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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. -
A home of our own
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: The Ad Hoc Committee to Support the Lesbian Herstory Archives Date: Jun. 23, 1991 Topics: Anti-lesbian violence, Archives, Butches, Dykes, Femmes, Lesbian activism, Lesbian African-Americans, Lesbian archives, Lesbian bars, Lesbians, Lesbians of colour, Male impersonators, Persecution of lesbians Subject: Becky Johnson, C. Walsh Theater, First African Meeting House, Gay Community News, Jenifer Firestone, Jewel Box Revue, Joan Nestle, Lesbian Herstory Archives, Michelle Parkerson, Red Shades Affinity Group, Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box, Stormé DeLarverie, West Village Description: An article summarizing an event to benefit the Lesbian Herstory Archives, featuring a short film about Storme Delarverie and appearances from notable lesbian activists. Originally published on page... -
A kinder and gentler festival?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Burkholder, Nancy Date: Sep. 1, 1991 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Cisgender women, Lesbian culture, MtFs, Music festivals, Passing (Gender), Stealth (Transgender), Transphobia, Transsexual people, Women's music festivals, Womyn Subject: Barbara Price, Gay Community News, Lisa Vogel, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Two Nice Girls Description: An article by Nancy Burkholder, a woman who was thrown out of a Women's Music Festival on suspicion of being transsexual. Burkholder criticizes this decision eloquently. Originally published on pag... -
All dressed up and nowhere to go?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Date: Jan. 10, 1988 Topics: Crossdressing, Gender identity, Helplines, Transgenderism, Transsexualism Subject: Gay Community News, TV-TS Contact Service Description: A classified ad for the TV-TS (transvestite transsexual) contact service, originally published in volume 15, number 25 of Gay Community News. -
An Intimate Circle of Friends
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Moody, Linda Date: Oct. 13, 1984 Topics: Crossdressing, Lesbian artists, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ archives, LGBTQ+ theater, Sexism Subject: Addie Manning, Anne Whitney, Boston Area Lesbian and Gay History Project, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Cushman, Edwin Booth, Eliza Cook, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Gay Community News, Hamlet, Harriet Hosmer, Janet Kahn, Macbeth, Matilda Hays, Oliver Twist, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare Description: This article details the life and history of Charlotte Cushman and her circle of friends, many of whom were lesbians and engaged in crossdressing. There are several small typos in the article; Cush... -
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... -
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... -
'chosen' 'trap'?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Neutzel, David Date: Jul. 8, 1987 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Masculinities, MtFs, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transgender youth Subject: Avon Park Correctional Institution, Gay Community News Description: A letter to the editor of Gay Community News from a prisoner at Avon Park Correctional Institution. Originally printed in volume 15, issue 3. Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensiti... -
Coming Out as Transsexual
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Christina Ann Debosco Date: Jan. 31, 1988 Topics: Diversity, Drag, Intersectionality, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: Buffalo Transition Support, Gay Community News, March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation Description: A letter to the editor of Gay Community News from Christina Ann Debosco. Debosco requests that more information and writing by and for transgender individuals be published in the newspaper. Origina... -
cross-dressing: inside and out
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Scribner, Lynn M. Date: Feb. 23, 1985 Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Lingerie, Sexuality Subject: Gay Community News, Gayellow Pages, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund (LLDEF), TV-TS Contact Service Description: Letter to the editor of Gay Community News from a person imprisoned in Huntsville, TX. Originally published on page 6 of Volume 12, number 31. -
cross-dressing now legal in st. louis
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Fauntleroy, Jim Date: Aug. 24, 1986 to Aug. 30, 1986 Topics: Crossdressing, Law, Newspaper court reporting, Police Subject: ACLU News, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Gay Community News Description: A short news bulletin recounting a recent court case in St. Louis, MO, in which a female impersonator and a transsexual person sued the city for arresting them for crossdressing. The article insinu... -
