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  1. Novelty's imitateur a transformations

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1915
    Topics: Female impersonators
    Description: Full length photo of a man in showgirl dress; vignette headshot of same performer in white tie. Divided verso.
  2. Oriental Dancer Is A Mere Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Plain Dealer
    Date: 1922
    Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Asian people, Princess Zira, Robert North
    Description: Article published by The Plain Dealer about a performance done by an Asian female impersonator, Princess Zira.
  3. Paris Beauty Prize Almost Won by a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 17, 1924
    Topics: Competitions, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Femininities
    Subject: Andre Quinet, Lionel Ames, Marc Peter Jr.
  4. Pastoral and Psychological Information and Inter-aid Centre for Sexual Minorities

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Centre du Christ Liberateur
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Homosexuals, Lesbians, Transsexual people
    Subject: Centre du Christ Liberateur, Rupert Raj
    Description: A description of the Centre du Christ Liberateur's services for sexual minorities. These include events, special interest groups, gay switchboard services, counselling, and publications.
  5. Plus Ça Sex Change

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 2, 1980
    Topics: Crossdressers, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Migrants, Night life
    Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria)
  6. Real Truth About Those Sex-Change Operations

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Cordoza, Manuel
    Date: Jul. 25, 1964
    Topics: Divorce, Gender realignment surgery, Marriage, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: April Ashley, Arthur Corbett, Arthur Corbett Rowallan, Britain's Boy Scouts, Carl Hammons, Christine Jorgensen, Christopher Somerset, Coccinelle, Elizabeth Forbes-Semhill, Francois Bonnet, Georgina Turtle, Hedy Jo Star, Howard J. Knox, Isobel Mitchell, Jacques Dufresnoy, John Cabell Breckinridge, Zdenka Koubkova
  7. Refusal to Alter Transsexual's Birth Certificate a Breach

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 31, 1992
    Topics: Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: Article recounts a Nigerian-born French woman's court case to get her official documents to reflect her name and gender.
  8. Renaissance News & Views, Vol. 8 No. 8 (August 1994)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Aug. 1994
    Topics: Appearance, BDSM, Children, Civil rights, Clothing, Conservatism, Crossdressing, Fantasies, Fetishism, Gender identity, Gender role, HIV/AIDS, Lesbians, Masculinities, Prisoners, Psychotherapy, Representation, Stonewall riots, Television, Therapies, Transsexual people, Two-Spirit people
    Subject: Stonewall 25
  9. Renaissance News, Vol. 4 No. 1 (January 1990)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Jan. 1990
    Topics: Children of transgender people, Coming out, Crossdressing, Gender realignment surgery, Interviews, Plastic surgery, Prisons, Support groups, Theatre, Transgender parents, Transsexual people
  10. Renaissance News, Vol. 4 No. 11 (November 1990)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Nov. 1990
    Topics: Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Kidnappings, LGBTI community, Parents of transgender people, Stonewall riots, Support groups, Transgender families, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Victims of crime
  11. Renaissance News, Vol. 4 No. 12 (December 1990)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Dec. 1990
    Topics: Androgyny, Anti-gay violence, Appearance, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Employment discrimination, Gender realignment surgery, Hate crimes, HIV/AIDS, Kidnappings, Oppression, Prisoners, Prisons, Self-image, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Victims of crime
    Subject: Boy George, Craig Russell, Fantasia Fair, Mae West, Paula Jordan Sinclair, Ugo Tognazzi
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to medical abuse and homophobic violence.
  12. Renee Imperato Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Imperato, Renee, Kalin, Betsy
    Date: Jan. 23, 2021
    Topics: Ball culture, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ veterans, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Racism against Black people, Sex work, Transfeminine people, Transgender disabled people, Transgender political activists, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
    Subject: 220 Club, House of Sally, Leslie Feinberg, Paris Is Burning, SAGE Advisory Council, World Worker's Party
    Description: Renee Imperato was born on May 8, 1948 in the Hell’s Kitchen area of New York City. Renee describes the first 30 some years of life as living as an “unconscious male impersonator.” Renee fought in ...
  13. Roberta Cowell and Friend Shopping in French Market (April 22, 1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 22, 1954
    Topics: MtFs, Shopping, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Roberta Cowell
    Description: Transas City notes that the date attributed to this object is in question.
  14. Roberta Cowell and Lisa Morrell in Cab in Nice (1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1954
    Topics: MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Lisa Morrell, Roberta Cowell
    Description: According to the Transas City site: "From the back of the photograph: THE GIRL ALL THE WORLD IS TALKING ABOUT RESTS IN THE SUNSHINE AT NICE. On the Promenade des Anglais, Roberta and her comp...
  15. Roberta Cowell and Lisa Morrell in Nice (1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1954
    Topics: MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Lisa Morrell, Picture Post, Roberta Cowell
    Description: From the Transas City Website: "Roberta Cowell in Nice, 1954, looking at her cover article on Picture Post. From the back of the photograph: ME ON THE COVER. ' Picture Post, with my story in ...