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  1. 1991 Lannan Literary Awards

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 31, 1991
    Topics: Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Two-Spirit authors, Two-Spirit people
    Subject: Chrystos
    Description: A New York times clipping presenting the names of the winners of the 1991 Lannan Literary Awards. Chrystos, a Two-Spirit person, is mentioned as an award winner.
  2. A Field Guide to Persons in the Transgendered Gay Community

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Denny, Dallas
    Date: Oct. 1991
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag queens, Passing (Gender), Post-operative, Pre-operative, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Description: Originally published in "The News" Volume 7 Number 8. Dallas Denny describes the differences in people who identify as transsexual, crossdressers, and drag queens and how they vary in gender expres...
  3. A home of our own

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: The Ad Hoc Committee to Support the Lesbian Herstory Archives
    Date: Jun. 23, 1991
    Topics: Anti-lesbian violence, Archives, Butches, Dykes, Femmes, Lesbian activism, Lesbian African-Americans, Lesbian archives, Lesbian bars, Lesbians, Lesbians of colour, Male impersonators, Persecution of lesbians
    Subject: Becky Johnson, C. Walsh Theater, First African Meeting House, Gay Community News, Jenifer Firestone, Jewel Box Revue, Joan Nestle, Lesbian Herstory Archives, Michelle Parkerson, Red Shades Affinity Group, Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box, Stormé DeLarverie, West Village
    Description: An article summarizing an event to benefit the Lesbian Herstory Archives, featuring a short film about Storme Delarverie and appearances from notable lesbian activists. Originally published on page...
  4. A kinder and gentler festival?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Burkholder, Nancy
    Date: Sep. 1, 1991
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Cisgender women, Lesbian culture, MtFs, Music festivals, Passing (Gender), Stealth (Transgender), Transphobia, Transsexual people, Women's music festivals, Womyn
    Subject: Barbara Price, Gay Community News, Lisa Vogel, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Two Nice Girls
    Description: An article by Nancy Burkholder, a woman who was thrown out of a Women's Music Festival on suspicion of being transsexual. Burkholder criticizes this decision eloquently. Originally published on pag...
  5. A Place Where Love Becomes a Chronic Invalid

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Crisp, Quentin
    Date: Apr. 7, 1991
    Topics: Ball culture, Drag, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ films, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Elk's Lodge, Jennie Livingston, Octavia St. Laurent, Paris Is Burning
    Description: A New York Times article talking about "Paris Is Burning" and how it was received in the UK.
  6. A Queer Nationalism

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Chee, Alexander S.
    Date: Winter 1991
    Topics: LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ movement, LGBTQ+ people of color, Queer identity, Queer political activists
    Subject: Artists Slaving Under Tyranny (ASLUT), Crazy Nanny's, Defending Our Rights in the Streets Super Queers United Against Savage Homosexuals (DORIS SQUASH), Grand Homosexual Organization to Stop Televangelists (GHOST), Homosexual Ideological Mobilization Against the Military (HI MOM), Lesbians and Bisexuals in Action (LABIA), Miguel Gutierrez, Queer Nation, Queer Planet, Queer State, Queers Undertaking Exquisite and Symbolic Transformation (QUEST), Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Suburban Homosexual Outreach Program (SHOP), United Colors of Queer Nation, Welcome Wagon
  7. Aching to Be a Prima Donna, When You’re a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Canby, Vincent
    Date: Mar. 13, 1991
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag balls, Drag families, Drag queens
    Subject: Dorian Corey, Jennie Livingston, Pepper Labeija, Venus Extravaganza, Willi Ninja
    Description: A description of the film "Paris is Burning", and a brief explanation of the ball culture explored in the film that acknowledges prominent individuals.
  8. An Exotic Gay Subculture Turns Poignant Under Scrutiny

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Dunning, Jennifer
    Date: Mar. 23, 1991
    Topics: Ballroom families, Drag balls, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transvestites
    Subject: Dorian Corey, Jennie Livingston, Meg McLagan, Octavia St. Laurent, Pepper Labeija, Willi Ninja
    Description: A description of how the film "Paris is Burning" relates to ball culture in New York City.
  9. Butch Queens in Drag: Issues of Race and Gender

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Cavanagh, Chris
    Date: May 1991 to Jun. 1991
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag, Drag balls, Film, Voyeurism
    Subject: House of Ninja, House of Saint Laurent, House of Xtravaganza, Jennie Livingston, Madonna, MTV, Paris Is Burning, Pepper Labeija, Pop Cult, Vogue
  10. Fighting AIDS Is More Than A Fashion Statement

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Breakthrough
    Date: Winter 1990
    Topics: AIDS activists, AIDS awareness, HIV/AIDS
    Subject: ACT UP, Dan Snow, David Bell, Don Wright, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, Patrick Grace, Terry Sutton, Tryfan Morys Eibhlyn Llwyd
    Description: In an article published in the journal Breakthrough (Winter 1990), Tryfan Morys Eibhlyn Llwyd, also known as "Arawn Eibhlyn," reflects on their work in AIDS activism and other political activities.
  11. Fighting for the rights of transsexuals

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Farmer, Dee
    Date: Nov. 24, 1991
    Topics: Butches, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ prisoners, MtFs, Transphobia, Transsexual people, Wimmin, Women's music festivals, Womyn
    Subject: Gay Community News, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Nancy Burkholder, Sr. Mary Elizabeth
    Description: A letter to the editor responding to another letter regarding Nancy Burkholder's ejection from the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival. Farmer defends Burkholder's right to attend and also offers legal...
  12. Indeed, Include Indian Chiefs

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Roscoe, Will
    Date: Jun. 16, 1991
    Topics: Anthropologists, Clothing, Crossdressers, Homosexuals, Indigenous peoples, Third gender
    Subject: Chief Sitting Bull, Matilda Stevenson, The Zuni Man-Woman, We'wha, Zunis
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to racist and transphobic language. The term ‘berdache’ it is a historical slur against Native American people who now com...
  13. Lesbian Sex/Gay Sex What's the Difference

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Creet, J.
    Date: Winter 1991
    Topics: Activists, Butches, Drag queens, Feminism, Gay rights, Homosexuality, Lesbian culture, Lesbians, LGBTI community, LGBTI rights, Sexuality, Sodomy laws, Soft butches
    Subject: Ontario Human Rights Code
  14. Letter from the Heartland

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Blood, James
    Date: Winter 1991
    Topics: Bisexuals, Bowling, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Lesbians
  15. Mrs. America at the Congress of Dreams- Writing Identity and Desire

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Bellamy, Dodie
    Date: Summer 1991
    Topics: Drag, Gender, Homosexuality, Sex parties, SM
    Subject: Dorothy Allison, Mina Harker, Nancy Reagan