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  1. She's A He

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 5, 1954
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, BIPOC, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Photographs
    Subject: Manhattan Guardsmen, Phil Black
  2. 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.
  3. Shot Female Impersonator: Negro in Woman's Garb Slashes Policemen and Is Killed

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 22, 1908
    Topics: Black people, Clothing, Female impersonators, Mass media, Police, Race relations, Violence
    Subject: George Thompson
  4. Show Stoppers

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Cram, Peg
    Date: Jun. 29, 1976
    Topics: Clothing, Cosmetics, Drag, Female impersonators, Night life
    Subject: Fantasy Follies, Ty Bennett
  5. Simo Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Simo
    Date: Aug. 1, 2023
    Topics: Farms, Feminism, Figure skating, Jewish LGBTQ+ people, Queer people, Transgender people
    Description: An interview with Simo about their life and experiences.
  6. Simon Chartrand Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Chartrand, Simon
    Date: Jul. 27, 2017
    Topics: Acceptance, Autism spectrum disorders, Childhood, Clothing, Colleges, Coming out, Community centres, Dating, Families, Gender identity, Gender minorities, Health care, Hormones, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Misogyny, Physicians, Racism, Schools, Social media, Support groups, Therapies, Transgender children, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Janet Mock, Simon Chartrand
    Description: Simon Chartrand describes his experience growing up in upstate New York, being outed to family, living with chronic pain and navigating healthcare as a trans person. Simon discusses the long proces...
  7. Simone Kolysh Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Kolysh, Simone
    Date: Feb. 14, 2018
    Topics: Adolescence, Bisexuality, Brothers, Bullying, Childhood, Families, Motherhood, Sexual assault, Travel
    Description: Simone Kolysh describes their non-binary gender identity, growing up in a Russian immigrant family, becoming a parent, and their academic work on trans studies.
  8. Since Hiram Went To Yale

     
    Collection: Sheet Music
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Van Alstyne, Egbert, Williams, Harry
    Date: 1906
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Male impersonators, Musical theatre
    Subject: Della Fox
  9. Sindell Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Niculescu, Sebastián Castro, Sindell
    Date: Jul. 24, 2018
    Topics: Childhood, Choir boys, Divorce, Gender dysphoria, Hormone therapy, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Masturbation, MtFs, Musicians, Passing (Gender), Pornography, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Travel
    Description: Sebastián Castro Niculescu interviews Sindell, an entertainer who sings, dances, and performs. She talks about being married to a man whose family did not know she was trans, as well as her dreams ...
  10. Siobhan Meow Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Meow, Siobhan
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Squatter settlements, Suicidal behavior, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Description: An interview with Siobhan Meow discussing it's life and experiences.
  11. Sir Lady Java New Years Eve Show Advertisement

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people of color
    Subject: D'Jon Ballroom, Sir Lady Java
    Description: Flyer advertisement for a New Year's Eve dance and show featuring Sir Lady Java in the D'Jon Ballroom.
  12. Six Years for Harry Mortimer: The Nimble-Fingered Female Impersonator Must Go to Prison

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Inter Ocean
    Date: Oct. 19, 1895
    Topics: Appearance, Arrests, Body adornment, Courts, Female impersonators, Police, Sentencing
    Subject: Harry Mortimer
  13. Slim Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Shalabi, Miles, Calou, Yana, Slim
    Date: May 5, 2017
    Topics: Change of name, Coming out, Communities, FtMs, Health care, Islam, Judges, LGBTI community, Transgender community, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: CUNY LGBT Leadership, Miles Shalabi, Slim
    Description: Slim discusses his experience of coming out to his family and navigating his parents' feelings about his identity while finding acceptance and support from his siblings, girlfriend and friends. Hav...
  14. Son Kit Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Kit, Son, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro
    Date: Jul. 23, 2018
    Topics: Academics, Anime, Artists, Asian cultures, Colleges, Friendships, Gender identity, Korean American families, Transgender people, Zines
    Description: In an interview with Sebástian Casto Niculescu, artist/curator Son Kit explains their complex childhood, in which the pressures of their Korean family and their confusion with their queer identity ...
  15. Sonia Martinez Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Martinez, Sonia, Keyes, Anna
    Date: Apr. 11, 2018
    Topics: Adolescence, Breast, Crossdressers, Drag, Drag queens, Family members, Femininities, Hormones, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Night life, Prisons, Transgender people
    Subject: Stonewall
    Description: Anna Keyes interviews Sonia Martinez, who opens up about her growth into her female identity throughout her adolescence and beyond. Martinez found a community of LGBTQIA+ individuals as a youth, wh...