Exploding Acts!

1966 advertisement for El Cid, a topless club in San Francisco's North Beach, featuring Victoria Fernandez, who performed as Vicki Starr. Fernandez, a trans woman, is misgendered in her top billing as the "World's Only Male Topless Verité." This type of exoticizing language was often used to advertise her performances.

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Identifier: 9880vr44m
Collection: Victoria Fernandez/Vicki Starr Collection
Institution: GLBT Historical Society
Publisher: San Francisco Examiner
Date Issued: Jul. 9, 1966
Genre: Clippings
Places: California > San Francisco County > North Beach
Topic(s): Latino/a/x transgender people
Strippers
Trans women
Resource Type: Text
Analog Format: Newspaper clipping
Digital Format: TIFF image, 15.9 MB, created February 1, 2025, Epson Expression 10000XL
Language: English
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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