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  1. Drag contest, Club Alabam

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator: Woods, Clyde
    Date: circa 1945
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Clubs, Drag, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, Night life
    Subject: Club Alabam
    Description: Contestants fill the dance floor during a drag contest at Club Alabam, located at 42nd and Central Avenue in Los Angeles, hosted by Bill Hefflin.
  2. Female Impersonators No. 3

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Health Knowledge
    Date: 1970
    Topics: Actors, Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Romi Blue, Ronnie Larsen, The Bride of the Ginza, The Paddock International, Vicki Monroe
    Description: Contents: Avis and Gypsy Star -- It's a ball -- Vicki -- Bride of the Ginza -- Romo Blue -- Vive les girls -- First time pin-up -- The flaming 20's -- Where it's at -- Gallery of greats -- Letters ...
  3. Female Mimics International Vol. 11 No. 1

     
    Collection: Female Mimics International
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Eros Publishing Company
    Date: Winter 1980
    Topics: Actors, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discos, Drag, Drag queens, Gender bending, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Nude photographs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Kim Christy, Shalei Latrelle, The Queen Mary
    Description: Also known as: F.M.I. Female Mimics International and FMI Female Mimics International. ; On item cover: "The original magazine for men who enjoy dressing like women." ; Contents: Letters to the edi...
  4. Female Mimics International Vol. 11 No. 2

     
    Collection: Female Mimics International
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Eros Publishing Company
    Date: 1980
    Topics: Actors, Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discos, Drag, Drag queens, Gender bending, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Nude photographs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Brandy Alexander, Nora
    Description: Also known as: F.M.I. Female Mimics International and FMI Female Mimics International. ; On item cover: "The original magazine for men who enjoy dressing like women." ; Contents: Letter to the edit...
  5. Female Mimics International Vol. 12 No. 1

     
    Collection: Female Mimics International
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Eros Publishing Company
    Date: 1982
    Topics: Actors, Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discos, Drag, Drag queens, Gender bending, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Nude photographs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Heather Fontaine, Jennifer Thomas, La Rey
    Description: Also known as: F.M.I. Female Mimics International and FMI Female Mimics International. ; On item cover: "The original magazine for men who enjoy dressing like women." ; Contents: Interview with Jen...
  6. Female Mimics Vol. 1 No. 11

     
    Collection: Female Mimics
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Health Knowledge
    Date: 1968
    Topics: Actors, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag kings, Drag queens, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Bobby Barton, Christian Dubois, Dora De Carlo, Hilmar Dubois
    Description: On item cover: "For the adult reader." ; Contents: Drag ball -- Chez moune and elle et lui -- Dora De Carlo -- Bobby Barton -- Do clothes make the girl? -- Vicky the bombshell -- Hilmar and Christi...
  7. Female Mimics Vol. 1 No. 5

     
    Collection: Female Mimics
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Health Knowledge
    Date: 1965
    Topics: Actors, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag kings, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Bambi, Bunny Lake, Emilio Tellez, Jewel Box Revue
    Description: On item cover: "The world's foremost female impersonators." ; Contents: Let us entertain you! -- Let's have a ball -- Puerto Rican peach -- Gorgeous guys -- Scintillating cinema -- Stag turned doe ...
  8. Female Mimics Vol. 1 No. 9

     
    Collection: Female Mimics
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Health Knowledge
    Date: 1967
    Topics: Actors, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag kings, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Bunny Garland, Crazy Horse, Joey Baker, Moorish Stevens, Randy Taylor, Tammy Novack
    Description: On item cover: "For the adult reader." ; Contents: Tammy Novak -- "The golden age of female impersonation"-part 1 -- Randy Taylor -- The "crazy horse' -- Moorish Stevens -- Bunny Garland -- "Galler...
  9. Female Mimics Vol. 5 No. 3

     
    Collection: Female Mimics
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Eros Publishing Company
    Date: 1979
    Topics: Actors, Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag kings, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender culture, Transgender identity, Transgender people, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Eve, Iris Duval, Miss Gay USA, Sulka
    Description: On item cover: "New Female Mimics." ; Contents: Letter to the editor -- Iris Duval -- Looking your best -- The golden age of female impersonation -- Introducing Sulka -- Eve -- Memoirs of a TV lesb...
  10. Finocchio Club San Francisco: The World's Greatest Female Impersonators (1982)

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Finocchio, Joseph
    Date: 1982
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, Striptease
    Subject: Antonio Vizcaino, Carroll Wallace, Florencio de los Santos, Frank Doran, John Lonas, LaVerne Cummings, Lestre LaMonte, Lori Shannon, Nicki Gallucci, Paco Rios, Ray Francis, Rene DeCarlo, Walter Hart
  11. Les Girls: Boys Will Be Girls Vol. 1 No. 4

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Holly Publications
    Date: 1981
    Topics: Activists, Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Civil rights, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Bambi, Danny La Rue, Holli White, Kirk Weill, Rocio, Sulka
    Description: Contents: Rocio -- Bambi -- Holli White -- Michelle -- Danny LaRue -- Kirk Weill -- Sulka -- Amanda Winters.
  12. Performer Exiting a Stage

     
    Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, Music--Performance, Theater
    Description: A black performer poses for a photograph near a stage as she smiles, holding one arm out and holding up the skirt of her dress.
  13. Performer in Front of a Band

     
    Collection: Bobby Smith Photograph Collection
    Institution: University of South Florida
    Creator: Smith, Bobby
    Date: 1950s
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag, Drag queens, Evening gowns, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, Music--Performance, Singing, Theater
    Description: A black person wearing a silk dress and gloves performs on stage with a band.
  14. RuPaul at March on Washington

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Tom, William S.
    Date: Apr. 25, 1993
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: 1993 March on Washington
    Description: RuPaul at the March on Washington on April 25, 1993.
  15. Sunday Night Cabaret at JR.'s Bar and Grill (1986)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 1986
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Cabaret, Drag, Drag queens, Events, Female impersonators
    Subject: Dione Martell, JR’s Bar & Grill, Kandi Delight, Naomi Sims, Tiger LIl