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  1. A Plea for the Transvestite

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Wallace, Phyl
    Date: Apr. 1, 1961
    Topics: Female impersonators, Homosexuality, LGBTQ+ night life, LGBTQ+ obituaries, Transvestites
    Subject: Jay Brennan
  2. At the Theatres: The Blacks by Jean Genet

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jul. 13, 1961
    Topics: Actors, Black, LGBTQ+ theater, Transvestites
    Subject: Jean Genet
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to racist language.
  3. Liberated Female Women

     
    Collection: Informational and Event Brochures
    Institution: University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
    Creator: The International Alliance for Male Feminism
    Date: circa 1951 to 1978
    Topics: Crossdressers, Eonist people, Femininities, Membership, Transgender people, Transvestites
    Subject: International Alliance for Male Feminism (IAMF), Journal of Male Feminism
    Description: A flyer promoting membership in The International Alliance for Male Feminism among women who are interested in connecting with "feminist oriented males."
  4. What Is the International Alliance for Male Feminism?

     
    Collection: Informational and Event Brochures
    Institution: University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1951 to 1978
    Topics: Crossdressers, Eonist people, Femininities, Partners of crossdressers, Transgender people, Transvestites
    Subject: International Alliance for Male Feminism (IAMF), Journal of Male Feminism
    Description: A document that outlines the mission of and membership requirements for The International Alliance for Male Feminism.
  5. A Changing of Sex By Surgery Begun at Johns Hopkins

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Buckley, Thomas
    Date: Nov. 21, 1966
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Gender dysphoria, Homosexuality, LGBTQ+ people of color, Medicalization, MtFs, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Harry Benjamin, Mental Health, Reed Erickson, The Transsexual Phenomenon
    Description: A clipping from the New York Times talking about early gender affirming surgery done at Johns Hopkins.
  6. Astounding transvestite tales (Book 35)

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Princeton University Library
    Creator: Slavik, Charles
    Date: 1970
    Topics: Gender expression, Gender transgression, Transgender community, Transgender fiction, Transvestites
    Description: An issue of "Astounding Transvestite Tales" which includes a number of stories detailing different gender transgressive practices.
  7. Come Out! No. 7 page 5

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Bedoz, Ellen
    Date: 1970
    Topics: Activists, Latino/a/x transgender people, Organisations, Transgender people, Transvestites, Youth
    Subject: Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera
    Description: A picture of the Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), with Sylvia Rivera.
  8. Sylvia Rivera at Demonstration at St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1970

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wandel, Richard C.
    Date: 1970
    Topics: Activists, BIPOC, Demonstrations, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transvestites
    Subject: Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR)
    Description: Sylvia Rivera, co-founder of Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), and others attend a demonstration at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
  9. transvestite & transsexual liberation

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Douglas, Angela
    Date: Sep. 1, 1970
    Topics: Drag queens, Femininities, Feminism, Gender affirming surgery, Homosexuality, Hormone therapy (Gender), Prostitution, Sexual orientation, Transsexualism, Transvestites
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Espionage, From Russia with Love, Gay Liberation Front, Los Angeles City College, Women's LIberation
    Description: Clipping from page 21 of Come Out!, volume 1, issue 5, published September-October, 1970.
  10. CHRIS: Gay Prisoner in Bellevue

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Bell, Arthur, Rivera, Sylvia
    Date: Nov. 14, 1970
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Black gay men, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Detention of LGBTQ+ people under a hospital order, Homosexuality, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ activism, Medical care, Transvestites
    Subject: Arthur Bell, Bellevue Hospital, Chris Thompson, Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera
    Description: Clipping from pages 1-2 and 7 of Gay Flames, issue 7, published November 14, 1970.
  11. He Enjoys Being A Girl

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Flatley, Guy
    Date: Nov. 15, 1970
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Detention of LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Gender, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ films, Motion picture actors and actresses, Riots, Trans women, Transvestites
    Subject: Andy Warhol, Harold Danhakl, Holly Woodlawn, Larry Rivers, Paul Morrissey, Trash (Film)
    Description: Holly Woodlawn formerly known as Harold Danhakl is arrested at the U.N. for female impersonation. Holly Woodlawn starred in the Andy Warhol-Paul Morrissey film: "Trash". She is bailed out by Larry ...
  12. Scrapbook 01

     
    Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Anderson, Adèle
    Date: 1971? to 1972?
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Aversion therapy, Clothing, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Femininities, Gender identity, Hormones, Lesbianism, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ events, Liberal Party, Masculinities, Queer people, Sexuality, Transvestites
    Subject: Allan Horsfall, Barbara Klecki, Barbara Solmnicka, Beaumont Society for British Transvestites, Bill Lloyd, Birmingham Gay Liberation, Brian Rix, C. G. Jung, Clive Francis, Colin Dunne, Daily Mirror, Dr. Kildare, Evening Mail, Franco Luciani, Gay Liberation Front, George A. Kelly, Harry Benjamin, Irving Wardle, Jane Alexander, Jane Davidson, Jane Ennis, John Barber, John Chesterman, Ken Russell, Leo Abse, Louise Philippe, Love in a Cold Climate, Manchester-based Campaign for Homosexual Equality, Martin Potter, Michael Ohm, Miss Charlotte Fuckalot, Murrary Head, Nancy Mitford, Nicky Henson, Pamela Rothon, Pat Barr, Paula James, R. J. Stroller, Richard Chamberlain, Satyricon, Sex and Gender, Shari Steiner, Sheridan Morley, Stanley Bonnett, Sylvia Frank Carter, The Lancet, The Transsexual Phenomenon, The Transvestite and His Wife, Tony Lee, Transvestia, Virginia Charles Prince, William Shawcross
    Description: This scrapbook includes a range of clippings such as an advertisement for "Wolsey" pants, multiple articles on "The Gay Liberation Front," and a piece written by "a physiologist who, for the past t...
  13. Transvestite and Transsexual Liberation

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Maxwell, Pat
    Date: Jan. 1, 1971
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Crossdressing, Detention of LGBTQ+ people under a hospital order, Drag, Gender expression, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Homophobia, Legal name change, LGBTQ+ civil rights, Queer rights, Sexism, Transgender activism, Transgender rights, Transphobia, Transsexual people, Transvestites, Women's movement
    Subject: Abbie Hoffman, Arthur Miller, Fems Against Sexism, Marilyn Monroe, Queens, Queens Liberation Front, Radical Queens, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), The Cockettes, The Transvestite-Transsexual Action Organization (TAO), Trans lib, Transvestites and Transsexuals
    Description: Clipping from page 10 of Detroit Gay Liberator, volume 1, issue 8, published on January 1 1971.
  14. Loosely About Transvestites

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: David, Sorel, GAY Magazine
    Date: Apr. 17, 1972
    Topics: LGBTQ+ activism, Transvestites
    Subject: Arthur Bell, Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Lee Brewster, Sylvia Rivera, Village Voice
    Description: This item is a clipping about a forum held by the Gay Activists Alliance, issued in GAY Magazine Vol. 3 No. 74 in April 1972.
  15. Controversy Erupts Over Drag Act

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: GAY Magazine, Skir, Leo
    Date: Mar. 12, 1973
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag performers, Lesbians, Transvestites
    Subject: Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Lesbian Liberation Committee, Liz Eden, Pudgy Roberts, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR)
    Description: This item is a clipping from GAY Magazine Vol. 4 No. 97 about the controversy surrounding Pudgy Roberts' drag performance at a Gay Activist Alliance meeting.