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  1. Why I Went

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Rowley, Eddie
    Date: Sep. 15, 1985
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Heterosexuality, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Secrecy, Transsexual people, Violence
    Subject: Debbie Joyce
    Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria)
  2. Why "Iron Mike" Became "Miss Fluffy Ruffles"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Van Duzer, Winifred
    Date: Oct. 11, 1925
    Topics: Drag queens, Female impersonators, Labour, Performing arts, Students, Theatre
    Subject: Lionel Ames
  3. Why Is S/He Doing This To Us?: An Employer's Handbook

     
    Collection: Phyllis Frye Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Cole, Dana Joyce
    Date: 1992
    Topics: Coming out, Employees, Employers, Employment policies, FtMs, Gender identity, Gender role, MtFs, Personnel management, Sexual orientation, Solidarity, Transitioning (Gender)
  4. Why The Empress Went Cool on Napoleon

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 26, 1982
    Topics: History, Hormones, Medicine, Physical characteristics, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
    Subject: Napoleon Bonaparte, Robert Greenblatt
    Description: Clipping originally collected by Richard Ekins (from The University of Ulster Trans-Gender Archives/Richard Ekins collection at the Transgender Archives, University of Victoria)
  5. Why Transvestites Make Other People Nervous

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Kakutani, Michiko
    Date: Jan. 24, 1992
    Topics: Androgyny, Crossdressing, Drag, Gender ambiguity, Gender bending, LGBTQ+ books, Race relations, Transvestites
    Subject: Abbé de Choisy, Cultural Anxiety, Henry David Hwang, M. Butterfly, Marjorie Garber, Shi Pei Pu, Vested Interests: Cross-Dressing and Cultural Anxiety
    Description: This is a clipping from the New York Times that is a book review for Marjorie Garber's "Vested Interest: Cross Dressing and Cultural Anxiety" which talks about gender variance icons in popular medi...
  6. Why Wearing Skirts Makes a Man Effeminate

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Lough, James E.
    Date: Jan. 9, 1916
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Femininities, Masculinities, Psychology, Students, Theatre
    Subject: Brown Rolston, Frederick S. Jones, James E. Lough, Leroy K. Howe
  7. "Wife" Denies She Knew "Husband" Was Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 29, 1921
    Topics: Crossdressing, Marriage
    Subject: Ethel M. Kimball, James Hathaway, Louise Margaret Aechtler
  8. "Wife" Denies She Knew "Husband" Was Woman

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 30, 1921
    Topics: Arrests, Courts, Crossdressing, FtMs, Marriage
    Subject: Ethel M. Kimball, James Hathaway, Louise Margaret Aechtler
    Description: The Democratic Advocate (Westminster, Maryland)
  9. Wife To Fight Divorce Suit

     
    Collection: April Ashley Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Nov. 12, 1969
    Topics: Courts, Divorce, Gender realignment surgery, Legal process, Medicalisation, MtFs, Physicians
    Subject: April Ashley, Arthur Cameron Corbett
  10. Wife's Loyalties Torn in Heirloom Battle

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Van Buren, Abigail
    Date: Apr. 4, 1985
    Topics: Discrimination, Gender realignment surgery, Transsexual people
  11. Wigs on Fire 1998

     
    Collection: Clothing Collection
    Institution: Wearing Gay History
    Creator:
    Date: 1998
    Topics: Drag queens
    Subject: Miss Camp America Foundation
    Description: "Wigs on Fire . . . The Resurrection MCAF 1998" Miss Camp America Foundation
  12. Wigstock '97 Brings Down the Pier and Turbulence '97

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Twist
    Date: circa 1997
    Topics: Drag shows, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ magazines
    Subject: Wigstock
    Description: Articles from Twist Vol. 01, Issue 05 about Wigstock 1997, an event hosted by Lady Bunny as an outdoor drag festival, as well as images of different queer people at events and a summary of the TURB...
  13. Wigstock Participants in Black-feathered Hat, Red and Platinum Blonde Wigs

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: 1994
    Topics: Crossdressing, Gay men, Manners and customs
    Description: Costumed onlookers in black-feathered hat, red and platinum blonde wigs at Wigstock. 1994.
  14. Wigstock Video Compilation

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 20, 2012
    Topics: Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Drag queens, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ events, Racism
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, RuPaul, Wigstock
    Description: Various video clips taken at the 1992 Wigstock celebration featuring interviews on queer issues and drag queen performances. RuPaul is an emcee.
  15. Wild Orchids

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Curtis, Jackie
    Date: 1982
    Topics: Drag, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ poetry
    Subject: Jackie Curtis
    Description: This is a copy of Jackie Curtis' poetry manuscript titled "Wild Orchids."