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Amanda St. Jaymes interview, part 1
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Stryker, Susan Date: 2001 Topics: Amphetamines, Coming out, Crossdressing, Drag community, Female impersonators, Gay bars, Hormones, LGBTQ+ direct action, LGBTQ+ night life, LGBTQ+ people who use substances, Marriage, MtFs, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people, Police raids, Post-operative, Transgender bars, Transgender community, Transgender prostitution, Transitioning status, Transphobia, Transsexual people Subject: Amanda St. Jaymes, El Rosa's Hotel, Finocchio's Club, LaVerne Cummings, Screaming Queens, Sexology, Tenderloin Description: Susan Stryker interviews Amanda St. Jaymes, a trans woman who moved to the Tenderloin in December 1963 at the age of 19. St. Jaymes worked at the Chukker Club, a 1960s venue frequented by trans peo... -
Jackie Phillips oral history
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Dewsnap, James Date: Mar. 2, 1994 to Apr. 6, 1994 Topics: Amphetamines, Drag community, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people who use substances Subject: Al St. Clair, Alice Ghostly, Beige Room, Billy DeVoe, Bobby DeCastro, Carroll Wallace, Debbie Reynolds, Elton Paris, Errol Flynn, Finocchio's Club, Francis Blair, Harvey Lee, Jack Long, Jackie Phillips, Jean LaMar, Jimmy Howard, JJ VanDyke, Juan Jose, Lana Turner, LaVerne Cummings, Lester Lamont, Lucien, Reggie Dahl, Tallulah Bankhead, TC Jones, Tony Midnite, Walter Hart, Yanni Description: A partial transcript of an extended oral history taken by James Dewsnap of Jackie Phillips, a female impersonator who had a long career as a drag comedian at Finocchio's and similar venues. The ora...
