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  1. An Intimate Circle of Friends

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Moody, Linda
    Date: Oct. 13, 1984
    Topics: Crossdressing, Lesbian artists, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ archives, LGBTQ+ theater, Sexism
    Subject: Addie Manning, Anne Whitney, Boston Area Lesbian and Gay History Project, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Cushman, Edwin Booth, Eliza Cook, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Gay Community News, Hamlet, Harriet Hosmer, Janet Kahn, Macbeth, Matilda Hays, Oliver Twist, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare
    Description: This article details the life and history of Charlotte Cushman and her circle of friends, many of whom were lesbians and engaged in crossdressing. There are several small typos in the article; Cush...
  2. PEOPLE'S—Gowongo Mohawk

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1897
    Topics: Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Native American LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Gowongo Mohawk, Wep-Ton-No-Mah
    Description: A short article published in 1897 in the Philadelphia Inquirer detailing Gowongo Mohawk, an Indigenous male impersonator acting as the leading role in the play "Wep-Ton-No-Mah."
  3. Scrapbook 09

     
    Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Anderson, Adèle
    Date: 1978?
    Topics: Abortion, Clothing, Drag, Feminism, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Intersex parents, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ night life, LGBTQ+ theater, Non-monogamous people, Performance art, Polyamorous people, Queer people, Sexuality, Transsexual people
    Subject: Amanda Lear, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, Daily Telegraph, Daisy Hyams, Erik Schinegger, Evening Mail, Evening News, Evening Standard, George Logan, Hinge & Bracket, Janet Lloyd, Jean Rook, May Fair Theatre, News of the World, Patrick Fyffe, Richmond Theatre, Sunday Mirror, The Guardian, The Observer, The Times
    Description: This scrapbook includes a wide range of clippings such as a program for the show "Hinge & Bracket," a few articles on Amanda Lear, and a piece titled "Launching the First Trisexual Disco." This ite...