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  1. "A bit of old San Francisco” Best Wishes.

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1972
    Topics: Drag, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria, Nightingale of Montgomery Street
    Description: Artwork of Jose Sarria described as the "Nightingale of Montgomery Street." Text next to the image reads: "'A bit of old San Francisco' Best Wishes."
  2. B is for bartender: Bear bar trannie Matt Rice

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Bay Area Reporter
    Date: Jun. 26, 1997
    Topics: Bears (Gay culture), FtMs, Gay bars, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ bars, Sexual orientation, Trans men
    Subject: Lone Star, Matt Rice, San Francisco State University, Transgender Community Health Project
    Description: Article by Shan Schwartz that appeared in the Bay Area Reporter that profiles Matt Rice. Published June 26, 1997.
  3. Commonwealth vs. Palmer, William C

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Lynch, Adrienne C.
    Date: Jan. 4, 1996
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ people who use substances recreationally, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Sex work, Trans women, Trials (Murder)--Massachusetts
    Subject: Adrienne Lynch, Chanelle Pickett, Gabrielle Pickett, Jacque's, Playland Cafe, William C. Palmer
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.
  4. Cops Slam Door at a Swinging Spot

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 13, 1965
    Topics: Criminalization of cross-dressing, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ bars, Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, Transfemininity, Transgender community
    Description: Newspaper article titled "Cops Slam Door At a Swinging spot" describes the police raid and arrest of patrons at the Chukker Club (misidentified as the "Checker Club") in San Francisco, California; ...
  5. ETVC Newsletter Vol. 5, No. 2

     
    Collection: ETVC
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Ulsted, Karin
    Date: Sep. 1986 to Oct. 1986
    Topics: Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ support groups, Title contests, Transgender community, Transgender newsletters, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: Chez Mollet Restaurant, Educational TV Channel (ETVC), ETVC Cotillion, Gay Freedom Day Parade, Gender Identity Anonymous, International TV/TS Convention, Pacific Center for Human Growth, Rainbow Gender Association (RGA)
    Description: A newsletter by the Educational TV Channel talking about current events and ways for readers to get involved in the community. They mention a halloween party, conventions, and support groups to rea...
  6. Stone Butch Blues

     
    Collection: Rare Books
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Feinberg, Leslie
    Date: 1993
    Topics: Authors, Butches, Chest reconstruction surgery, Classism, Detention of LGBTQ+ people under a hospital order, Drag queens, Feminism, Femmes, Gender expression, Gender non-conforming people, Harassment, Hate crimes, Homelessness, Jewish LGBTQ+ people, Labor, Labor movement, Labor unions, Lesbian liberation, Lesbianism, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ authors, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ prisoners, LGBTQ+ relationships, LGBTQ+ sex workers, LGBTQ+ social processes, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Police harassment, Queer rights, Sexual harassment, Stone butches, Stonewall riots, Testosterone, Trans women, Transgender rights, Transmasculinity, Transphobia
    Subject: Alison Bechdel, Assata Shakur, CeCe McDonald, Chrystos, Eileen Myles, Emanuel Xavier, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Holly Hughes, Jess Goldberg, Jewelle Gomez, Judith Halberstam, Lambda Literary Award, Michael M. Hernandez, Stonewall Book Award, Susan Stryker
    Description: Originally published in 1993 by Firebrand Books, "Stone Butch Blues" by Leslie Feinberg is a novel that centers around protagonist Jess Goldberg and Jess' relationship to sexual and gender identity...
  7. Tennessee Vals

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Tennessee Vals
    Date: Apr. 1997
    Topics: Black transgender people, Coming out, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ books, LGBTQ+ newsletters, LGBTQ+ youth, Transgender community, Transsexual people
    Subject: Chanelle Pickett, Lady Chablis, RuPaul, The Other Side, The Queen Mary, True Spirit Conference
    Description: Tennessee Vals Newsletter with updates on resources for female impersonators, queer and drag club life, highlights from Val's March Meeting, a list of support groups, and a reflection on the handli...
  8. TGSF Newsletter Vol. 18, Issue 5

     
    Collection: ETVC
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Kantz, Ayme
    Date: May 1999
    Topics: Crossdressing, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ fashion, LGBTQ+ support groups, Transgender community, Transgender newsletters, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: Educational TV Channel (ETVC), HBIGDA, TransAction, Will Roscoe
    Description: A TGSF Newsletter (The Channel), formerly known as the ETVC, which discusses the recent turnout in attendance at events, protests, and resources for self-help. Content warning: one article has de...
  9. The Black Cat Cafe

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1972
    Topics: LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ night life
    Subject: Black Cat Bar, Travis Dirk
    Description: A piece of ephemera advertising the Black Cat Cafe. Includes the tagline: "Bohemia of the Barbary Coast."
  10. Thing Magazine No. 5

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Thing Magazine
    Date: Autumn 1991
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ magazines, LGBTQ+ photographers
    Subject: Lypsinka, Paris Is Burning
    Description: An issue of Thing Magazine featuring satirical pieces, a review of the film Paris Is Burning, a reflection of a queer cultural event, and photographs of drag queens, queer performers and clubgoers.
  11. Why does she do it?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries
    Creator: Stearns, Alan
    Date: Apr. 1992
    Topics: Clothing, Drag, Drag queens, Femininities, Feminism, Gender roles, LGBTQ+ bars, Masculinities, Pageants, Queer people
    Subject: La Cage Aux Folles, Limelight, Paris Is Burning
    Description: A clipping from the April 1992 issue of "Our Paper," titled: "Why does she do it?" discussing drag and queer stereotypes.