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  1. Joan Jett Blakk Article for the San Francisco Bay Guardian

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Blakk, Joan Jett
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ newspapers
    Subject: Joan Jett Blakk
    Description: Clipping from the San Francisco Bay Guardian newspaper that includes a photograph of drag queen Joan Jett Blakk and her friend Diggety, as well as her critique of the gay community's anti-Blackness...
  2. Joan Jett Blakk Article on RuPaul

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Butches, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ musicians
    Subject: Joan Jett Blakk, Madonna, Meshell Ndegeocello, RuPaul
    Description: Article from Joan Jett Blakk discussing Ru Paul's music and praising her talent. She also talks about other queer musicians and her love for San Francisco.
  3. Joan Jett Blakk Interview with Elvis Herselvis

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Blakk, Joan Jett
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, Male impersonators
    Subject: Joan Jett Blakk, Leigh Crow
    Description: Joan Jett Blakk Interview clipping with Elvis Herselvis about being a drag king and her background as an artist.
  4. Late Nite with Joan Jett Blakk Show Schedule

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag community, Drag queens, Drag shows, LGBTQ+ events
    Subject: Joan Jett Blakk
    Description: Schedule for Drag Performer Joan Jett Blakk's live entertainment talk shows at Kiki.
  5. Lillyn Brown

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Clothing, Drag, Drag kings, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Lillyn Brown
    Description: A photograph of drag king Lillyn Brown wearing a fur shawl and a pearl necklace.
  6. Lillyn Brown and Another Person

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Clothing, Drag kings, LGBTQ+ people of color, Male impersonators
    Subject: Lillyn Brown, Normand Thomas
    Description: Lillyn Brown smokes a cigarette while another person, perhaps named Normand Thomas (written on the person in the photograph), looks on. "Berlin, Germany" is also written on the bottom of the photog...
  7. Mr. Ike Champagne as Dionne Warwick Signed Photo 1

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag performers, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ arts
    Subject: Dionne Warwick, Mr. Ike Champagne
    Description: Photo of performer Mr. Ike "Champagne" as Dionne Warwick.
  8. Negro Actors Guild gathering, which includes entertainers Luckey Roberts, Tondaleyo, Billy Daniels and Gladys Bentley, ca. 1940s

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1990 to circa 1949
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Guilds, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ people of color, Male impersonators
    Subject: Gladys Bentley, Negro Actors Guild
    Description: This item is an image of a gathering of the Negro Actors Guild, featuring Gladys Bentley.
  9. Person Posing and Singing

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), LGBTQ+ people of color, Singing
    Description: Two pictures of the same person: in the first picture the person is posing for the camera wearing a gown and shoulder length black gloves. The second picture has the person singing into a microphon...
  10. Photo of RuPaul

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag performers, Drag queens
    Subject: RuPaul
    Description: Photograph of RuPaul wearing a black dress and black knee-high boots.
  11. Photograph of Gladys Bentley

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Gladys Bentley
    Description: This is a photograph of Gladys Bentley.
  12. Photograph of Sir Lady Java in a Kaftan

     
    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: Sir Lady Java
    Description: Photograph of Sir Lady Java in a kaftan with tassels. The personal management contact for Bobby Bryant is at the bottom.
  13. 'Photos' regarding The Queen

     
    Collection: The Queen (1968) Production
    Institution: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
    Creator: Allen, Lewis M.
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Drag pageants, Drag queens, Drag shows, LGBTQ+ cinema, LGBTQ+ films, LGBTQ+ theater, Title contests
    Subject: Crystal LaBeija, Jack Dorowshow, Lewis Allen Productions, Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant, Rachel Harlow, The Queen (Film)
    Description: Executive producer Lewis M. Allen’s files for the documentary film The Queen (1968)— including film stills, publicity, an invitation for the Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant, and an invitation...
  14. 'Press/Reviews' for The Queen

     
    Collection: The Queen (1968) Production
    Institution: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
    Creator: Allen, Lewis M., Maxtone-Graham, John
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ cinema, LGBTQ+ films, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Crystal LaBeija, Paris Is Burning, The Queen (Film)
    Description: Executive producer Lewis M. Allen’s files for the documentary film The Queen (1968)—including pages from a press reviews file forum; copies of earlier press clippings and publicity materials (1967-...
  15. 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.