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Glaad Presents: The Night of 1000 Legends
Collection: Imperial Court of New York Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Imperial Court of New York Date: circa 1986 to 2000 Topics: Dance, Drag balls, Drag community, Drag queens, Gay bars, Transgender people Subject: Buster Hymen, Club 58, Coco LaChine, Diane Torrance, Empress IX Philomena, GLAAD, Lady Bunny, Night Of A Thousand Gowns Description: A one-page flyer for GLAAD's Night of a Thousand Legends celebration. The flyer lists several famous drag performers who will be in attendance, including Lady Bunny, Buster Hymen, Empress Philomena... -
Green Dirndl Dress
Collection: Finocchio's collection Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: circa 1950 to circa 1999 Topics: Drag, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ night life Subject: Finocchio's Club Description: Green dirndl dress worn by Finocchio's performers. -
Green Lace Gown
Collection: Finocchio's collection Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: circa 1950 to circa 1999 Topics: Drag, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ night life Subject: Finocchio's Club Description: Green lace gown worn by Finocchio's performers. -
Group Photograph of Finocchio's Performers
Collection: Finocchio's collection Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: circa 1950 to circa 1999 Topics: Drag, Drag performers, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ night life Subject: Finocchio's Club Description: Photograph of nine of Finocchio's performers dressed in show attire. One clownish doll is also featured. -
Guide to the Cornell Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Coalition records, 1967-1999
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Date: 1991 Topics: Bisexuality, Gay college students, Gay liberation movement, Gays, Homosexuality, Lesbians Subject: Cornell Gay Liberation, Cornell Gays, Lesbians and Bisexuals of Color, Cornell Lesbian, Bisexual and Questioning Women, Cornell Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Coalition, Cornell University Gay Liberation Front, Cornellesbians, Gay People at Cornell, Janis Kelly, Jearld Moldenhauer, Robert Roth, Student Homophile League of Cornell University, Victoria Mead Description: Correspondence, logbooks, financial records and accounts, newsletters, bibliographies, minutes, lists, and broadsides of and pertaining to gay student groups at Cornell University. Includes twenty ... -
Henri Defreyn in drag as a geisha. Process print after G. Dupont, 19--.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1900 to 1999? Topics: Female impersonators Description: Henri Defreyn performing a parody of Sada Yacco, geisha and actress. The extremely popular Japanese entertainer Sada Yacco had toured the world 1900-1903 and caused a sensation wherever she went. S... -
Hey, Look Us Over!
Collection: Fantasia Fair: Programs, Participant Guides, and Directories Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Creative Design Services Date: Oct. 24, 1991 Topics: Crossdressing, Events, Theatre, Theatre shows Subject: Crown & Anchor, Fantasia Fair, Fantasia Fair Follies -
How To Wear a Tiara
Collection: Imperial Court of New York Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Imperial Court of New York Date: circa 1986 to 2000 Topics: LGBTQ+ events, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821--Coronation, Tiaras Description: A one-page leaflet describing the etiquette for wearing tiaras at various events, and some dos and don'ts for first-time tiara wearers. -
I Heart Trans People
Collection: Button Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Date: 1977 to circa 2010 Topics: Allies, Transgender people, Visibility Description: Circular white button with black text and a red heart. The button reads "I HEART TRANS PEOPLE" -
I Never Asked to Be Born: The Carol Durrell Story
Collection: Rare Books Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Durrell, Carol Date: circa 1990 to circa 2000 Topics: Black transgender people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ Christians, LGBTQ+ musicians, Police entrapment of LGBTQ+ people, Police violence toward LGBTQ+ people , Trans women Subject: Carol Durrell Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to child abuse and sexual assault. The autobiography of Carol Durrell (1945-2012), later known as Carolyn D. Rothschild, a ... -
Imperial Court of New York Colorful Event Flyer
Collection: Imperial Court of New York Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Imperial Court of New York Date: circa 1986 to circa 2000 Topics: LGBTQ+ events Subject: The Lords and Ladies Show Description: A colorful flyer announcing an event called "The Lords and Ladies Show." -
Imperial Court of New York Press Releases on Night of a Thousand Gowns
Collection: Imperial Court of New York Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Imperial Court of New York Date: circa 1986 to 2000 Topics: Benefit performances, Charity organization, Dance, Drag community, Fund raising, LGBTQ+ events Subject: Night Of A Thousand Gowns Description: Two press releases discussing events and awards that will happen at the next Night of a Thousand Gowns, and the various causes funded by past charity balls held by the Imperial Court. -
Inclusive Community?
Collection: Phyllis Frye Collection Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Frye, Phyllis Randolph Date: Jan. 18, 1991 Topics: Bisexual people, Gay men, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Pink triangles, Stonewall riots, Transgender people Subject: Ann Richards, Asterisk, Houston Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus, Nikki Van Hightower Description: Clipping from page 33 of This Week in Texas, Volume 16, Number 45, January 18-24, 1991, published by Texas Weekly Times Newspaper Co. -
Indeed, Include Indian Chiefs
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Roscoe, Will Date: Jun. 16, 1991 Topics: Anthropologists, Clothing, Crossdressers, Homosexuals, Indigenous peoples, Third gender Subject: Chief Sitting Bull, Matilda Stevenson, The Zuni Man-Woman, We'wha, Zunis Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to racist and transphobic language. The term ‘berdache’ it is a historical slur against Native American people who now com... -
Informational Flyer for the Imperial Court of New York
Collection: Imperial Court of New York Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Imperial Court of New York Date: circa 1986 to 2000 Topics: Advertising fliers, AIDS organizations, Dance, Fire Island (N.Y. : Island), Gay pride, Gay pride celebrations Subject: Body Positive, Dance-A-Thon, Empire State Pride Agenda, Fire Island, Fire Island Morning Party, Gay Games, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC), GMHC AIDS Walk, Heart and Soul, Joan Rivers Show, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), Night Of A Thousand Gowns, People With AIDS Health Group, The Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, The Human Rights Campaign Fund, The New Festival, The People With AIDS Coalition Description: A one-page informational flyer about the history of the Imperial Court of New York. It discusses how Jose Sarria founded the Imperial Court, and how the court participates in New York queer events ...
