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  1. A Changing of Sex By Surgery Begun at Johns Hopkins

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Buckley, Thomas
    Date: Nov. 21, 1966
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Gender dysphoria, Homosexuality, LGBTQ+ people of color, Medicalization, MtFs, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Harry Benjamin, Mental Health, Reed Erickson, The Transsexual Phenomenon
    Description: A clipping from the New York Times talking about early gender affirming surgery done at Johns Hopkins.
  2. Austria: Former Austrian Woman Champion Skier Begins Training For Men's Ski Events - After Sex Change. 1968

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator: Reuters Agency, Ltd.
    Date: Jun. 24, 1968
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Trans men, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: 1968 Winter Olympics, Erik Schinegger
    Description: Video footage of professional skier Erik Schinegger training and at home.
  3. Dawn Langley Simmons and John Paul Simmons

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 22, 1969
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Marriage, Trans women
    Subject: Dawn Langley Hall, John Paul Simmons
    Description: A newspaper clipping detailing the 1969 marriage of Dawn Langley Simmons and Gordon Langley Hall in Charleston, South Carolina.
  4. Facts about Sex Changes

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Philip, Don
    Date: Jun. 1965
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Intersex people, LGBTQ+ night life, Medical care, Transgender identity, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Christopher Somerset, Coccinelle, Georgina Turtle, Guilano Rolando Casciotti, James Ernest Hughes, Vittorio Alvaro
    Description: Clipping from page 7 of Gay International, Number 14, June 1965, published by Gay Publishing Co. Ltd.
  5. Female Impersonators #1

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Winter 1969
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag community, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Gender affirming surgery, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ fashion, LGBTQ+ films, LGBTQ+ people in the military, Transvestites
    Subject: Bunny Lake, Chickee Ramos, Christine Jorgensen, Holli White, Miss Fire Island, Moorish Stevens, Robin Rogers
    Description: Female Impersonators magazine edition with photos of drag queens at various competitions; articles about these contests and the people in them, including tips for female impersonators to improve th...
  6. From Man to Woman- Part I

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Newton, Delisa
    Date: Apr. 1966
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Gender affirming surgery, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender community
    Subject: Delisa Newton
    Description: An article written by Delisa Newton in which she discusses having gender affirming surgery, transitioning, and finally living as her true self.
  7. From Man to Woman- Part II

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Newton, Delisa
    Date: May 1966
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Gender affirming surgery, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender community
    Subject: Delisa Newton
    Description: An article written by Delisa Newton in which she discusses having gender affirming surgery, transitioning, and finally living as her true self.
  8. Life's Been Grand Since I Changed Sex

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Newton, Delisa
    Date: Jul. 11, 1965
    Topics: Black transgender people, Gender affirming surgery, Trans women
    Subject: Delisa Newton, Hedy Jo Starr
    Description: An article published in The National Insider by Delisa Newton, who claims to be the first Black person to have undergone gender affirming surgery. Newton discusses her life after surgery and the n...
  9. National Insider Article on Delisa Newton

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: The National Insider
    Date: Jun. 13, 1965
    Topics: Black transgender people, Gender affirming surgery, Military bases, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender people in the military
    Description: Article detailing the life and transition of marines veteran Delisa Newton. Includes an overview of Newton's life and gender journey, romantic interests, and anecdotes about Newton's life in the mi...
  10. Queens at Heart (1967)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: UCLA Film and Television Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1967
    Topics: Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Femininities, Gay bars, Gender affirming surgery, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Hormones, LGBTQ+ suicide, Medicalization, Sex (Act), Trans women, Transphobia
    Subject: Jay Martin
    Description: "This short pseudo-documentary offers a rare look at trans life and drag ball culture in mid-1960s New York." According to Jenni Olson, the LGBTQ historian and archivist who rediscovered the film i...
  11. Sex Change Wants To Change Back

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Seville, Latina
    Date: Feb. 14, 1965
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Families, Femininities, Gender affirming surgery, Homosexuality, Sexual relationships, Transgender identity
    Subject: Abbe Lane, George Bernard Shaw, Jack Martin, Rita Hayworth
  12. South Africa: Woman Who Had Sex Change Is Now Happily Married; Interview With Mr And Mrs Ashley

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 10, 1965
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Legal name change, Trans women, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Melanie Ashley, Robin Ashley
    Description: A short interview with Melanie Ashley and Robin Ashley, in which Melanie's gender transition is discussed.
  13. Transvestia vol. 10 no. 60

     
    Collection: Transvestia
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 1969
    Topics: Crossdressing, Gay movement, Gender affirming surgery, Hormone therapy (Gender), Transfeminine people, Transsexualism, Transvestism
    Subject: Pudgy Roberts