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BAAITS/SF LGBT Center Tenant Announcement | A letter announcing that Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS) will be a tenant at the new San Francisco LGBT Center. The BAAITS mission statement and organization description are included in the announcement. This digital collection was created in part through the generous support of… Show more | 2001 | |
Gay and Lesbian Historical Society and San Francisco Public Library Town Hall (1 of 2) | A town hall meeting with representatives from the Gay and Lesbian Historical Society (GLHS) and the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) presenting on plans for the Gay and Lesbian Center that would be installed in the SFPL's Special Collections department. The presentation covers fundraising… Show more | 1990/1999 | |
Gay and Lesbian Historical Society and San Francisco Public Library Town Hall (2 of 2) | A town hall meeting with representatives from the Gay and Lesbian Historical Society (GLHS) and the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) presenting on plans for the Gay and Lesbian Center that would be installed in the SFPL's Special Collections department. The presentation was followed by a… Show more | 1990/1999 | |
Jason Allen Interviews, “Why San Francisco?” | A video in which an interviewer asks diverse pedestrians why they live in San Francisco. The final interview is with a woman who discusses her gender, sexuality, and pursuing treatment for mosaic Turner Syndrome. | 1990/1999 | |
Tamara Ching interview | Susan Stryker interviews Tamara Ching, a sex worker, trans woman, and native San Franciscan. Ching extensively discusses her experience of living and working in the Tenderloin, describing sex work as a source of lifelong validation and pride, despite the harassment and violence she endured as a… Show more | 2001 | |
Felicia "Flames" Elizondo interview, part 1 | Susan Stryker interviews Felicia Elizondo, known as Felicia Flames, who was a sex worker, drag queen, and trans woman strongly associated with San Francisco's Tenderloin district. In this section, Elizondo tells her life story; she was born in Texas and moved to San Francisco as a teenager,… Show more | 2001 | |
Felicia "Flames" Elizondo interview, part 2 | Susan Stryker interviews Felicia Elizondo, known as Felicia Flames, who was a sex worker, drag queen, and trans woman living in San Francisco's Tenderloin district. In this section, Elizondo describes her transition as a patient of Dr. Harry Benjamin, including the medical and social aspects… Show more | 2001 | |
Aleshia Brevard interview, part 1 | Susan Stryker interviews Aleshia Brevard, an actor, model, author, theatre professor, and trans woman. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Brevard worked at Finocchio's drag revue as a Marilyn Monroe impersonator; a trans co-worker, Stormy, helped her to begin transitioning. She lived at the… Show more | 2001 | |
Aleshia Brevard interview, part 2 | Susan Stryker interviews Aleshia Brevard, an actor, model, author, theatre professor, and trans woman. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Brevard worked at Finocchio's drag revue as a Marilyn Monroe impersonator. In this section, Brevard narrates over a series of photographs from her career in… Show more | 2001 | |
Elliott Blackstone interview, part 1 | Susan Stryker interviews Elliott Blackstone, a retired police officer with the San Francisco Police Department. In 1962, Blackstone became the department's official liaison with the LGBTQ community, and worked extensively with trans women in the Tenderloin, including the group Conversion Our… Show more | 2001 | |
Elliott Blackstone interview, part 2 | Susan Stryker interviews Elliott Blackstone, a retired officer with the San Francisco Police Department. In 1962, Blackstone became the department's official liaison with the LGBTQ community, and worked extensively with trans women in the Tenderloin. Stryker speaks with Blackstone about his… Show more | 2001 | |
Elliott Blackstone interview, part 3 | Susan Stryker and colleagues interview Elliott Blackstone, a retired police officer with the San Francisco Police Department. In 1962, Blackstone became the department's official liaison with the LGBTQ community. In this section, Blackstone tells stories about his career, explains his… Show more | 2001 | |
