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  1. Aching to Be a Prima Donna, When You’re a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Canby, Vincent
    Date: Mar. 13, 1991
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag balls, Drag families, Drag queens
    Subject: Dorian Corey, Jennie Livingston, Pepper Labeija, Venus Extravaganza, Willi Ninja
    Description: A description of the film "Paris is Burning", and a brief explanation of the ball culture explored in the film that acknowledges prominent individuals.
  2. Dorian Corey Is Dead

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
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    Date: Aug. 31, 1993
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Drag, Female impersonators, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ death notices, Trans women
    Subject: Dorian Corey, Paris Is Burning, Sally's Hideaway, Sally's II
    Description: A clipping from the New York Times about the death of Dorian Corey, a Black trans woman.
  3. Thing Magazine No. 8

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Blakk, Joan Jett
    Date: Winter 1992
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ films, LGBTQ+ photographers
    Subject: Billie Holiday, Dorian Corey, International March on the United Nations to Affirm The Human Rights of Lesbian and Gay People, Joey Arias, Larry Tee, March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, National Black Gay and Lesbian Conference, National Coming Out Day, No Money, No Honey, RuPaul, Wigstock, World AIDS Day
    Description: Thing Magazine Number 8, with an article about film festivals in NYC and Chicago that includes descriptions of media featuring drag queens, an in-depth article about the terminology gay men use dur...