture), FtMs, Isolation, Leather community, Letters, LGBTQ+ lovers, Loneliness, SM, Soft butches, Support groups, Therapies Subject: Aria, Barbara Gittings, Ben Power, Bet Power, Blush Productions, Butch, FTM Newsletter, Fun with a Sausage, Joan Nestle, Jonathan Katz, Lou Sullivan, New Alexandria Lesbian Library, Smith College, The Ladder Description: Handwritten draft of letter included. -
Letter from Bet Power to Lou Sullivan (March 4, 1987)
Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives Creator: Power, Bet, Power, Ben Date: Mar. 4, 1987 Topics: Alcoholism, Androgyny, BDSM, Body building, Butches, Clothing, Crossdressers, Discrimination, Femininities, FtMs, Gender identity, Lesbian community, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ lovers, Marriage, Masculinities, Passing (Gender), Photographs, Sadism, Sexual orientation, Soft butches, Therapies, Transsexual people Subject: Ben Power, Bet Power, Information for the Female to Male Crossdresser and Transsexual, Lou Sullivan, New Alexandria Lesbian Library, SF Lesbian and Gay History Project Description: Five photographs and draft included with letter. -
Letter from Bet Power to Lou Sullivan (November 16, 1986)
Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives Creator: Power, Bet, Power, Ben Date: Nov. 16, 1986 Topics: Butches, FtMs, Lesbians, Letters, Self-help, Soft butches, Transsexual people Subject: Ben Power, Bet Power, Information for the Female to Male Crossdresser and Transsexual, Lou Sullivan, New Alexandria Lesbian Library Description: Handwritten response written by Lou Sullivan at the bottom of the letter. -
Letter from Lou Sullivan to Bet Power (April 30, 1988)
Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives Creator: Sullivan, Lou Date: Apr. 30, 1988 Topics: Butches, Demonstrations, FtMs, Gay pride, Health, Hormones, Soft butches, Spirituality, Support groups, Surgery, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: All of Me, Alyson, Ben Power, Bet Power, FTM Newsletter, Fun with a Sausage, Gayle Rubin, Ira B. Pauly, Lily Tomlin, Lou Sullivan, Second Serve, Shane Harley, Vanessa Redgrave Description: Envelope included. -
Letter from Lou Sullivan to Bet Power (May 2, 1987)
Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives Creator: Sullivan, Lou Date: May 2, 1987 Topics: Bars, Butches, Crossdressers, FtMs, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Lesbian community, Lesbians, Liberation movements, MtFs, Self-acceptance, Soft butches, Surgery, Therapies, Transvestites Subject: Ben Power, Bet Power, Kim Stuart, Lou Sullivan, The Uninvited Dilemma: A Question of Gender Description: Envelope included. -
Letter from Rupert Raj to Gayle Rubin (May 9, 1994)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Raj, Rupert Date: May 9, 1994 Topics: Androgyny, Butches, Femmes, FtMs, Lesbians, Transgender people Subject: Gayle Rubin, Rupert Raj Description: Rupert Raj writes to Gayle Rubin about a future co-editing opportunity. -
Letter to a Femme
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Feinberg, Leslie Date: Jan. 1994 Topics: Anti-gay violence, Anti-transgender violence, Butches, Coming out, Discrimination, Drag, Drag queens, FtMs, Hate crimes, Hate speech, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ lovers, Passing (Gender), Police officers, Police raids, Prejudices, Rape, Sexual harassment, Soft butches, Stonewall riots, Suicide, Transgender people Subject: Apex: A Point of Departure, Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues, Workers World Party Description: This clipping can be found on page 3 of the periodical.