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... -
Divine
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Divine, Holland, David Date: Nov. 13, 1976 Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Gender identity in the theater, Motion pictures, Off Off-Broadway theater, Theater Subject: Allen Ginsberg, Andy Warhol, Babs Johnson, Divine, Female Trouble, Gay Community News, John Waters, Multiple Maniacs Mondo Trasho, Museum of Modern Art, Pink Flamingos, Roman Candles, Shakespeare, Tom Eyen, Women Behind Bars Description: An interview with Divine, the drag queen and actor. Originally printed on page 9 of Volume 4, number 2 of Gay Community News. Photography by Deborah Irmas. -
Drag queens suspected in stabbings
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Gaines, Kelly Date: Jan. 14, 1990 Topics: Bars (Drinking establishments), Drag queens, Violent crimes Subject: Dallas Voice, Gay Community News Description: A news bulletin from Dallas describing a violent incident on New Year's Day. Originally published on page 2 of volume 17, number 26 of Gay Community News. -
Dressing the Part: Two Approaches to Drag
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Schneiderman, Jo, Leigh, Joanna, Lynn, Merissa Sherrill Date: May 5, 1984 Topics: Camp (Gay culture), Clothing, Crossdressers, Drag, Drag bars, Drag community, Drag queens, Femininities, Gay community, Gender affirming surgery, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ relationships, MtFs, Sexual assault, Transsexual people Subject: Eve's Garden, Fire and Ice Review, Gay Community News, Jacque's, Norell, Roberta Dearborn, Tiffany Club, Tina Lea Description: A compilation of interviews with drag queens, transsexual women, and crossdressers. Touches on the drag scene in Boston, presenting and passing as a woman, the threat of sexual assault, and relatio... -
"Even if you win your revolution, I'm still an outlaw"
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Kaplan, Rebecca Date: Apr. 19, 1992 Topics: Gender identity, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ religious people, LGBTQ+ spiritual people, LGBTQ+ theater, MtFs, Transsexual people Subject: Gay Community News, Hidden: A Gender, Kate Bornstein, Real Art Ways, The Bible, The Opposite Sex... is Neither Description: A review of Kate Bornstein's one woman play, The Opposite Sex ... is Neither, originally published on page 9 of volume 19, number 37 of Gay Community News. -
FAIRIES, LEATHERMEN AND QUEENS SHARE THE SPIRIT
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Bronski, Michael, Thompson, Mark, Hayes, Dimid Date: Jul. 12, 1987 Topics: Berdache, Book reviews, Closeted gay men, Crossdressing, Faeries, Gay activism, Gay culture, Gay liberation, Gay men, Homophobia, Internalized homophobia, Interviews, Lesbian activism, LGBTQ+ books, LGBTQ+ Christians, LGBTQ+ religious people, LGBTQ+ spiritual people, Persecution of gay men, Queer men Subject: Anita Bryant, Edward Carpenter, Gay Community News, Gay Spirit: Myth and Meaning, Harry Hay, LIVE-AID, Louisiana Sissies in Struggle, Mark Thompson, The Advocate, Tree Roots Collective, Walt Whitman Description: An interview with Mark Thompson and a review of his book, Gay Spirit: Myth and Meaning. Thompson discusses what it means to be gay and references crossdressers and iconic gay men of the past. Origi... -
Fighting for the rights of transsexuals
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Farmer, Dee Date: Nov. 24, 1991 Topics: Butches, FtMs, Gender affirming surgery, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ prisoners, MtFs, Transphobia, Transsexual people, Wimmin, Women's music festivals, Womyn Subject: Gay Community News, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Nancy Burkholder, Sr. Mary Elizabeth Description: A letter to the editor responding to another letter regarding Nancy Burkholder's ejection from the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival. Farmer defends Burkholder's right to attend and also offers legal... -
Finding aid for the Bisexual Resource Center Records
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Date: Unknown Topics: Bisexual people, Bisexual press, Bisexuality, Gay liberation, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ ethnic groups, Transgender people Subject: Bay Area Bisexual Network, BiNet USA, Bisexual Resource Center, Boston Bisexual Women's Network, March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, Marcia Deihl, Robyn Ochs Description: The Bisexual Resource Center collection documents the organization's efforts to increase visibility and understanding of bisexuality and to provide support to bisexual or bi-friendly individuals an... -
Finding aid for the Boston Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youths, Inc. Records
