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  1. News Clipping of Joan Jett Blakk

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 7, 1994
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ newspapers
    Subject: Joan Jett Blakk
    Description: A newspaper clipping from the Bay Times with a photograph of drag queen Joan Jett Blakk and a caption stating that the opening of the "Late Nite with Joan Jett Blakk" show was sold out.
  2. News Clipping on Joan Jett Blakk and Cabaret Castro

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 7, 1997
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ newspapers, LGBTQ+ politicians
    Subject: Cabaret Castro, Joan Jett Blakk, Late Nite With Joan Jett Blakk, Sister Roma
    Description: Newspaper clipping from the Bay Area Reporter announcing the Late Night with Joan Jett Blakk show at Cabaret Castro in San Francisco, co-hosted by drag queens Joan Jett Blakk and Sister Roma. Featu...
  3. Next Week – The Sensational Stock Surprise Howard Blair

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1925
    Topics: Drag queens, Musical theatre, Vaudeville
    Subject: Howard Blair
  4. Night Club Notes

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: May 20, 1939
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Singers
    Subject: Jackie Maye
  5. Not Every Boy Dreams of Being a Marine

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Grillo, Rudy
    Date: 1979
    Topics: Drag queens, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities
    Description: This is a photograph of someone holding a sign that says, "Not Every Boy Dreams of Being a Marine."
  6. NYC Gay Pride

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: The Gay Liberator
    Date: Aug. 1, 1973
    Topics: Drag queens, Female impersonators, Gay activism, Gay pride, Gay pride parades, Heterosexual women, Latino/a/x transgender people, Lesbian activism, Lesbian feminism, Lesbian pride, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ events, Stonewall riots, Transgender activism, Transvestites
    Subject: Arthur Bell, Bette Midler, Craig Rodwell, Jean O'Leary, Lee Brewster, Oscar Wilde Book Shops, Queens Liberation Front, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, The Village Voice, Vito Russo
    Description: Clipping from page 5 of The Gay Liberator, issue 29, published August 1, 1973.
  7. Obituary for Marsha P. Johnson

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 8, 1992
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ death notices, Mental health, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: Drafts of an obituary for Marsha P. Johnson written by Randy Wicker and submitted to QW Magazine.
  8. Oh Diana!

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Neil, Carl
    Date: Apr. 5, 1985
    Topics: Awards, Drag, Drag queens, Fundraising, Musical theatre
    Subject: Diana Awards, Kendall Hamilton, Tower Theatre
  9. Oh, The Baa-Baa-Baa-Lambs!

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Hargreaves, Willaim, Godfrey, Fred
    Date: 1915
    Topics: Composers, Drag queens, Music, Singers
    Subject: Ella Shields
  10. ‘Old letters’ regarding The Queen

     
    Collection: The Queen (1968) Production
    Institution: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
    Creator: Allen, Lewis M., Filmfest DC, Litvinoff, Si, Robinson, Chris, Roth, Jane, Stafford, David
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag pageants, Drag queens, Drag shows, LGBTQ+ cinema, LGBTQ+ films, LGBTQ+ theater, Title contests
    Subject: The Queen (Film)
    Description: Executive producer Lewis M. Allen’s files for the documentary film The Queen (1968)—a behind-the-scenes look at the 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant in New York City—including registratio...
  11. On Night Club: Type of Entertainment at Wagon Wheel to Be Studied

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: May 1938
    Topics: Bars, Courts, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Legal process, Night life
    Subject: Charles McPhall, Norfleet Hill, Wagon Wheel
  12. On Professional Stage: Julian D. Eltinge, Famous Impersonator of Female Roles, to Abandon Amateur Work

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: May 8, 1904
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Performing arts
    Subject: Harry Lehr, Julian Eltinge
  13. On WNET and Nationwide, the Rainbow Flags are Flying

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Gates, Anita
    Date: Aug. 24, 1994
    Topics: Bisexuality, Black transgender people, Drag queens, Homosexuality, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ choruses, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ people of color, Trans women
    Subject: A Day in the Life of Lady Chablis, Angels in America, Bob Dole, George C. Wolfe, Ian Mckellen, Katherine Linton, Lady Chablis, Liza Minnelli, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Melissa Etheridge, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Pat Buchanan, PBS, Rent, The Doll, The Grand Empress
    Description: New York Times article featuring mention of "A Day in the life of Lady Chablis", a segment hosted by PBS about Lady Chablis, a Black trans woman performer.
  14. Once Condemned Man Escapes

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1964
    Topics: Drag queens
    Subject: Carolyn Ann Lima, Leslie Douglas Ashley, Leslie Perez, Mary Lou Weidaker
  15. Oral History Interview with Miss Grace Kelly

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project
    Creator: Kelly, Miss Grace
    Date: Feb. 24, 2018
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Bondage, Christianity, Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, Family members, Female impersonators, Gender expression, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ Christians, LGBTQ+ night life, Pageants, Sex work, Sexuality
    Subject: Body Image, Carolyn Sue Wilson, City Market, Jefferson Center, Kristina, Lady Bunny, Miss Gay Roanoke Pageant, Murphy's, Neely O'Hara, Pride in the Park, RuPaul's Drag Race, Salem Avenue, The Horoscope, The Park, The Trade Winds, Tim Clark
    Description: Interviewer: Ashleigh Griffin; Princess Carter Interviewee: Miss Grace Kelly Date: 24 February 2018 Duration: 1:41:40 Transcription prepared by: Ashleigh Griffin