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  1. Venus Castina: Famous Female Impersonators: Celestial and Human (Facsimile Edition)

     
    Collection: Rare Books
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Bulliet, Clarence Joseph
    Date: 1956
    Topics: Amazons, Bible, Christianity, Circumcision, Crossdressers, Drag, Drag queens, Eroticism, Femininities, History, Homophobia, Judaism, Masculinities, Music, Mythology, Passing (Gender), Poets, Psychology, Sexuality, Sportspersons, Theatre, Transphobia, Visual arts
    Subject: Abbé de Choisy, Antoine Francois Derues, Bernard S. Talmey, Farinelli, Freud, Girolamo Crescentini, Havelock Ellis, Julian Eltinge, Julius Caesar, King Charles II, Leonardo da Vinci, Memories of the Kaiser's Court, Michelangelo, Oscar Wilde, Penal Code of 1889, Queen Elizabeth I, Raphael de la Chapelle, Secret Life of the Kaiser, Shakespeare, The Dark Ages, Witches' Sabbath, World War I
    Description: Contents: At the shrine of Venus Castina --The hero in woman's dress -- Achilles. Hercules, Samson -- The gods in fine laces -- Love of the philosophers -- Orgy of the Caesars -- Versatility of Sat...
  2. Vote Baby, Vote! and Other Clippings

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Autumn 1992
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag community
    Subject: Joan Jett Blakk, RuPaul, Wigstock
    Description: These are clippings from Thing magazine, including an article by Joan Jett Blakk titled "Vote Baby, Vote!" and images from Wigstock 1992.
  3. Was A Russian Spy

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 22, 1906
    Topics: FtMs, Marriage
    Subject: Baron von Schlippenbach, Isaac Lipschitz, Nicolai De Raylan
    Description: Evening Star (Washington, DC)
  4. Woman Dresses as Man; Other Poses as "Wife" to Earn Living for Both

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: United Press
    Date: Feb. 8, 1915
    Topics: FtMs, Gender identity, Marriage
    Subject: Ben Rosenstein, Ida Weinstein
  5. Woman Insists "Husband" Is Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 23, 1906
    Topics: Death and dying, FtMs, Marriage, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Anne De Raylan, Nicolai De Raylan
    Description: The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
  6. Woman Seeks U.S. Aid to Wear Trousers

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Crossdressing, Masculinities
    Subject: Augusta Seib
    Description: A clipping from a newspaper detailing how Augusta Seib was prosecuted for wearing masculine attire, and passing as a man for nine years. This item was contributed to DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  7. Woman's Wife To Tell Story

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 24, 1906
    Topics: Death and dying, FtMs, Inheritances, LGBTQ+ parents, Marriage, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: Anna Davidson, Harry George De Raylan, Nicolai De Raylan