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  1. A Photograph of Karina Samala and Another Person

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Asian American transgender people, Filipinos, Trans women, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Karina Samala
    Description: A photograph of Karina Samala reclining in a chair wearing a white beaded evening gown smiling with another person.
  2. A Photograph of Karina Samala and Two Others

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Asian transgender people, Filipinos, Trans women, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Karina Samala
    Description: A photograph of Karina Samala and two others in Egyptian-inspired costumes. Samala poses in the middle holding her skirt out to either side and wearing a headdress with two large, gold snakes. Two ...
  3. A Photograph of Karina Samala in a Crown with Another Person

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Asian transgender people, Filipinos, Trans women, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Imperial Court, Karina Samala
    Description: A photograph of Karina Samala sitting on a red throne, wearing an elaborate crown and blue and purple beaded evening grown. She is holding a bouquet of red roses that partially obscures her sash up...
  4. A Photograph of Karina Samala in a Gold Beaded Headpiece

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Asian transgender people, Filipinos, Trans women, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Karina Samala
    Description: A photograph of Karina Samala in a gold beaded headpiece and red and gold outfit. Another person is visible on her right.
  5. A Photograph of Karina Samala in a Golden Headdress

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Asian transgender people, Filipinos, Trans women, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Karina Samala
    Description: A photograph of Karina Samala in a golden, rhinestoned outfit with a floor length cape and tall headdress. Her hands are crossed in front of her chest, showcasing long, metallic nails.
  6. A Photograph of Karina Samala in a Pleated Cape

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Asian transgender people, Filipinos, Trans women, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Karina Samala
    Description: A photograph of Karina Samala wearing a golden, rhinestoned outfit and headdress with a pleated cape fanned out on either side of her.
  7. A Photograph of Karina Samala in Pink Feathers

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Asian transgender people, Filipinos, Trans women, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Karina Samala
    Description: A photograph of Karina Samala wearing a rhinestoned, sheer bodysuit with a pink feathered headdress and dramatic pink feather back piece.
  8. A Photograph of Karina Samala on a Throne

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Asian transgender people, Filipinos, Trans women, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Imperial Court, Karina Samala
    Description: A photograph of Karina Samala sitting on a red throne, wearing an elaborate crown and blue and purple beaded evening grown. She is holding a bouquet of red roses that partially obscures her sash up...
  9. A Portrait of Karina Samala

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Asian transgender people, Filipinos, Trans women, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Karina Samala
    Description: A portrait of Karina Samala with her hands on her hips wearing a black strapless evening gown with silver beading and large silver earrings.
  10. A Portrait of Karina Samala in a Crown

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Asian transgender people, Filipinos, Trans women, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Imperial Court, Karina Samala
    Description: A portrait of Karina Samala wearing a large crown and a light pink gown with magenta beaded lace and a large collar that fans out behind her.
  11. Karina Samala Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Samala, Karina, Valdez, Rain
    Date: Jul. 27, 2022
    Topics: Asian transgender people, Filipinos, Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists
    Subject: Imperial Court, Jeffrey Prang, José Sarria, Karina Samala, The Closet Ball, West Hollywood Transgender Advisory Board
    Description: Karina Samala migrated to California from Manila, Philippines after finishing school, where she worked for 13 years as a senior engineer in an aerospace military company. After winning Closet Ball ...
  12. Monica Helms Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Helms, Monica, MacCarthy, Jack
    Date: Nov. 5, 2021
    Topics: Trans women, Transgender people in the military, Transgender political activists
    Subject: It’s Time Arizona, TransAction, Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA)
    Description: Monica Helms was born on March 8, 1951, in Sumter, South Carolina. She served in the U.S. Navy from 1970 to 1978. In 1997, Monica underwent the process of transitioning and reapplied to the Phoenix...
  13. Nancy Nangeroni Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Nangeroni, Nancy
    Date: Feb. 8, 2018
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Coming out, Conservatives, Family members, Feminism, Gender dysphoria, Genderqueer people, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ chosen families, LGBTQ+ radio, Medicalization, Motorcycling accidents, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Public bathroom bills, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender people, Transgender political activists, Transgenderism, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Transsexual people
    Subject: Adrienne Lynch, Barack Obama, Barney Frank, Bathroom Act, Bay Windows, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Brandon Teena, Caitlyn Jenner, Chanelle Pickett, Christine Jorgensen, Deborah Forte, Donald Trump, Emily Rooney, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), GenderTalk, Gordene Olga Mackenzie, Gunner Scott, Gwendolyn Ann Smith, Holly Boswell, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Kate Bornstein, Lynn Conway, Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC), Merissa Sherrill Lynn, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Nancy Nangeroni, Napoleon Hills, Renee Richards, Riki Anne Wilchins, Rita Hester, Senior Action in a Gay Environment (SAGE), The Village Voice, Think and Grow Rich, Transgender Day of Remembrance, Transgender Nation, Transgender Tapestry, Transsexual Menace, Virginia Stephenson, Yvonne Cook-Riley
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.
  14. Renee Imperato Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Imperato, Renee, Kalin, Betsy
    Date: Jan. 23, 2021
    Topics: Ball culture, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ veterans, Post-traumatic stress disorder, Racism against Black people, Sex work, Transfeminine people, Transgender disabled people, Transgender political activists, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
    Subject: 220 Club, House of Sally, Leslie Feinberg, Paris Is Burning, SAGE Advisory Council, World Worker's Party
    Description: Renee Imperato was born on May 8, 1948 in the Hell’s Kitchen area of New York City. Renee describes the first 30 some years of life as living as an “unconscious male impersonator.” Renee fought in ...
  15. Tracee McDaniel Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: McDaniel, Tracee, Mukerjee, Lucy
    Date: Dec. 13, 2022
    Topics: Black transgender people, Entertainers, Intimate partner violence, LGBTQ+ visibility, Trans women, Transgender authors, Transgender autobiographies, Transgender political activists, Transgender rights
    Subject: Atlanta Citizens Review Board, Betty Couvertier, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Peanuts Disco, The Housing Atlanta Program (THAP), Tracee McDaniel, Trans Affairs Committee
    Description: Tracee McDaniel was born on January 20th 1967 in Sumter, South Carolina. At the age of 18, Tracee began performing as her alter ego Destiny (Your Mistress of Illusions), before moving to L.A. and s...