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LGBTQ Halloween Carnaval; DragBiblio.com

West Hollywood Halloween Carnaval Drag Performance and Gay Public Culture in 41 Photographs circa 1990s

1990Best.-Nr. 239441990. West Hollywood Halloween and drag photo archive showing gay nightlife costume performance and gender play at the city's Halloween celebration circa 1990s when the annual event was developing into one of the country's largest public Halloween gatherings. West Hollywood occupied an exceptional position in American gay civic life by this period.Incorporated in 1984 through a coalition that included LGBT activists its first City Council became the first municipal governing body in the United States with an openly gay majority and the new city quickly enacted protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and against people with HIV and AIDS.The Halloween Carnaval formally launched in 1987 from earlier gay Halloween gatherings along Santa Monica Boulevard gave that political and social visibility a mass public expression through drag costume performance and occupation of the street. WeHo By 1995 contemporary reporting described nearly 100000 people converging on West Hollywood for Halloween and traced the celebration to gay men who had begun gathering there more than two decades earlier. Photo archive of 41 chromogenic color photographs each approximately 4 x 6 inches West Hollywood California circa 1990s. The photographs record drag queens gay men and other costumed participants moving through a crowded nighttime celebration frequently stopping to pose embrace dance and perform for the camera. Costumes range from Snow White and other fairy tale figures to nurses brides cowboys showgirls geisha inspired characters with parasols Egyptian royalty devils flight attendants and performers in elaborate gowns lingerie wigs feathers sequins jewelry and theatrical makeup. Several photographs concentrate on coordinated groups: three figures appear in matching blue dresses and white caps; blond performers carry circular signs reading "Air Head Airlines"; a nurse wears white with prominent red crosses; and bridal and princess costumes recur in exaggerated forms. Other images capture pairs embracing friends laughing for the camera performers dancing among spectators and men adopting deliberately heightened feminine personae through padded bodies evening dresses high heels wigs cosmetics and jewelry. The recurring participants and crowded surroundings preserve the Carnaval as a social event rather than simply a costume display recording interaction between drag performers friends spectators couples and other revelers within West Hollywood's nightlife environment. The photographs belong to a specific history of West Hollywood as both a center of gay life in Southern California and a municipality in which LGBTQ political power became part of civic identity. The city's connection to gay activism preceded incorporation: Los Angeles Pride moved to West Hollywood in the 1980s while local organizing around gay rights HIV and AIDS domestic partnership and discrimination shaped the government established in 1984. Halloween developed within that environment as a particularly visible form of queer public culture. A 1995 Los Angeles Times account described gender bending costume as a defining feature of the West Hollywood celebration even as its popularity brought an increasingly broad public audience. As the scale continued to grow the City later described the Carnaval as the country's largest outdoor Halloween celebration and has recorded attendance estimates reaching hundreds of thousands while identifying costumes exhibition performance and self expression as defining elements of the event. These photographs capture that culture during the 1990s when an event rooted in gay community life was becoming a mass regional spectacle without losing drag and gender transformation as central forms of participation. Light surface wear and occasional handling marks; images remain strong and legible. Overall in very good condition. A substantial photographic record of West Hollywood Halloween at the intersection of gay civic identity drag culture gender performance and one of the nation's largest public Halloween celebrations. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · Vereinigte Staaten350,00 $≈ 312,08 €

