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Miss Major, "Everybody Transitions"
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Date: Apr. 3, 2015 Topics: Adolescence, Gender identity, Older transgender people, Role models, Self-acceptance, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Miss Major Description: Miss Major Griffin-gracy, spoke to Trans Oral History Project about her fierce trans identity being fiercely visible. This visibility was recognized by the police who beat and arrested her at the 1... -
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Griffin-Gracy, Major, Lewis, AJ Date: Dec. 16, 2017 Topics: Care, Clothing, Crossdressing, Drag queens, Ethnic groups, Families, Gender realignment surgery, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Law, Legal aid, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Organisations, Police, Prisons, Stigmatisation, Transgender people, Transgender prostitution, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Angels for Care, Christine Jorgensen, Griffin Gracy Historical Retreat and Resource Center, Harry Benjamin, Major Griffin-Gracy, Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Major, Sylvia Rivera, Tenderloin AIDs Resource Project, Trans Gender, Gender Variant and Intersex Justice Project Description: In this interview, Miss Major talks about the culture of transwomen sex workers in New York City and Chicago during the 1960's through 1980's as well as her care-work and advocacy during the rise o... -
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Date: Jul. 27, 2016 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Catholic Church, Drag, Drag queens, Gay men, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Misogyny, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Normalization, Passing (Gender), Police, Sex work, Sissies, Stonewall riots, Substance abuse, Trans men, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Women's movement Subject: Ashley, Christine Jorgensen, Cookie, Evelyn, Frank Smith, Grandma Cerils, Helen, Judy Garland, Kitty, Madison Society, Major!, Marcus Arana, Marsha P. Johnson, Mattachine Society, Miss Major, Monica, Natalie Wood, National Lawyers Guild, Puppy, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: Interview with Miss Major Griffin-Gracy conducted by Mason Funk August 27, 2016 at the apartment she shared with her son in Oakland. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy was one of a group of transgender women... -
Miss Major on Role Models
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Date: Jan. 4, 2015 Topics: Adolescence, Communities, Older transgender people, Role models, Transgender people Subject: Miss Major Description: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy is a trans woman activist and community leader for transgender rights. She serves as the Executive Director for the Transgender GenderVariant Intersex Justice Project, whic... -
Miss Major on Stonewall
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Transgender Oral History Project Creator: Date: Jun. 27, 2015 Topics: Activists, Arrests, Courts, Gay culture, Night life, Police, Stonewall riots, Transgender people, Violence Subject: Miss Major Description: Miss Major, an anti prison activist for decades, reflects on her experience during the Stonewall Riots of 1969. -
Miss. Medical Work Is Praised
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Minor, W.F. Date: Oct. 24, 1956 Topics: Ethics, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, Medicalisation, Psychiatry, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people -
Miss Nueces County pageant
Collection: Victor Lopez and Rudy Cardona Photograph Collection Institution: The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Creator: Lopez, Victor Date: 1990s Topics: Female impersonators, Pageants Description: The pageant was produced by Texas Crown Productions and was part of the Miss Gay Texas America pageant, the largest and oldest pageant system for female impersonators in the state of Texas. -
Miss Nueces County pageant
Collection: Victor Lopez and Rudy Cardona Photograph Collection Institution: The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Creator: Lopez, Victor Date: 1990s Topics: Awards, Female impersonators, Pageants Description: The pageant was produced by Texas Crown Productions and was part of the Miss Gay Texas America pageant, the largest and oldest pageant system for female impersonators in the state of Texas. -
Miss Nueces County pageant
Collection: Victor Lopez and Rudy Cardona Photograph Collection Institution: The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Creator: Lopez, Victor Date: 1990s Topics: Awards, Drag, Female impersonators, Pageants Description: The pageant was produced by Texas Crown Productions and was part of the Miss Gay Texas America pageant, the largest and oldest pageant system for female impersonators in the state of Texas. -
Miss Nueces County pageant
Collection: Victor Lopez and Rudy Cardona Photograph Collection Institution: The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Creator: Lopez, Victor Date: 1990s Topics: Awards, Drag, Female impersonators, Pageants Description: The pageant was produced by Texas Crown Productions and was part of the Miss Gay Texas America pageant, the largest and oldest pageant system for female impersonators in the state of Texas. -
Miss Nueces County pageant
Collection: Victor Lopez and Rudy Cardona Photograph Collection Institution: The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Creator: Lopez, Victor Date: 1990s Topics: Awards, Drag, Female impersonators, Pageants Description: The pageant was produced by Texas Crown Productions and was part of the Miss Gay Texas America pageant, the largest and oldest pageant system for female impersonators in the state of Texas. -
Miss Nueces County pageant
Collection: Victor Lopez and Rudy Cardona Photograph Collection Institution: The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Creator: Lopez, Victor Date: 1990s Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Pageants Description: The pageant was produced by Texas Crown Productions and was part of the Miss Gay Texas America pageant, the largest and oldest pageant system for female impersonators in the state of Texas. -
Miss Nueces County pageant
Collection: Victor Lopez and Rudy Cardona Photograph Collection Institution: The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Creator: Lopez, Victor Date: 1990s Topics: Pageants Description: The pageant was produced by Texas Crown Productions and was part of the Miss Gay Texas America pageant, the largest and oldest pageant system for female impersonators in the state of Texas. -
Miss Nueces County pageant
Collection: Victor Lopez and Rudy Cardona Photograph Collection Institution: The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Creator: Lopez, Victor Date: 1990s Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Pageants Description: The pageant was produced by Texas Crown Productions and was part of the Miss Gay Texas America pageant, the largest and oldest pageant system for female impersonators in the state of Texas. -
Miss Nueces County pageant
Collection: Victor Lopez and Rudy Cardona Photograph Collection Institution: The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Creator: Lopez, Victor Date: 1990s Topics: Drag, Female impersonators, Pageants Description: The pageant was produced by Texas Crown Productions and was part of the Miss Gay Texas America pageant, the largest and oldest pageant system for female impersonators in the state of Texas.
