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  1. Carmen Rupe Interview

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: PrideNZ
    Creator: Rupe, Carmen, Body, Jack
    Date: 1991
    Topics: Camp (Gay culture), Dancers, Drag queens, Gender affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people), Sex work, Sexual orientation, Striptease, Transphobia, Transsexual people
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Carmen's Coffe Lounge, The Balcony
    Description: An interview with Carmen Rupe conducted by Jack Body. Rupe talks about her gender identity, sex and sex work, running a nightclub, and being part of LGBTQ+ communities in Australia and New Zealand.
  2. Dana de Milo

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: PrideNZ
    Creator: de Milo, Dana, Watkins, Gareth
    Date: Dec. 4, 2012
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Homophobia, Hopkins model, Hormones, Maori (New Zealand people), Maori language, Medicalization, Parents of LGBTQ+ people, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people, Race discrimination, Sex work, Transphobia
    Subject: Backslang, Carmen Rupe, Dana de Milo, John Money, The Club Exotique / The Club Exotic, The Purple Onion, Vivian Street
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to suicide.
  3. Dana de Milo on Carmen Rupe

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: PrideNZ
    Creator: de Milo, Dana, Watkins, Gareth
    Date: Dec. 11, 2012
    Topics: Bottom surgery, Burlesque (Theater), Drag queens, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ night life, Maori (New Zealand people), Sex work, Trans women
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Carmen's Coffee Lounge, Chrissy Witoko, Dana de Milo, The Balcony, Vivian Street
    Description: An interview conducted by Gareth Watkins in which Dana de Milo talks about Carmen Rupe. de Milo describes Rupe as a performer, the nightclub she ran, and how she supported other drag performers and...
  4. Framed Portrait of Carmen Rupe

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Morey, Victor
    Date: circa 1960
    Topics: Drag community, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This is a hand-colored portrait of Carmen Rupe seated on a wicker chair. The back is signed in black ink.
  5. Framed Portrait of Kiwi Carmen

     
    Collection: Te Papa Collection
    Institution: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
    Creator: Morey, Victor
    Date: 1963
    Topics: Drag community, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ communities, Maori (New Zealand people)
    Subject: Carmen Rupe
    Description: This is a framed portrait of Carmen Rupe wearing a long beaded gown. The photograph has been hand colored and the back includes information about the photograph in black ink.
  6. Georgina Beyer Profile

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: PrideNZ
    Creator: Beyer, Georgina, Watkins, Gareth
    Date: Jan. 21, 2013
    Topics: Criminalization of homosexuality, Drag community, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Law, LGBTQ+ actors, Sexual orientation, Trans women, Transgender politicians, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Chrissy Witoko, Georgina Beyer, Jewel’s Darl (film), Manurewa Theatre, The Balcony, The Club Exotique / The Club Exotic, Vivian Street
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault and suicide.
  7. Jacquie Grant ONZM

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: PrideNZ
    Creator: Grant, Jacquie, Watkins, Gareth
    Date: Sep. 30, 2022
    Topics: Drag community, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ clubs, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people, Police raids, Transgender community, Transphobia
    Subject: Carmen Rupe, Carmen's Coffee Lounge, Chrissy Witoko, Jacquie Grant, The Club Exotique / The Club Exotic, The Purple Onion, Vivian Street
    Description: An interview with Jacqui Grant conducted by Gareth Watkins in which Grant discusses moving to Wellington from Sydney in search of a safer environment, working in various clubs, and getting to know ...