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Black Cat Cafe Business Card
Collection: Ephemera Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Drag queens, Gay bars, Latino/a/x gay men Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria Description: Black Cat Cafe business card advertising it as the "Bohemia of the Barbary Coast". -
Black Cat Cafe Flyer
Collection: Ephemera Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1952 Topics: Gay bars Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria Description: Black Cat Cafe flier featuring an illustration of the cafe with cats dancing in suits. -
Black Cat Cafe News Article
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: McMillan, Dennis Date: Unknown Topics: Drag queens, Gay bars, Latino/a/x gay men Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria, Tom Ammiano Description: Newspaper clipping about an evening event in which gay city councilman Tom Ammiano interviewed José Sarria about the Black Cat Cafe, Sarria's 1961 run for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, an... -
Black Cat Cafe News Clipping
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Gay bars, Latino/a/x gay men Subject: Black Cat Bar, José Sarria Description: News clipping about a memorial service for the closing of the Black Cat Bar, with a wreath-laying by Jose Sarria, known as the Nightingale of Montgomery Street. -
Black Couple With a Fan and Top Hat
Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University Creator: Date: 1902 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color Description: Apparently a promotional photo for the Nouveau Cirque show "Joyeux Nègres", which was filmed by Louis Lumière. Black couple with one man (Charles Gregory) dressed in formal wear and one dressed in ... -
Black High Heeled Shoes
Collection: Te Papa Collection Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people), Shoes Subject: Chrissy Witoko Description: These high-heeled shoes belonged to Chrissy Witoko. -
Black Jagged Cut Wig
Collection: Te Papa Collection Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people), Wigs Subject: Chrissy Witoko Description: This is a wig that belonged to Chrissy Witoko. -
"Black Jenny Lind."
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1909 Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: J. Robert Johnson Description: Article in the Richmond Planet advertising event featuring Black female impersonator. -
Black Play Boy Presents Sir Lady Java and Rose Brothers
Collection: Sir Lady Java Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University Creator: Date: Apr. 15, 1983 to Apr. 16, 1983 Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Discos, Entertainers, Exotic dancers, Female impersonators, Theatre shows, Transgender people Subject: Black Playboy, Rose Brothers, Sir Lady Java -
Black Pride NYC 1999
Collection: Informational and Event Brochures Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Black Pride NYC Date: Jul. 27, 1999 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Gay pride, LGBTQ+ films Subject: African Ancestral Lesbians United for Societal Change (AALUSC), Black Gay Expression, Gay Men of African Descent, U-Men Entertainment Description: A flyer advertising the second annual Black Pride NYC event happening next year (2000), detailing what will be at the event. -
Black Pride NYC 2000
Collection: Informational and Event Brochures Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Black Pride NYC Date: circa 2000 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Gay pride, LGBTQ+ communities Description: A flyer advertising the third annual Black Pride NYC event happening in 2000. -
Black Short Cut Wig
Collection: Te Papa Collection Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Drag community, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people), Wigs Subject: Chrissy Witoko Description: This is a wig that belonged to Chrissy Witoko. -
Black Velvet Performance Dress
Collection: Finocchio's collection Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: Date: circa 1950 to circa 1999 Topics: Clothing, Drag, Drag shows, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ events, Nightlife Subject: Finocchio's Club Description: A photo of a short velvet black dress with a gold sequin design on the neckline and front of the body. -
BLACKlines, Vol. 01, Issue 10
Collection: BLACKlines Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Long, Lynnell S. Date: Nov. 1996 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ magazines, Transgender community Subject: Transsexual Menace Description: BLACKlines clipping including an article with the basics of transsexuality, an article on An African American Perspective on the Convention & The Election, and a Black expressions hall of fame sect... -
BLACKlines, Vol. 01, Issue 11
Collection: BLACKlines Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Long, Lynnell S., Layne, Janice Date: Dec. 1996 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ magazines, Passing (Gender), Transitioning (Gender) Subject: RuPaul Description: A BLACKlines clipping including an interview with RuPaul, a reflection on the experience of being intersex, and an advertisement for a RuPaul club show in Chicago.
