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Chichi Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Oloya-Santiago, Tamara, Chichi Date: Aug. 21, 2017 Topics: Acceptance, Childhood, Education, Families, Immigrants, LGBTQ+ sex workers, MtFs, Naturalisation, Self-acceptance, Siblings, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Violence, Waiters Description: This interview, conducted in Spanish, is conducted by Tamara Oloya-Santiago. Chici, the interviewee, tells their story of immigrating from Peru to Queens, New York and the discrimination they suffe... -
China Stars Are Here
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: White, Charley Date: Jun. 22, 1889 Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Chinese People, Moo Sing Jee, Taka Wing Description: An article in The Evening World interviewing Chinese American female impersonator Taka Wing about a performance. -
China's Great Actor.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: New York Herald Date: Nov. 2, 1898 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Choy Ting Quoy, Fon Chong Mai, Son Fong Quon Description: Article published in the New York Herald about Fon Chong Mai, a Chinese female impersonator. -
Chinese Actors At The Windsor
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: 1889 Topics: Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Asian people, Chinese People, Swintien Lok Company, Taka Wing Description: Article published in the New York Tribune about Tak-a-Wing, a Chinese female impersonator. It talks about the feminine clothing and calls Tak-a-Wing a "he-she". -
Chinese Female Impersonator Is Surprised
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Feb. 24, 1899 Topics: BIPOC, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Chinese People, Fon Chang Mai Description: An article published in the Hot Springs Weekly Star about Fon Chang Mai, a Chinese female impersonator. -
Chocolate Babies
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: UCLA Film and Television Archive Creator: Winter, Stephen Date: 1996 Topics: AIDS activists, Black LGBTQ+ people, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ adoption, LGBTQ+ families Description: 1996 film written and directed by Stephen Winter that follows a group of queer activists of color in New York. Winter describes the film as "comic political satire," in which the activists critique... -
Christian Appel Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Appel, Christian, Martinez, Dinick Date: May 8, 2017 Topics: Assigned gender, Body image, Childhood, Ethnic groups, Families, Femininities, Gender diversity, Higher education, Hormones, LGBTI community, Mental health, MtFs, Oppression, Sexuality, Spirituality Subject: Christian Appel, SAGE, Trans Generational Theater Project Description: Christian Appel grew up in New Rochelle, escaping to find community in New York's party scene (particularly the Motherfucker parties) and at IDA, a queer gardening farmstead in Tennessee. She draws... -
Christine Jorgensen Arrives at New York Idlewild Airport
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1953 Topics: Photography, Trans women, Transgender people, Travel Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen returns to the United States in 1953 after undergoing gender realignment surgery in Denmark, pictured here at the New York Idlewild Airport (now JFK International Airport). -
Christine Jorgensen at Adelphi Theater, New York City
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Apr. 8, 1953 Topics: Photography, Theatre, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen at the Adelphi Theater in New York City wearing a straw hat and an orchid corsage. -
Christine Jorgensen Broadway Debut (1954)
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: British Pathé Creator: Date: 1954 Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Theatre, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen makes her debut on Broadway. Christine Jorgensen, the ex-GI who had a sex change makes her Broadway debut. New York, United States of America (USA). MS nightclub 'Latin Q... -
Christine Jorgensen Examines a Damaged Car
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: 1959 Topics: Damages, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen Description: Christine Jorgensen looks at what is presumably her car, which has been smashed on the side following an accident. -
Christine Jorgensen in Formal Wear
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Seymour, Maurice Date: circa 1954 Topics: Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Myles Bell Description: Christine Jorgensen poses with Myles Bell in evening wear for photographer Maurice Seymour in 1954. -
Christine Jorgensen Named "Woman of the Year"
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Mar. 7, 1953 Topics: Awards, Photographs, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Scandinavian Society Description: The photograph is captioned "Christine named “Woman of the Year” New York……….. Golden-haired Christine Jorgensen, the former GI transformed into a beautiful woman by Copenhagen (Denmark) surgeons a... -
Christine Jorgensen Receives Woman of the Year Award
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Mar. 31, 1953 Topics: Awards, Organisations, Photography, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Harry Berglind, Scandinavian Society Description: Christine Jorgensen accepts a certificate from Harry Berglind, chairman of the Scandinavian Societies of Greater New York, for their Woman of the Year award in 1953. -
Christine no Wonder Woman
Collection: Christine Jorgensen Collection Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Community Date: Mar. 20, 1981 Topics: Costume, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ night life, Nightclubs, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Christine Jorgensen, Warner Brothers, Wonder Woman Description: Clipping from page 4 of Community, March 20-April 3, published by Tex-Ray Communications.