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  1. American Originals

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Hall, Alexandra
    Date: Jan. 14, 1996
    Topics: Drag queens, Latino/a/x queer people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Trans women
    Subject: Sylvia Rivera
    Description: A clipping from the New York Times talking about a book "Holding On" from Norton which has a profile of Sylvia Rivera in it.
  2. Bay Area Reporter News Clipping on Joan Jett Blakk

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Galore, Pithy
    Date: Jun. 27, 1996
    Topics: Anti-Blackness, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ newspapers
    Subject: Joan Jett Blakk
    Description: Article from the Bay Area Reporter including a section about Joan Jett Blakk criticizing the tone that the newspaper used when writing about her.
  3. Bay Times Photo of Joan Jett Blakk

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 31, 1996
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ newspapers
    Subject: Joan Jett Blakk
    Description: A photo clipped from the San Francisco Bay Times displaying Joan Jett Blakk pictured with four other people, including Mayor Willie Brown.
  4. 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.
  5. Blakk Power: San Francisco drag queen Joan Jett-Blakk aims for the presidency

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Brown, Joe, Blakk, Joan Jett
    Date: Jan. 3, 1996 to Jan. 9, 1996
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ politicians
    Subject: Joan Jett Blakk
    Description: Interview with drag queen and politician Joan Jett-Blakk by Joe Brown in 1996. San Francisco Weekly interviews Jett-Blakk about her definition of drag whilst they discuss her campaign for presidency.
  6. Joan Jett Blakk Articles for Oblivion (1996-1998)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Blakk, Joan Jett
    Date: Jan. 1996 to Jul. 1998
    Topics: Anti-gay discrimination, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, Gay pride, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ magazines
    Subject: Joan Jett Blakk, Wigstock
    Description: Clippings from Oblivion comprising Joan Jett Blakk's columns; she writes about local and national LGBTQ+ news, politics, events and activism.
  7. Jose Sarria News Clipping

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 31, 1996
    Topics: Drag queens, Latino/a/x gay men
    Subject: José Sarria, Tom Ammiano
    Description: Photograph clipping of Supervisor Tom Ammiano and Jose Sarria.
  8. Life After Drag: Unreality Endures

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: O'Connor, John J.
    Date: Jul. 9, 1996
    Topics: Drag queens, Drug abuse, Eunuchs, HIV-positive people, HIV/AIDS, Homosexuality, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ films, Prostitution, Transvestites
    Subject: RuPaul, The Salt Mines, The Transformation
    Description: Clipping from The New York Times that discusses "The Transformation", a movie focused on the lives of Latinx trans characters.
  9. Pride of Place

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Yaeger, Lynn
    Date: Jul. 2, 1996
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, QTPOC, Roommates, Stonewall riots, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Craig Rodwell, Lauren Gutenburg, Marsha P. Johnson, Martin Duberman, Randy Wicker, Uplift Lighting, William Offenbaker
    Description: An article featuring an interview with Marsha P. Johnson's former roomate, who also employed Sylvia Rivera at the time.