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Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Feb. 21, 1878 Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transfemininity, Transgender survivors of rape Subject: Frances Thompson Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault. -
Sir Lady Java Headshot Card
Collection: Sir Lady Java Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University Creator: Flatte of Hollywood Date: Unknown Topics: African American LGBTQ+ people, African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, Trans women Subject: Sir Lady Java Description: A headshot picture of Sir Lady Java from chest-up. She styles a teased and curly hairstyle and a chunky necklace. The back of the card reads "Flatte of Hollywood", the name of a Lithuanian photo st... -
Sir Lady Java Promotional Card with Three Photos
Collection: Sir Lady Java Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: African American LGBTQ+ people, African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Sir Lady Java Description: Three-photograph card of Sir Lady Java in a two-piece set and dark cape with a tulle headpiece. -
Sir Lady Java Promotional Photo
Collection: Sir Lady Java Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: African American LGBTQ+ people, African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Sir Lady Java Description: Promotional card for Sir Lady Java including logo for Bobby Bryant as her personal management. -
Sir Lady Java Wearing a Tulle Cape and Feathered Headpiece
Collection: Sir Lady Java Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Sir Lady Java Description: A black and white photograph of Sir Lady Java posing in a textured costume with a large black feather head piece. -
Sister!/My Comrade (Summer 1989)
Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Simpson, Les Date: Summer 1989 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay erotic art, Gay men, Kinks and fetishes, Lesbian erotic art , Lesbians, LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ porn magazines, LGBTQ+ solidarity, QTPOC, Trans women Subject: Connie Fleming, Glamamore, Lypsinka, Mona Foot Description: Issue of Sister!/My Comrade magazine, an underground NY-based publication made for and by drag queens, gay men, and lesbians. This issue contains erotic articles and photo spreads, discussions of t... -
Slain Man's Car is Found by Police
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Sep. 15, 1998 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Murder--Investigation, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: Monique Thomas Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
[S**-M***]: The Sex-Reversal True Life Story of COCCINELLE
Collection: Rare Books Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Wade, Carlson Date: 1963 Topics: Gender expression, Gender-affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ night life, MtFs, Trans women Subject: Coccinelle Description: A biography by the pulp sexologist Carlson Wade of Coccinelle, a French nightclub performer and transgender icon. It tells the story of her childhood, dysphoria, transition, marriage, and entertain... -
Small photographs of Victoria Fernandez and community
Collection: Victoria Fernandez/Vicki Starr Collection Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: circa 1955 to 1972 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Strippers, Trans women Subject: Vicki Starr, Victoria Fernandez Description: A sheet of small photographs collected by Victoria Fernandez. Based on the styles shown, many of the photos date from Fernandez' youth in the 1950s, although the third from the top at far left is d... -
Small portrait of Victoria Fernandez
Collection: Victoria Fernandez/Vicki Starr Collection Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: circa 1965 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Strippers, Trans women Subject: Vicki Starr, Victoria Fernandez Description: A small black-and-white photo portrait of Victoria Fernandez. Victoria Fernandez, who performed as Vicki Starr, was a Puerto Rican trans woman best known for dancing in San Francisco's topless club... -
South Africa: Woman Who Had Sex Change Is Now Happily Married; Interview With Mr And Mrs Ashley
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: British Pathé Creator: Date: Jul. 10, 1965 Topics: Gender-affirming surgery, Legal name change, Trans women, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Melanie Ashley, Robin Ashley Description: A short interview with Melanie Ashley and Robin Ashley, in which Melanie's gender transition is discussed. -
Southern Items
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Nov. 16, 1876 Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ death notices, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women Subject: Frances Thompson Description: Clipping from the newspaper The Lake County Star that mentions Frances Thompson -
St. Patrick's Cathedral Demonstration Contact Sheet
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Davies, Diana Date: 1971 to 1975 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Sylvia Rivera Description: A film contact sheet containing 30 photos from the St. Patrick's Cathedral demonstration. Some of the photos feature Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. The date range that this contact sheet was ... -
St. Patrick's Cathedral Demonstrators March with Sylvia Rivera Holding Sign
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Davies, Diana Date: 1971 to 1975 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Sylvia Rivera Description: A black and white photograph From St. Patrick's Cathedral Demonstration. Marsha P. Johnson stands in the back while Sylvia holds a sign on the right, and someone is walking down the street holding ... -
Stabbing Victim a Mystery to Many
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Vasquez, Daniel Date: Dec. 1998 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: Rita Hester Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.