David Cauldwell; Drag History & Cross-Dressing; Transgender HistoryBiblio.com

Transvestism" Study including Essays by Queer and Trans Writers 1963

1963Best.-Nr. 222801963. Cauldwell David O. Transvestism.Men in Female Dress. New York: Sexology Corp. 1963. Third edition. 128 pages. Paperback with bright red wrappers and illustration of a man's silhouette with a feminine shadow. 8vo. Contains 41 black and white photographs and illustrations most of self-identified "transvestites" or "female impersonators". This early study of transvestism edited by Dr. David Oliver Cauldwell who first coined the term "transsexual" examines the practice of cross-dressing in relation to homosexuality and childhood development. The books compiles a variety of essays in two parts; those by writers and medical professionals speculating on the nature and origin of transvestism and those by self-identified "transvestites" speaking on their own experiences. The former includes writings by noted sexologist Harry Benjamin and psychiatrist and science fiction writer David H. Keller. The book is notable for its focus on the lived experiences of trans-identifying individuals taking the study out of the realm of pure scientific speculation and into a humanistic approach which engages with people who practice transvestism some of whom identify strongly as men and others who prefer to identify as women. Though the book uses terms and scientific theories which may be considered outdated or offensive today it is overall remarkably progressive for the time and sets out in good faith to understand what was in the 1950s an extremely taboo subject. Dustjacket worn at edges chipped at top and bottom of spine and has two small tears to lower front cover. Light wear and discoloration to spine and soiling on back wrapper. Inner pages clear and binding tight. Very good condition overall. An early study on transvestism including essays from queer and trans individuals. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · Vereinigte Staaten220,00 $≈ 196,17 €

Reluctant Press & Empathy Press; Drag History & Cross-DressingBiblio.com

Three Gender Transformation Cross Dressing and Erotica Novels From Empathy & Reluctant Press 1991 to 1992

1991Best.-Nr. 237521980. Three works of transvestite and gender transformation fiction by Jan O'Sullivan Susan Peerless and Michelle Lange published 1991 to 1992 for a readership developing literary and social networks outside mainstream publishing. Issued by Empathy Press and Reluctant Press the novels center on forced feminization domestic service supernatural transformation and cross-gender identification using contemporary publisher terminology including "Transvestite Fiction Fantasy" and "TV" fiction. Michelle Lange also appeared in "The TV TS Tapestry Journal" published by the International Foundation for Gender Education where she described her interest in domestic service sought correspondence with others and stated that she collected and wrote stories drawn from experiences and fantasies. Reluctant Press advertised in "Tapestry" as well placing both within the underground national print network through which crossdressers and trans people exchanged writing correspondence and commercial resources in the early 1990s. Three staple-bound illustrated fiction booklets each approximately 5½ x 8½ inches published 1991 to 1992: 1 O'Sullivan Jan. "School for Shemales." Seattle: Empathy Press 1991. 50 pp. "A Transvestite Fiction Fantasy." 2 Peerless Susan. "Spirit of a Lady." Alexandria Virginia: Reluctant Press 1992. 84 pp. Illustrated by Brian Dukehart. First printing. Peerless was a recurring Reluctant Press author with other fiction issued by the press including "Two Pink Ladies" "An Antebellum Way of Life" "Unchained Bride" and "Georgio & Zoe." 3 Lange Michelle. "Mademoiselle's Replacement." Alexandria Virginia: Reluctant Press 1992. 64 pp. Illustrated by Brian Dukehart. First printing October 1992. The publisher's introductory text identifies Lange as the author of the earlier "Forced to be A Maiden Person" and describes the story as "a delightful version of a young man being transformed into the perfect French maid." Under the same name in "TV TS Tapestry" Lange described enjoying domestic service from the servant's point of view and writing stories based on "experiences and fantasies." The three booklets belong to the early-1990s cross-dressing and trans print culture represented by "TV TS Tapestry" which carried erotic fiction personal ads medical and legal writing and advertising from publishers including Reluctant Press. Lange's contribution provides a direct link between commercial transformation fiction and that wider community print network: her interest in domestic service appears both in her published fiction and in her own "Tapestry" statement. The books retain the period's terminology including "Transvestite" "TV" and "transsexual" while their publishers and authors operated within a market where erotic transformation fiction circulated alongside personal correspondence community information organizations and other services. Light rubbing and toning to wrappers with minor handling wear and retail labels to covers; interiors appear clean and intact. Overall very good condition. A concentrated group of early-1990s gender transformation fiction from the commercial and community print culture serving cross-dressing and trans readers. unknown

Max Rambod Inc. · Vereinigte Staaten450,00 $≈ 401,25 €

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