TITLE | DESCRIPTION | DATE CREATED | IS FORMAT OF |
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Victoria Schneider with COYOTE sign | Victoria Schneider marches in a Pride parade with a sign for the sex workers' organization COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics). |
1999 | |
Rodgers Bruce 2010-03 | Bruce G. Rodgers was the author of The Queens’ Vernacular: a Gay Lexicon, a dictionary of gay slang. He was born October 15, 1942 in Wisconsin, moved to San Francisco in 1966 and died August 10, 2009. He is buried at the Santa Clara Mission Cemetery. Rodgers graduated from Wausau Senior High School in Wausau, Wisconsin in 1959. He attended Barstow Jr. College, 1960-1961 and University of Southern Nevada, 1961-1963. During the 1960s he worked as a teletype operator and supervisor for Review Journal Daily in Las Vegas and as a teletype operator at the Wall Street Journal in San Francisco. In the 1970s he worked in order fulfillment at Western Tape in Mountain View, California, then in the1980s at Albert L. Shultz Jewish Community Center in Palo Alto. He retired in 1996. On his resume (circa 1982), Rodgers describes his personal interests: “I have an overriding interest in linguistics and languages. I (sic) am reading fluent in Spanish, French, Judeo-Spanish, and Hebrew, and am knowledgeable of Japanese, Chinese, Russian, Italian, German, and Turkish. I am constantly interested in slang expressions in all languages.” His partner from 1966 to 1989 was Joe Jenkins (1935-1989) who had an interest in George Washington memorabilia. Jenkins’ collection of George Washington memorabilia was donated by Rodgers to the San José Historical Museum (currently History San José) in 1994.
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1942 to 2009 | |
Kinsey Sicks Motel Sicks poster | 1999 | ||
12th Annual International Two Spirit Gathering Announcement | Bay Area American Indian Two Spirits official hosting announcement of the 12th Annual International Two Spirit Gathering. This digital collection was created in part through the generous support of BAAITS via the Hewlett Foundation. |
1999 | |
Confessions of a Jewish Nun flier | A flier for an appearance by Sadie, Sadie the Rabbi Lady to promote her autobiography, Confessions of a Jewish Nun. Sadie, the drag persona of Gilbert Block, was an early member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of drag nuns who do charitable work in San Francisco's queer community. |
1999 | |
Irwin Keller costume design | 1999 | ||
Baby Dyke lyrics | 1999 | ||
Rachel (Ben Schatz) with gold bow | 1999 | ||
Kinsey Sicks Motel Sicks press photograph [1] | Press photograph for the Kinsey Sicks show, "Motel Sicks: A Dragapella Summer Vacation." |
1999 | |
Kinsey Sicks Motel Sicks press photograph [3] | Press photograph for the Kinsey Sicks show, "Motel Sicks: A Dragapella Summer Vacation." Left to right: Winnie (Irwin Keller), Rachel (Ben Schatz), Trampolina (Chris Dilley), and Trixie (Maurice Kelly). |
1999 | |
Kinsey Sicks Motel Sicks press photograph [2] | Press photograph for the Kinsey Sicks show, "Motel Sicks: A Dragapella Summer Vacation." Left to right: Winnie (Irwin Keller), Rachel (Ben Schatz), Trixie (Maurice Kelly), and Trampolina (Chris Dilley). |
1999 |