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  1. 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...
  2. 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...
  3. Carolyn D. Rothschild/Carol Durrell funeral photograph

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 2000 to circa 2010
    Topics: Black transgender people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ musicians, Trans women
    Subject: Carol Durrell
    Description: A funeral photograph for Carolyn D. Rothschild, previously known as Carol Durrell. A singer and professional female impersonator, Durrell/Rothschild had lived and worked in New York City before mov...
  4. Ed Hansen interview, part 2

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Stryker, Susan
    Date: 2001
    Topics: Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Drag, Female impersonators, Gender non-conforming people, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ people who use substances, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people, Priests
    Subject: Screaming Queens
    Description: Susan Stryker interviews Ed Hansen, a pastor who worked with young people in the Tenderloin in the 1960s, including the organization Vanguard. In this section, Hansen talks about Tenderloin sex wor...
  5. Photo of Bedazzled Denim Jacket

     
    Collection: Felicia Elizondo/Felicia Flames Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1990 to circa 2010
    Topics: Clothing and dress, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ fashion
    Description: Photo of denim jacket with multicolored rhinestones. This item comes from the Felicia “Flames” Elizondo papers (#2021-06) at the GLBT Historical Society. Felicia Elizondo, who performed as Felicia...
  6. Photo of Makeup Products

     
    Collection: Felicia Elizondo/Felicia Flames Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1990 to circa 2010
    Topics: Cosmetics, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ fashion
    Description: Photo of makeup products, including false eyelashes and glue, lipstick, contour stick, blush, and two eyeshadow palettes. This item comes from the Felicia “Flames” Elizondo papers (#2021-06) at ...