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Ray Bourbon enters court

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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 guilty of impersonating a woman. He produced a certificate from a Mexican doctor changing his sex. The entertainer and 14 dogs live in a Venice trailer court.

Item Information:

Identifier
t148fh24b
Collection
Miscellaneous Photographs
Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Publisher
Herald Examiner
Date Created
Aug. 1, 1956
Genre
Photographs
Subject(s)
Rae Bourbon
Ray Bourbon
Places
California > Los Angeles > Beverly Hills
Topic(s)
Birth certificate amendments
Courts
Gender realignment surgery
Law
MtFs
Transsexual people
Resource Type
Still Image
Language
English
Rights
Copyright undetermined
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