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The Killing of Sister George

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Performing Arts Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Rock Hudson
2. Rope, 1947-1948
3. Poster and Call sheet for Making Love, 1981-1982
4. My Beautiful Laundrette, circa 1985
5. The Killing of Sister George
6. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
7. Finocchio's: House of the Fabulous Female Impressonators, undated A postcard of Finocchio's, that was a nightclub and bar in San Francisco. It shows five female impersonators standing in the back and five sitting in the front. The steps are a black and white checkered pattern and the background appears to be the stage. From left to right, starting in the back, a performer is wearing a bright pink robe with light pink feather lining, a silver patterned dress, silver shoes, and bright pink long earrings. Next the performer is wearing a pink and gold robe with a high collar, a pink dress, and a pink wig. The center performer is wearing a bright pink dress with a black belt. Next the performer is wearing a black and silver waistcoat with bright pink harem pants. At the end of the back row is a performer in a dark purple robe and dress, with peacock feathers and a peacock feather headdress. The five women in the front row are seated, all in similar 1920s flapper dancer outfits in different colors. From left to right, the first two women are turned slightly to the left and are in light purple outfits with pink feather headbands. In the center, facing forward, she is in a yellow dress with a green feather headband. Next, turned slightly to the right, she is in a dark purple dress and a dark purple feathered headband. Lastly, also turned to the right, she is in an orange dress and has an orange feathered headband.
8. Gay Men's Chorus 25th Anniversary concert poster, 2004
9. The Children's Hour, 1961 Photograph of Shirley MacLaine, left, and Audrey Hepburn in a scene from The Children's Hour, and a letter from Arthur B. Krim to Eric Johnston regarding three films with homosexuality as a subject, including The Children's Hour, and requesting that the Code be amended. Photograph: Core Collection. Production files. Letter: Motion Picture Association of America Production Code Administration records.
10. Ann Margaret and Charles Pierce at Studio One, circa 1977
11. Salome, 1922
12. Turnabout Theater souvenir program, circa 1950
13. Outfest 07 Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival July 12-23 Film Guide, 2007
14. Pandora's Box, 1929
15. Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, circa 1954
16. Adrian Thompson, undated
17. Tea and Sympathy, 1953-1956
18. Book Cover: Ballet by Cecil Beaton, 1951
19. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
20. Gregg Araki
21. Thirteen Women, 1932
Lesbians Beth McDonald
Contents of this tag:
1. Portrait of Marie Corelli, 1908
2. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 1, no. 1, February 1989
3. Aché: A Journal for Lesbians of African Descent, Vol. 3, no. 1, February/March 1991
4. Robert Arthur, Ivy Bottini, Quentin Crisp, Morris Kight, and Patricia Nell Warren, 1994
5. Sheila Kuehl (L) and Judy Abdo (R), December 14, 1997
6. The Children's Hour, 1961 Photograph of Shirley MacLaine, left, and Audrey Hepburn in a scene from The Children's Hour, and a letter from Arthur B. Krim to Eric Johnston regarding three films with homosexuality as a subject, including The Children's Hour, and requesting that the Code be amended. Photograph: Core Collection. Production files. Letter: Motion Picture Association of America Production Code Administration records.
7. A celebration of adult Bar and Bat Mitvahs at Congregation Kol Ami, 2000
8. The Killing of Sister George
9. Lesbian Visibility Week poster, 1990
10. Lesbian Wedding, 1987
11. Lesbian parents and their children at the March on Washington, 1993
12. 3a Marcha Lésbica, 2006
13. Sheila Kuehl for Supervisor, circa 2014
14. Gold record for "Melissa Etheridge" album by Melissa Etheridge, 1988
15. Gwenn Craig Outwords profile
16. Poster for Carolyn Weathers : shitkickers & other Texas stories
17. Marie Corelli and Bertha Vyer, 1921
18. Marie Cartier graduation celebration, 2010 Women applauding Marie Cartier at a party celebrating her graduating from Claremont College with a PhD in theology. Hot Java coffeehouse was transformed into a gay women's bar from the 1950s. The Front row: Marie Cartier in cap and gown and Carolyn Weathers in rhinestone glasses. Middle row: unknown, Jayne Doolittle-Swanson in striped shirt and Jeanne Cordova in hat. Back row, mostly obscured, Pat Lamis in hat, unknown woman with hands in air. May 22, 2010.
19. Profile of Vanessa Romain, 2023
20. Connie Samaras, #16 from the series Edge of Twilight, 2013
21. Pandora's Box, 1929
22. Home, circa 1982
23. Tribal Connexions: A Celebration of 2 Years of Aché, 1991
24. Laura Aguilar, #19, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
25. Unattributed photograph of Zoe Akins, circa 1930s
26. Gay & Lesbian L.A. history map, 2000
27. Lesbian Libertys, 2009
28. Gay Sunshine, undated
29. Laura Aguilar, #20, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
30. Willa Cather, letter to Zoë Akins, May 4, 1918
31. Two women embracing and kissing, 1923
32. Laura Aguilar, #6, from the series Plush Pony, 1992
33. Judy Abdo Outwords profile
34. The Word is Out, 1977
35. Lesbian Dyke March poster, 1996
36. First Ladies Memorial Dance Marathon button, 1978
37. Photograph of Florence Yoch and her partner Lucile Council, circa 1940
38. Cover of manual for "Civil Rights for Lesbians and Gay Men: A Reference Manual for City and County Officials", 1990
39. Dracula's Daughter, circa 1936
40. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 2, no. 6, November/December 1990
41. Gerrie Schipske for State Assembly button, 1996
42. Florence Yoch, landscape design, “A Hillside Garden for Mr. George Cukor, West Hollywood,” 1936
43. Thirteen Women, 1932
44. Eloise Klein Healy, typescript draft of poem, “There Are No Words for the Sexual Acts of Lesbians,” circa 1984
45. Hey Young Lesbians, undated
46. Aché: A Journal for Black Lesbians, Vol. 1, no. 2, March 1989
47. Profile of Ellen Ward, 2023
48. Connie Samaras, #11 from the series Edge of Twilight, 2013
49. Black Lesbian Newsletter, December 1982