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  1. Conform to the Times

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Morris, George P.
    Date: 1831
    Topics: Arrests, Clothing, Crossdressing, Femininities

  2. Conviction of Beefsteak Pete

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: May 13, 1848
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Theft
    Subject: Beefsteak Pete, Julia Johnson, Michael Bonney, Peter Sewally
    Description: Newspaper Clipping about the alleged thievery committed by "Beefsteak Pete".

  3. Curious Deception – A Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Brother Jonathan
    Date: 1839
    Topics: Clothing, Crossdressing, Femininities, Marriage

  4. Descripcion de un hermafrodita

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Sanchez Rubío, Mareos
    Date: Oct. 24, 1816
    Topics: Hermaphrodites, LGBTQ+ people of color
    Subject: Hytok
    Description: A published letter from Dr. Mareos Sanchez Rubió about a Black "hermafrodita" named Hytok staying in a bunkhouse in Cuba. The letter includes a detailed description of Hytok's physical characterist...

  5. Dr. James Barry

     
    Collection: Art Works
    Institution: Cork LGBT Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1820
    Topics: Transmasculine people
    Subject: James Barry

  6. Eccentric Character

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: 1812
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Epitaphs, Gender role, Theft
    Subject: Mary Frith

  7. Escape of a Murderer

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 17, 1846
    Topics: Crimes, Crossdressing, Prisoners

  8. Exquisite Dandies

     
    Collection: Art Works
    Institution: Yale University Libraries
    Creator: Robert, Cruikshank
    Date: Dec. 8, 1818
    Topics: Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressing, Gender, Social norms, Visual arts
    Description: Two men, referred to in the image as "dandies" are pictured dressing themselves. They speak to one another of their appearances. The men are depicted satirically.

  9. Extraordinary Cause of a Female Husband

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 1, 1836
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, FtMs, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Passing (Gender), Prisoners
    Subject: Eliza Cummings, George Moore Wilson, James Walker, Jane Walker
    Description: The North Carolina Standard (Raleigh, North Carolina)

  10. Extraordinary Investigations in London

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 4, 1833
    Topics: Courts, Crimes, Death and dying, Gender, Secrecy
    Subject: Eliza Edwards

  11. Facts Connected with the Life of James Carey

     
    Collection: Academic Papers and Publications
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Akin, James
    Date: 1839
    Topics: Intersex, Medicalization
    Subject: James Carey, University of Pennsylvania
    Description: Content warning: This item includes extremely dehumanizing language and visual depictions of intersex people and bodies. This item documents a post-mortem investigation of intersex person James ...

  12. Fanny Campbell The Female Pirate Captain: A Tale of The Revolution

     
    Collection: Dime Novels
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Lieutenant Murray
    Date: 1846
    Topics: Body image, Chivalry, Colonies, Colonization, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discovery and exploration, Femininities, Gender bending, Indians of North America, LGBTQ+ relationships, Pirates, Prisoners, Sailing, Sailing ships, Sailors, Ship captains, Ship models, Women
    Subject: Fanny Campbell, Jack Herbert, Terrence Mooney, William Lovell

  13. Female Dexterity

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: The Poize
    Date: 1810
    Topics: Crossdressing, Death and dying
    Subject: Chevalier D'Eon

  14. Grandfather Brown (William) at a masquerade party

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator: Critcherson, G.P.
    Date: 1800 to 1899
    Topics: African Americans, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressing, Femininities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Masquerades
    Description: William Brown, a wealthy Black businessman in Worcester, MA in the 19th century, wearing a dress. Part of the Brown Family Papers Collection, call number Mss. Boxes B.

  15. Illustration of Mary Jones (1836)

     
    Collection: Art Works
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: H.R. Robinson
    Date: 1836
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressing
    Subject: Mary Jones, Peter Sewally
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains racist and transphobic imagery. Text at the bottom reads: "The Man-Monster, Peter Sewally, alias Mary Jones, &c&c Sentenced 18th June 1836 to 5 years im...