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  1. 76 Men, 19 Women Change Sex, Expert Reports

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Lal, Gobind Behari
    Date: May 7, 1964
    Topics: Childhood, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Mothers, MtFs, Parents of transgender people, Psychiatry, Theories, Transsexualism
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Ira B. Pauly
  2. A Miracle Child? Former Male Claims Motherhood; Impossible, Say Doctors

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Oct. 9, 1960
    Topics: Biology, Childbirth, Gender realignment surgery, Harassment, Health sciences, Medicalisation, Mothers, MtFs, Physicians, Pregnancy, Transgender parents
    Subject: Dawn Langley Simmons
  3. David Schneider at a Halloween Ball (1964)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 1964
    Topics: Costume, Drag, Entertainers, Hairdressers, Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture)
    Subject: David Schneider
    Description: These photos are a part of Private Birthday Party, a collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s drag culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
  4. Doc Turtle Crawls Out Of His Shell

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Jul. 16, 1960
    Topics: MtFs, Plastic surgery
    Subject: Georgina Carol Turtle
  5. Drag Queen and Man Sitting at a Table (December 1964)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 1964
    Topics: Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Parties
    Description: These photos are a part of Private Birthday Party, a collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s drag culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
  6. Former 'Girl' Now a Father

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: United Press International
    Date: Jan. 6, 1964
    Topics: Acceptance, Childhood, Fatherhood, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Intersex, Physicians, Upbringing
    Subject: James Barrett Brown
  7. Girl Athletes Turn Into Men, Briton Reports

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Nov. 6, 1961
    Topics: FtMs, Intersex, Medicalisation, Sports, Track and field, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: British Athletics Board, Jack Crump, Thomas Jeffcoate
  8. Groom-to-Be Still Is a She

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Reuters Agency, Ltd.
    Date: Sep. 16, 1961
    Topics: Clothing, FtMs, Imprisonment, Law, Marriage
    Subject: Georges Ferruni
  9. Lady Dentist Is Proud Of New Sex

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: United Press International
    Date: Aug. 5, 1960
    Topics: Clothing, Gender realignment surgery, MtFs
    Subject: Georgina Carol Turtle
  10. Miss Christine Jorgensen

     
    Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people
    Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Jerry Grant Agency
    Description: Headshot of Christine Jorgensen with her talent agency's information on the reverse.
  11. National Variety Artists Exotic Carnival and Ball Police Raid (1)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 26, 1962
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressers, Police raids, Transgender people
    Subject: Manhattan Center
    Description: An image capturing an event where 44 cross-dressed people, some of whom were transgender, were arrested for "indecent exposure" and "masquerading" as a result of a police raid at the National Varie...
  12. National Variety Artists Exotic Carnival and Ball Police Raid (2)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 26, 1962
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressers, Police raids, Transgender people
    Description: An image capturing an event where 44 cross-dressed people, some of whom were transgender, were arrested for "indecent exposure" and "masquerading" as a result of a police raid at the National Varie...
  13. Reared as 'Girl' — Becomes Father

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: United Press International
    Date: Jan. 6, 1964
    Topics: Acceptance, Childhood, Fatherhood, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Intersex, Physicians, Upbringing
    Subject: James Barrett Brown
  14. Robbie Ross (1960)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1960
    Topics: Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators
    Subject: G.G. Allen, Jewel Box Revue, Robbie Ross
    Description: These photos are a part of Private Birthday Party, a collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s drag culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
  15. Two Drag Queens Kneeling on the Dance Floor (December 1964)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 1964
    Topics: Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Parties
    Description: These photos are a part of Private Birthday Party, a collection of found photographic slides that depict Kansas City’s drag culture throughout the 1950s and 1960s.