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  1. Portrait of Vesta Tilley in a Chair

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Clothing, Male impersonators, Music
    Subject: Vesta Tilley
    Description: Portrait of Vesta Tilley posing in a chair with legs crossed, smiling with a cigarette in mouth.
  2. Posing in Halloween Costumes

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Cheerleading, Drag, Drag queens, Events, Gatherings, Halloween, Halloween costumes
    Description: Two pictures: the top picture has 4 people that appear to be dressed as cheerleaders and are all posing. The bottom picture includes 3 people who are also dressed in costume.
  3. Postcard of Mei Lanfang

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: BIPOC, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Mei Lanfang
    Description: This item is a color postcard of Mei Lanfang.
  4. Program for Amanda Milan's Memorial Serivce

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ memorials, QTPOC
    Description: Program for Amanda Milan's, a member of New York's ballroom community, memorial service.
  5. Program for the Third Annual Harvest Moon Cabaret

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Hot Peaches
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag performers, LGBTQ+ theater, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Hot Peaches, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: Program for the Third Annual Harvest Moon Cabaret, performed by the Hot Peaches and hosted by Marsha P. Johnson.
  6. Project 76 #2 - The Politics of My Body

     
    Collection: Zines
    Institution: Queer Zine Archive Project
    Creator: Jacksonian7x
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Appearance, Body politics, Overweight people, Self-mutilation, Sexual abuse, SM, Transgender people
    Description: Content warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to self harm.
  7. Project Transsexualism

     
    Collection: Lou Sullivan Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Counseling, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Support groups, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Description: Received by Lou Sullivan
  8. Promotional Flyer of Sir Lady Java

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Bobby Bryant, Sir Lady Java
    Description: Flyer featuring a posing Sir Lady Java with a net cape, feathered headpiece, and decorated two piece outfit. Bobby Bryant management information in bottom right.
  9. Promotional Flyer with Four Photographs of Sir Lady Java

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Sir Lady Java
    Description: Promotional flyer containing four photographs of Sir Lady Java in various costume wear. Booking agency information found in bottom right.
  10. Pussy Tourette

     
    Collection: Clothing Collection
    Institution: Wearing Gay History
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag balls, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ musicians
    Subject: Pussy Tourette
    Description: White t-shirt. "Pussy Tourette" Pussy Tourette is the stage name for an American drag queen, composer and singer.
  11. Queen for a Day!

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag, Music
    Subject: Ty Bennett
  12. Queer Nation "Justice for Marsha"

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Queer Nation
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ death and dying, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: This item is a leaflet created by Queer Nation announcing a demonstration on July 19, 1992 for Marsha P. Johnson to make demands to the police to change the suicide death classification of Marsha's...
  13. Questionnaire from Rupert Raj

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: LGBTQ+ prisoners, Transgender activism
    Subject: Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Gender Identity Clinic of New England (GICNE), Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj, Transgender organizations
    Description: Questionnaire from Rupert Raj requesting information on an organization's structure, and about TS convicts and ex-convicts.
  14. Rae Bourbon: A Girl Of The Golden West (UTC 4)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art
    Subject: A Girl of the Golden West, An Evening in Copenhagen, Around The World In 80 Ways, Bourbon 100-Proof, Don't Call Me Madam, Hollywood Exposé, Horse Opera, Ladies of Burlesque, Let Me Tell You About My Operation, One On The Aisle (Claque-Claque), Rae Bourbon, Ray Bourbon, The Railroad's Coming Thru, To Hell With The Range, Ugh!, Where Does The Difference Come In?, You're Stepping on My Eyelashes
    Description: Album cover (front and back of vinyl) by Rae Bourbon Content Warning: Offensive visual depiction of Indigenous Americans.
  15. RAE BOURBON: A TRICK AIN’T ALWAYS A TREAT LP

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art
    Subject: A Girl of the Golden West, An Evening in Copenhagen, Around The World In 80 Ways, Bourbon 100-Proof, Diamond Lil, Don't Call Me Madam, Hollywood Exposé, Ladies of Burlesque, Let Me Tell You About My Operation, One On The Aisle (Claque-Claque), Rae Bourbon, You're Stepping on My Eyelashes
    Description: Front and back covers of Rae Bourbon's LP "A Trick Ain't Always a Treat"