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  1. Grandfather Brown (William) at a masquerade party

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Critcherson, G.P.
    Date: 1800 to 1899
    Topics: African Americans, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, Femininities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Masquerades
    Description: William Brown, a wealthy Black businessman in Worcester, MA in the 19th century, wearing a dress. Part of the Brown Family Papers Collection, call number Mss. Boxes B.

  2. Memoir of Jemima Wilkinson: a preacheress of the eighteenth century; containing an authentic narrative of her life and character, and of the rise, progress and conclusion of her ministry

     
    Collection: Rare Books
    Institution: Brown University Library
    Creator: Hudson, David
    Date: 1844
    Topics: Agender identity, Crossdressers, LGBTQ+ religious people, Non-binary people, Religious leaders
    Subject: Public Universal Friend
    Description: An early biography of the Public Universal Friend (1752-1819), an American evangelist who did not identify with any gender or pronouns.

  3. Singular Case - An Oath of Allegiance Between Two Noted Characters

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
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    Date: Dec. 21, 1844
    Topics: Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Robbery
    Subject: Almira C., Beefsteak Pete, John Williams, Joseph Liness, Peter Sewally, Theodore Augustus Jackson
    Description: Content warning: this item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic language.