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  1. Flyer Advertising Sir Lady Java Performance

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Sir Lady Java
    Description: Flyer advertising Sir Lady Java's three-day performance at The Baby Grand West in Harlem, New York. Jazz musician Gerald Wilson is also mentioned.
  2. Gladys Bentley

     
    Collection: Academic Papers and Publications
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Young, Wilbur
    Date: Sep. 1938
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ musicians, Male impersonators
    Subject: Gladys Bentley, Ubangi Club
    Description: This item is an essay about Gladys Bentley written by Wilbur Young as a part of the "Sketches of Colorful Harlem Characters." This item portrays Bentley in a negative light.
  3. International TranScript, Vol. 2 No. 1 (Jan. 1992)

     
    Collection: Creative Design Services Publications and Documents
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Roberts, JoAnn
    Date: 1992
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressers, Drag balls, Gender role, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Passing (Gender), Spirituality, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Anita Berber, Octavia St. Laurent, Paris Is Burning, Silence of the Lambs