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  1. Black Lines, Vol. 04, Issue 08

     
    Collection: Black Lines
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Long, Lynnell S., de la Croix, Sukie
    Date: Sep. 1999
    Topics: Anti-gay discrimination, Anti-transgender discrimination, Black gay men, Black transgender people, Drag balls, Drag community, Drag queens, Gay men in the military, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Trans-exclusionary radical feminists, Transgender community, Transsexual people
    Subject: Camp Trans, Finnie's Ball, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival
    Description: Content warning: Use of racial slur. Black Lines clippings profiling a Black gay drag performer and his journey in coming out and experiencing racism in a predominatly white town. An additional art...
  2. Club 82 (Group Portraits)

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960
    Topics: Drag balls, Drag community
    Description: These are photographs of the drag community at Club 82 in New York City.
  3. Club 82/'88

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1988
    Topics: Drag balls, Drag community
    Description: This is a poster for a performance of "Club 82/'88" that took place on June 13th and 20th.
  4. Murphy's Raid Waltzes Off 44 At Artists' Ball

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 1962
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, Drag balls, Female impersonators
    Description: This is a newspaper clipping from the New York Post that describes an arrest of 44 men for "impersonating women."
  5. Set Bails in 'Operation Drag Net'

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 1962
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, Drag balls, Female impersonators
    Description: This is a newspaper clipping from the New York Post that describes an arrest of 44 men for "impersonating women."