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Date: Unknown Topics: Gay liberation, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ youth, LGBTQ+ youth centers Subject: Boston Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth, Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Youth, Chanelle Pickett, Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Speakers Bureau, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth Group Network of Massachusetts, Grace Sterling Stonewall, Healthy Boston Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth, Massachusetts Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth, Project ACHIEVE Community Advisory Board Description: This collection reflects the Boston Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth, Inc's (BAGLY, Inc.) administrative, social, educational, and community activities from its inception in 1980 to 2001, includin... -
Finding aid for the Boston Intercollegiate Lesbian and Gay Alliance records
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Date: Unknown Topics: Gay college students, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ movement, LGBTQ+ students' clubs Subject: Beth Holmberg, Boston Intercollegiate Lesbian and Gay Alliance, Northeast Lesbian and Gay Student Activist Conference, Northeast Lesbian and Gay Student Union, Northeastern University Organization for Alternative Lifestyles Description: The Boston Intercollegiate Lesbian and Gay Alliance (BILGA) records were assembled by Tim O'Connor, treasurer from 1985 to 1989; Beth Holmberg, secretary of BILGA from 1988 to 1990; and Jeffrey Mat... -
Finding aid for the Bromfield Street Educational Foundation (collector) Prison Newsletter Records
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Date: Unknown Topics: Detention of LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Mentally ill prisoners, Prison periodicals, Prisoners--Civil rights, Transsexual people, Women prisoners Description: The collection contains newsletters created by prisons and organizations in support of prisoners to raise awareness of conditions faced by inmates in the U.S. Penal System. The newsletters include ... -
Finding aid for the Coalition to Stop Institutional Violence Records
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Date: Unknown Topics: Mentally ill prisoners, Mentally ill women, Prison violence, Prisoners--Civil rights, Reformatories for women, Violence in women, Women prisoners Subject: Coalition to Stop Institutional Violence, Women's Educational Center Description: The records of the Coalition to Stop Institutional Violence document the group's formation and operation as an anti-violence grassroots organization, its work at various institutions including Brid... -
Finding aid for the Fenway Community Health Center Records
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Date: Unknown Topics: Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, HIV tests, HIV/AIDS, Insemination, LGBTQ+ people who use substances recreationally, Medical care Subject: David Scondras, Linda Beane Description: The collection documents the work and expansion of the Fenway Community Health Center in serving the lesbian and gay, elderly, and low-income population of the Fenway and of Boston in general. Topi... -
Finding aid for the Greater Boston Business Council Records
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Date: Unknown Topics: Gay business enterprises, Gays--Employment, Lesbian business enterprises, LGBTQ+ newsletters Subject: Greater Boston Business Council Description: The collection includes board of directors records consisting of by-laws, correspondence, meeting minutes, photographs, and documentation concerning the crisis and subsequent restructuring in 2000.... -
Finding aid for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Political Alliance of Massachusetts Records
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Date: Unknown Topics: AIDS activists, AIDS education, AIDS memorial quilts, Domestic partnerships, Gay political groups, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ parenthood Subject: Boston Police Department, Eric Rofes, John Kerry, March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, Massachusetts Gay Political Caucus, Michael Dukakis, National Gay Task Force (NGTF), Raymond Flynn, Robert Bork, Robert E. Jackson, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Alliance of Massachusetts Description: The records of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Alliance of Massachusetts (LGBTPAM) document the organization's activities within Boston and Massachusetts to achieve social and political... -
Finding aid for the Women Against Violence Against Women Records
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Date: Unknown Topics: Motion picture industry, Pornography, SM, Sound recording industry, Transsexual people, Transsexualism, Violence--Press coverage, Women's movement, Women's rights, Women--Crimes against Subject: Marcia Womongold Description: The Women Against Violence Against Women collection consists of records collected by organization members Gail Hanon and Ellen Herman. The Administration series focuses on the group's activities, f... -
FOCUS ON: Gender Identity Service