Amanda St. Jaymes interview, part 1 | Susan Stryker interviews Amanda St. Jaymes, a trans woman who moved to the Tenderloin in December 1963 at the age of 19. St. Jaymes worked at the Chukker Club, a 1960s venue frequented by trans people, and later went to clerical school; in 1972, after her transition, she married and moved to… Show more | 2001 | |
Amanda St. Jaymes interview, part 2 | Susan Stryker interviews Amanda St. Jaymes, a trans woman who moved to the Tenderloin in December 1963 at the age of 19. St. Jaymes worked at the Chukker Club, a 1960s venue frequented by trans people, and later went to clerical school; in 1972, after her transition, she married and moved to… Show more | 2001 | |
Amanda St. Jaymes interview, part 3 | Susan Stryker interviews Amanda St. Jaymes, a trans woman who moved to the Tenderloin in December 1963 at the age of 19. St. Jaymes worked at the Chukker Club, a 1960s venue frequented by trans people, and later went to clerical school; in 1972, after her transition, she married and moved to… Show more | 2001 | |
Ed Hansen interview, part 1 | Susan Stryker interviews Ed Hansen, a pastor who worked with young people in the Tenderloin in the 1960s, including the organization Vanguard. Hansen reminisces about Tenderloin organizing and his clients' demands and concerns, and also tells some lighter-hearted anecdotes. Portions of this… Show more | 2001 | |
Ed Hansen interview, part 2 | Susan Stryker interviews Ed Hansen, a pastor who worked with young people in the Tenderloin in the 1960s, including the organization Vanguard. In this section, Hansen talks about Tenderloin sex workers, police harassment, alcohol and drugs, and young gender-nonconforming people's search for… Show more | 2001 | |
Kinsey Sicks photograph [1] | Photograph of Kinsey Sicks posing before or after a show. Members pictured include: Kevin Kirkwood (Trixie), Ben Schatz (Rachel), Chris Dilley (Trampolina), and Irwin Keller (Winnie). | 2001 | |
Brochures and communications | Brochures and communications materials from COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere). | 1990/1999 | |
News release, 1980 | News release provided to The San Francisco Sentinel newspaper announcing the second season of the Lesbian and Gay Chorus of San Francisco. | 1980-01 | |
Finocchio's coupon | 1990/1999 | ||
Antediluvian Manifesto by Janet MacHarg | 1990/1999 | ||
Dragapella! poster | Poster for the Kinsey Sicks off-Broadway show, Dragapella! which took place at Studio 54. Members pictured include: Irwin Keller (Winnie), Ben Schatz (Rachel), Chris Dilley (Trampolina), and Maurice Kelly (Trixie). | 2001 | |
Kinsey Sicks in convertible | The Kinsey Sicks ride in a convertible during a parade in Provincetown, Massachusetts, circa 2001. | 2001 | |
Run of show [1] | A run of show listing the schedule of performers and their acts at Finocchio's nightclub. | 1990/1999 | |
Shanti Project volunteer and client (1) | A Shanti Project volunteer and client in a hospital. | 1990/1999 | |
Shanti Project volunteer and client (2) | A Shanti Project volunteer and client in a hospital. | 1990/1999 | |
Shanti Project volunteer and client (3) | A Shanti Project volunteer and client. | 1990/1999 | |
Run of show [2] | A run of show listing the schedule of performers and their acts at Finocchio's nightclub. | 1990/1999 | |
Finocchio's promotional postcard | Promotional postcard advertising Finocchio's nightclub. This postcard uses the term "female impersonators" to describe performers, which is a historic term that comes from a straight-coded Victorian theatrical form and continued until the mid-20th century before merging into what we… Show more | 1990/1999 | |
Blank survey | A survey intended to be distributed to youth with LGBTQ+ parents. | 1990/1999 | |
COLAGE press releases | 1990/1999 | ||
Ginny Knuth papers, folder 2 | Folder 2 of the papers of Ginny Knuth, a cisgender member of Educational Transvestite Channel (later called TransGender San Francisco). Knuth's husband identified as a crossdresser and was also a member of the group. | 1990/1999 |