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Victor Rodriguez and Tom Ritzenthaler interview with Mary Richards (Tape 94, Side A) | Interview with Victor Rodriguez and Tom Ritzenthaler, a gay couple who celebrated 15 years together on Valentine's Day of 1993. They discuss their personal backgrounds, San Francisco in the 1960s and 1970s, and the nature of their relationship. Topics include gay relationship, Valentine's… Show more | 1993 | |
Victor Rodriguez and Tom Ritzenthaler interview with Mary Richards (Tape 94, Side B) | Interview with Victor Rodriguez and Tom Ritzenthaler, a gay couple who celebrated 15 years together on Valentine's Day of 1993. They discuss their political stances, their relationships to their family, and the nature of their relationship. Topics include gay relationship, family, Valentine… Show more | 1993 | |
Pat Taffer interview with Mary Richards (Side A) | Interview with Pat Taffer, a senior design consultant for the Closet Factory, a closet redesigning service that donated 10 percent of earnings to the AIDS Emergency Fund. She discusses the services she provides and her design process. Topics include fashion, clothing, closet, AIDS Emergency Fund,… Show more | 1993 | |
Pat Taffer interview with Mary Richards (Side B) | Interview with Pat Taffer, a senior design consultant for the Closet Factory, a closet redesigning service that donated 10 percent of earnings to the AIDS Emergency Fund. She discusses the services she provides, the furniture she uses for her redesigning process, and how she structures her work.… Show more | 1993 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Vocal Minority at Valencia Rose | Photograph of the Lesbian and Gay Chorus of San Francisco ensemble, Vocal Minority performing at Valencia Rose. | 1984-04-08 | |
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 | |
Member questionnaires | Questionnaires with testimony from the children of queer parents, collected by COLAGE in support of the Virginia custody case of lesbian mother Sharon Bottoms. | 1993 | |
An Imaginary Manifesto | David Cannon Dashiell's "An Imaginary Manifesto." | 1993 | |
Queer Mysteries exhibition description | Description of David Cannon Dashiell's Queer Mysteries exhibition. | 1993 | |
Hanukkah card | A Hanukkah card addressed to Jessica Barshay and her partner Judith Masur. Barshay was a therapist who lived with multiple disabilities; her faith incorporated both Judaism and Buddhism. | 1993 | |
Hanukkah card (front) | A Hanukkah card addressed to Jessica Barshay and her partner Judith Masur. Barshay was a therapist who lived with multiple disabilities; her faith incorporated both Judaism and Buddhism. | 1993 | |
Hanukkah card (back) | A Hanukkah card addressed to Jessica Barshay and her partner Judith Masur. Barshay was a therapist who lived with multiple disabilities; her faith incorporated both Judaism and Buddhism. | 1993 | |
Macy's Passport Fashion Show interviews with Mary Richards (Side A) | Interview with attendees of the 11th Annual Macy's Passport Fashion Show. Interviewees include David Kincaid, Dorothy Burch, Laurence Whiting, and Al Lujan, attendees of the event. Included are also speeches by Macy's CEO Michael Steinberg and KGO-TV news anchor Don Sanchez. Topics… Show more | 1993 | |
Macy's Passport Fashion Show audio recording (Side B) | Macy's Passport Fashion Show. Live audio recording of the music, cheering, and Mary Richards's reactions to the event's runway show. Topics include music, fashion, and AIDS. Tape 188 label: Side B: Macy’s Passport. 9/23/1993. Audio Cassette. | 1993 |