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  1. Public Ledger

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 26, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women
    Subject: Eliza Pinkston, Frances Thompson
    Description: Clipping from the newspaper The Public Ledger. A judge compares the court cases of Frances Thompson and Eliza Pinkston.
  2. 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...
  3. Respect System, Spiro Pleads

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Oct. 13, 1970
    Topics: Ethnic groups, Gender realignment surgery, Political parties, Politics, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Republican Party, Spiro Agnew
    Description: Newspaper based in Trenton, New Jersey
  4. 'Rita' Murder Mystery Still Unsolved

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Goldstein, Debra
    Date: Dec. 15, 1998
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ memorials, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women
    Subject: Boston Herald, Brenda Wynne, Darrell Hester, Eartha Hester, Jacque's, Nancy Nangeroni, Rita Hester
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.
  5. Sandy Loam Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Loam, Sandy
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Family members, LGBTQ+ domestic violence, Pornography, Racism, Trans women
    Description: Interview with Sandy Loam about her life and experiences as a tran woman in NYC.
  6. Schools For Training Liars

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 5, 1884
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault and the use of transphobic language.
  7. Season's Greetings 1998

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Dec. 26, 1998
    Topics: Black transgender people, Gay men, Indian LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Mexicans, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Ashok Kavi, Cloning, Cocoa Rodriguez, Melissa, Stonewall Veterans' Association, Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting
    Description: The 1998 issue of an annual newsletter written by Marsha P. Johnson's roommate, Randy Wicker, in which he provides updates on his life, including cloning advocacy and his mother's move to Arizona.
  8. Sex-Change Movie Reaches Screen

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Manners, Dorothy
    Date: Mar. 27, 1970
    Topics: Actors, Clothing, Film, Gender realignment surgery, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, John Hansen, Moss Marbry
  9. Sex-Change Pioneer Has Party, Not Funeral

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: May 6, 1989
    Topics: Death and dying, Gender realignment surgery, Parties, Trans women, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Brenda Lana Smith, Christine Jorgensen
  10. She's Beautiful, Plucky—And a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Canby, Vincent
    Date: Feb. 27, 1972
    Topics: Drag queens, Female impersonators, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ films, Trans women
    Subject: Andy Warhol, Berlin Stories, Broadway, Cabaret, Candy Darling, Christopher Isherwood, Holly Woodlawn, Jackie Curtis, Kit Kat Club, Liza Minnelli, Paul Morrissey, Sally Bowles, Women in Revolt, Women's LIberation
    Description: A newspaper clipping containing a review of the Andy Warhol film "Women in Revolt" which follows three female impersonators: Candy Darling, Jackie Curtis, and Holly Woodlawn.
  11. Singular Case

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 21, 1878
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transfemininity, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.
  12. Sir Lady Java Headshot Card

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator: Flatte of Hollywood
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: African American LGBTQ+ people, African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, Trans women
    Subject: Sir Lady Java
    Description: A headshot picture of Sir Lady Java from chest-up. She styles a teased and curly hairstyle and a chunky necklace. The back of the card reads "Flatte of Hollywood", the name of a Lithuanian photo st...
  13. Sir Lady Java Promotional Card with Three Photos

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: African American LGBTQ+ people, African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Sir Lady Java
    Description: Three-photograph card of Sir Lady Java in a two-piece set and dark cape with a tulle headpiece.
  14. Sir Lady Java Promotional Photo

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: African American LGBTQ+ people, African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Sir Lady Java
    Description: Promotional card for Sir Lady Java including logo for Bobby Bryant as her personal management.
  15. Slain Man's Car is Found by Police

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 15, 1998
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Murder--Investigation, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women
    Subject: Monique Thomas
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.