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A home of our own
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: The Ad Hoc Committee to Support the Lesbian Herstory Archives Date: Jun. 23, 1991 Topics: Anti-lesbian violence, Archives, Butches, Dykes, Femmes, Lesbian activism, Lesbian African-Americans, Lesbian archives, Lesbian bars, Lesbians, Lesbians of colour, Male impersonators, Persecution of lesbians Subject: Becky Johnson, C. Walsh Theater, First African Meeting House, Gay Community News, Jenifer Firestone, Jewel Box Revue, Joan Nestle, Lesbian Herstory Archives, Michelle Parkerson, Red Shades Affinity Group, Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box, Stormé DeLarverie, West Village Description: An article summarizing an event to benefit the Lesbian Herstory Archives, featuring a short film about Storme Delarverie and appearances from notable lesbian activists. Originally published on page... -
An Intimate Circle of Friends
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Moody, Linda Date: Oct. 13, 1984 Topics: Crossdressing, Lesbian artists, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ archives, LGBTQ+ theater, Sexism Subject: Addie Manning, Anne Whitney, Boston Area Lesbian and Gay History Project, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Cushman, Edwin Booth, Eliza Cook, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Gay Community News, Hamlet, Harriet Hosmer, Janet Kahn, Macbeth, Matilda Hays, Oliver Twist, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare Description: This article details the life and history of Charlotte Cushman and her circle of friends, many of whom were lesbians and engaged in crossdressing. There are several small typos in the article; Cush... -
"Even if you win your revolution, I'm still an outlaw"
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Kaplan, Rebecca Date: Apr. 19, 1992 Topics: Gender identity, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ religious people, LGBTQ+ spiritual people, LGBTQ+ theater, MtFs, Transsexual people Subject: Gay Community News, Hidden: A Gender, Kate Bornstein, Real Art Ways, The Bible, The Opposite Sex... is Neither Description: A review of Kate Bornstein's one woman play, The Opposite Sex ... is Neither, originally published on page 9 of volume 19, number 37 of Gay Community News. -
forum GRAFFITI
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Date: Jan. 26, 1974 Topics: Bathrooms, Bisexuality, Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, Gay men, Lesbians, Sexism Subject: Charles Street Meeting House, Gay Community News, Jesus, Richard M. Nixon Description: Content Warning: This item contains racist and homophobic language. -
FROM STONEWALL TO THE PUERTO RICAN PRIDE PARADE: THE EPIC ROLE OF TRANSVESTITES
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Negron, Frances Date: Jun. 1994 Topics: Gay men, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ people of color, Stonewall riots, Transphobia, Transvestites Subject: Communidad Orgullo Gay, Gay Community News, Gay Liberation Front, Latino Gay and Lesbian Coalition, Maida Tilchen, National Gay Task Force (NGTF), Pa'Fuera, Puerto Rican Pride Parade, Puerto Rico, Stonewall 25, Stonewall Rebellion, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: An overview of Puerto Rican involvement in the LGBT+ movement, especially Sylvia Rivera's involvement in the Stonewall Rebellion. Originally published on page 22 of volume 20, issues 1 and 2 of Gay... -
GCN STONEWALL NATION 69~79: What Happened, Anyhow?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Stein, Cindy Date: Jun. 23, 1979 Topics: Drag queens, Gay liberation, Lesbians, Police harassment, Stonewall riots Subject: Allen Ginsberg, Dave Van Ronk, Dick Leitsch, Donn Teal, Gay Community News, Howard Smith, Lucian Truscott IV, New York City Police Department, New York Daily News, New York Mattachine Society, New York Times, The Gay Militants, Village Voice Description: An account of the Stonewall Riots, originally published on page 9 of volume 6, number 47 of Gay Community News, in the Stonewall 10th Anniversary issue. The author mentions drag queens being presen... -
KATZ TO US: HISTORY LIVES
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Young, Allen, Schreiber, Ron, Katz, Jonathan Date: Feb. 5, 1977 Topics: Book reviews, Crossdressing, Gay men, Interviews, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ archives, LGBTQ+ books, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ people of color, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: Antioch, City College, Coming Out! (play), Committee of the Gay Activists Alliance, Communism, Emma Goldman, Gay American History, Gay Community News, Gay Socialist Action Project, Harry Hay, High School of Music and Art, Jim Steakley, Jonathan Katz, Karl Marx, Lucy Ann Lobell, Lucy Terry Prince, Mattachine Society, Murray Hill, Resistance of Christiana, The Early Homosexual Rights Movement, WBAI Description: Interview with Jonathan Katz, author of Gay American History, and an inset review of the book. The interview covers Katz's research, thoughts on academia, personal politics, and insights into LGBT ... -
Looking for room to grow in Sex Roles and Sexualities
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Cottle, Ed, Grewell, Eve Date: May 5, 1984 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Drag queens, Gay community, Gender expression, Gender identity, Lesbian community, Lesbian identity, Lesbians, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Parents of transgender people, Queer transgender people, Sex (Act), Transvestites Subject: Changes, Gay Community News, Solidarity and International Socialists: A Socialist Feminist Network Description: Two letters to the editor, both from trans individuals currently in prison. Originally published on pages 14 and 15 of volume 11, number 41 of Gay Community News. -
The Sexual Politics of Transsexual Surgery
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Amalthea Date: Aug. 21, 1976 Topics: Feminism, Gender affirming surgery, Genitals, Hair removal, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Lesbian community, Lesbians, Medical care, MtFs, Physical health care for LGBTQ+ people, Transsexual people, Vaginas Subject: Aristotle, Gay Community News, Naomi Weisstein, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Aquinas Description: An editorial on surgery and medical transition from the perspective of a lesbian transsexual woman. Originally published on pages 8 and 9 of volume 4, issue 8 of Gay Community News. -
Who gets to 'belong' in the lesbian community anyway?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Power, Bet, Power, Ben Date: Apr. 8, 1990 Topics: BDSM, Bisexual people, Drag community, Gay pride, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ visibility, Persecution of bisexual people, Sexual minorities, SM movement, Transgender community Subject: Academy Awards, Elizabeth Taylor, Gay Community News, Gertrude Stein, Lis Brook, New Alexandria Lesbian Library, Northhampton Lesbian/Gay Pride march, Radclyffe Hall, Sarah Dreher, Shelix, University of Massachusetts, Valley Gay Alliance, Willa Cather Description: An editorial concerning the exclusion of sexual and gender minorities from the 1990 Northampton pride march. Originally published on page 5 of volume 17, number 38 of Gay Community News.
