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  1. Lena Meets Sir Lady Java at Festive L.A. Birthday Bash

     
    Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
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    Date: Aug. 10, 1978
    Topics: Black transgender people, Female impersonators, QTPOC, Trans women
    Subject: Lena Horne, Sir Lady Java
    Description: An article in Jet Magazine about Lena Horne meeting Sir Lady Java at a birthday party at the Piped Piper Club in Los Angeles.
  2. Life's Been Grand Since I Changed Sex

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Newton, Delisa
    Date: Jul. 11, 1965
    Topics: Black transgender people, Gender affirming surgery, Trans women
    Subject: Delisa Newton, Hedy Jo Starr
    Description: An article published in The National Insider by Delisa Newton, who claims to be the first Black person to have undergone gender affirming surgery. Newton discusses her life after surgery and the n...
  3. My Mother Was a Man

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Sabb, Willie
    Date: Jun. 1953
    Topics: Black transgender people, Children of transgender people, Stealth (Transgender), Trans women, Transgender mothers
    Description: A feature article from Ebony Magazine about a man who found out as an adult that his mother, Georgia Black, was assigned male at birth. Willie Sabb narrates his life growing up and his relationship...
  4. Why I Could Never Marry a White Man!

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator: Newton, Delisa
    Date: Jul. 11, 1965
    Topics: Anti-Blackness, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ musicians, QTPOC, Transvestism
    Subject: Delisa Newton
    Description: An article published in The National Insider by Delisa Newton, who claims to be the first Black person to have undergone gender affirming surgery. Newton discusses what it is like to be Black in Am...