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  1. Pretty? Yes, But "She's" a "He"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: NEA Service
    Date: Nov. 17, 1923
    Topics: Drag queens, Opera
    Subject: Julian Eltinge, Lionel Ames
  2. Pride of Place

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Yaeger, Lynn
    Date: Jul. 2, 1996
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, QTPOC, Roommates, Stonewall riots, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Craig Rodwell, Lauren Gutenburg, Marsha P. Johnson, Martin Duberman, Randy Wicker, Uplift Lighting, William Offenbaker
    Description: An article featuring an interview with Marsha P. Johnson's former roomate, who also employed Sylvia Rivera at the time.
  3. Pride Parade Letter from Peter Dvarackas to Randy Wicker

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Dvarackas, Peter
    Date: Jul. 6, 1987
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay pride, HIV/AIDS, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people
    Subject: ACT UP, Harvey Fierstein, Hell Fire, Man Hole, Marsha P. Johnson, Peter Dvarackas, Randy Wicker, Rev. John McNeill, Sybil Bruncheon
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains racist and transphobic language.
  4. Protestors March at St. Patrick's Cathedral Demonstration

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Davies, Diana
    Date: 1971 to 1975
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Sylvia Rivera
    Description: A black and white photograph of protestors walking down street With Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. One protestor holds sign up saying, "God is gay." The date range that these photographs wer...
  5. Pussy Tourette

     
    Collection: Clothing Collection
    Institution: Wearing Gay History
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Drag balls, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ musicians
    Subject: Pussy Tourette
    Description: White t-shirt. "Pussy Tourette" Pussy Tourette is the stage name for an American drag queen, composer and singer.
  6. Quando o certo é o avesso

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Grupo Dignidade
    Creator: Silva, Aguinaldo
    Date: Jun. 1980
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens
    Subject: Andréia Gasparelli, Lecy Brandão, Maria Alcina, Noite do Avesso, Shirley Bassey, Zezé Mota
  7. Queens at Heart (1967)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: UCLA Film and Television Archive
    Creator:
    Date: 1967
    Topics: Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Femininities, Gay bars, Gender affirming surgery, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Hormones, LGBTQ+ suicide, Medicalization, Sex (Act), Trans women, Transphobia
    Subject: Jay Martin
    Description: "This short pseudo-documentary offers a rare look at trans life and drag ball culture in mid-1960s New York." According to Jenni Olson, the LGBTQ historian and archivist who rediscovered the film i...
  8. Queer Fuckers Magazine #2

     
    Collection: Zines
    Institution: Queer Zine Archive Project
    Creator: Jensen, Curtis
    Date: 1991
    Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Gay pride, LGBTQ+ Mormons, LGBTQ+ phobia, Piercings
    Subject: Gay Freedom Day Parade, Queer Nation
    Description: A zine titled "Queer Fuckers Magazine #2" created by Curtis Jensen, et al. Includes articles on PRIDE, poetry, and collages.
  9. Queer Nation "Justice for Marsha"

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Queer Nation
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ death and dying, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: This item is a leaflet created by Queer Nation announcing a demonstration on July 19, 1992 for Marsha P. Johnson to make demands to the police to change the suicide death classification of Marsha's...
  10. Quick Change Artist (1967)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 20, 1967
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Cabaret, Crossdressing, Drag queens
    Subject: Ricky Renee
    Description: L/S of a Rolls Royce arriving at Ricky Renee's cabaret club (it passes the Fortune Theatre) in daylight. A glamorous blonde in a fur stole gets out of the car; this turns out to really be cabaret s...
  11. Re: The Cabdriver Who Shot Marsha

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Sex work, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A description of Marsha P. Johnson being shot by the driver of a cab in the 1970s written by Randy Wicker. Wicker notes that incidents like these point to the possibility that foul play was a facto...
  12. Red Room Advertisement (1)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 1972
    Topics: Bars, Drag queens
    Subject: Jerry Vanover, Kitty Key, Red Room, Tiffany Jones
  13. Red Room Advertisement (2)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 1972
    Topics: Bars, Drag queens
    Subject: Jerry Vanover, Red Room, Tiffany Jones
  14. Red Room proudly presents "The Fun Three"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 1972
    Topics: Bars, Drag queens
    Subject: Daschell, Jerry Vanover, Red Room, Tiffany Jones
  15. "Reflections of a Drag Queen Striving Towards Political Correctitude"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Housel, David
    Date: 1993
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, Femininities, Masculinities, QTPOC, Sexism
    Subject: Black and White Men Together, Men of All Colors Together NY
    Description: An excerpt from Men of All Colors Together NY's 10th Anniversary Journal describing the experience of being BIPOC and a drag queen in New York.