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Who's that girl?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: McKnight, Jennie Date: Jan. 14, 1990 Topics: Transvestites Subject: Babilonia, Gay Community News, Gay Scotland, Lisa Visonti, Miss Italy Description: A news bulletin describing a transvestite who entered a beauty pageant in Italy. Originally published on page 2 of volume 17, number 38 of Gay Community News. -
Why are Julia and Judy different from other women?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Hodgkinson, Liz Date: Oct. 14, 1980 Topics: Acceptance, Army, Crossdressers, Electrolysis, Family members, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, LGBTQ+ partners, Marriage, Masculinities, Psychiatrists, Transsexual people Subject: Judy Cousins, Julia Grant 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) -
Why Barry Davies Wants to be a man...
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Macdonald, Alison Date: 1985 Topics: Acceptance, Adolescence, Birth certificate amendments, Discrimination, FtMs, Gender realignment surgery, Heterosexuality, Masculinities, Parents of transgender people, Partners of transgender people, Support groups, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Transsexualism Subject: Barry Davies, Bridget Lee Nicoll 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) -
Why does she do it?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Stearns, Alan Date: Apr. 1992 Topics: Clothing, Drag, Drag queens, Femininities, Feminism, Gender roles, LGBTQ+ bars, Masculinities, Pageants, Queer people Subject: La Cage Aux Folles, Limelight, Paris Is Burning Description: A clipping from the April 1992 issue of "Our Paper," titled: "Why does she do it?" discussing drag and queer stereotypes. -
Why Dr Prince fooled congress
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Doyle, Christine Date: Aug. 10, 1969 Topics: Androgyny, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender role, Masculinities, Mental health, Psychiatrists, Sexual orientation, Suicide Subject: Virginia Prince 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) -
Why Ex-Airman John Wants to Join the W.I.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Du Pre, John Date: Jan. 11, 1981 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Army, Clothing, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Family members, Femininities, Film, Hormone therapy, MtFs, Partners of transgender people, Transphobia, Transsexual people Subject: Jan Davies, Women's Institute 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) -
Why Father William Became a Woman
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Date: 1980 to 1982 Topics: Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Harassment, MtFs, Priests, Roman catholicism, Transphobia, Transsexual people Subject: Nancy Ledins, William Griglak 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) -
Why Fireman Wore Mini-Skirt
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Young, Sydney Date: Jan. 30, 1981 Topics: Arrests, Courts, Crossdressing, Fire fighters, Police Subject: Keith Rees 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) -
Why Gay Leaders Don't Last
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Independent Voices Creator: Jernigan, David Date: Summer 1988 Topics: Bars, Coming out, Criminalization, Discrimination, Gay liberation, Gay men, HIV/AIDS, Homosexuality, Lesbians, Masturbation, Oppression, Police, Politics, Role models, Stigmatisation, Stonewall riots, Visibility Subject: 1976 Democratic National Convention, Allan Spear, Barney Frank, Bay Area Committee Against the Briggs Initiative (BACBI), Bay Area Gay Liberatiobn (BAGL), Betty Friedan, Bruce Voeller, Dave Johnson, David Kopay, Del Martin, Ethan Geto, Franklin Kameny, Gasy Rights National Legislation (GRNL), Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Gay Awareness Week, Gay Community Week, Gay Liberation Front, Geraldine Ferraro, Golden Gate Bussiness Assocaition, Harvey Milk, Jesse Jackson, Jim Foster, Jim Owles, José Sarria, Kenneth Sherill, Leonard Matlovich, Martin Luther King Jr., Marty Robinson, Mattachine Society, Medline Davis, National Gay Task Force (NGTF), New Left, New York Study Group, New York University School of Medicine, Rockefeller University, San Francisco Gay Democratic Club, Sascha Gregory-Lewis, Society for Individual Rights (SIR), Tavern Guild, The Advocate, Toby Marotta, Zapping -
Why I think the judge was wrong over April
Collection: April Ashley Collection Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Maugham, Lord Date: Aug. 2, 1970 Topics: Acceptance, Courts, Divorce, Femininities, Gender realignment surgery, Law, MtFs, Psychiatry, Suicide Subject: April Ashley, Arthur Corbett 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) -
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) -
Why "Iron Mike" Became "Miss Fluffy Ruffles"
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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) -
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... -
Why Wearing Skirts Makes a Man Effeminate