Victoria Fernandez with cat

A young Victoria Fernandez poses outdoors with a cat. Victoria Fernandez, who performed as Vicki Starr, was a Puerto Rican trans woman best known for dancing in San Francisco's topless clubs during the 1960s. Her collection tells the story of how she used photography to express her gender and personality from the 1950s to the 1980s, from photobooth strips to Polaroids, often showing her with lovers and friends from queer community.

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Identifier: jq085k374
Collection: Victoria Fernandez/Vicki Starr Collection
Institution: GLBT Historical Society
Date Created: Sep. 1960
Genre: Photographs
Topic(s): Cats
Latino/a/x transgender people
Strippers
Trans women
Resource Type: Still Image
Analog Format: Photographic print
Digital Format: IFF image, 8.4 MB, created March 7, 2025, Epson Expression 10000XL
Language: English
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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Victoria Fernandez with cat

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