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  1. Black and White Group Photo of Performers

     
    Collection: Vicki Marlane Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators
    Subject: Vicki Marlane
    Description: A group photograph of female impersonators in various costumes with one person in masculine clothing. Vicki Marlane is pictured on the bottom right. Vicki Marlane (1934-2011) was a legendary San F...

  2. BLACKlines, Vol. 01, Issue 11

     
    Collection: BLACKlines
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Long, Lynnell S., Layne, Janice
    Date: Dec. 1996
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ magazines, Passing (Gender), Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: RuPaul
    Description: A BLACKlines clipping including an interview with RuPaul, a reflection on the experience of being intersex, and an advertisement for a RuPaul club show in Chicago.

  3. BLACKlines, Vol. 02, Issue 04

     
    Collection: BLACKlines
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Long, Lynnell S.
    Date: May 1997
    Topics: Black transgender people, Butches, Drag queens, Gender expression, Leatherwomen, Lesbians, Title contests, Trans women, Transfemininity, Transsexual people
    Subject: Flame Monroe, Miss Black Universe
    Description: BLACKlines clipping with an article about the relationship between feminity and transsexuality and a profile piece about drag queen Flame Monroe.

  4. BLACKlines, Vol. 02, Issue 09

     
    Collection: BLACKlines
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Long, Lynnell S.
    Date: Oct. 1997
    Topics: AIDS awareness, Cross-cultural relationships, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ relationships, Trans women, Transgender youth, Transphobia, Transsexuality
    Description: Two BLACKlines clippings discussing coming out, coming out, family acceptance, learning about transgender people, trans youth, and LGBTQ+ interracial relationships.

  5. BLACKlines, Vol. 04, Issue 08

     
    Collection: BLACKlines
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Long, Lynnell S., de la Croix, Sukie
    Date: Sep. 1999
    Topics: Anti-gay discrimination, Anti-transgender discrimination, Black gay men, Black transgender people, Drag balls, Drag community, Drag queens, Gay men in the military, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Trans-exclusionary radical feminists, Transgender community, Transsexual people
    Subject: Camp Trans, Finnie's Ball, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival
    Description: Content warning: Use of racial slur. BLACKlines clippings profiling a Black gay drag performer and his journey in coming out and experiencing racism in a predominatly white town. An additional arti...

  6. Buffalo Belles Vol. 6 No. 5 (May, 1997)

     
    Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters
    Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State
    Creator:
    Date: May 1997
    Topics: Children, Communities, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Discrimination, Drag queens, Education, Events, Film, Gender, Gender realignment surgery, Heterosexuality, Law, Meetings, Organisations, Religions, Suicide, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Wigs
    Subject: Be All You Want to Be, Carol Beecroft, Femme Mirror, John Money, Judy Daniels, Just Like a Woman, Nu Phi Chi, Sweetheart Connection, Tau Chi, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self

  7. Chilli Pepper with Tony Midnite

     
    Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1983 to circa 1993
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag performers, Drag queens
    Subject: Chilli Pepper, Tony Midnite
    Description: Photograph of Chilli Pepper and Tony Midnite in a dark room at the Baton Club. Chilli Pepper is wearing a robe, full face of makeup, and short blonde hair with an arm around Tony Midnite wearing a ...

  8. Dancing and Entertainment with Vic Short

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 17, 1938
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag queens
    Subject: Billie McAllister

  9. Drag Special Supplement (1975)

     
    Collection: Drag
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Brewster, Lee G.
    Date: 1975
    Topics: Activists, BIPOC, Black queer people, Civil rights, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Gender identity, MtFs, Politics, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Transsexualism
    Subject: 82 Club, Eulenspiegel Society, Lynn Carter
    Description: Contents: News -- To be or not to be -- Eulenspiegel society -- Drag clubs and artists -- Chicago -- Where to see drag.

  10. Felicia "Flames" Elizondo interview, part 2

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Stryker, Susan
    Date: 2001
    Topics: Allies, Breast augmentation, Castration, Chosen name, Drag queens, Gender-affirming surgery, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people in the military, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Pre-operative, Stealth (Transgender), Transgender community, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
    Subject: Chukker Club, Felicia Elizondo, Harry Benjamin, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Screaming Queens, Tenderloin
    Description: Susan Stryker interviews Felicia Elizondo, known as Felicia Flames, who was a sex worker, drag queen, and trans woman living in San Francisco's Tenderloin district. In this section, Elizondo descri...

  11. Female Impersonators

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1948
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Clothing, Drag queens, Night life
    Subject: Joe's Deluxe Club, Petite Swanson

  12. Flyer for "Chicago's Best In Unusual Entertainment"

     
    Collection: Vicki Marlane Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Drag community, Drag queens, Drag shows, Female impersonators
    Subject: Vicki Marlane
    Description: Flyer for drag show advertised as "Chicago's Best In Unusual Entertainment," with photo of cast. Vicki Marlane is pictured on the bottom right. Vicki Marlane (1934-2011) was a legendary San Francis...

  13. Flyer for Club Chesterfield

     
    Collection: Vicki Marlane Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Club Chesterfield
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag queens, Female impersonators, Strippers, Trans women
    Subject: Club Chesterfield, Jackie Lynn, Lee Larain, Mitzi Monnet, Roby Landers, Tillie, Vicki Marlane
    Description: A promotional flyer for the Club Chesterfield in Chicago, styling itself as "Chicago's Best in Unusual Entertainment". Contains address information and headshots of leading performers, including Ro...

  14. Flyer for the Baton, featuring Chilli Pepper

     
    Collection: Felicia Elizondo/Felicia Flames Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1992
    Topics: Drag queens, Drag shows, Female impersonators
    Subject: Baton Show Lounge, Chili Pepper
    Description: A flyer promoting Chili Pepper at The Baton show lounge in Chicago. This item comes from the Felicia “Flames” Elizondo papers (#2021-06) at the GLBT Historical Society. Felicia Elizondo, who perfor...

  15. Frankie Jaxon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 29, 1922
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag queens, Musicians
    Subject: Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon