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  1. A Dictionary of Gender Identity

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Bonnell, Charles
    Date: Sep. 20, 1975
    Topics: Crossdressers, Drag kings, Drag queens, Eroticism, Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Medicalization, Passing (Gender), Scientific literature, Sex cinemas, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: Gay Community News, The Queen's Vernacular
    Description: A short article in volume 3, issue 12 of Gay Community News, providing definitions for terms used by the gender noncomforming community in the 70s. Originally printed on page 17.
  2. Alison Laing and Emily Sheldon Perform at Fantasia Fair

     
    Collection: Alison Laing's Photographs
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1975 to circa 1999
    Topics: Costume, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Alison Laing, Emily Sheldon, Fantasia Fair
    Description: An unidentified woman (left), Emily Sheldon (center), and Alison Laing (right) performing at Fantasia Fair. Undated.
  3. Awards Banquet Helpful Hints

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Miscellaneous Documents
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator: Fantasia Fair
    Date: 1975? to 2000?
    Topics: Crossdressers, Events, Gatherings, Logistics
  4. Cape Air. The Official Airline of Fantasia Fair.

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Miscellaneous Documents
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator: Cape Air
    Date: 1974 to 2000
    Topics: Advertising, Airlines, Travel
    Subject: Cape Air, Fantasia Fair
  5. Crossing Sexual Borders: Interview with Three Male-to-Female Transeuxals

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator: Tommi Avicolli
    Date: May 3, 1975
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Gender dysphoria, Gender expression, MtFs, Parents, Psychology, Trans women, Transgender children, Women's movement
    Subject: Erickson Educational Foundation, Gay Community News, Information for the Family of the Transsexual, Marilyn Monroe, New Words (Feminist Bookstore), Olivia Records, The Gay Alternative, The Linen Closet
    Description: Interviews with three transsexual women, ages 19 and 22, all from Pennsylvania. The article is reprinted from the Philadelphia paper The Gay Alternative. The article is printed on pages 8 and 12 of...
  6. Erickson Educational Foundation Newsletter, Vol. 8 No. 2 (Winter, 1975)

     
    Collection: Erickson Educational Foundation Publications
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Erickson Educational Foundation (EEF)
    Date: Winter 1975
    Topics: Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Psychology, Research, Television, Transgender parents, Transsexualism, Welfare benefits
    Subject: Harry Benjamin, John Money
    Description: Handwritten notes and markings on pages 2-8.
  7. Fantasia Fair Award Nomination Form

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Miscellaneous Documents
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: The Outreach Institute
    Date: 1975? to 2000?
    Topics: Ballot
    Description: This object has a handwritten annotation in the top right corner that appears to read: "Detail on Saturday nite."
  8. Fantasia Fair Evaluation Form

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Miscellaneous Documents
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: The Outreach Institute, Fantasia Fair
    Date: 1975? to 2000?
    Topics: Crossdressing, Evaluation, Events, Fairs, Gatherings
    Description: This object has some handwritten annotations in the top right of the first page. They are, however, illegible .
  9. Fantasia Fair: fashion discards

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Photographs
    Institution: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1975 to circa 1999
    Topics: Gender identity, Portraits, Transgender people
    Description: By clicking the selected thumbnail, you will be forwarded to more Fantasia Fair photographs that are not currently available on the DTA. Photo is undated.
  10. Fantasia Fair Participants' Survey

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Miscellaneous Documents
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: The Outreach Institute
    Date: 1975? to 2000?
    Topics: Crossdressing, Surveys
    Subject: Fantasia Fair
    Description: There appears to be some handwritten annotation on the top right of the forms. It appears to read: "Return to our office" and then illegible text following.
  11. Fantasia Fair Request for Acceptance of Personal Checks

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Miscellaneous Documents
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Fantasia Fair
    Date: 1974? to 2000?
    Topics: Events, Fairs, Forms, Gatherings
    Subject: Fantasia Fair
  12. Female Impersonator News No. 9

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator: Female Impersonator News
    Date: 1975
    Topics: Acceptance, Advertisements, Appearance, Arrests, Beauty standards, Body image, Coming out, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Electrolysis, Employment discrimination, Estrogen, Family members, Gatherings, Gender realignment surgery, Hormones, Law, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Partners of transgender people, Prisons, Rape, Subcultures, Transgender community, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Fantasia Fair, Hose and Heel, Leslie Porter
  13. Sexual Minorities Conference

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections
    Creator:
    Date: May 3, 1975
    Topics: Birth certificate amendments, Legal name change, LGBTQ+ personal and family law, MtFs, Transgenderism, Transsexual people, Transvestites
    Subject: Ariadne Kane, Conference on Alternate Sex and Gender Lifestyles, Emerson College, Gay Community News, Gender Identity Service of Boston, Massachusetts Bureau of Vital Statistics, Michael Fleming, Richard Rubino
    Description: An account of the second annual Conference on Alternate Sex and Gender Lifestyles, with photos from the event. Originally published on pages 3 and 9 of volume 2, issue 45 of Gay Community News.
  14. Transvestite Conference Offers New Experience

     
    Collection: Fantasia Fair: Miscellaneous Documents
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Boynton, Dan
    Date: Oct. 30, 1975
    Topics: Appearance, Crossdressers, Drag, Family members, Femininities, Heterosexuality, Hormones, LGBTI community, Masculinities, Sexual identity
    Subject: Fantasia Fair
    Description: Handwritten note that the piece is a part of the Provincetown Advocate from October, 1975.
  15. Transvestite Conference Offers New Experience

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives, University at Albany
    Creator: Boynton, Dan
    Date: Oct. 30, 1975
    Topics: Acceptance, Appearance, Cosmetics, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Discrimination, Drag balls, Electrolysis, Family members, Femininities, Gender dysphoria, Gender identity, Gender realignment surgery, Hormone therapy, Marriage, Masculinities, Partners of transgender people, Passing (Gender), Self-image
    Subject: Brandy Alexander, Crown & Anchor, Fantasia Fair, Sandy Mesics, Wilma June Sharman