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  1. Radclyffe Hall: Lesbian or F-M TS?

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1988
    Topics: Gender identity, Sexual orientation, Transgender people, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: Discussion of the life, gender identity, and sexuality of Radclyffe Hall, who was born in 1883. The piece contests that Hall dressed in male garments and could have been a male-to-female transgende...
  2. "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.
  3. Review of Richard F. Docter's "Transvestites and Transsexuals"

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: 1988
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Description: Review of the book Transvestites and Transsexuals: Toward a Theory of Cross-Gender Behavior by Dr. Richard F. Docter.
  4. Sacred Cows Make the Best Hamburger: A collection of editorials and essays

     
    Collection: Creative Design Services Publications and Documents
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Roberts, JoAnn
    Date: 1993
    Topics: Crossdressers, Gender role, Genderism, Marriage, Politics
    Subject: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE)
  5. Seize the Time

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Transsexual Action Organization
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: Lesbianism, MtFs, Transgender activism, Transsexualism, Transvestites
    Subject: Transsexual Action Organization (TAO)
    Description: This is a draft of the April Transsexual Action Organization newsletter, which includes information about welfare, transsexualism, and male-to-female lesbianism.
  6. Tempest in a Chamberpot: a Social Science Perspective

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1988
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender people's writings
    Description: An article written by Rupert Raj, in which he weighs in on the "bathroom issue" surrounding which bathrooms trans people can use, approaching the issue from a social science perspective.
  7. The Phyllasbuster's War Stories

     
    Collection: Phyllis Frye Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Frye, Phyllis Randolph
    Date: 2001
    Topics: Children of transgender people, Demonstrations, Employment discrimination, Feminists, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: League of Women Voters, National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), Nikki Van Hightower, Phyllis Randolph Frye
    Description: Frye explains: "This is a collection of seven short stories that reflects many of the early struggles that my wife and I encountered as I came out of the closet as to being transgendered in the mid...
  8. The Vamps Take Manhattan

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Ahmed, Faraz
    Date: Apr. 1998
    Topics: Anal sex, Crossdressing, Dancers, Hijras, LGBTQ+ night life, Pakistanis--United States, QTPOC, South Asian LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association (SALGA)
    Description: This essay from Trikone Magazine recounts the experiences of a group of Pakistani dancers who cross-dress and work in Manhattan nightlife.
  9. Transgender in the United States: A Brief Discussion

     
    Collection: Academic Papers and Publications
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Denny, Dallas
    Date: Oct. 1999 to Nov. 1999
    Topics: Crossdressing, FtMs, Medicalization, Sexual orientation, Transsexualism
    Subject: Donna Reter, Harry Benjamin, Havelock Ellis, John Money, Jon Meyer, Magnus Hirschfeld, Richard Green, Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
    Description: Published in issue 28.1 of the SIECUS Report, this paper concerns trans history, history of medicalization, and the differentiation between labels.
  10. Transsexual Oppression: Medical, Legal, and Social

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1978 to 1986
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, FtMs, Legal name change, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender activism
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: An essay from Rupert Raj detailing the different types of oppression transgender people face in medical, legal, and social areas.
  11. Transsexual Rights - An Outsiders View

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Human rights, Transgender rights, Transsexuality
    Subject: Mark Rees, Rupert Raj, Self Help Association for Transsexuals (SHAFT)
    Description: A short essay written in response to the Mark Reese case in support of transsexual rights.
  12. Trapped: A Story of a Transexual (outline)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Bladow, Janel
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: Drag queens, LGBTQ+ suicide, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transsexualism
    Subject: Liz Eden
    Description: This is an outline for a story by Janel Bladow.
  13. TS (and it doesn't mean tough shit, either!)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Eden, Liz
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Transsexual people
    Subject: Liz Eden
    Description: This is a story about Liz Eden's experiences with relationships, gender-affirming surgery, and the film Dog Day Afternoon.
  14. Two Baluchi Buggas, A Sindhi Zenana, and the Status of Hijras in Contemporary Pakistan

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Naqvi, Nauman, Mujtaba, Hasan
    Date: Jan. 1998
    Topics: Baluchi (Southwest Asian people), Gender expression, Gender markers, Hijras, Police harassment, QTPOC, South Asian LGBTQ+ people, Transfeminine people, Zenanas
    Subject: Mohammed Aslam
    Description: This essay from Trikone Magazine (Vol. 13, No. 1) discusses South Asian gender identities and associated experiences in Pakistan.