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  1. America's Lovliest Female Impersonator

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 1967
    Topics: African American transgender people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ communities, Transgender community, Transgender people of color
    Subject: Sir Lady Java
    Description: News article on Sir Lady Java's performances. Presents various pictures and her dance shows.
  2. Behind Every Good Man (c. 1967)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: UCLA Film and Television Archive
    Creator: Ursin, Nikolai
    Date: 1967
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Trans women, Transgender culture, Transgender people
  3. Now at The Hustlers

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 9, 1967
    Topics: Activists, African American transgender people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Entertainers, Exotic dancers, Female impersonators, Transgender people
    Subject: Benny Curtis Show, Sepia, Sir Lady Java, The Hustlers (Club), Willie Bobo
  4. ONE in Los Angeles

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 1967
    Topics: Acceptance, Clothing, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Mass media, Sexual practices
    Subject: Herbert Shaw
  5. 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.
  6. Vanguard Magazine Vol. 1 No. 10 (October/November 1967)

     
    Collection: Vanguard
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Vanguard Publications
    Date: Oct. 1967 to Nov. 1967
    Topics: Bisexuality, Gender role, Homosexuality, LGBTQ+ people who use substances, LGBTQ+ poetry, Liberalism, Monogamy, Police, Politics, Religions, Sexual relationships, Sexual roles, Taboos, Violence
    Subject: Friedrich Karl Forberg, The Open End
  7. Vanguard Magazine Vol. 1 No. 7 (May 1967)

     
    Collection: Vanguard
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: Vanguard, Inc.
    Date: circa May 1967
    Topics: Discrimination, Drug abuse, Homosexuality, Religions, Sexual freedom, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Youth
    Subject: Sexual Freedom League, Tenderloin Committee (TLC)