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  1. A Gay Interview

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Van, Eddie, Perry, H. L.
    Date: Apr. 15, 1977 to Apr. 21, 1977
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Gay community, Homosexuality, Interviews, Police, Police raids, Transgender people

  2. An Exotic Gay Subculture Turns Poignant Under Scrutiny

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Dunning, Jennifer
    Date: Mar. 23, 1991
    Topics: Ballroom families, Drag balls, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transvestites
    Subject: Dorian Corey, Jennie Livingston, Meg McLagan, Octavia St. Laurent, Pepper Labeija, Willi Ninja
    Description: A description of how the film "Paris is Burning" relates to ball culture in New York City.

  3. Bette Midler with Drag Queens at Studio One

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Rocco, Pat
    Date: 1978
    Topics: Celebrities, Drag queens, Drag shows, Female impersonators, Gay discotheques
    Description: Bette Midler with drag queens at Studio One. 1978.

  4. Bradley Picklesimer Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Picklesimer, Bradley
    Date: Mar. 28, 2018
    Topics: Anti-gay violence, Berdache, Drag, Drag queens, Gay discos, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Hormones, LGBTQ+ porn films, Police raids, Sexual assault, Siblings, Stonewall riots, Transitioning (Gender), Transvestites
    Subject: ACT UP, AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), Bernard Jay, Bradley Picklesimer, Café LMNOP, Chi Chi LaRue, Club Agogo, Courtney Act, David Bowie, Divine, Francis Marion Picklesimer, Henry Faulkner, Jayne County, Judy Garland, Lee Angelique, Martha Lynn Stone, Miss Bradley, Sweet Evening Breeze, The Montparnasse, The Thrusters, Wade Littrell
    Description: OUTWORDS interview with Bradley Picklesimer conducted by Kate Kunath on March 28, 2018 in Meally, KY. AT 20, Bradley opened his first downtown club in Lexington, KY with the help of his brother and...

  5. Buddy Fisher, the Nation’s Joy-Boy, and Carl Osborne, Denny Lynch, Treg Brown entertain Myrna Kennedy and Francis Renault

     
    Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1900-1949)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Hollywood Filmograph
    Date: Jul. 30, 1932
    Topics: Drag queens, Female impersonators, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ arts
    Subject: Buddy Fisher, Carl Osborne, Denny Lynch, Francis Renault, Myrna Kennedy, Treg Brown
    Description: A newspaper clipping including a photo of Buddy Fisher, Carl Osborne, Denny Lynch, Treg Brown as they entertain Myrna Kennedy and Francis Renault.

  6. Carroll Revue: America's Foremost Female Impersonators (1956)

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Wallace, Ruth
    Date: 1956
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease
    Subject: Blue Note Night Club, Finnochio's, Latin Quarter, Rendevous Club, Solomon's Club, Starlite Room, Tivoli Circuit, Tivoli Theatre, Tropics Room

  7. Charles Pierce at Mr. Valentine

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Rocco, Pat
    Date: 1970
    Topics: African American gays, Beauty contests, Drag queens
    Description: Charles Pierce (in suit) on stage with drag queens at the Mr. Valentine Contest. 1970.

  8. Club Flamingo Hollywood (1947)

     
    Collection: Drag Show Programs
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator: Club Flamingo
    Date: 1947
    Topics: Dancers, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Female impersonators, Striptease
    Subject: Carroll Davis, Carroll Wallace, Chris Bailey, Francis Blair, Francis Stillman, Harvey Lee, Jackie Maye, Jan Vidra, Johnny Mangum, Mickey Mercer

  9. Drag contest, Club Alabam

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator: Woods, Clyde
    Date: circa 1945
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Clubs, Drag, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, Night life
    Subject: Club Alabam
    Description: Contestants fill the dance floor during a drag contest at Club Alabam, located at 42nd and Central Avenue in Los Angeles, hosted by Bill Hefflin.

  10. Drag Queen and Subjects at the Los Angeles Gay Pride Parade

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Mason, Lee
    Date: Jun. 27, 1971
    Topics: Costume, Drag queens, Gay pride parades
    Description: Drag queen and subjects on the back of a car at the Los Angeles Christopher Street West pride parade. June 27, 1971.

  11. Drag queens on horses at the Los Angeles gay pride parade

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Morris, Rusty
    Date: 1975
    Topics: Drag queens, Gay pride parades, Horses
    Description: Drag queens on horseback at the Los Angeles Christopher Street West pride parade. 1975.

  12. Dragazine No. 1

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Commondenominator, Lois
    Date: Apr. 1991
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag queens
    Description: From p. 2: "Feature Interview and Outskirts! by the Publishers; Media Notes by Bea Flat; Drag for Dollars by Millie Van Willie; Dear TATA by Tushie Tucks; Donelan (we love you!); Drag Names by our ...

  13. Dragazine No. 4

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Commondenominator, Lois
    Date: 1992
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens
    Subject: Chi-Chi LaRue, Esther Newton, Frank Marino, Glamour-osity, Jimmy James, Joan Jett Blakk, Joan Rivers, Joe Jeffreys, Karen Dior, Majorie Garber, Marilyn Monroe, Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
    Description: From page 2: "In keeping with tradition, DRAGAZINE No. 4 has collected tidbits, morsels, goodies, this, that and the other, news and information about all things Drag." This issue of Dragazine incl...

  14. Dragazine No. 5

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Commondenominator, Lois
    Date: 1993
    Topics: Black gay men, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Transgender films
    Description: The fifth Dragazine issue includes reviews of The Crying Game and the instructional video Ladylike Deportment, makeup tips, event photography, and interviews with queens RuPaul, Miss X, and Karen D...

  15. Dragazine No. 6

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Commondenominator, Lois
    Date: 1993
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag community, Drag performers, Drag queens, Trans women
    Description: The sixth Dragazine issue includes a review of Nan Goldin's The Other Side, a satirical profile of J. Edgar Hoover, reports from Wigstock '93, and brief pieces on anti-fur activism and goth culture...