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  1. Biography and Images of Felicia Elizondo

     
    Collection: Felicia Elizondo/Felicia Flames Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Elizondo, Felicia
    Date: circa 2010 to 2021
    Topics: Chicano/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Chicano/a/x transgender people, Drag queens, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Trans women, Transgender people in the military
    Subject: Compton's Cafeteria Riots
    Description: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to racist language. A comprehensive file of clippings from Felicia Elizondo's life experiences as a queer trans Mexican-American. She wa...

  2. Oh, What a Drag! The Life and Career of Wacky Jackie Phillips, Finnochio's Riotous Redhead

     
    Collection: Rare Books
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Dewsnap, James
    Date: 1994
    Topics: Celebrities, Clothing, Comedians, Cruising (LGBTQ+ culture), Drag performers, Drag queens, Drag shows, Female impersonators, Gender roles, Homosexuality, Jails, LGBTQ+ people who use substances, LGBTQ+ spiritual people, LGBTQ+ theater, LGBTQ+ youth, Passing (Gender), Queens (Gay culture), Traffic accident victims
    Subject: Beige Room, Bobby Lane, Bobby Raye, Carroll Wallace, Cleo Stafford, Colonial Club, Elton Paris, Finocchio's Club, Flash Gordon, Halloween, Jack Long, Jackie Phillips, Jean Barrios, Jean LaMar, Kara Montez, Kitty Carlisle Hart, LaVerne Cummings, Les Lee, Lonnie Harper, Mardi Gras, Poppy Lane, Ray Saunders, Ricki San Juan, Russell Reed, Rusty Parkor, Tallulah Bankhead, Walter Hart
    Description: The autobiography of Jackie Phillips, longtime comedy queen at Finocchio's, as told to and ghostwritten by James Dewsnap. Book recounts Jackie's personal life and career development both pre- and p...

  3. Writing on Heroes in the Tenderloin

     
    Collection: Felicia Elizondo/Felicia Flames Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Elizondo, Felicia
    Date: circa 2010 to circa 2020
    Topics: Chicano/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Chicano/a/x transgender people, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women
    Subject: Charles Pierce, Christine Jorgensen, Gina La Divina, José Sarria, Pat Montclaire, Vicki Marlane, Victor Torres
    Description: This is a list of heroes that Felicia Elizondo looked up to, during her time in the Tenderloin. This item comes from the Felicia “Flames” Elizondo papers (#2021-06) at the GLBT Historical Society. ...