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  1. Birth Registration Certificate for Marsha P. Johnson

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 27, 1945
    Topics: Birth certificates, Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: Marsha P. Johnson's birth certificate issued by the city of Elizabeth, New Jersey
  2. Black and White Group Photo of Performers

     
    Collection: Vicki Marlane Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1970
    Topics: Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators
    Subject: Vicki Marlane
    Description: A group photograph of female impersonators in various costumes with one person in masculine clothing. Vicki Marlane is pictured on the bottom right. Vicki Marlane (1934-2011) was a legendary San F...
  3. 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...
  4. 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."
  5. 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".
  6. Black Cat Cafe Flyer

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1952
    Topics: Gay bars
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: Black Cat Cafe flier featuring an illustration of the cafe with cats dancing in suits.
  7. 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...
  8. Black Cat Cafe News Clipping

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Gay bars, Latino/a/x gay men
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria
    Description: News clipping about a memorial service for the closing of the Black Cat Bar, with a wreath-laying by Jose Sarria, known as the Nightingale of Montgomery Street.
  9. "Black Jenny Lind."

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1909
    Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: J. Robert Johnson
    Description: Article in the Richmond Planet advertising event featuring Black female impersonator.
  10. Black Play Boy Presents Sir Lady Java and Rose Brothers

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 15, 1983 to Apr. 16, 1983
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Discos, Entertainers, Exotic dancers, Female impersonators, Theatre shows, Transgender people
    Subject: Black Playboy, Rose Brothers, Sir Lady Java
  11. Black Pride NYC 1999

     
    Collection: Informational and Event Brochures
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Black Pride NYC
    Date: Jul. 27, 1999
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Gay pride, LGBTQ+ films
    Subject: African Ancestral Lesbians United for Societal Change (AALUSC), Black Gay Expression, Gay Men of African Descent, U-Men Entertainment
    Description: A flyer advertising the second annual Black Pride NYC event happening next year (2000), detailing what will be at the event.
  12. Black Pride NYC 2000

     
    Collection: Informational and Event Brochures
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Black Pride NYC
    Date: circa 2000
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Gay pride, LGBTQ+ communities
    Description: A flyer advertising the third annual Black Pride NYC event happening in 2000.
  13. Black Velvet Performance Dress

     
    Collection: Finocchio's collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1999
    Topics: Clothing, Drag, Drag shows, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ events, Nightlife
    Subject: Finocchio's Club
    Description: A photo of a short velvet black dress with a gold sequin design on the neckline and front of the body.
  14. BLACKlines, Vol. 01, Issue 11

     
    Collection: BLACKlines
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Long, Lynnell S., Layne, Janice
    Date: Dec. 1996
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ magazines, Passing (Gender), Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: RuPaul
    Description: A BLACKlines clipping including an interview with RuPaul, a reflection on the experience of being intersex, and an advertisement for a RuPaul club show in Chicago.
  15. BLACKlines, Vol. 01, Issue 12

     
    Collection: BLACKlines
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Long, Lynnell S.
    Date: Jan. 1997
    Topics: Androgyny, Black transgender people, Drag, LGBTQ+ magazines, Transfeminine people, Transgender community, Transphobia
    Description: BLACKlines clippings including an article about transphobia within the LGBTQ+ community.