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Sir Lady Java Promotional Card with Three Photos
Collection: Sir Lady Java Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: African American LGBTQ+ people, African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Sir Lady Java Description: Three-photograph card of Sir Lady Java in a two-piece set and dark cape with a tulle headpiece. -
Sir Lady Java Promotional Photo
Collection: Sir Lady Java Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: African American LGBTQ+ people, African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Sir Lady Java Description: Promotional card for Sir Lady Java including logo for Bobby Bryant as her personal management. -
Sir Lady Java with Redd Foxx
Collection: Sir Lady Java Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Oct. 21, 1967 Topics: African American transgender people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Civil rights, Demonstrations, Ethnic groups, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transgender people, Transgender people of color, Transgender rights Subject: Redd Foxx, Redd Foxx Club, Sir Lady Java Description: This photograph displays Sir Lady Java and Redd Foxx standing in front of other protestors, holding a sign which reads, "Java vs. Right to Work" in front of the Redd Foxx club. -
Son Kit Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Kit, Son, Niculescu, Sebastián Castro Date: Jul. 23, 2018 Topics: Academics, Anime, Artists, Asian cultures, Colleges, Friendships, Gender identity, Korean American families, Transgender people, Zines Description: In an interview with Sebástian Casto Niculescu, artist/curator Son Kit explains their complex childhood, in which the pressures of their Korean family and their confusion with their queer identity ... -
Spree Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: O'Brien, Michelle Esther, Spree Date: Jun. 8, 2017 Topics: Actors, AIDS activists, Appearance, Black people, Childhood, Coming out, Faeries, Families, Femininities, Gender identity, MtFs, Politics, Theatre, Transgender people Subject: ACT UP, International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA), Marsha P. Johnson, Ortez Alderman, Queer Nation, Spree Description: Performer, and activist Spree shares her experiences as a Radical Faerie; a member of ACT UP, The Emma Goldman Gypsy Players and The Eggplant Players; and a resident of numerous places around the w... -
Streisand impersonator protests at Academy Awards
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: Los Angeles Public Library Creator: Leonard, Gary Date: Mar. 21, 1994 Topics: Crossdressing, Demonstrations, Directors Subject: Academy Awards, Barbra Streisand Description: A drag-queen impersonating Barbra Streisand holds up a sign, which reads "Will work for best director Oscar" outside the Shrine Auditorium during the Academy Awards. Photo dated: March 21, 1994. -
Sunday Punch at Camp Polk
Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries Creator: Date: 1951 Topics: Army, Crossdressing, Performance art Description: A "Sunday Punch" performance at Service Club #1 at Camp Polk, Louisianna. The event was played to a capacity crowd of "nearly 800 enthusiastic serviemen." Edgar Sandifer is second from the left. 1951. -
Tamara Is Out On Bail In Check Case
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: United Press Date: Aug. 29, 1955 Topics: Bail, Check fraud, Gender realignment surgery Subject: J.E. Courtland, Tamara Edel Rees -
Tamara of Burlesque, ExSoldier Who Lost Male Sex in Surgery, Weds Father of 2
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: The Sacramento Bee Date: Jul. 28, 1955 Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Gender realignment surgery, Legal status, Marriage, Military, Parents of transgender people, Theatre, Veterans, Weddings Subject: J.E. Courtland, Stephen Thomas, Tamara Edel Rees -
Tamara Rees Backstage at Los Angeles' Club Oasis with Elaine Cayon (November 10, 1955)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Douglas, Bob Date: Nov. 10, 1955 Topics: Dancers, MtFs, Strippers, Transsexual people Subject: Club Oasis, Elaine Cayon, Tamara Rees Description: The following text appears at the bottom of the object: "Leg Check: Embarked on a career as a night club strip teaser after undergoing a sex transformation operation in Denmark, an ex-GI billed... -
Tamara Rees Courtland
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: The Boston Record Date: Aug. 29, 1955 Topics: Forgery, Jails, MtFs Subject: J.E. Courtland, Tamara Edel Rees -
Tamara Rees Poses on Burlesque Stage with Husband, J.E. Courtland, III (July 29, 1955)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: Date: Jul. 29, 1955 Topics: MtFs, Partners of transgender people, Theater, Transsexual people Subject: J.E. Courtland, Tamara Rees Description: The following text appears at the bottom of the object: "WILL LECTURE- Tamara Rees, paratrooper turned 'woman' by sex surgery, poses on the stage of a burlesque theater in Los Angeles with her ... -
Tamara Rees Vacuuming at Home (July 28, 1955)
Collection: Transas City Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: Transas City Creator: United Press International Date: Jul. 28, 1955 Topics: LGBTQ+ newspapers, Marriage, MtFs, Transsexual people Subject: J.E. Courtland, Robert Egan Rees, Tamara Edel Rees Description: Along the side of the photo appears the following text, on a separate sheet of paper: "BCP3-7/28-SACRAMENTO: Tamara Edel Rees Sweeps clean and starts life anew. She claims she was transformed fr... -
tangents: Arts & Such
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Independent Voices Creator: Date: Dec. 1, 1956 Topics: Drag Subject: Claude Buzick, Rae Bourbon -
Tei Okamoto Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Okamoto, Tei Date: Mar. 10, 2019 Topics: Artists, Black people, Coming out, Drag balls, Family members, Femininities, Film, Gender, Gender role, Health care, Heterosexuals, HIV/AIDS, Japanese American families, LGBTQ+ poetry, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Masculinities, Medical interventions, Oral history, Prisons, Pronoun, Racially mixed people, Sex education, Sexuality, STDs, Substance abuse, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender), Youth Subject: Asians, Blacks, and Latin and United New Tribes (ABLUNT), Azar Namdar, Bette Ledder, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS), Che Vilanueva, Christopher Lee, City University of New York (CUNY), Club Universe, Coco Club, Dejah Dior, Estella Gonzales, Gail Wyatt, Gerbari Allah, Gina Eichenbaum, Greg Kats, House 806, House of Hope, House of Infinity, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Imani Uzuri, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Jeannie Little, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Joan Morgan, Joel Gomez, Justice: Just Us, Kara Paige, Kelsey Lou, Menses, Omar Daniel, Planned Parenthood, Project Street Beat, Queers for Economic Justice, Rockwood Fellow, Samin Bashir, Sarah Schulman, Sienna Shields, Sweetest Hangover, Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center, The Slams, Tom Dwayne, Tranny Fest, Trans Advocay in Rural Places (TARP), Trans Project at University of California, San Francisco, Trish Moran, When the Chicken Heads Come Home to Roost, Whitney Biennial, Women's Health Project, Zander Gracia
