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  1. A Benefit for Camp Trans — GenderEnders & daniland Present

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 2, 1994
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Drag community, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ solidarity, Trans women, Trans-exclusionary radical feminism, Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transgender history, Transgender rights, Women's music festivals
    Description: A two-sided benefit event flyer for Camp Trans, presented by GenderEnders and daniland, held at the Voodoo Lounge in San Francisco. Features music, spoken word, drag, cabaret, burlesque, and perfor...
  2. Academy of Friends Oscar Night Gala

     
    Collection: Alexis Francois Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 24, 1997
    Topics: Camp (Gay culture), Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ fashion, LGBTQ+ night life
    Subject: Alexis Francois
    Description: A souvenir folder with a photograph inside. In the photograph, Alexis Francois sits in the middle of a group of women in gold bodysuits. She is holding a long cigarette holder.and wearing a floor-l...
  3. 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
  4. 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...
  5. Alexis Francois and Friends Posed for Indoor Drag Photoshoot

     
    Collection: Alexis Francois Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1980 to circa 1999
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, Genderfluid people, LGBTQ+ fashion
    Subject: Alexis Francois
    Description: Photograph of Alexis Francois and friends posed in various drag outfit indoors. One is in a cat costume with black makeup.
  6. Alexis Francois in The City: 1977-78 A.D. Clipping

     
    Collection: Alexis Francois Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1980 to circa 1999
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, Genderfluid people, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Alexis Francois, Harvey Milk, Lea DeLaria, Mario Mondelli
    Description: Clipping about Alexis Francois' performance in The City: 1977-78 A.D. musical.
  7. 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...
  8. Brochure for the Diplomat Review

     
    Collection: Vicki Marlane Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Drag bars, Drag community, Drag queens, Drag shows, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ night life, Strippers, Transgender people
    Subject: Arthur Blake, Bobbi Johns, Danny Windsor, Edie Lloyd, Fat Jack, Jerri Daye, Rae Bourbon, Toni Albright, Vicki Marlane, Win Wells
    Description: A flyer from the Diplomat Review, promoting their cast of female impersonators. Vicki Marlane is billed as a comic stripper with the tagline "Mr. Peel." Vicki Marlane (1934-2011) was a legendary Sa...
  9. Clippings of Alexis Francois and Castmates in Torn Tulle

     
    Collection: Alexis Francois Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1980 to circa 1999
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, Genderfluid people, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Alexis Francois, Doris Fish, J. Carlton Powers, R. Scott Lyons
    Description: Clippings of Alexis Francois and castmates (J. Carlton Powers, Doris Fish, R. Scott Lyons) for the play Torn Tulle.
  10. Collage of Photographs of Alexis Francois in Various Looks

     
    Collection: Alexis Francois Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1980 to circa 1999
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, Genderfluid people, LGBTQ+ fashion
    Subject: Alexis Francois
    Description: Scrapbook page of four photographs of Alexis Francois in different outfits with a mid-legth black curly wig.
  11. Confidential and Contemptuous flier

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1990 to circa 1999
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag kings, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: 99 Cent Queer Video Fest, Allison Hennessy, Arturo Galster, Charles Herman Wurmfeld, Crack Baby, David Hawkins, DJ Robert Squared, Jeffrey Winter, Jordy Jones, Jose Guevara, Lisi de Haas, Museo Contempo, Nao Bustamente, Pussy Tourette, Samuael Topiary, Sini Anderson, Stafford, Texas Tomboy, Vicki Monaco
    Description: A flier for the Club Confidential club night at the Embassy Lounge in San Francisco, California, featuring local drag kings and other performers. This item comes from the Jordy Jones Papers at the ...
  12. Drag Strip flier with crowned woman

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1995 to circa 1999
    Topics: Drag community, Drag kings, Drag shows, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ events
    Subject: Elvis Herselvis, Mimi = Freed
    Description: A flier for the Drag Strip club night at Paula's Clubhouse in San Francisco, featuring local drag kings and other entertainers. This item comes from the Jordy Jones Papers at the GLBT Historical So...
  13. 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, ...
  14. Finnochio's Promotional Card

     
    Collection: Finocchio's collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Finocchio's Club
    Date: circa 1991
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag performers, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ night life
    Subject: Finocchio's Club
    Description: Promotional postcard advertising Finocchio's nightclub, including brief history and map to the establishment.
  15. Finocchio's Doorman Hat

     
    Collection: Finocchio's collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1999
    Topics: Clothing, Drag community, Drag shows, LGBTQ+ clubs, Nightlife
    Subject: Finocchio's Club
    Description: Dark green hat worn by Finnocchio's doormen.