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A Plea for the Transvestite
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Independent Voices Creator: Wallace, Phyl Date: Apr. 1, 1961 Topics: Female impersonators, Homosexuality, LGBTQ+ night life, LGBTQ+ obituaries, Transvestites Subject: Jay Brennan -
A Wedded Puzzle
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Jul. 18, 1892 Topics: LGBTQ+ night life, Male impersonators, Marriage Subject: Annie Hindle, Louise Spangehl, Reverend G.C. Baldwin -
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... -
Alison Laing and Rosalyne Blumenstein
Collection: Alison Laing's Photographs Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Date: circa 1985 to circa 1999 Topics: Crossdressers, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ night life, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Alison Laing, Rosalyne Blumenstein Description: Alison Laing (left) and Rosalyne Blumenstein (right) pose together at an event. Undated. -
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... -
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... -
"An Evening With Yvonne" Drag Ball
Collection: Drag Show Programs Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Drag balls, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ night life Subject: Tudor Lodge, Yvonne Sinclair Description: A Fancy Dress and Drag Ball in london advertising a disco, buffet, and prizes with ticket prices. No date. Blakc text on pink paper with an illustration of a femminine person in fancy dress. -
Backlit Divas and Starlit Dreams
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Pacheco, Patrick, After Dark Date: Dec. 1977 Topics: Jewish LGBTQ+ people, Jewish transgender people, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ night life, LGBTQ+ theater, QTPOC, Trans women Subject: Holly Woodlawn Description: Article from After Dark magazine on the figure of the cabaret "diva," exploring the career trajectory and distinctive stage personas of four performers. The article concludes with a spotlight on Ho... -
Being Trans in the 1980s - Nightlife
Collection: Ephemera Institution: Queer History Boston Creator: Petra Date: Unknown Topics: Clocking (Gender), Drag bars, LGBTQ+ night life, Nightclubs, Passing (Gender), Pre-operative, Trans women, Transsexual people Subject: Combat Zone (Location) Description: This item contains Petra's reflections on nightlife as a trans woman in Boston in the '80s. -
Billy DeVoe with a bartender at the Garden of Allah
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: 1951 Topics: Drag, Drag bars, Drag community, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ night life Subject: Billy DeVoe, Garden of Allah, Joe Dusin Description: Photograph of Billy DeVoe in a midi dress with diagonally striped patches posing with a bartender in the Garden of Allah. They are standing on a patterned carpet. The photograph has writing on it: ... -
Black Cat Cafe
Collection: Ephemera Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ night life Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria, Travis Dirk Description: An advertisement for the Black Cat Cafe with the tagline the "Bohemia of the Barbary Coast" and announcement stating "Featuring: "Jose" Sarria." -
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... -
Christine no Wonder Woman
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Community Date: Mar. 20, 1981 Topics: Costume, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ night life, Nightclubs, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Warner Brothers, Wonder Woman Description: Clipping from page 4 of Community, March 20-April 3, published by Tex-Ray Communications. -
Dana de Milo on Carmen Rupe
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: PrideNZ Creator: de Milo, Dana, Watkins, Gareth Date: Dec. 11, 2012 Topics: Bottom surgery, Burlesque (Theater), Drag queens, LGBTQ+ clubs and organizations, LGBTQ+ night life, Maori (New Zealand people), Sex work, Trans women Subject: Carmen Rupe, Carmen's Coffee Lounge, Chrissy Witoko, Dana de Milo, The Balcony, Vivian Street Description: An interview conducted by Gareth Watkins in which Dana de Milo talks about Carmen Rupe. de Milo describes Rupe as a performer, the nightclub she ran, and how she supported other drag performers and... -
Danny Windsor Dies at 87
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Retzloff, Tim Date: Unknown Topics: Drag, LGBTQ+ night life, Performance art Subject: Bobby Bruno, Danny Windsor, Danny Young, Debra Brown-Hendrickson, Disco Dolly, Doodles and Spider, Ethel Merman, Jennifer Foxx, Judy Garland, MGM, The Danny Windsor Revue, The Wizard of Oz, Totie Fields, Willis Clark Description: Announcement of the death of Danny Windsor. The article chronicles the trajectory of his career.
