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  1. A Poster of Holly Woodlawn

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1960 to circa 1979
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ theater, QTPOC, Trans women
    Subject: Holly Woodlawn, Trude Heller's
    Description: Poster advertising Holly Woodlawn's appearances at Trude Heller's club in Greenwich Village.
  2. An Evening With Lynne Carter At Cherry Grove

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: 1970
    Topics: Drag, Music, Theatre shows
    Subject: Lynne Carter
  3. Ask N.O.W. to Begin the Process of Addressing the Needs & Concerns of Its Transgender & Transexual Members Flyer

     
    Collection: Riki Anne Wilchins' Flyers
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1995
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Civil rights, Feminism, Hate crimes, Oppression
    Subject: Brandon Teena, Leslie Feinberg, Marsha P. Johnson, National Organization for Women (NOW), Stone Butch Blues
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence and sexual assault.
  4. Columbia Presbyterian Performs Intersex Genital Mutilation Flyer

     
    Collection: Riki Anne Wilchins' Flyers
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Hermaphrodites With Attitude
    Date: 199X
    Topics: Female circumcision, Intersex, Intersex people, Intersex rights, Surgery
    Subject: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
  5. Demand Justice For Marsha

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: 1992
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ death and dying, Police, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: This item is a flyer titled "Demand Justice for Marsha" that demands that the New York police arrest the four men who were seen harassing Marsha P. Johnson on July 4, 1992. The flyer encourages peo...
  6. Francis Renault Poster

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1945
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Musicians, Singers
    Subject: Francis Renault
  7. Francis Renault: World's Foremost Female Impersonator

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: JD Doyle Archives
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 5, 1945
    Topics: Crossdressing, Female impersonators, Musicians, Singers
    Subject: Francis Renault
  8. Illustration of Mary Jones (1836)

     
    Collection: Art Works
    Institution: Transas City
    Creator: H.R. Robinson
    Date: 1836
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Crossdressing
    Subject: Mary Jones, Peter Sewally
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains racist and transphobic imagery. Text at the bottom reads: "The Man-Monster, Peter Sewally, alias Mary Jones, &c&c Sentenced 18th June 1836 to 5 years im...
  9. Invitation to the CDI Annual Pool Party and Picnic

     
    Collection: Cross Dressers International
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 1993
    Topics: Crossdressers, Events, Swimming pools, Swimwear
    Subject: Cross Dressers International (CDI)
  10. San Francisco Minstrels!

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Peabody Essex Museum
    Creator:
    Date: May 12, 1874
    Topics: Female impersonators, Minstrel shows, Theater
    Subject: A. Smidt, Beaumont Read, Billy Birch, Birch, Wambold, and Backus' San Francisco Minstrels, C. Henry, Charley Backus, D. S. Wambold, E. Kirwan, J. Wills, Johnson & Powers, Joseph Norrie, Mechanics Hall, S. Watts, T. A. E. Richardson, T. P. Jones, The Great Ricardo, W. Blakeney, W. S. Mullaly, W. Schwab
    Description: Advertisement for event featuring minstrel and female impersonation act The Great Ricardo
  11. S.T.A.R Open House Cake Sale Flyer

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ events, Transgender community
    Subject: Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR)
    Description: A poster for a "Open House Cake Sale" run by S.T.A.R on March 20th.
  12. Sylvia Rivera Community Memorial Event Flyer

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ memorials, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transgender activism, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act (SONDA), Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera
    Description: This flyer is for Sylvia Rivera's community memorial event held on April 25, 2002. The flyer features a blurb about Sylvia at the top, information about event logistics in the middle, and a quote f...
  13. The Celebrated Rentz Santley Novelty Company

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Peabody Essex Museum
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1870
    Topics: Burlesque (Theater), Female impersonators, Theater, Vaudeville
    Subject: 4 Aesthetic Four 4, Alice Daily, Alice Smith, Andy and Annie Hughes, Annie Boyd, Billy Buckley, Blanch Moncrief, Bruno Kennicott, Don Jose, Dutch Daly, Edgar Edgerton, Edith Sinclair, Emma Alfredo, Emma Wilson, Esther Vaughan, Fannie Florence, Fred Wilson, Georgia Lester, Harry Morris, Harry Woodson, Kate Gresham, Laura Bennett, Lillie Ashford, Lizzie Paine, Louise Giroux, Lulu Mortimer, M. B. Leavitt, Mechanic's Hall, Millie Ellsworth, Rentz Santley, Teddy Raynor, The Masher's Quadrille, The Rentz Santley Novelty Company, The Spanish Dude, Topsy Robins, Victoria North, W.M. Skuse
  14. The Evangeline Combination

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: Peabody Essex Museum
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 12, 1877
    Topics: Dance, Female impersonators, Opera, Theater
    Subject: A. S. Pennoyer, BABA, Blanche Selickson, C. M. Winter, Clara Fisher, Cora Verne, Edward E. Rice, Edwin S. Tarr, Eliza Weathersby, Estelle Stroelin, Evangeline, Flora Lee, George H. Cassidy, George Ulmer, Golden and Dixey, Harry Braham, Harry Hunter, Harry Josephs, Hattie Richardson, Herman Singleton, J. Cheever Goodwin, J. P. Steele, J. R. Quincy, Lizzie Webster, Louise Winans, Lucy Wood, M. C. Daly, Mechanic Hall, N. C. Goodwin Jr., Niblo's Garden, Seth M. Crane, Stella Richings, The Boston Museum, The Evangeline Combination, The Heiffer Dance, The Lydia Thompson Troupe, W. W. Bullock
    Description: Advertisement for a production of Evangeline featuring female impersonator Harry Josephs as Catherine.