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  1. April Ashley Headshot (1956)

     
    Collection: April Ashley Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: 1956
    Topics: Actors, Entertainers, MtFs, Photographic models, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: April Ashley
    Description: April Ashley is a British model, actress and jet-set socialite who became known as a regal trailblazer for transgender women.
  2. Charlotte McLeod at an All-Night Beauty Salon

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Boston Record
    Date: Feb. 12, 1955
    Topics: Army, Gender realignment surgery, Makeup artists, MtFs, Receptionists
    Subject: Charlotte McLeod
  3. Charlotte McLeod Rushed by Phil Irwin

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Greensboro News & Record
    Date: Feb. 18, 1955
    Topics: MtFs, Real estate agents
    Subject: Charlotte McLeod, Christine Jorgensen, Phil Irwin
  4. Charlotte McLeod Will Appear as a Comedienne

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Boston Evening Traveler
    Date: Aug. 23, 1955
    Topics: Army, Comedians, Gender realignment surgery, MtFs
    Subject: Charlotte McLeod
  5. Dad of 3 to Shift Sex, Be His Wife's 'Sister'

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Associated Press
    Date: Nov. 25, 1957
    Topics: Clothing, Marriage, MtFs
    Subject: Frank Little
  6. I Changed My Sex

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: McLeod, Charlotte, Mr. Magazine
    Date: circa 1956
    Topics: Army, Discrimination, Femininities, Hormone therapy, Internalized homophobia, Masculinities, MtFs, Physicians, Transsexual people
    Subject: Charlotte McLeod
  7. Man Undergoing Sex Change Plans Life as Wife's Sister

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Trenton Evening Times
    Date: Nov. 25, 1957
    Topics: Clothing, Marriage, MtFs
    Subject: Frank Little
  8. Man-Woman Back to Navy Job

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Boston American
    Date: Nov. 25, 1957
    Topics: Clothing, Marriage, MtFs
    Subject: Frank Little
  9. Midnight in N.Y.

     
    Collection: Charlotte McLeod Collection
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Greensboro News & Record
    Date: Jan. 7, 1955
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Discos, MtFs
    Subject: Charlotte McLeod, Christine Jorgensen, Erika Steele
  10. Newspaper Advertisement for Tamara Rees Performance

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: The Sacramento Bee
    Date: Aug. 2, 1955
    Topics: Actors, MtFs, Theatre, Theatre shows
    Subject: Tamara Edel Rees
  11. Paratrooper Who Changed Sex Weds

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: United Press
    Date: Jul. 28, 1955
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Marriage, Military, MtFs, Parachute troops, Veterans, Weddings
    Subject: J.E. Courtland, Tamara Edel Rees
  12. Person Who Has Changed Sex Requires Plenty Of Understanding

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: Alvarez, Walter C.
    Date: Jul. 2, 1957
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, MtFs, Psychiatry, Psychological violence, Violence
    Subject: Reborn, a Factual Life Story of Transition from Male to Female, Tamara Edel Rees
  13. Ray Bourbon enters court

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 1, 1956
    Topics: Birth certificate amendments, Courts, Gender realignment surgery, Law, MtFs, Transsexual people
    Subject: Rae Bourbon, Ray Bourbon
    Description: Wearing a black and white nylon dress, false eyelashes, heavy perfume and 5 o'clock shadow, Ray (or Rae) Bourbon enters Beverly Hills Municipal Court on August 1, 1956, to deny he (or she) was guil...
  14. Ray Bourbon leaves court

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 1, 1956
    Topics: Courts, Gender realignment surgery, Law, MtFs, Transsexual people
    Subject: Rae Bourbon, Ray Bourbon
    Description: Ray Bourbon leaves Beverly Hills Municipal Court after arraignment August 1, 1956, on impersonating a woman.
  15. Roberta Cowell in the Kitchen

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1945 to 1957
    Topics: Cooking, Kitchens, MtFs, Transgender people, Transsexual people, Women biographers
    Subject: Picture Post, Roberta Cowell
    Description: Below the photo the following quote appears: "'Cooking was unexpectedly exciting.'"