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  1. April Ashley Backstage at Le Carrousel (1959)

     
    Collection: April Ashley Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1959
    Topics: Actors, Entertainers, MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: April Ashley, Le Carrousel

  2. April Ashley Headshot (1956)

     
    Collection: April Ashley Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1956
    Topics: Actors, Entertainers, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: April Ashley
    Description: April Ashley is a British model, actress and jet-set socialite who became known as a regal trailblazer for transgender women.

  3. Christine Jorgensen with Frank in Naval Attire

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1954
    Topics: Boaters (Persons), MtFs, Photographs, Trans women, Transsexual people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: The signature reads “To Frank – Thank you for letting me join your Harem. Christine.”

  4. Dare Vol. 1 No. 7 (July 1953)

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Fiction Publications, Inc.
    Date: 1953
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gender realignment surgery, MtFs, Tabloids, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Elaine Stewart, Fran Warren
    Description: Contents: Christine Jorgensen -- Chiang's A-bomb spies? -- People in the news -- What makes a pretty girl? -- Point 4 -- Farouk -- Plattertalk -- Dubbing a movie -- Is Ike sick? Washington pipeline...

  5. Dual Portrait of Tamara Rees (November 22, 1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: United Press International
    Date: Nov. 22, 1954
    Topics: LGBTQ+ newspapers, Military, MtFs, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people
    Subject: Robert Egan Rees, Tamara Adel Rees
    Description: The following text appears at the bottom of the object, on a separate sheet of paper than the photographs: "NXP53-11/8-NEW YORK:Robert Egan Rees shown at left as a decorated paratrooper during W...

  6. England and the Vices of Sodom: A News Review

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Pedersen, Lyn
    Date: May 1, 1954
    Topics: Drag racing, Gender realignment surgery, Motorsports, MtFs, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, World war II
    Subject: Charles Dusseau, Roberta Cowell
    Description: The relevant article about transsexual woman Roberta Cowell is found on page 6, under the date "March 1954."

  7. Ex-Chutist Always Felt Like Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: International News Service
    Date: Nov. 16, 1954
    Topics: Appearance, Gender realignment surgery, Military, MtFs, Parachute troops, Transsexual people, Transsexualism, Veterans
    Subject: Tamara Edel Rees

  8. I Changed My Sex

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: McLeod, Charlotte, Mr. Magazine
    Date: circa 1956
    Topics: Army, Discrimination, Femininities, Hormone therapy, Internalized homophobia, Masculinities, MtFs, Physicians, Transsexual people
    Subject: Charlotte McLeod

  9. 'Of Course I Can Marry,' Says Ex GI, Now Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Brown, James J.
    Date: Nov. 15, 1954
    Topics: Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Interviews, Legal status, Military, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Eade Carp, Harry Benjamin, Tamara Edel Rees

  10. Ray Bourbon enters court

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 1, 1956
    Topics: Birth certificate amendments, Courts, Gender realignment surgery, Law, MtFs, Transsexual people
    Subject: Rae Bourbon, Ray Bourbon
    Description: Wearing a black and white nylon dress, false eyelashes, heavy perfume and 5 o'clock shadow, Ray (or Rae) Bourbon enters Beverly Hills Municipal Court on August 1, 1956, to deny he (or she) was guil...

  11. Ray Bourbon leaves court

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 1, 1956
    Topics: Courts, Gender realignment surgery, Law, MtFs, Transsexual people
    Subject: Rae Bourbon, Ray Bourbon
    Description: Ray Bourbon leaves Beverly Hills Municipal Court after arraignment August 1, 1956, on impersonating a woman.

  12. Roberta Cowell and Friend Shopping in French Market (April 22, 1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 22, 1954
    Topics: MtFs, Shopping, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Roberta Cowell
    Description: Transas City notes that the date attributed to this object is in question.

  13. Roberta Cowell and Lisa Morrell in Cab in Nice (1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1954
    Topics: MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Lisa Morrell, Roberta Cowell
    Description: According to the Transas City site: "From the back of the photograph: THE GIRL ALL THE WORLD IS TALKING ABOUT RESTS IN THE SUNSHINE AT NICE. On the Promenade des Anglais, Roberta and her comp...

  14. Roberta Cowell and Lisa Morrell in Nice (1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1954
    Topics: MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Lisa Morrell, Picture Post, Roberta Cowell
    Description: From the Transas City Website: "Roberta Cowell in Nice, 1954, looking at her cover article on Picture Post. From the back of the photograph: ME ON THE COVER. ' Picture Post, with my story in ...

  15. Roberta Cowell at the Louvre in Paris, Viewing the Venus de Milo (1954)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1954
    Topics: MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Roberta Cowell, Venus de Milo
    Description: The following description was taken from the Getty Images website: "Transsexual Roberta Cowell, formerly Robert Cowell admires the Venus de Milo in the Louvre during a visit to Paris. Roberta was...