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Date: May 4, 1974 Topics: Clinics, Counseling, Gender identity, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Legal name change, Legal status, LGBTQ+ personal and family law, Medical care, Official documentation, Organizations for sexual research and sexual reform, Therapies, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: Community Sex Information Service, Deborah Feinbloom, Gay Community News, Gender Identity Clinic, Homophile Community Health Service, New England Description: A brief description of a new gender identity service in Cambridge. Originally published on page 7 in volume 1, number 45 of Gay Community News. -
forum GRAFFITI
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Date: Jan. 26, 1974 Topics: Bathrooms, Bisexuality, Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, Gay men, Lesbians, Sexism Subject: Charles Street Meeting House, Gay Community News, Jesus, Richard M. Nixon Description: Content Warning: This item contains racist and homophobic language. -
Free TV/TS contact service
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Rubin, Ina Helen Date: Jan. 31, 1988 Topics: Crossdressing, Helplines, Letters to the editor, Transgenderism, Transsexual people, Transsexualism, Transvestites Subject: American Transvestite-Transsexual Contact Service, Gay Community News, Kinsey Institute, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), National Transvestite-Transsexual Hotline Number, TV-TS Contact Service Description: A response to an ad, redirecting readers from a paid trans focused talk line to a free one. Originally published on page 4 of volume 15, number 28 of Gay Community News. -
FROM STONEWALL TO THE PUERTO RICAN PRIDE PARADE: THE EPIC ROLE OF TRANSVESTITES
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Negron, Frances Date: Jun. 1994 Topics: Gay men, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ people of color, Stonewall riots, Transphobia, Transvestites Subject: Communidad Orgullo Gay, Gay Community News, Gay Liberation Front, Latino Gay and Lesbian Coalition, Maida Tilchen, National Gay Task Force (NGTF), Pa'Fuera, Puerto Rican Pride Parade, Puerto Rico, Stonewall 25, Stonewall Rebellion, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: An overview of Puerto Rican involvement in the LGBT+ movement, especially Sylvia Rivera's involvement in the Stonewall Rebellion. Originally published on page 22 of volume 20, issues 1 and 2 of Gay... -
Gay Legal Rights
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Date: Dec. 1, 1971 Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Anti-gay discrimination, Drag, Law, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Sodomy laws Subject: Alphonso Zirpoli, Florida Supreme Court, Gay Community News, Illinois Gays for Legislative Action, San Francisco Society for Individual Rights, Supreme Court, The Gay Advocates, The University of Michigan Description: A collection of legal bulletins on recent important state and federal court cases for LGBT rights. Originally published on page 7 of volume 1, number 24 of Gay Community News. -
GCN STONEWALL NATION 69~79: What Happened, Anyhow?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Stein, Cindy Date: Jun. 23, 1979 Topics: Drag queens, Gay liberation, Lesbians, Police harassment, Stonewall riots Subject: Allen Ginsberg, Dave Van Ronk, Dick Leitsch, Donn Teal, Gay Community News, Howard Smith, Lucian Truscott IV, New York City Police Department, New York Daily News, New York Mattachine Society, New York Times, The Gay Militants, Village Voice Description: An account of the Stonewall Riots, originally published on page 9 of volume 6, number 47 of Gay Community News, in the Stonewall 10th Anniversary issue. The author mentions drag queens being presen... -
Glen or Glenda? : Not Just a Puppy Dog's Tale
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Bronski, Michael Date: Jul. 31, 1982 Topics: Exploitation films, LGBTQ+ films, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: Bela Lugosi, Christine Jorgensen, Ed Wood, Gay Community News, Glen or Glenda?, John Waters, World War II Description: A review of Glen or Glenda? (1953), originally published on pages 7 and 8 of volume 10, issue 3 of Gay Community News. -
'Helping Professions' Meet a Sexual Minority
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Rosen, Lyn Date: Apr. 9, 1977 Topics: Crossdressing, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender expression, Gender identity, Transgender people, Transsexuality, Transvestism Subject: Ariadne Kane, Brooks House, Deborah Feinbloom, Gay Community News, Gender Identity Service of Boston, The Outreach Foundation, Transvestites and Transsexuals: Mixed Views Description: A summary of an event in which counselors, therapists, hotline operators and sex educators met with transvestites, transsexual people, and transgender people. Originally published on page 8 of volu... -
KATZ TO US: HISTORY LIVES
