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Jean Evol in drag in front of painted background
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: circa 1930 to 1960 Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag queens Subject: Garden of Allah, Jean Evol Description: A photograph of Jean Evol posing in front of a painted wallpaper wearing a plaid maxi dress and a floral hat. There is writing on the photograph: "For Paris, If you were pretty like me you w... -
Joe H. Hernandez Scrapbook, 1943-1965
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Duke University Creator: Poffinberger, Alice Date: Apr. 2017 Topics: Drag, Drag community, Female impersonators, Gay men--United States, Printed ephemera, Scrapbooks Subject: Joe Hernandez, San Antonio General Depot Description: This collection comprises a commercially produced scrapbook (12 x 14.5 inches) containing 50 black-and-white and 102 color photographs, ranging in size from 3.5 x 5 inches to 8 x 10 inches. Hernand... -
Joey Brooks Oral History Interview
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: University of South Florida Creator: Brooks Wyker, Cyrana, Brooks, Joey Date: Jan. 15, 2014 Topics: Drag, Drag community, Gay bars, Gay community, Party drugs, Police raids Subject: Brenda Dee, El Goya, Finnochio's, Frank Caven, Frank Moreno, Joel Herzog, Kelly Michaels, Tommy Jackson -
Johnnie at a glamour contest
Collection: Don Paulson and Skippy LaRue Photograph Collection Institution: University of Washington Libraries Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag performers, Female impersonators, Halloween, LGBTQ+ theater Description: Photograph of Johnnie in a white deep scoop neck top, black jacket, and long black satin skirt at a glamour contest, next to another performer onstage. Many spectators are visible in the foreground... -
Kim Watson Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Watson, Kim Date: Jun. 18, 2019 Topics: Activists, Adoptive parents, AIDS activists, AIDS organizations, Childhood, Drag community, Drag queens, Family members, Gender, Health care, HIV-positive people, HIV/AIDS, Homelessness, Hormones, Intersex, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Mental health, Parenthood, Psychiatry, Social service organisations, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Writers Subject: ACT UP, Addicts' Rehabilitation Center (ARC), AIDS WATCH, Bright Point, Bronx Lebanon, Carmen Vasquez, Community Kinship Life (CK Life), Empire [State] Pride Agenda, Escuelitas, HIV Prevention Planning Group (HPG), Marti Adult Day Program, Odyssey House, Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, Pose, RuPaul's Drag Race, Stonewall, The Modern-Day Woman, The Monster, Two Potatoes Description: Kim Watson is co-founder of CK Life, author of The Modern Day Woman, and trans advocate and leader. In this interview, she discusses growing up in Barbados as an intersexed woman, her years of home... -
Larry Buttwinick Drag Party
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Buttwinick, Larry Date: circa 1965 to 1975 Topics: Drag community, Drag in film, Drag performers, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ events Subject: Imperial Court of San Francisco, Larry Buttnick, Lavender Seniors of the East Bay, Society for Individual Rights (SIR) Description: This object is a silent 8mm film inside a private residence. It begins with 6 drag artists wearing makeup, dresses and false noses. The film continues and shows a man cooking in a kitchen, a drag p... -
Late Nite with Joan Jett Blakk Show Schedule
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Lavender Godzilla Vol. 3 No. 6
Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Dec. 1990 to Jan. 1991 Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Assimilation (Sociology), Colonization, Crossdressing, Drag community, Drag pageants, Drag queens, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ fashion, LGBTQ+ newsletters, LGBTQ+ night life, LGBTQ+ people of color, Title contests Subject: Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA) Description: Periodical from Gay Asian Pacific Alliance discussing the importance of fashion, beauty tips, the Miss GAPA pageant, profiles of Asian artists and drag queens, differences of white versus Asian que... -
Like Our Ancestors Poster
Collection: Te Papa Collection Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Creator: Hoeflak, Arjan Date: 1998 Topics: Drag community, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people), Posters Description: This poster aimed at Pacific Island People, designed by Arjan Hoeflak and published by New Zealand AIDS Foundation, advertises a safer sex message. -
Long Dress
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Media Notes
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Commondenominator, Lois, Dragazine Date: 1994 Topics: AIDS death and dying, Crossdressers, Drag community, Drag families, Drag queens, Gay men, HIV/AIDS, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ magazines, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ plays, Performance art, Stonewall riots, Transgender community Subject: Divine, Dragazine, House of Deva, Imperial Court, Nicole Ramirez Murray, Pristine Condition, The Cockettes Description: This clipping comes from Vol. 1 Issue 07 of Dragazine, where Lois Commondenominator discusses drag queens on television and in pop culture, mentions upcoming pride contests and parades, and celebra... -
Midnite Sun
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: May 1, 1981 to May 7, 1981 Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Eartha Kitt, Houston Tavern Guild, Midnite Sun, Miss Gay USA Description: An advertisement for the bar "Midnite Sun," announcing a drag performance featuring Eartha Kitt. -
Movies Reviews (October 15-26, 1973)
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Independent Voices Creator: Frank, Ellen Date: Oct. 15, 1973 to Oct. 26, 1973 Topics: Drag community, Film, Religions, Reviews, Transgender people in motion pictures Subject: Jesus Christ Superstar (Film), Pink Flamingo (Film), Trash (Film) -
Night of a Thousand Gowns: A Debutante's Guide to the Evening
Collection: Imperial Court of New York Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Imperial Court of New York Date: circa 1987 Topics: Benefit performances, Dance, Drag community, Evening gowns, LGBTQ+ communities, Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.), Queens (Gay culture) Subject: Night Of A Thousand Gowns Description: An 8-page advertisement for the first Night of a Thousand Gowns. It dictates the dress code for male and female attendees, the etiquette code, and lists the entertainment options available througho... -
Night of a Thousand Gowns Postcard (1997)
Collection: Imperial Court of New York Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Imperial Court of New York Date: circa 1997 Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ movement Subject: Bruce Monroe, Emperor VI Steven, Empress X Ran-Dee, Susan Brown Description: Postcard promoting the 1997 Night of a Thousand Gowns, featuring a photograph of Emperor IV Steven, Empress X Ran-Dee, and the College of Monarchs.