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Women in Trousers
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Aug. 6, 1893 Topics: Clothing, Courts, Crimes, Crossdressing, Daughters, Femininities, Gender role, Labour, Marriage, Masculinities, Mothers, Police, Smoking, Travel, Upbringing Subject: Emily Paxton, George Sand, Jane Dieulafoy, Josephine Cox, Louis Herman Tobush, Mary Walker, Robert Murdock Smith, Rosa Bonheur, Sarah Bernhardt, Sarolta Vay, Tom King Description: St. Paul Daily Globe (St. Paul, Minnesota) -
Woodhull in New-York Daily Tribune
Collection: Frank Woodhull Collection Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Oct. 5, 1908 Topics: Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ immigrants, Trans men, Transgender people, Transmasculinity Subject: Frank Woodhull Description: Frank Woodhull, after living for 15 years as a man, was inspected for tuberculosis at Ellis Island, where his birth name was found out. Woodhull is of English and Canadian descent. Woodhull express... -
Woodhull in The New York Times
Collection: Frank Woodhull Collection Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Oct. 5, 1908 Topics: Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ immigrants, Trans men, Transgender people, Transmasculinity Subject: Frank Woodhull Description: A newspaper article that describes Frank Woodhull's entrance to Ellis Island in 1908. Woodhull is said to be 50 years old, from Canada, and wearing a dark suit, a hat, and having a mustache. The ar... -
Woodhull in The New York Times
Collection: Frank Woodhull Collection Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Oct. 6, 1908 Topics: Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ immigrants, Trans men, Transgender people, Transmasculinity Subject: Frank Woodhull Description: A newspaper article announcing that the Board of Special Inquiries has allowed Frank Woodhull to continue living publicly as a man, instead of being known by his birth name. There are quotations at... -
Woodhull in The Sun (NYC)
Collection: Frank Woodhull Collection Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Oct. 5, 1908 Topics: Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ immigrants, Trans men, Transgender people, Transmasculinity Subject: Frank Woodhull Description: A newspaper article detailing Frank Woodhull's arrival at Ellis Island, his physical description, and how the doctor who inspected him for tuberculosis prompted Woodhull to reveal that he is also k... -
Xmas Letter 1994
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: 1994 Topics: Black transgender people, Gay men, Gay pride, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people Subject: ACT UP, Bill Dobbs, Cocoa Rodriguez, George Flimlin, Harry Hay, Joe McGrath, Marsha P. Johnson, Mattachine Society, Nelson Woodrow Anderson III, Prescott Townsend, Stonewall 25, Uplift Lighting Description: The 1994 issue of an annual newsletter written by Marsha P. Johnson's roommate, Randy Wicker, in which he provides updates on his life and business, the household, and close friends. The letter inc... -
Xmas Letter December 2000
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: Dec. 2000 Topics: Black transgender people, Cloning, Gay men, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women, Transfeminine people Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, Randy Wicker, Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting Description: The 2000 issue of an annual newsletter written by Marsha P. Johnson's roommate, Randy Wicker. Wicker explains that Sylvia Rivera has become his best friend and is helping to keep business afloat, a... -
Yana Calou Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Calou, Yana Date: Mar. 1, 2017 Topics: Activists, Colleges, Employment discrimination, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Hormone therapy, LGBTI community, LGBTI rights, LGBTQ+ parents, Media occupations, Migration, NGOs, Residence permits, Trade unions, Transgender people, Visibility, Work situation Subject: Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Yana Calou Description: Yana Calou spent much of their youth traveling around the world and eventually found a community in Utah, where they began advocating for LGBTQ rights. Later, Calou moved to NYC, where they worked ... -
Yanyi Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Yanyi, Lisowski, Zef Date: Jun. 11, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Allies, Appearance, Bathrooms, Bullying, Coming out, Communities, Ethnic groups, Gay-straight alliances, Gender diversity, Gender identity, Libraries, Masculinities, Media, Parents of transgender people, Poets, Public services, Racism, Religions, Representation, Schools, Secrecy, Sexuality, Social media, Students, Therapists, Tomboys, Transgender community, Transgender people, Violence, Work situation, Writers Description: Yanyi, a poet and software engineer, reflects on his experiences being part of and building many forms of community, including Asian American community, queer/trans community, and neighborhood comm... -
Years in Masquerade
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Aug. 10, 1895 Topics: Arrests, Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressing, Lady's maids, Parks, Police, Prisoners Subject: Estelle Lawrence, Reginald Culton, Violet Beacon, Violet Dell Description: Waterbury Evening Democrat (Waterbury, Connecticut) -
"Your Rights" Workshop Report
Collection: International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy: Annual Proceedings and Newsletters Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Frederickson, Tere, Stuart, Sharon Ann, McKellar, Dee S., Lindenmuth, Evelyn Date: Jun. 1995 Topics: Bathrooms, Discrimination, Human rights, Military, Military law, Parents of transgender people, Sports, Students, Transgender children, Transgender military personnel, Transgender people Subject: Cissy G. Conley, Decolonizing the Body: Kinship in the Nation, Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Veterans of America (GLBVA), George Brown, International Bill of Gender Rights (IBGR), International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP), International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA), Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) -
Yva Las Vegass Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Las Vegass, Yva Date: Jul. 13, 2020 Topics: Folk music, Gender expression, Non-binary people, Performance art, QTPOC Subject: Chris Novoselic, Sweet 75 Description: Yva Las Vegas was born in Venezuela in 1963. They recount their early childhood memories of playing folk music on the cuatro and singing boleros with their mother. Yva moved to the US as a teenager... -
Yves Bess Golden Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Golden, Yves BEss Date: Mar. 8, 2023 Topics: Art, Black transgender people, Dissociation, Spirituality, Transfeminine people Description: An interview with Yves Bess Golden about her life and experiences. -
Zavé Martohardjono Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Martohardjono, Zavé, Awad, Nadia Date: May 2, 2017 Topics: Coming out, Dating, Diversity, Education, Ethnic groups, Families, Gay-straight alliances, Gender identity, Gender minorities, Health care, Hormone therapy, Labelling, LGBTQ+ movement, North american cultures, Parties, Passing (Gender), Sexism, Sociocultural evolution, Transgender community, Transgender people, Work situation Subject: Zavé Martohardjono Description: "Zavé Martohardjono recounts growing up as a mixed race queer New Yorker. Having seen New York change over the past couple of decades, Zavé tells us about living in globally diverse neighborhoods, ... -
Zazu Nova
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Davies, Diana Date: 1968 to 1975 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ meeting places, LGBTQ+ people of color, QTPOC, Transfeminine people, Transgender people of color Subject: Gay Liberation Front, Zazu Nova Description: Photograph of Zazu Nova sitting on a table at a Gay Liberation Front meeting.