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Young, Allen, Schreiber, Ron, Katz, Jonathan Date: Feb. 5, 1977 Topics: Book reviews, Crossdressing, Gay men, Interviews, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ archives, LGBTQ+ books, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ people of color, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: Antioch, City College, Coming Out! (play), Committee of the Gay Activists Alliance, Communism, Emma Goldman, Gay American History, Gay Community News, Gay Socialist Action Project, Harry Hay, High School of Music and Art, Jim Steakley, Jonathan Katz, Karl Marx, Lucy Ann Lobell, Lucy Terry Prince, Mattachine Society, Murray Hill, Resistance of Christiana, The Early Homosexual Rights Movement, WBAI Description: Interview with Jonathan Katz, author of Gay American History, and an inset review of the book. The interview covers Katz's research, thoughts on academia, personal politics, and insights into LGBT ... -
Letter to the Editor
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Ford, Lynn Date: 1996 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender identity disorder, Legal status, Letters to the editor, Medical care, Medicalization, Personals, Transgender movement, Transgender rights, Transsexual people Subject: Basic Rights Oregon, Gay Community News, Gender Shock, Lambda Book Report, Medicaid, OUT Magazine, Phyllis Burke, Riki Anne Wilchins, Shannon Minter Description: A letter to the editor in response to comments made about Gender Identity Disorder diagnoses and the book Gender Shock. Originally published on pages 2 and 31 of volume 22, number 3 of Gay Communit... -
Looking for room to grow in Sex Roles and Sexualities
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Cottle, Ed, Grewell, Eve Date: May 5, 1984 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Drag queens, Gay community, Gender expression, Gender identity, Lesbian community, Lesbian identity, Lesbians, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Parents of transgender people, Queer transgender people, Sex (Act), Transvestites Subject: Changes, Gay Community News, Solidarity and International Socialists: A Socialist Feminist Network Description: Two letters to the editor, both from trans individuals currently in prison. Originally published on pages 14 and 15 of volume 11, number 41 of Gay Community News. -
only her surgeon knows for sure
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Date: Mar. 28, 1981 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Legal status, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ personal and family law, MtFs, Transgender rights, Transsexual people Subject: Gay Community News, Los Angeles Daily Journal, Raegan Kelly Description: A legal bulletin describing a case in which a trans woman is suing her workplace for discrimination. Originally published on page 2 of volume 8, issue 35 of Gay Community News. -
Seeking 'equal protection' for transsexuals in prison
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Farmer, Dee Date: Sep. 17, 1989 Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Criminal law, Estrogen, Hormones, Letters to the editor, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ personal and family law, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Transsexual people Subject: Gay Community News, United States Constitution Description: A letter to the editor of GCN concerning transsexual prisoners' rights. Originally published on page 5 of volume 17, number 10 of Gay Community News. -
Sexual Minorities Conference
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Date: May 3, 1975 Topics: Birth certificate amendments, Legal name change, LGBTQ+ personal and family law, MtFs, Transgenderism, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: Ariadne Kane, Conference on Alternate Sex and Gender Lifestyles, Emerson College, Gay Community News, Gender Identity Service of Boston, Massachusetts Bureau of Vital Statistics, Michael Fleming, Richard Rubino Description: An account of the second annual Conference on Alternate Sex and Gender Lifestyles, with photos from the event. Originally published on pages 3 and 9 of volume 2, issue 45 of Gay Community News. -
STONEWALL STORIES PART I OF II
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Bronski, Michael, Carlo, Vivian, Robinson, Colin, Poggi, Stephanie, Burns, Randy, Shively, Charley, Stowell, Sterling, Nestle, Joan, Lorde, Audre, Ewing, Tess, Rose, Steven, Abelove, Henry Date: Jun. 11, 1989 Topics: AIDS awareness, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, Gay community, HIV/AIDS, Homophiles, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Police harassment, Stonewall riots, Transvestites Subject: Bread and Roses, Daughters of Bilitis, Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Gay Community News, Gay Liberation Front, Gay Women's Liberation, Lesbian History Archives, March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, Marsha P. Johnson, Mattachine Society, Radicalesbians, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, That Certain Summer Description: A collection of stories and remembrances from the Stonewall riots and 1969. Writers comment on memory, inclusion, and what the riots mean as a symbol. Originally published on pages 14 through 17 of... -
