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Equal Rights Hearings Continue "I Should Have Worn My Maidenform Bra!"
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: GAY Magazine, Skir, Leo Date: Dec. 20, 1971 Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Gay rights, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ direct action, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Bebe Scarpi, Sylvia Rivera, Village Voice Description: This item is a clipping from GAY Magazine Vol. 3 No. 69 about the New York City Council hearing to debate Bill 475, which bans discrimination against homosexuals in housing, employment and public a... -
Erica Dawn Lyle Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Lyle, Erica Dawn Date: Mar. 21, 2023 Topics: Artists, Communal living, Forests and forestry, LGBTQ+ domestic violence, Trans women, Transfeminine people Description: An interview with Erica Dawn Lyle, a trans woman from Florida. -
Evening Star
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Jul. 19, 1876 Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape Subject: Frances Thompson Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault. -
Eviction Day Along the Curb of a Dead Road
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Stout, David Date: Apr. 3, 1996 Topics: Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Trans women Subject: Construction, Fran Reiter, Pier 54, Sylvia Rivera, Unhoused People Description: New York Times article discussing the impact of highway construction on an unhoused community, including Sylvia Rivera. -
Ex-G.I., Now a Woman, Returns to U.S.
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Sherman Grinberg Film Library Creator: Date: Feb. 1, 1953 Topics: Army, Clothing, Gender realignment surgery, MtFs, Press conferences, Trans women Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen speaks at a 1952 New York City press conference after her gender realignment surgery. Title card: "Ex G. I., Now a Woman, Returns to U. S." superimposed over transwoman Chris... -
Exploding Acts!
Collection: Victoria Fernandez/Vicki Starr Collection Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: Jul. 9, 1966 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Strippers, Trans women Description: 1966 advertisement for El Cid, a topless club in San Francisco's North Beach, featuring Victoria Fernandez, who performed as Vicki Starr. Fernandez, a trans woman, is misgendered in her top billing... -
Facts and Fancies
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Public Ledger Date: Nov. 11, 1876 Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ death notices, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women Subject: Frances Thompson Description: A clipping from the Public Ledger mentioning Frances Thompson's death. -
Fax with a Handwritten Note to Sylvia Rivera
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Sorace, Lorraine Date: Apr. 17, 1996 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Elizabeth Josephson, Stephen Van Cline, Sylvia Rivera Description: A cover letter for a fax regarding a proposal for Portraits on Drag Queens with a handwritten note to Sylvia Rivera from Stephen van Cline. -
Federal District Court Rules on Transsexual Treatment Rights in Prison
Collection: Court and Legal Documents Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes Date: Mar. 9, 1998 Topics: Black transgender people, Gender dysphoria, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Medical care, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people Subject: Dee Farmer Description: A record detailing the case of Dee Farmer, a trans woman incarcerated in a federal prison who sued for access to proper medical treatment for gender dysphoria. -
Felon Says He'll Forgo Sex Change
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Huber, Steven W. Date: Jul. 23, 1988 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, MtFs, Trans women Description: A newspaper article clipping in the Oakland press discussing Raquel Ellington's decision to be transferred to a women's prison due to harassment experienced in men's prisons, as well as the possibi... -
Female Mimics Vol. 5 No. 2 1974
Collection: Female Mimics Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Female Mimics Date: 1974 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag pageants, Drag queens, Erotica, Female impersonators, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ magazines, Trans women, Transvestites Subject: Club 82, Genie Dee, Kim Christy, National Cotillion Description: Content warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to self harm (p. 21). Female Mimics edition featuring photography from drag pageantry, pictures from Miss Cotillion pagean... -
Female Mimics Vol. 5 No. 2 Summer 1979
Collection: Female Mimics Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Christy, Kim Date: Summer 1979 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Coming out, Female impersonators, FtMs, LGBTQ+ magazines, Title contests, Trans women, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender), Transvestites Description: Female Mimics edition featuring letters to the editor about the magazine and writers' journeys as female impersonators, an article and photography related to transitioning and coming out, and image... -
Female Mimics Vol. 6 No. 3 Summer 1975
Collection: Female Mimics Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Summer 1975 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, Drag balls, Drag queens, FtMs, Kinks and fetishes, LGBTQ+ artists, Trans women, Transgender community, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: La Rey's VIP Ball, The Redwood Room Description: Female Mimics edition with photo features of female impersonators and drag queens, an article about a doctor helping a female impersonator who fainted at a cabaret in Paris, an article about crossd... -
F.I. Newsletter
Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: circa 1978 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Trans women Subject: Art Karapolis, Cecil B. Demented, Club Baths Beauty Contest, Gay Community News, Stanley Smart, Susan Hunt, The National Alliance for Heterosexual Male Feminism -
F.I. of the Month
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: circa 1965 to circa 1975 Topics: Asian transgender people, Female impersonators, Trans women Subject: Toni Lee Description: A clipping featuring a photograph of Toni Lee as "China Doll," selected as "F.I. of the Month." Lee was a trans woman who performed as a female impersonator. She was known for her performances with...
