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Queens of the Pacific Poster
Collection: Te Papa Collection Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Creator: Hoeflak, Arjan Date: circa 1990 Topics: Drag community, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people), Posters Description: This poster, designed by Arjan Hoeflak and published by New Zealand AIDS Foundation, advertises a safer sex message. -
Red Beehive Style Wig
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Red Headdress
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Red Sequin Cape
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Reneé Imperato Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Torres, Andy, Dicken, Matthew, Imperato, Renee Date: Apr. 29, 2017 Topics: Activists, Anti-racism, Childhood, Drag community, Gender identity, Labour, Liberation movements, MtFs, Night life, People with physical disabilities, Taxi drivers, Trade unions, Transgender rights, Violence Subject: 220 Club, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Leslie Feinberg, Renee Imperato Description: Born in NYC, Reneé Imperato, is a proud anti racist, pro union trans woman who has lived her life fighting for the rights of others. In this interview she shares her memories of growing up in New Y... -
Rona Love Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Love, Rona Date: Jul. 2, 2019 Topics: Arts, Bisexual community, Butches, Child abuse, Drag community, FtMs, Gay community, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Judaism, Kidnappings, Lesbians, LGBTI community, Mental health, MtFs, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Music, Prison guards, Prisons, Self-respect, Sexual abuse, Slang, Soft butches, Street violence, Suicide, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Violence Subject: Black and Pink, Daniel Poliak, Director of Prison Justice Project, Hazel Katz, Mick King K, Parole Preparation Project, Sparkle, Tremont Description: Rona Love discusses her early childhood hardships, three decade long incarceration and experiences in psychiatric hospitals. She details abuse, violence and the extreme isolation of being a trans-f... -
Silver and Fur Headdress
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Silver Dress Outfit
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Silver tray Community Award
Collection: Te Papa Collection Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Awards, Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people) Subject: Chrissy Witoko Description: This silver tray is inscribed "1992 Gay Community Award" to "Chris Witoko" for "Personality." -
Spherical Diamante Dangle Earrings
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Stephanie Stuart Wilson
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Stuart Wilson, Stephanie, Kalin, Betsy Date: Apr. 29, 2021 Topics: AIDS activists, Bears (Gay culture), Cancer, Drag community, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy (Gender), Trans women, Transgender children, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Drag Queen Story Hour, Royal Court of Come Out St. Pete, Stephanie Stuart Wilson Description: Stephanie Stuart was born in a strawberry patch in Plant City, Florida on December 30th 1965. Growing up, she always knew she was different and would watch beauty pageants on TV in a toy crown. At ... -
Sylver Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Maya, Elliott, Sylver Date: Jul. 28, 2017 Topics: Alcoholism, Childhood, Christianity, Clothing, Communities, Depression, Drag balls, Drag community, Families, Gender diversity, Lesbian community, LGBTI community, Self-acceptance, Social exclusion, Transgender people, Transgender youth, Two-Spirit people, Youth organisations, Youth shelters Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Sylver Description: In this interview, Sylver describes a childhood growing up in the Bronx and a period of awakening that began after they were kicked-out of their mother’s home at 15. Sylver, having at times struggl... -
Ta'ovala (overskirt)
Collection: Te Papa Collection Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Creator: Tagiilima, Asomaliu Date: Unknown Topics: Drag community, Fashion, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people) Description: This is a garment designed by Asomaliu Tagiilima derived from a formal garment worn by Samoan, Tongan, and Fijian men, and features the vibrant colors and use of natural and manufactured materials ... -
The Balcony Menu Folder
Collection: Te Papa Collection Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people) Subject: Carmen Rupe Description: This folder held the menu for The Balcony on Victoria Street, a Wellington strip club run by Carmen Rupe, from the late 1960s to 1970s. -
The Sunday Show of the South
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Mar. 27, 1981 to Apr. 2, 1981 Topics: Drag, Drag community, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Donna Day, Eartha Kitt, Gene Howle, Jimmy Angelo, Lynn Ganey, Sabrina Ross, The COPA, The Sunday Show of the South, Tiffany Jones Description: An advertisement for "The Sunday Show of the South" featuring performers such as Eartha Kitt, Tiffany Jones, and Donna Day.