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What's in a Name?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Apr. 27, 1990 to May 3, 1990 Topics: LGBTQ+ communities, Transsexual people Subject: Houston Gay Political Caucus, Inclusivity, Transgenderal, TWT News Description: Clipping from pg. 19, 21 in This Week in Texas Newsletter Volume 16, Number 7, dated April 27 - May 3, 1990. -
When Looks Can Kill
Collection: Brandon Teena Collection Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Bergman, Anne Date: 1999 Topics: Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, LGBTQ+ films, LGBTQ+ relationships, Murders of LGBTQ+ people Subject: Boys Don't Cry, Brandon Teena, Chloe Sevigny, Christine Vachon, Hilary Swank, John Lotter, Kimberly Peirce, Lana Tisdel, Lisa Lambert, Phillip DeVine, The Village Voice, Thomas Nissen Description: A film review of "Boys Don't Cry" by Anne Bergman. Examines the movie-making process and Kimberly Peirce's connection to Brandon Teena's story. Content warning: This item relates to the death of... -
When Women Pirates Were Abroad
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: The Boston Post Date: Jul. 25, 1906 Topics: Books, Crossdressing, Historical periods, Imprisonment, Maritime occupations, Marriage, Military, Passing (Gender), Pirates Subject: Anne Bonny, Mary Read Description: The Star (Reynoldsville, PA) -
Whiffenpoofs (in tutus)
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Yale University Libraries Creator: Date: May 13, 1912 Topics: Crossdressing, Musicians, Photographs, Photography, Students' clubs Subject: Esmond Paul O'Brien, Louie Linder, Pomery Tucker Francis Description: Whiffenpoofs (en tutus) of 1912 with Louie Linder (top hat) surrounded by Mohicans, a Yale social club, in front of Chittenden Library The man with the snare drum is Pomery Tucker Francis, BA 19... -
Whites Also Like Show.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Walton, Lester A. Date: Sep. 28, 1911 Topics: Black people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater, Minstrel shows Subject: Augustus Stevens, Down in Dixie, Williams and Stevens Description: Article in The New York Age featuring a Arkansas Democratic review of the success of "Down in Dixie," a show featuring Augustus Stevens, a Black female impersonator. -
Whitney Bolton Says Sex Change Plays
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: The Advocate Date: Dec. 29, 1959 Topics: Actors, Plays, Theatre Subject: Goodbye Charlie, New Kick -
Who Can Tell Boys From Girls?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: The Houston Chronicle Date: Jul. 26, 1968 Topics: Courts, Crossdressers, Fashion, Legal process Subject: G.S. McMenemy, Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Percy Foreman, Roaring Sixties, Rocky's Club -
Who Did You Say You Are?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Leshko, Isa, Wilchins, Riki Anne Date: 1996 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Crossdressers, Feminism, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Interviews, Queer transgender people, Sexual orientation, Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transphobia Subject: Christian Coalition, Elizabeth Birch, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Gay Community News, Gender PAC, Hate Crimes Statistics Act (HCSA), Havelock Ellis, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Isa Leshko, Judith Butler, Kate Bornstein, Moral Majority, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), National Organization for Women (NOW), Riki Anne Wilchins, Stop Prison Rape, Transgender Menace, Tyra Hunter Description: An interview with Riki Anne Wilchins, discussing gender theory, politics, activism, and identity. Originally published on pages 17 and 29 of volume 22, number 1 of Gay Community News. -
Who gets to 'belong' in the lesbian community anyway?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Power, Bet, Power, Ben Date: Apr. 8, 1990 Topics: BDSM, Bisexual people, Drag community, Gay pride, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ visibility, Persecution of bisexual people, Sexual minorities, SM movement, Transgender community Subject: Academy Awards, Elizabeth Taylor, Gay Community News, Gertrude Stein, Lis Brook, New Alexandria Lesbian Library, Northhampton Lesbian/Gay Pride march, Radclyffe Hall, Sarah Dreher, Shelix, University of Massachusetts, Valley Gay Alliance, Willa Cather Description: An editorial concerning the exclusion of sexual and gender minorities from the 1990 Northampton pride march. Originally published on page 5 of volume 17, number 38 of Gay Community News. -
"Who is Sir Lady Java?"
Collection: Sir Lady Java Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University Creator: Date: circa 1967 to circa 1970 Topics: Activists, African American transgender people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Discrimination, Entertainers, Exotic dancers, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, Physical characteristics, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transphobia Subject: Sir Lady Java Description: Pages 2-4 can be accessed with the relation links -
Why does she do it?
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Stearns, Alan Date: Apr. 1992 Topics: Clothing, Drag, Drag queens, Femininities, Feminism, Gender roles, LGBTQ+ bars, Masculinities, Pageants, Queer people Subject: La Cage Aux Folles, Limelight, Paris Is Burning Description: A clipping from the April 1992 issue of "Our Paper," titled: "Why does she do it?" discussing drag and queer stereotypes. -
Why Gay Leaders Don't Last
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Independent Voices Creator: Jernigan, David Date: Summer 1988 Topics: Bars, Coming out, Criminalization, Discrimination, Gay liberation, Gay men, HIV/AIDS, Homosexuality, Lesbians, Masturbation, Oppression, Police, Politics, Role models, Stigmatisation, Stonewall riots, Visibility Subject: 1976 Democratic National Convention, Allan Spear, Barney Frank, Bay Area Committee Against the Briggs Initiative (BACBI), Bay Area Gay Liberatiobn (BAGL), Betty Friedan, Bruce Voeller, Dave Johnson, David Kopay, Del Martin, Ethan Geto, Franklin Kameny, Gasy Rights National Legislation (GRNL), Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Gay Awareness Week, Gay Community Week, Gay Liberation Front, Geraldine Ferraro, Golden Gate Bussiness Assocaition, Harvey Milk, Jesse Jackson, Jim Foster, Jim Owles, José Sarria, Kenneth Sherill, Leonard Matlovich, Martin Luther King Jr., Marty Robinson, Mattachine Society, Medline Davis, National Gay Task Force (NGTF), New Left, New York Study Group, New York University School of Medicine, Rockefeller University, San Francisco Gay Democratic Club, Sascha Gregory-Lewis, Society for Individual Rights (SIR), Tavern Guild, The Advocate, Toby Marotta, Zapping -
Why "Iron Mike" Became "Miss Fluffy Ruffles"
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Van Duzer, Winifred Date: Oct. 11, 1925 Topics: Drag queens, Female impersonators, Labour, Performing arts, Students, Theatre Subject: Lionel Ames -
Why Wearing Skirts Makes a Man Effeminate
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Lough, James E. Date: Jan. 9, 1916 Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Femininities, Masculinities, Psychology, Students, Theatre Subject: Brown Rolston, Frederick S. Jones, James E. Lough, Leroy K. Howe -
"Wife" Denies She Knew "Husband" Was Woman
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Dec. 29, 1921 Topics: Crossdressing, Marriage Subject: Ethel M. Kimball, James Hathaway, Louise Margaret Aechtler
