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Aleshia Brevard Crenshaw Interview Transcript
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Stryker, Susan Date: Aug. 2, 1997 Topics: Drag community, Femmes, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Sexuality, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people Subject: Aleshia Brevard Crenshaw, Christine Jorgensen, Finocchio's Club, Harry Benjamin, Li-Kar -
Aleshia Brevard interview, part 2
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Stryker, Susan Date: 2001 Topics: Closeted transgender people, Drag community, Drag queens, Gender-affirming surgery, Hormones, Legal status, LGBTQ+ fashion, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Marriage, MtFs, Trans women, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transitioning status Subject: Aleshia Brevard Crenshaw, Alice Cooper, Finnochio's, Harry Benjamin, LaVerne Cummings, Screaming Queens, Stormé DeLarverie Description: Susan Stryker interviews Aleshia Brevard, an actor, model, author, theatre professor, and trans woman. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Brevard worked at Finocchio's drag revue as a Marilyn Monro... -
Amanda St. Jaymes interview, part 1
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Stryker, Susan Date: 2001 Topics: Amphetamines, Coming out, Crossdressing, Drag community, Female impersonators, Gay bars, Hormones, LGBTQ+ direct action, LGBTQ+ night life, LGBTQ+ people who use substances, Marriage, MtFs, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people, Police raids, Post-operative, Transgender bars, Transgender community, Transgender prostitution, Transitioning status, Transphobia, Transsexual people Subject: Amanda St. Jaymes, El Rosa's Hotel, Finocchio's Club, LaVerne Cummings, Screaming Queens, Sexology, Tenderloin Description: Susan Stryker interviews Amanda St. Jaymes, a trans woman who moved to the Tenderloin in December 1963 at the age of 19. St. Jaymes worked at the Chukker Club, a 1960s venue frequented by trans peo... -
Felicia "Flames" Elizando interview, part 1
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Stryker, Susan Date: 2001 Topics: Closeted transgender people, Crossdressing, Detransitioning, Drag community, Drag queens, Gay sex workers, Gender expression, Gender-affirming surgery, Hormones, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people in the military, MtFs, Police raids, Public sex, Sex work, Transgender community, Transgender sex workers Subject: Chukker Club, Felicia Elizondo, Harry Benjamin, Leslie St. Clair, Screaming Queens, Tenderloin, Wendy Kohler Description: Susan Stryker interviews Felicia Elizondo, known as Felicia Flames, who was a sex worker, drag queen, and trans woman strongly associated with San Francisco's Tenderloin district. In this section, ... -
Jackie Phillips oral history
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Dewsnap, James Date: Mar. 2, 1994 to Apr. 6, 1994 Topics: Amphetamines, Drag community, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people who use substances Subject: Al St. Clair, Alice Ghostly, Beige Room, Billy DeVoe, Bobby DeCastro, Carroll Wallace, Debbie Reynolds, Elton Paris, Errol Flynn, Finocchio's Club, Francis Blair, Harvey Lee, Jack Long, Jackie Phillips, Jean LaMar, Jimmy Howard, JJ VanDyke, Juan Jose, Lana Turner, LaVerne Cummings, Lester Lamont, Lucien, Reggie Dahl, Tallulah Bankhead, TC Jones, Tony Midnite, Walter Hart, Yanni Description: A partial transcript of an extended oral history taken by James Dewsnap of Jackie Phillips, a female impersonator who had a long career as a drag comedian at Finocchio's and similar venues. The ora...
