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  1. Apes and Peacocks

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Baker, Brock
    Date: Aug. 28, 1971
    Topics: Clothing, Drag balls, Drag queens, Photographs
    Subject: Alec Thompson, Angela Birch, David Johnson, Derek Damms, Dorothy Squires, Eddie Thompson, Jackie Conway, Jean Fredericks, John Watts, Juan Rodriguez, Mark Cook, Paul Shannon, Robert Britten, Steve Francis, Sweet Charity, Tilly Rothborough, Tony Maher
    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)
  2. Autographed Photo of Christine Jorgensen

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1957 to circa 1962
    Topics: Photographs, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: An autographed picture of Christine Jorgensen that reads: "To Nat - So nice Meeting you. Good luck with your newspaper - Christine Jorgensen".
  3. Christine Jorgensen Listening to the Radio

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 10, 1953
    Topics: Photographs, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: This picture from Christine Jorgensen's trip to Havana, Cuba shows her sitting beside a dresser, tuning a radio.
  4. Christine Jorgensen Named "Woman of the Year"

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 7, 1953
    Topics: Awards, Photographs, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Scandinavian Society
    Description: The photograph is captioned "Christine named “Woman of the Year” New York……….. Golden-haired Christine Jorgensen, the former GI transformed into a beautiful woman by Copenhagen (Denmark) surgeons a...
  5. Christine Jorgensen on a Trip to Cuba

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 10, 1953
    Topics: Alcohol, Photographs, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen
    Description: A photograph of Christine Jorgensen on her 1953 trip to Havana, Cuba.
  6. Christine Jorgensen Reading a Magazine and Smoking

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 10, 1953
    Topics: Photographs, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Fuste Show
    Description: A photograph of Christine Jorgensen from her trip to Havana, Cuba. She is pictured reading an issue of Fuste Show, while smoking a cigarette.
  7. 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.”
  8. Dan Nicoletta LGBT San Francisco at the San Francisco Public Library

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1970
    Topics: Drag, Photographs
    Description: Photos and stories from childhood and 1970s gay culture in San Francisco. This is the book release event for "LGBT San Francisco," which documents 40 years of local LGBT community.
  9. Female Impersonators No. 1

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Health Knowledge
    Date: Winter 1969
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Documentaries, Drag, Drag queens, Events, Femininities, Labour, Letters to the editor, Photographs, Strippers
    Subject: Billy Daye, Bobbie Paris, Dean Harlowe, Jackie Morell, Joie Tone, Karyl Houston, Leslie Marlowe, Mark Vickers, Morrish Stevens, Pudgy Roberts, The Queen, Toni Lee
  10. He's a She Officially

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Augusta Chronicle
    Date: Jan. 6, 1969
    Topics: Birth certificate amendments, Courts, Gender realignment surgery, Photographs
    Subject: Franca Vettori
  11. Nasty Phone Calls Flood Rees Home

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Sacramento Bee
    Date: Nov. 16, 1954
    Topics: Harassment, Hate, Military, MtFs, Photographs, Social security regulations, Transphobia, Veterans
    Subject: Tamara Edel Rees
  12. New Trenns Magazine Vol. 2 No. 6

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Slavik, Cathy Charles
    Date: 1971
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Beauty standards, Crossdressers, Drag, Drag queens, Employment discrimination, Entertainers, Femininities, Health care, Hormones, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ press, LGBTQ+ relationships, Masculinities, Mental disorders, MtFs, Multiple personality disorder, Passing (Gender), Personals, Photographs, Physicians, Prosthesis, Sexual orientation, Theatre, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Coccinelle, Harry Benjamin, Lori Lee, National Star Chronicle, Russell E. Smith, The Transvestite: A Study of Men Who Enjoy Wearing Women's Clothing, The Village Voice
  13. Peeping Redd

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: May 1, 1958
    Topics: Appearance, Arts and entertainment occupations, Drag, Night life, Photographs
    Subject: Jan Britton, Lynn Carter, Redd Foxx Club
  14. Police Officer, Man Posing As Woman Are Hurt In Fight

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Sacramento Bee
    Date: Nov. 7, 1952
    Topics: Appearance, Criminal law, Criminalization, Photographs, Physical violence, Police
  15. Sex-Changed Bride Awaits Curtain Call

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Jul. 29, 1955
    Topics: Lectures, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, MtFs, Photographs, Theatre, Transgender parents, Veterans
    Subject: J.E. Courtland, Tamara Edel Rees