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  1. [Aristocrat courting]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Walery
    Date: 1902
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Brief manuscript message providing a caption in the lower margin of the recto of each postcard (“Ah! Attention!!!!!!”; “Ça s’embrouille”; etc.). Each message is signed “Jane.” Complet...
  2. [Aristocrat courting]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Walery
    Date: 1902
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Brief manuscript message providing a caption in the lower margin of the recto of each postcard (“Ah! Attention!!!!!!”; “Ça s’embrouille”; etc.). Each message is signed “Jane.” Complet...
  3. [Aristocrat courting]

     
    Collection: Postcards of Female and Male Impersonators and Cross-dressing
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Walery
    Date: 1902
    Topics: Male impersonators
    Description: Inscription: "Brief manuscript message providing a caption in the lower margin of the recto of each postcard (“Ah! Attention!!!!!!”; “Ça s’embrouille”; etc.). Each message is signed “Jane.” Complet...
  4. Armani (ArmaniDae) Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Armani
    Date: Nov. 29, 2021
    Topics: Black transgender people, Family, Family members of LGBTQ+ people, Sexual orientation, Transgender community
    Description: An interview with Amani, a trans man from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  5. Army Rejects Christine as Entertainer

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Plain Dealer
    Date: Sep. 12, 1965
    Topics: Army, Arts and entertainment occupations, Discrimination, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
  6. Army Surgeon, Was a Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: New York Press
    Date: Mar. 18, 1901
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender)
    Subject: James Barry, Murray Hall
    Description: The Chickasha Daily Express (Chickasha, Indian Territory, OK)
  7. Arobateau performs music and poetry

     
    Collection: Red Jordan Arobateau
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Arobateau, Red Jordan
    Date: Sep. 30, 1965
    Topics: Black transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Lesbian authors, Lesbian poetry, Lesbian poets, LGBTQ+ poetry, LGBTQ+ poets, LGBTQ+ spiritual people, Multiracial transgender people, Trans men, Transgender authors
    Description: Audio recording begins and ends with Arobateau playing piano and guitar and singing (first 12 and last 14 minutes). The middle of the recording is Arobateau reading self-composed poetry, including ...
  8. Arobateau performs poetry

     
    Collection: Red Jordan Arobateau
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Arobateau, Red Jordan
    Date: 1960s
    Topics: Black transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Lesbian authors, Lesbian poetry, Lesbian poets, LGBTQ+ poetry, LGBTQ+ poets, LGBTQ+ spiritual people, Multiracial transgender people, Trans men, Transgender authors
    Description: Audio recordings of Arobateau reading self-composed poetry.
  9. Arobateau tells stories and performs music and poetry

     
    Collection: Red Jordan Arobateau
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Arobateau, Red Jordan
    Date: Sep. 27, 1965
    Topics: Black transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Lesbian authors, Lesbian poetry, Lesbian poets, LGBTQ+ poetry, LGBTQ+ poets, LGBTQ+ spiritual people, Multiracial transgender people, Trans men, Transgender authors
    Description: Audio recording containing 2 parts. Part 01 made on Sept 27, 1965, with Arobateau (22 years of age) reading poems, playing piano and guitar, and singing. Includes a reading and comparison of T.S. E...
  10. Around the Dance Halls

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 30, 1924
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Dance, Femininities, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Dorothy Ward, Polly Meadows, Reg Stone
    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)
  11. AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 WAYS: cruising with Rae Bourbon (UTC 8)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ musicians, LGBTQ+ theater, Performance art
    Subject: A Girl of the Golden West, An Evening in Copenhagen, Around The World In 80 Ways, Bourbon 100-Proof, Don't Call Me Madam, Hollywood Exposé, Ladies of Burlesque, Let Me Tell You About My Operation, One On The Aisle (Claque-Claque), Rae Bourbon, You're Stepping on My Eyelashes
    Description: Front and back vinyl cover of Rae Bourbon's "Around the World in 80 Days"
  12. Arrest Actor's Wife: Jesse Harris Is Dead of Morphine Poisoning

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Evansville Courier & Press
    Date: Nov. 6, 1911
    Topics: Actors, Arrests, Crimes, Female impersonators, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Police, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Theatre
    Subject: J.V. Thomas, Jesse Harris
  13. Arrest Cancels Police Speakers

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: New Orleans Times-Picayune
    Date: Oct. 11, 1972
    Topics: Arrests, Gay community, Police, Transsexual people
    Subject: Charles N. Cooke, Dennis Crain, Transsexual Counseling League
  14. Arrest Girl Hobo Dressed Male Attire

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 18, 1913
    Topics: Crossdressing
    Subject: Ella Llewellyn
    Description: Medford Mail Tribune (Medford, OR)
  15. Arrest of a Notorious Character

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
    Date: Jul. 12, 1876
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.