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  1. A Dictionary of Gender Identity

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Bonnell, Charles
    Date: Sep. 20, 1975
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag kings, Drag queens, Eroticism, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Medicalization, Passing (Gender), Scientific literature, Sex cinemas, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: Gay Community News, The Queen's Vernacular
    Description: A short article in volume 3, issue 12 of Gay Community News, providing definitions for terms used by the gender noncomforming community in the 70s. Originally printed on page 17.
  2. Ariadne Kane Speaks of the Transsexual Experience

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: SB, Kane, Ariadne
    Date: Jan. 31, 1976
    Topics: Drag queens, Feminism, Gay community, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Interviews, Police harassment, Sex (Body), Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transvestites
    Subject: Ariadne Kane, Cycle Sluts, Divine, Fantasia Fair, Gay Community News, New England Conference on Alternate Sex and Gender Lifestyles, Skag Drag
    Description: An interview with Ariadne Kane, a self described transgenderist who organized events and conferences for the transgender and transvestite communities. Originally published on pages 10 and 11 of vol...
  3. Becoming a Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Hircus, Capra
    Date: Jan. 3, 1976
    Topics: Clothing, Estrogen, Femininities, Gender affirming surgery, Gender expression, Hair removal, Hormone therapy (Gender), Identification cards, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Physicians, Transitioning (Gender), Transitioning status, Voice therapy (Gender)
    Subject: Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, Gay Community News, Gender Identity Service of Boston, Home Savings Bank
    Description: An overview of medical, social, and legal transition for an MtF trans person, presenting different options and how much they cost or how difficult they are to obtain. Originally published on page 9...
  4. Crossing Sexual Borders: Interview with Three Male-to-Female Transeuxals

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Tommi Avicolli
    Date: May 3, 1975
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Gender dysphoria, Gender expression, MtFs, Parents, Psychology, Trans women, Transgender children, Women's movement
    Subject: Erickson Educational Foundation, Gay Community News, Information for the Family of the Transsexual, Marilyn Monroe, New Words (Feminist Bookstore), Olivia Records, The Gay Alternative, The Linen Closet
    Description: Interviews with three transsexual women, ages 19 and 22, all from Pennsylvania. The article is reprinted from the Philadelphia paper The Gay Alternative. The article is printed on pages 8 and 12 of...
  5. The Sexual Politics of Transsexual Surgery

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Amalthea
    Date: Aug. 21, 1976
    Topics: Feminism, Gender affirming surgery, Genitals, Hair removal, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Lesbian community, Lesbians, Medical care, MtFs, Physical health care for LGBTQ+ people, Transsexual people, Vaginas
    Subject: Aristotle, Gay Community News, Naomi Weisstein, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Aquinas
    Description: An editorial on surgery and medical transition from the perspective of a lesbian transsexual woman. Originally published on pages 8 and 9 of volume 4, issue 8 of Gay Community News.
  6. Transsexual Birds and Bees

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Margo
    Date: Jul. 5, 1975
    Topics: Bottom surgery, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Hormones, MtFs, Sex education, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexualism
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Erickson Educational Foundation, Gay Community News, Information for the Family of the Transsexual, Legal Aspects of Transsexualism, Religious Aspects of Transsexualism
    Description: An article reviewing some of the informational pamphlets released by the Erickson Educational Foundation on trans healthcare and law. Originally published on page 15 of volume 3, number 2 of Gay Co...
  7. TRANSSEXUAL CAN STAY

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 19, 1977
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Law, Legal status, Transsexual people
    Subject: Gay Community News, Judge Charles Bobby, Steve Dain
    Description: A legal bulletin about a teacher who was fired after his gender confirming surgery; the court ruled in his favor. Originally published on page 2 of volume 4, number 34 of Gay Community News.
  8. TRANSSEXUAL POLICE OFFICER

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 27, 1979
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, MtFs, Police, Post-operative, Transsexual people
    Subject: Bonnie Davenport, Gay Community News
    Description: An article on a trans woman who seeks to return to the position she had pre-transition as a police officer in Washington DC. Originally published on page 2 of volume 6, number 26 of Gay Community N...