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  1. Unknown masc and unknown femme hugging

     
    Collection: Francis Hill Photograph Albums
    Institution: University of Washington Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1956
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people, Transgender people
    Description: Photograph of an unknown masc and an unknown femme hugging in front of floral wallpaper on a florally patterned couch with newspapers on it. The masc is in a striped dress shirt and dress pants, an...
  2. Venus Castina: Famous Female Impersonators: Celestial and Human (Facsimile Edition)

     
    Collection: Rare Books
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Bulliet, Clarence Joseph
    Date: 1956
    Topics: Amazons, Bible, Christianity, Circumcision, Crossdressers, Drag, Drag queens, Eroticism, Femininities, History, Homophobia, Judaism, Masculinities, Music, Mythology, Passing (Gender), Poets, Psychology, Sexuality, Sportspersons, Theatre, Transphobia, Visual arts
    Subject: Abbé de Choisy, Antoine Francois Derues, Bernard S. Talmey, Farinelli, Freud, Girolamo Crescentini, Havelock Ellis, Julian Eltinge, Julius Caesar, King Charles II, Leonardo da Vinci, Memories of the Kaiser's Court, Michelangelo, Oscar Wilde, Penal Code of 1889, Queen Elizabeth I, Raphael de la Chapelle, Secret Life of the Kaiser, Shakespeare, The Dark Ages, Witches' Sabbath, World War I
    Description: Contents: At the shrine of Venus Castina --The hero in woman's dress -- Achilles. Hercules, Samson -- The gods in fine laces -- Love of the philosophers -- Orgy of the Caesars -- Versatility of Sat...
  3. Walter Hart Scrapbook

     
    Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Hart, Walter
    Date: circa 1930 to 1978
    Topics: Comedians, Drag performers, Drag shows, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ musicians, Mothers of LGBTQ+ people, Revues, World War, 1939-1945
    Subject: Club 365, Finocchio's Club, Frank Doran, Freddy Renault, Gay Nineties, Ida Re'Velle, Jackie Maye, La Fiesta, Mae West, Music Box Theatre, Nicki Gallucci, Ray Bourbon, Sophie Tucker, Walter Hart
    Description: This scrapbook documents the career and social life of Walter Hart, a female impersonator who headlined at Finocchio's nightclub in San Francisco between the 1930s and 1950s. Scrapbook pages includ...
  4. We're Not a Danger to Your Family. We Are Your Family!

     
    Collection: Button Collection
    Institution: Sexual Minorities Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1900s
    Topics: Activists, Discrimination, Families, LGBTI community, Pink triangles
    Description: Blue circular button with upside-down rainbow triangle. Text: "We're not a danger to your family. WE ARE YOUR FAMILY!" Ruler also pictured for scale.
  5. What Is the International Alliance for Male Feminism?

     
    Collection: Informational and Event Brochures
    Institution: University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1951 to 1978
    Topics: Crossdressers, Eonist people, Femininities, Partners of crossdressers, Transgender people, Transvestites
    Subject: International Alliance for Male Feminism (IAMF), Journal of Male Feminism
    Description: A document that outlines the mission of and membership requirements for The International Alliance for Male Feminism.
  6. Whoops my dear!

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1950? to 1980?
    Topics: Homophobia, Persecution of gay men, Sexual offenses laws
  7. Wilhelmina (Willy) at the Trafalgar Baths

     
    Collection: Kewpie Photographs
    Institution: GALA Queer Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1950 to circa 1980
    Topics: Gender minorities, Public facilities
    Subject: Wilhelmina
    Description: This photo was captioned by Kewpie when the photos were transferred to GALA in 1999: At the Trafalgar Baths. ‘Willy’ (Wilhelmina) ‘She was a strooi meisie …you know working on the road’.