Digital Transgender Archive

I’m A Boy!

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This is a cardboard cut-out that was handed to patrons of The Black Cat Bar doing drag so that they could remember how to avoid arrest. On Halloween, police would arrest drag queens after midnight claiming they had an "intent to deceive." If those who got questioned by the police said "I am a boy" the officers would not be able to arrest them as they would be vulnerable to a discrimination lawsuit.

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Identifier
j9602085f
Collection
Ephemera
Institution
JD Doyle Archives
Genre
Ephemera
Subject(s)
Black Cat Bar
Topic(s)
Clothing
Costumes
Drag
Halloween (LGBTQ+ culture)
Harassment
LGBTQ+ events
Police harassment
Resource Type
Text
Language
English
Related URL
http://www.queermusicheritage.com/drag-sarria5.html
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