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  1. Ledger Lines [5]

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Public Ledger
    Date: Feb. 16, 1878
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Crossdressing, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Trans women
    Subject: Frances Thompson, Jenny Smith
    Description: A clipping from Public Ledger about Jenny Smith, who was arrested and fined for wearing female apparel, and compared to Frances Thompson.
  2. MASQUERADING GIRL DEFIES MAGISTRATE

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 28, 1913
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Clothing, Gender expression
    Subject: The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
    Description: A clipping from "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle," titled: "MASQUERADING GIRL DEFIES MAGISTRATE." This item was contributed to the DTA by Hugh Ryan.
  3. National Variety Artists Exotic Carnival and Ball Police Raid (1)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 26, 1962
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressers, Police raids, Transgender people
    Subject: Manhattan Center
    Description: An image capturing an event where 44 cross-dressed people, some of whom were transgender, were arrested for "indecent exposure" and "masquerading" as a result of a police raid at the National Varie...
  4. National Variety Artists Exotic Carnival and Ball Police Raid (2)

     
    Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000)
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 26, 1962
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Crossdressers, Police raids, Transgender people
    Description: An image capturing an event where 44 cross-dressed people, some of whom were transgender, were arrested for "indecent exposure" and "masquerading" as a result of a police raid at the National Varie...
  5. Negro Had Criminal Record

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Dec. 3, 1913
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Clothing, Gender expression, Queer people of color
    Subject: John Moore, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
    Description: A clipping from "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle," describing the arrest of John Moore for "masquerading in women's clothes." Item reproduced at highest resolution available. This item was contributed to ...
  6. Negro Must Wear Men's Clothing

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 30, 1922
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black people, Criminalization, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Rachel Watson, Richard Watson
    Description: An article in The Dispatch News about Rachael Watson, a Black person living as a woman who was arrested and forced to wear men's clothing.
  7. Negro Must Wear Men's Clothing

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1900-1949)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 31, 1922
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black people, Criminalization, Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Rachel Watson, Richard Watson
    Description: An article in The Union Daily Times about Rachael Watson, a Black person living as a woman who was arrested and forced to wear men's clothing.
  8. Political Points

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Patriot
    Date: 1876
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Elections, Race relations, Racism
    Subject: Frances Thompson, Ku Klux Klan, St. Louis Times
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to rape.
  9. Requiem For A Drag Queen

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: May 2, 1979
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Detention of LGBTQ+ people, Drag, LGBTQ+ suicide, Transgender people
    Subject: Bonanza, Harris County Rehabilitation Center, Tina Marie Gentry, Wagon Train
    Description: An article in the May 2, 1979 issue of Upfront about Tina Marie Gentry's life. Discusses her imprisonment and death. Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to self...
  10. Schools For Training Liars

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 5, 1884
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault and the use of transphobic language.
  11. Scrapbook 01

     
    Collection: Scrapbooks and Albums
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Anderson, Adèle
    Date: 1971? to 1972?
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Aversion therapy, Clothing, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Femininities, Gender identity, Hormones, Lesbianism, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ events, Liberal Party, Masculinities, Queer people, Sexuality, Transvestites
    Subject: Allan Horsfall, Barbara Klecki, Barbara Solmnicka, Beaumont Society for British Transvestites, Bill Lloyd, Birmingham Gay Liberation, Brian Rix, C. G. Jung, Clive Francis, Colin Dunne, Daily Mirror, Dr. Kildare, Evening Mail, Franco Luciani, Gay Liberation Front, George A. Kelly, Harry Benjamin, Irving Wardle, Jane Alexander, Jane Davidson, Jane Ennis, John Barber, John Chesterman, Ken Russell, Leo Abse, Louise Philippe, Love in a Cold Climate, Manchester-based Campaign for Homosexual Equality, Martin Potter, Michael Ohm, Miss Charlotte Fuckalot, Murrary Head, Nancy Mitford, Nicky Henson, Pamela Rothon, Pat Barr, Paula James, R. J. Stroller, Richard Chamberlain, Satyricon, Sex and Gender, Shari Steiner, Sheridan Morley, Stanley Bonnett, Sylvia Frank Carter, The Lancet, The Transsexual Phenomenon, The Transvestite and His Wife, Tony Lee, Transvestia, Virginia Charles Prince, William Shawcross
    Description: This scrapbook includes a range of clippings such as an advertisement for "Wolsey" pants, multiple articles on "The Gay Liberation Front," and a piece written by "a physiologist who, for the past t...
  12. Singular Case

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 21, 1878
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transfemininity, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.
  13. Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries Manifesto

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Gender expression, Gender roles, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Police harassment, Sexism, Sexual violence, Transgender community, Transgender rights
    Subject: Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR)
    Description: A manifesto created by Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries.
  14. Tennessee News

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Memphis Daily Appeal
    Date: Jan. 19, 1877
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, Crossdressing, Trans women
    Subject: Frances Thompson, Sally Walker
    Description: An article in The Memphis Daily Appeal mentioning the arrest of Sally Walker on the basis of wearing female clothes. The clipping compares the case of Sally Walker to that of Frances Thompson.
  15. The Missive, Vol. 3 Issue 1 (Spring 1999)

     
    Collection: Audre Lorde Project
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: The Missive
    Date: Spring 1999
    Topics: Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Asian American LGBTQ+ people, Asian LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ community centers, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ information centers, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ support groups, Police brutality, Police harassment, Transgender people, Two-Spirit people
    Subject: Audre Lorde, Audre Lorde Project (ALP), Iban/QKNY
    Description: The Missive Vol 3. Issue 1 Spring 1999 newsletter published by The Audre Lorde Project.