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Prison Issues: Time for a Change
Collection: Trans People and Prisons Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Farmer, Dee Date: Jan. 1993 Topics: AIDS activists, BIPOC, Black transgender people, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Police harassment Subject: ACLU National Prison Project, Alliance for Inmates with AIDS, Bill Clinton, Body Positive, Dee Farmer, Prisoner Legal Services Description: An article by Dee Farmer on President Bill Clinton's 1992 election win and the conditions for prisoners living with AIDS in the United States. -
Prisoners (including female impersonator on right) from San Quentin State Prison provided entertainment to the public on Sunday mornings, Marin County, California, 1914
Collection: Prison Photographs Institution: Anne T. Kent California Room, Marin County Free Library Creator: Date: 1914 Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Prisoners, Prisons Description: Prisoners from the San Quentin State Prison provided concerts and entertainment (including this female impersonator) to the public on Sunday mornings. This image is from 1914. San Quentin State Pri... -
Proclamation of Tall Clubs International Week
Collection: Denise D'Anne Collection Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Alioto, Joseph L Date: Jul. 3, 1974 Topics: LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ people, Title contests, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Denise D'Anne, Golden Gate Tip Toppers, Tall Clubs International Week Description: A proclamation from San Francisco Mayor Joseph L. Alioto declaring July 8-July 14, 1974, Tall Clubs International Week in the city of San Francisco. -
Promotional Flyer with Four Photographs of Sir Lady Java
Collection: Sir Lady Java Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people of color Subject: Sir Lady Java Description: Promotional flyer containing four photographs of Sir Lady Java in various costume wear. Booking agency information found in bottom right. -
Promotional photograph of Billy DeVoe with autograph
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Romaine Date: 1950 Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people Subject: Billy DeVoe, Jackie Starr, Joe Dusin Description: Promotional photograph of Billy DeVoe leaning with a long-sleeve black mermaid dress and a thick necklace. Handwritten in the top left corner is "To Jackie, a terrific person and entertainer -- you... -
Promotional photograph of Francis Russell
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Romaine Date: circa 1930 to 1960 Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators Subject: Francis Russell Description: Promotional photograph of Francis Russell in a black strapless dress with a slit and long gloves. She is wearing a bracelet and is holding a garment. There is a faint handwritten note on the photog... -
Promotional photograph of John Lomas
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Romaine Date: circa 1940 Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators Subject: John Lomas Description: Promotional Photograph of John Lomas posing in a long dark dress with a train, gloves, large pendant jewlery, a fur shrug, and a large fur hat. John has signed the image with a message in the top r... -
Promotional photograph of performer Vaughn Auldon in a black dress
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: 1948 Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, Female impersonators Subject: Finocchio's Club, Vaughn Auldon Description: A photograph of Vaughn Aldon in costume at a promotional photoshoot at Finocchio's, wearing a tiered black maxi dress, gloves, and a sheer shawl. On the photograph, a short message is inscribed: T... -
Promotional photograph of Robin Raye
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Romaine Date: circa 1950 Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people Subject: Robin Raye Description: Promotional photograph of Robin Raye captured from the waist up, wearing nothing but a fur shawl and gloves. She is wearing tassel earrings, a necklace, and layered bracelets. -
Promotional portrait of Jackie Maye
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Romaine Date: 1940s Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag performers, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people Subject: Jackie Maye Description: Autographed promotional photograph of Jackie Maye wearing a feathery hairpiece and a dress. -
Psychedelic Drag, a Cowgirl, and Luella in a Stole on Halloween, 1970
Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries Creator: Date: 1970 Topics: Bars, Gay bars, Nightclubs--California Description: Psychedelic drag, a cowgirl, and Luella in a stole at the Fallen Angel on Halloween. 1970 -
Psychiatrist Calls Sex Change Surgery Reasonable for Some
Collection: Stanford University Gender Dysphoria Program Institution: Stanford University Special Collections Creator: Date: Mar. 14, 1974 Topics: Gender-affirming surgery, Psychiatrists, Transgender people, Transphobia, Transsexual people Subject: Richard Green Description: In this article, psychiatrist Richard Green remarks that public attitudes toward gender-affirming surgeries are shifting, and that this care is becoming more accepted by doctors and professionals a... -
Psychiatry - Crime Against Nature
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Independent Voices Creator: Alinder, Gary Date: Jun. 15, 1970 Topics: Discrimination, Electroshock therapy, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Oppression, Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, Therapists, Transphobia, Transsexualism Subject: American Psychiatric Association (APA), Dr. Irving Bieber, Nathaniel McConaghy Description: The relevant topic of "transsexualism" can be found in the second half of the article on page 7 of the online file. -
Psychic Drag Queens Live on the Net! handbill
Collection: Ephemera Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: 1996 to 1998 Topics: Drag queens, LGBTQ+ youth Subject: Internet Alfredo, Tara Limbaugh Description: A handbill for Psychic Drag Queens Live on the Net!, a fundraiser for the San Francisco queer youth organization LYRIC. The event appears to have featured performances by queens with a seance theme... -
Qais Kamran Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Kamran, Qais Date: Mar. 14, 2023 Topics: Jewish transgender people, Nightlife, QTPOC, Transgender community, Transmasculine people Subject: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Movement Description: Qais Kamran describes his experiences growing up as a first generation Iranian Jew in Los Angeles, attending Jewish day school and discovering the importance of oral history to his family’s communi...
