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  1. Joe Harper party, view 2

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: 1920
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Parties
    Description: A uniformed man (center), who appears to be a police officer, poses with three men who are dressed in drag for an event identified as "Joe Harper's Party." The two men on the far right are covering...
  2. John Waters at Vertigo

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator: Leonard, Gary
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Clubs, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Directors, Night life
    Subject: John Waters, Malcolm Kelso, Vertigo
    Description: Photo of director, John Waters and Vertigo artistic director, Malcolm Kelso, taken inside the Vertigo nightclub.
  3. Les Girls: Boys Will Be Girls Vol. 1 No. 3

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Holly Publications
    Date: 1981
    Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: In a Year of Thirteen Moons
    Description: Contents: M.B.'s wild, wild west -- Heather -- Queens on parade -- Jennifer -- Battle of V.IP.'s -- The transvestite - transsexual connection -- Amanda -- In a year of thirteen moons -- New York Ci...
  4. Les Girls: Boys Will Be Girls Vol. 1 No. 4

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Holly Publications
    Date: 1981
    Topics: Activists, Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Civil rights, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Bambi, Danny La Rue, Holli White, Kirk Weill, Rocio, Sulka
    Description: Contents: Rocio -- Bambi -- Holli White -- Michelle -- Danny LaRue -- Kirk Weill -- Sulka -- Amanda Winters.
  5. Les Girls: Boys Will Be Girls Vol. 2 No. 2

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Transgender Oral History Project
    Creator: Holly Publications
    Date: 1981
    Topics: Activists, Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Civil rights, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Transgender culture, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Fanny Lamour
    Description: Contents: Singapore - an exotic odyssey -- Fanny Lamour - New York sensation -- The queen Mary -- The Les Girls party on Bugis street -- The road to Singapore - my story.
  6. Letters from Female Impersonators Vol. 10

     
    Collection: Letters from Female Impersonators
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Nutrix Co.
    Date: 1962
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Clothing, Crossdressers, Dancers, Drag, Exotic dancers, Femininities, Jewelry, Military, Military service, Night life, Passing (Gender), Photography, Work ethic
    Subject: Coccinelle, Jacques Dufresnay, Jewel Box Revue
  7. Men dressed in drag

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 1, 1949
    Topics: Crossdressers, Crossdressing
    Description: Men festively dressed as women are shown during an unidentified event taking place at 3rd Street and Main in downtown Los Angeles. Photograph dated November 1, 1949.
  8. Nabbed in 'maid' masquerade

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Jan. 27, 1950
    Topics: Arrests, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Household work, Imprisonment, LGBTQ+ people of color, Police stations
    Subject: Frank Porter, Mary Lee Porter, Queque Malpress, Rita Porter, Tisha Porter, Willie Moore
    Description: Masculine jail clothing was substituted for feminine attire worn by these three youths after they were nabbed early today. They said they had been employed as female domestic servants in fashionabl...
  9. ONE in Los Angeles

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 1967
    Topics: Acceptance, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Mass media, Sexual practices
    Subject: Herbert Shaw
  10. Our Special Joy Vol. 5 No. 5 (November, 1984)

     
    Collection: Our Special Joy
    Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
    Creator: Moran, Mary Jane
    Date: Nov. 1984
    Topics: Androgyny, Censorship, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Femininities, Gatherings, Homosexuality, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Library, Masculinities, Passing (Gender)
    Subject: April Ashley, April Ashley's Odyssey, Boy George, Chi Delta Mu, Cindy Smith, Culture Club, Edith Marie, Geographic Area Leaders (GALS), The Life and Times of Virginia, The Man-Maid Doll, The Village Voice, Tootsie, Transvestia, Tri-Ess Metro, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Westchester Self-Help Clearinghouse
  11. Posed as a girl

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator: Ballwe, Howard
    Date: Nov. 7, 1944
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Police stations
    Subject: C.L. Knapp, James Barlow, Jeri Ryan
    Description: James Barlow, left, also known as Jeri Ryan, being fingerprinted by C. L. Knapp at city hall police station after he was caught making love to a man in a parked car at 12th Street and Central Avenu...
  12. Posed as girls

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator: Ballew, Howard
    Date: Nov. 7, 1944
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Police stations
    Subject: August Coy, Irene Paston, James Barlow, Jeri Ryan
    Description: James Barlow, left, also known as Jeri Ryan, and August Coy, also known as Irene Paston, at the city hall police station after they were caught making love to two men in a parked car at 12th Street...
  13. Posed as girls

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator: Ballew, Howard
    Date: Nov. 7, 1944
    Topics: Arrests, Crossdressers, Police stations
    Subject: August Coy, Irene Paston, James Barlow, Jeri Ryan
    Description: Photograph caption dated November 27, 1944 reads, "Nab 2 men dressed in women's clothes. James Barlow, left, and August Coy. Their feminine attire failed to fool the police." Officers found Barlow ...
  14. Renaissance News & Views, Vol 8. No. 10 (October 1994)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Oct. 1994
    Topics: Activists, Actors, Clothing, Comic strips, Conservatism, Couples, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag queens, DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), Femininities, Film, Gender realignment surgery, Genderism, Hormones, Letters, Letters to the editor, Media, Medicalisation, Passing (Gender), Politics, Prisoners, Prisons, Psychology, Representation, Role models, Self-image, Support groups, Transgender movement, Transgender people, Transphobia, Women's music festivals
    Subject: DSM-IV, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Spouses & Partners International Conference for Education (SPICE), The Doom Patrol, The Invisibles
  15. Renaissance News & Views, Vol. 8 No. 9 (September 1994)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Renaissance Education Association
    Date: Sep. 1994
    Topics: Appearance, Books, Censorship, Clothing, Couples, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Dolls, Drag queens, Events, Film, Friendships, Gatherings, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Homophobia, LGBTQ+ relationships, Lingerie, Married people, Media, Military, Navy, Politics, Reviews, Self-acceptance, Support groups, Transgender people, Transsexualism, Women's friendships
    Subject: American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS), Dallas Denny, Identity Management in Transsexualism: A Practical Guide to Managing Identity on Paper