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. -
The TV-TG-TS Phenomenon
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Kane, Ariadne Date: Jul. 20, 1974 Topics: Partners of transgender people, Transgender people, Transgenderism, Transsexual people, Transvestites Subject: Charles Street Meeting House, Gay Community News, Gayway, Gender Identity Service of New England, Harry Benjamin, New England Gay Conference, The Transsexual Phenomenon, WBUR FM Description: This article was originally published on page 7 of Gay Community News volume 2.4 on July 20 1974. Author Ariadne Kane describes a variety of feminine gender expressions and identities as well as ch... -
Transgender study & research center
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Date: May 10, 1980 Topics: Advertising, Classified, Gender identity, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Therapies, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Association for Humanistic Psychology, Association for the Advancement of Psychology, Association of Sexologists, Gay Community News Description: A classified ad for a counseling services clinic for transgender people. Originally published on page 7 of volume 7, number 41 of Gay Community News. -
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... -
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. -
Transsexual pioneer Jorgenson dies
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: McKnight, Jennie Date: Jul. 4, 1989 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Transsexual people Subject: Christine Jorgenson, Gay Community News, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Jorgenson Memorial Fund Description: This clipping announces Christine Jorgenson's death; she was one of the first people to undergo gender confirmation surgery. Originally published on page 2 of volume 16, number 45 of Gay Community ... -
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... -
Transsexual student expelled
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Yang, Jacob Smith Date: Dec. 15, 1991 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, LGBTQ+ personal and family law, MtFs, Trans women, Transsexual people Subject: Gay Community News, Park View Hospital, Query, Tennessee State University, Tracy Quirling Description: News bulletin about a trans woman who was "kicked out" of her nursing program. Originally published on page 2 of volume 19, number 22 of Gay Community News. -
TV Watching in P'town
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Damon, Bill Date: Nov. 15, 1975 Topics: Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Gay culture, LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender culture, Transvestites Subject: Ariadne Kane, Fantasia Fair, Gay Community News Description: A short article covering Ariadne Kane's first Fantasia Fair (national transvestite convention), held in Provincetown. Originally published on page 5 of volume 3, number 2 of Gay Community News. -
Who Did You Say You Are?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Leshko, Isa, Wilchins, Riki Anne Date: 1996 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Crossdressers, Feminism, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Interviews, Queer transgender people, Sexual orientation, Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Christian Coalition, Elizabeth Birch, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Gay Community News, Gender PAC, Hate Crimes Statistics Act (HCSA), Havelock Ellis, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Isa Leshko, Judith Butler, Kate Bornstein, Moral Majority, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), National Organization for Women (NOW), Riki Anne Wilchins, Stop Prison Rape, Transgender Menace, Tyra Hunter Description: An interview with Riki Anne Wilchins, discussing gender theory, politics, activism, and identity. Originally published on pages 17 and 29 of volume 22, number 1 of Gay Community News. -
Who gets to 'belong' in the lesbian community anyway?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Power, Bet, Power, Ben Date: Apr. 8, 1990 Topics: BDSM, Bisexual people, Drag community, Gay pride, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ visibility, Persecution of bisexual people, Sexual minorities, SM movement, Transgender community Subject: Academy Awards, Elizabeth Taylor, Gay Community News, Gertrude Stein, Lis Brook, New Alexandria Lesbian Library, Northhampton Lesbian/Gay Pride march, Radclyffe Hall, Sarah Dreher, Shelix, University of Massachusetts, Valley Gay Alliance, Willa Cather Description: An editorial concerning the exclusion of sexual and gender minorities from the 1990 Northampton pride march. Originally published on page 5 of volume 17, number 38 of Gay Community News.