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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. An Exotic Gay Subculture Turns Poignant Under Scrutiny

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Dunning, Jennifer
    Date: Mar. 23, 1991
    Topics: Ballroom families, Drag balls, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transvestites
    Subject: Dorian Corey, Jennie Livingston, Meg McLagan, Octavia St. Laurent, Pepper Labeija, Willi Ninja
    Description: A description of how the film "Paris is Burning" relates to ball culture in New York City.
  3. Butch Queens in Drag: Issues of Race and Gender

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Cavanagh, Chris
    Date: May 1991 to Jun. 1991
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag, Drag balls, Film, Voyeurism
    Subject: House of Ninja, House of Saint Laurent, House of Xtravaganza, Jennie Livingston, Madonna, MTV, Paris Is Burning, Pepper Labeija, Pop Cult, Vogue
  4. Club 82/'88

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1988
    Topics: Drag balls, Drag community
    Description: This is a poster for a performance of "Club 82/'88" that took place on June 13th and 20th.
  5. Confessions of a Lesbian Groupie

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Gabe, Carolyn
    Date: Autumn 1989
    Topics: Drag, Drag balls, Entertainers, Erotica, Gender bending, Lesbians, Masculinities
  6. Cross-Port InnerView, Vol. 7 No. 8 (August, 1991)

     
    Collection: Cross-Port InnerView
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Cross-Port
    Date: Aug. 1991
    Topics: Clothing, Coming out, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Fag hags, Families, Gender realignment surgery, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Central Florida Sisters, Cincinnati Enquirer, Cross-Port Weekenders, Crystal Club, Human Outreach and Achievement Institute, Indiana Crossdresser Society, Indy Star, Jade Fashions, Jim Bridges, Los Angeles Times, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Trans-West Virginia (TWV), Yvonne Gordon
    Description: Magazine name changed from "Cross-Port" starting with Vol. 1 No. 3 (September, 1985)
  7. Cross-Port InnerView, Vol. 8 No. 12 (December, 1992)

     
    Collection: Cross-Port InnerView
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Cross-Port
    Date: Dec. 1992
    Topics: Clothing, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag balls, Passing (Gender), Secrecy, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Crystal Club, Erie Sisters Riverside Gala Weekend, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Jamie P. Moore, Kathy Merrill, North Coast Gender Alliance, Paris Is Burning, Toronto Coronation
    Description: Magazine name changed from "Cross-Port" starting with Vol. 1 No. 3 (September, 1985)
  8. Cross-Port InnerView, Vol. 8 No. 5 (May, 1992)

     
    Collection: Cross-Port InnerView
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Cross-Port
    Date: May 1992
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Self-acceptance, Talk shows, Transgender people, Transsexualism, Verbal abuse
    Subject: American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), American Psychiatric Association (APA), Be All You Want to Be, Creative Design Services, Crystal Club, Dick Wolfsie, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Jerry Springer Show, JoAnn Roberts, John Felder, Merissa Sherrill Lynn, Murray Povich, Richard F. Docter, Tapestry Magazine, The Phil Donahue Show, The Thing Shop, Yvonne Cook
    Description: Magazine name changed from "Cross-Port" starting with Vol. 1 No. 3 (September, 1985)
  9. Fan Fair Gazette, Issue 1 (October 19-20, 1991)

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Newsletters
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator: The Outreach Institute of Gender Studies (OIGS)
    Date: Oct. 19, 1991 to Oct. 20, 1991
    Topics: Drag balls, Film, Gender bending, Logistics, Reviews, Sexual minorities
    Subject: Alison Laing, Fantasia Fair, Human Outreach and Achievement Institute, Paris Is Burning
  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. Finocchio Club San Francisco: The World's Greatest Female Impersonators Souvenir Magazine (1983)

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Geneck, Rebecca, Leonard, Jeff, Marino, Peter
    Date: 1983
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease
    Subject: Antonio Vizcaino, Cleo B. Fast, Florencio de los Santos, Frank Doran, George Buchanon, John Compton, John Lonas, LaVerne Cummings, Lestre LaMonte, Lucian, Mike Michelle, Paco Rios, Pat Campano, Paul La Ray, Ray Francis, Rene DeCarlo, Walter Hart
  12. Gender In Formation Vol. 1 No. 1 (April, 1992)

     
    Collection: East Coast FTM Group Organizational Records
    Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives
    Creator: Power, Bet, Power, Ben
    Date: Apr. 1992
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag balls, Finances, FtMs, Support groups, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: East Coast FtM Group, First Link, Flikker Network, Kate Bornstein, Real Art Ways, SHELIX, The Gender Bender Ball, The Opposite Sex is Neither, The XX Club, Vesta Tilley
  13. International TranScript, Vol. 2 No. 1 (Jan. 1992)

     
    Collection: Creative Design Services Publications and Documents
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Roberts, JoAnn
    Date: 1992
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressers, Drag balls, Gender role, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Spirituality, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Anita Berber, Octavia St. Laurent, Paris Is Burning, Silence of the Lambs
  14. Lavender lads make woo! woo! Hallowe'en eve

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag balls, Drag queens, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender)
    Description: A newspaper article describing a queer celebration, focusing on the drag performers
  15. Lower Susquehanna News, Vol. 3 No. 4 (April, 1991)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Larson, Elsa
    Date: Apr. 1991
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag balls, Homelessness
    Subject: Brenda Carr, Les Belles & Friends, Nicole James, Ramona Stallings, Vernon Flook, York College