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Aleshia Brevard interview, part 1
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Stryker, Susan Date: 2001 Topics: Closeted transgender people, Drag queens, Gender-affirming surgery, Hormones, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ bars, Sex work, Trans women, Transgender academics, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Aleshia Brevard Crenshaw, Christine Jorgensen, Finocchio's Club, Harry Benjamin, Screaming Queens 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... -
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... -
All Hail Vicki Marlane, Queen of the Night
Collection: Vicki Marlane Collection Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: circa 1990 to circa 2000 Topics: Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Trans women Subject: Vicki Marlane Description: A collage, possibly composed of advertisements, dedicated to Vicki Marlane. Vicki Marlane (1934-2011) was a legendary San Francisco drag queen and transgender woman. Marlane had a long career; star... -
Amanda St. Jaymes interview, part 2
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Stryker, Susan Date: 2001 Topics: Coming out, Drag performers, Drag queens, Education, Female impersonators, Hormones, LGBTQ+ adoption, LGBTQ+ night life, Prostitution, Strippers Subject: 181 Club, Amanda St. Jaymes, Billy DeVoe, Center for Special Problems, El Rosa's Hotel, Finnochio's, Frolic Room, Heath Street, Screaming Queens, 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... -
America's Most Unusual Night Club Finocchio's
Collection: Drag Show Programs Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Finocchio, Marjorie, Finocchio, Joseph Date: circa 1950 Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease Subject: Del Le Roy, Frank Doran, Freddie Renault, Jackie Maye, John Lonas, Johnny Mangum, Karyl Norman, Li-Kar, Milton La Maire, Niles Marsh, Ray Francis -
Bay Area Reporter News Clipping on Joan Jett Blakk
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Galore, Pithy Date: Jun. 27, 1996 Topics: Anti-Blackness, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ newspapers Subject: Joan Jett Blakk Description: Article from the Bay Area Reporter including a section about Joan Jett Blakk criticizing the tone that the newspaper used when writing about her. -
Bay Times Photo of Joan Jett Blakk
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Oct. 31, 1996 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ newspapers Subject: Joan Jett Blakk Description: A photo clipped from the San Francisco Bay Times displaying Joan Jett Blakk pictured with four other people, including Mayor Willie Brown. -
Black and White Headshot of Vicki Marlane
Collection: Vicki Marlane Collection Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: circa 1960 to circa 1980 Topics: Drag queens, LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women Subject: Vicki Marlane Description: Photo of Vicki wearing makeup and a white dress. Vicki Marlane (1934-2011) was a legendary San Francisco drag queen and transgender woman. Marlane had a long career; starting in the 1950s, she perf... -
Black Cat Cafe Business Card
Collection: Ephemera Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Drag queens, Gay bars, Latino/a/x gay men Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria Description: Black Cat Cafe business card advertising it as the "Bohemia of the Barbary Coast". -
Black Cat Cafe News Article
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: McMillan, Dennis Date: Unknown Topics: Drag queens, Gay bars, Latino/a/x gay men Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria, Tom Ammiano Description: Newspaper clipping about an evening event in which gay city councilman Tom Ammiano interviewed José Sarria about the Black Cat Cafe, Sarria's 1961 run for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, an... -
Blakk Power: San Francisco drag queen Joan Jett-Blakk aims for the presidency
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Brown, Joe, Blakk, Joan Jett Date: Jan. 3, 1996 to Jan. 9, 1996 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ politicians Subject: Joan Jett Blakk Description: Interview with drag queen and politician Joan Jett-Blakk by Joe Brown in 1996. San Francisco Weekly interviews Jett-Blakk about her definition of drag whilst they discuss her campaign for presidency. -
Boom Boom for Supe
Collection: Clothing Collection Institution: Wearing Gay History Creator: Date: 1982 Topics: Drag queens, Gay politicians Subject: Jack Fertig, San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Sister Boom Boom, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Description: White t-shirt. "Boom Boom for Supe. San Francisco '82" T-shirt relates to the campaign of Sister Boom Boom (Jack Fertig), who ran for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1982. -
Cabaret Castro Presents: Late Nite with Joan Jett Blakk
Collection: Ephemera Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag community, Drag queens, Drag shows Subject: Cabaret Castro, Joan Jett Blakk, Sister Roma Description: Flyer for a Late Nite performance at Metropolitan Community Church cohosted by drag queens Joan Jett Blakk and Sister Roma. -
Carmelita Nass Interview Transcript
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Davis, Bob Date: Oct. 28, 1996 Topics: Arrests, Drag, Drag queens, Gangs, Night life, Sexuality Subject: Billy DeVoe, Blue Lou, Carmelita Nass, Carol Wallace, Charles Pearce, Charlotte Valenti, Danny Barker, George Buchanan, Harvey Lee, Hoyt Bass, Jim Bailey, Jimmy Calloway, Lee Carr, Li Kar, Ray Bourbon, Reed Alexander, Russell Reed, Val DeVere -
Carroll Revue: America's Foremost Female Impersonators (1956)
Collection: Drag Show Programs Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Wallace, Ruth Date: 1956 Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease Subject: Blue Note Night Club, Finocchio's Club, Latin Quarter, Rendevous Club, Solomon's Club, Starlite Room, Tivoli Circuit, Tivoli Theatre, Tropics Room
