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  1. Aching to Be a Prima Donna, When You’re a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Canby, Vincent
    Date: Mar. 13, 1991
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag balls, Drag families, Drag queens
    Subject: Dorian Corey, Jennie Livingston, Pepper Labeija, Venus Extravaganza, Willi Ninja
    Description: A description of the film "Paris is Burning", and a brief explanation of the ball culture explored in the film that acknowledges prominent individuals.
  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. Butch Queens in Drag: Issues of Race and Gender

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: Cavanagh, Chris
    Date: May 1991 to Jun. 1991
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag, Drag balls, Film, Voyeurism
    Subject: House of Ninja, House of Saint Laurent, House of Xtravaganza, Jennie Livingston, Madonna, MTV, Paris Is Burning, Pepper Labeija, Pop Cult, Vogue
  4. Cross-Port InnerView, Vol. 7 No. 8 (August, 1991)

     
    Collection: Cross-Port InnerView
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Cross-Port
    Date: Aug. 1991
    Topics: Clothing, Coming out, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Fag hags, Families, Gender realignment surgery, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Central Florida Sisters, Cincinnati Enquirer, Cross-Port Weekenders, Crystal Club, Human Outreach and Achievement Institute, Indiana Crossdresser Society, Indy Star, Jade Fashions, Jim Bridges, Los Angeles Times, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Trans-West Virginia (TWV), Yvonne Gordon
    Description: Magazine name changed from "Cross-Port" starting with Vol. 1 No. 3 (September, 1985)
  5. Fan Fair Gazette, Issue 1 (October 19-20, 1991)

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Newsletters
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator: The Outreach Institute of Gender Studies (OIGS)
    Date: Oct. 19, 1991 to Oct. 20, 1991
    Topics: Drag balls, Film, Gender bending, Logistics, Reviews, Sexual minorities
    Subject: Alison Laing, Fantasia Fair, Human Outreach and Achievement Institute, Paris Is Burning
  6. Lower Susquehanna News, Vol. 3 No. 4 (April, 1991)

     
    Collection: Renaissance News & Newsletters
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Larson, Elsa
    Date: Apr. 1991
    Topics: Crossdressing, Drag balls, Homelessness
    Subject: Brenda Carr, Les Belles & Friends, Nicole James, Ramona Stallings, Vernon Flook, York College
  7. TV Guise Vol. I, Issue 5 (August, 1991)

     
    Collection: TV Guise and GenderFlex
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator: Jones, Billie Jean
    Date: Aug. 1991
    Topics: Acceptance, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Insurance, Lesbians, LGBTI community, LGBTQ+ partners, LGBTQ+ poetry, Parents of transgender people, Racism, Self-acceptance, Sexism, Sexual orientation, Support groups, Transgender community, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: George Bush, Lambda Community Center, Lavender Angels, Paris Is Burning