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  1. Notes from A.G. Allen's Minstrels:--

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Woodbine
    Date: 1902
    Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: A. G. Allen's Minstrels, Augustus Stevens
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to racist language.
  2. Notes from the Domino Theatre Fernandina Fla--

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Woodbine
    Date: 1902
    Topics: Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Domino Theatre, Jessie Thomas
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to racist language.
  3. Owl Pharmacy

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 6, 1887
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, Minstrel shows
    Description: Article in The Abilene Reflector about "the best colored female impersonators in the business."
  4. Peter Sewally, alias Ann Eliza Erans, alias Beef Steak Pete

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: American Antiquarian Society
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 24, 1846
    Topics: Arrests, Black people, Crossdressers
    Subject: Beefsteak Pete
    Description: Content warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to racist and transphobic language.
  5. Photographs from the "They Lived It "Out!"" Event, 1998

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 23, 1998
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender community
    Subject: Gender Identity Project, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center), They Lived it "Out!"
    Description: Photographs from the "They Lived It "Out!"" Event, 1998
  6. Red. Dr. Yvette Flunder Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: LGBTQ Religious Archives Network
    Creator: Flunder, Yvette, Moultrie, Monique
    Date: Feb. 2014
    Topics: Activists, Black people, Christianity, Education, HIV/AIDS, Lesbians, Theology
    Description: Rev. Yvette Flunder speaks about her work as a leader of a fellowship of African-American churches, and her experience as a "same gender loving" Christian.
  7. Rev J.M. Gates - "Manish Women" (1930)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1930
    Topics: Appearance, Black people, Femininities, Gender role, Masculinities, Sexism
    Subject: J.M. Gates
    Description: Rev Gates was probably the most successful ministers in the South. He was definitely of the fire-and-brimstone call-and-response type, and was unique in that many of his sermons were recorded, abou...
  8. Richards & Pringle's Famous Georgie Minstrels

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Greenville Times
    Date: Sep. 28, 1889
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Great Gauze, Richards & Pringles Georgia Minstrels, Willis Gauze
    Description: A clipping from The Greenville advertising a performance by Richards & Pringle's Georgia Minstrels featuring The Great Gauze, a female impersonator.
  9. Richards & Pringle's Performance Announcement

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Pine Bluff Daily Graphic
    Date: Jan. 2, 1899
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows
    Subject: Great Gauze, Richards & Pringles Georgia Minstrels, Willis Gauze
    Description: A clipping from Pine Bluff Daily Graphic promoting a performance by Richards & Pringle's Georgia Minstrels featuring the Great Gauze, a female impersonator.
  10. ROCHESTER, N.Y.-ACADEMY OF MUSIC (Louis C. Cook, manager)

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 23, 1895
    Topics: Black people, LGBTQ+ theater, Male impersonators, Performance art
    Subject: Florence Hines
    Description: A clipping from "The New York Dramatic Mirror," describing a performance featuring Florence Hines. This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  11. Ryann Holmes Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Holmes, Ryann
    Date: May 14, 2019
    Topics: Activists, Anti-transgender violence, Black people, Childhood, Christianity, Dating, Family members, Gender diversity, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender role, Hormones, Lesbianism, LGBTQ+ parents, Pronoun, Religions, Secondary education, Tomboys, Transgender parents, Transgender people
    Subject: Bklyn Boihood, Black Trans TV, Miss Major
    Description: In this dialogue, Ryann Holmes discusses their life with Sir Knight of BlackTransTV. Ryann co-founded bklyn boihood, an organization for transmasculine people of color. Ryann discusses being a tomb...
  12. Schools For Training Liars

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 5, 1884
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault and the use of transphobic language.
  13. [Scrapbook #2]

     
    Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Black transgender people, Children of transgender people, Clothing, Communism, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag balls, Femininities, Gender, Gender realignment surgery, Hairdressers, Hormone therapy, Hormones, Intersex, Job placement, LGBTQ+ people of color, Marriage, Military, Partners of transgender people, Photographic models, Plastic surgery, Pregnancy, Sexual practices, Sexuality, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transphobia, Typists
    Subject: Alain Garap, Angie Cerniglia, Bambi, Barbara Buick, Bili Day, Billie Kamp, Bryant Haliday, Burha, Cecil Saint Laurent, Charlotte McLeod, Christine Jorgensen, Coccinelle, Dahl Iverson, Dane Worth, Diana Dors, Douglas Zimmerman, Eddie Plique, Eise LaRoe, Elizabeth Kimberly Belvedere Hughes, Florence Robinson, Fran Novak, Frank Little, Franz Little, George Davies, Georgina Prince, Gina Bell, Hedy Jo Star, Herman Katz, Hiroshi Maruyama, Howard Knox, Jack Werboff, Jacques Dufrenoy, Jean Cocteau, Jeanette Jiousselot, Jeanne Eagles, John G. Eckhardt, John Lewis, John Murphy Goodshot, Josephine Baker, Julian Eltinge, Kathleen Little, Kim Novak, Laura Hughes, Laura Stebbings, Leonard Mastromarro, Leonard Sillman, Lucky Sarcell, Luis Laurite, Marilyn Monroe, Martha Ramiro, Maurice Leznoff, Mei Lanfang, Michel Marie Poulain, Naja Karamuru, Peter Howard, Phil Black, Ray Leen, Rene LaFont, Robbie Ross, Robert Cowell, Robert Francas, Roberto Navarro, T.C. Jones, Tony Midnight, William Westley
  14. Shake Dancer Postpones Sex Change For Face Lifting

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Jet
    Date: Aug. 6, 1953
    Topics: Black people, Dancers, Female impersonators, Gender realignment surgery, Marriage, Military, Plastic surgery
    Subject: Charles Robert Brown
  15. Shot Female Impersonator: Negro in Woman's Garb Slashes Policemen and Is Killed

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 22, 1908
    Topics: Black people, Clothing, Female impersonators, Mass media, Police, Race relations, Violence
    Subject: George Thompson