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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... -
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, ... -
Here's Laughing with You - 1983
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: Dec. 21, 1983 Topics: Black transgender people, Christmas, Drag queens, Gay men, New Year, QTPOC, Sex work, Transfeminine people Subject: David Combs, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Willie Brashears Description: Content warning: This item contains nudity and racist language. -
HIV Prevention & Health Service Needs of the Transgender Community in San Francisco: Results from Eleven Focus Groups
Collection: Trans People and Prisons Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: San Francisco Department of Public Health Date: 1997 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ support groups, Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, Sex work, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender people Description: A report of a study conducted on eleven focus groups to describe factors related to HIV-risk in the transgender community. -
Ho Stroll: A Black Lesbian Novel
Collection: Red Jordan Arobateau Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Arobateau, Red Jordan Date: 2010 Topics: African American lesbians, Black lesbians, Lesbian fiction, Lesbians, Prostitution, Sex work, Transgender authors Description: This book contains parts one and two. The novel continues with the third part "Street Fever". Ho Stroll was originally published in 1975 in five volumes. "The fiction story of a butch lesbian of Co... -
Join the Fight for Trans Prisoners' Rights!
Collection: Trans People and Prisons Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Brody, Delphine Date: circa 1988 to circa 2005 Topics: Chosen name, Clothing, FtMs, Gender minorities, Hormones, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people, Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, Sex work, Transgender people of color, Transsexual people Subject: Beth Feinberg, California Department of Corrections, California Medical Facility (CMF), Judy Greenspan, Kevin Weaver Description: An article written by Delphine Brody about the struggle transgender prisoners in California face. It is also seeking submissions for Prison Focus. -
Marsha P. Johnson Interview with Jim Kepner
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries Creator: Kepner, Jim, Johnson, Marsha P. Date: Jan. 9, 1988 Topics: AIDS death and dying, AIDS memorial quilts, Black transgender people, Coming out, Drag queens, Gay bars, Gay movement, Gay pride, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Mental health, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people, Sex work, Transfeminine people, Transphobia, Transvestites Subject: ACT UP, Angela Davis, Ed Murphy, Jim Kepner, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: A video interview with Marsha P. Johnson conducted by Jim Kepner at the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives in Los Angeles, CA on January 9, 1988. Topics they discuss include Marsha’s participati... -
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Date: Jul. 27, 2016 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Catholic Church, Drag, Drag queens, Gay men, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Misogyny, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Normalization, Passing (Gender), Police, Sex work, Sissies, Stonewall riots, Substance abuse, Trans men, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Women's movement Subject: Ashley, Christine Jorgensen, Cookie, Evelyn, Frank Smith, Grandma Cerils, Helen, Judy Garland, Kitty, Madison Society, Major!, Marcus Arana, Marsha P. Johnson, Mattachine Society, Miss Major, Monica, Natalie Wood, National Lawyers Guild, Puppy, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: Interview with Miss Major Griffin-Gracy conducted by Mason Funk August 27, 2016 at the apartment she shared with her son in Oakland. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy was one of a group of transgender women... -
Season's Greetings 1984
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: 1984 Topics: Black transgender people, Burlesque (Theater), Christmas, Drag queens, Gay men, HIV/AIDS, New Year, QTPOC, Roommates, Sex work, Transfeminine people Subject: David Combs, George Flimlin, Jack Nichols, Jim Kepner, Marsha P. Johnson, Michael Toy, Randy Wicker, Uplift Lighting Description: The 1984 issue of an annual newsletter written by Marsha P. Johnson's roommate, Randy Wicker, in which he provides updates on his life and business, the household, and close friends. This issue inc... -
The Bars Across Heaven
Collection: Red Jordan Arobateau Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Arobateau, Red Jordan Date: 1975 Topics: African American lesbians, Black lesbians, Lesbian fiction, Lesbians, Sex work, Transgender authors Description: African American underclass street players hustle to survive on the streets of Oakland, California. -
"Tranny Talk" episode, Summer 2001
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Boyer, Dina L. Date: 2001 Topics: Church, Class actions (Civil procedure), Court proceedings, Discrimination in employment, Drag shows, Estrogen, FtMs, LGBTQ+ awards, LGBTQ+ domestic violence, LGBTQ+ parents, LGBTQ+ prisoners, LGBTQ+ sex workers, LGBTQ+ spiritual people, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people, Queens (Gay culture), Racism, Sex work, Strippers, Trans women Subject: The Pain Game Description: Content Warning: Description of police brutality. This Summer 2001 episode of "Tranny Talk" features clips from drag performances, a conversation with Kitty Kastro (also known as Nadia Cabezas) ... -
Transaction Says: "Stop Policing Gender!!"
Collection: Ephemera Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: 1999 Topics: LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ civil rights, Police violence toward LGBTQ+ people , Sex work, Transgender people Subject: Victoria Schneider Description: This pamphlet documents police misconduct and violence against transgender people in San Francisco, including illegal strip searches and wrongful arrests. It refers to the Victoria Schneider strip ...
