UPDATE:

I just picked up the above ancient Roman coin showing the TRANSGENDER Emperor, Elagabalus! “He” ruled Rome from 218 to 222. “He” is the Emperor who offered huge sums of money to any doctor that would be able to perform SRS. Looking at “his” history, it is unfortunate to find that this Emperor was a tortured soul that was ultimately killed for “his” perceived sexuality (and predisposition to sexual roll-playing), effeminate behavior and daring to allow women into the Roman Senate. This transgender artifact is almost 1,800 years old.

I’m kinda excited about some archival material I just picked up (cheap!) off of ebay!

First of all, I picked up a couple of (original) books almost every TG over the age of 35 read at one time or another (since they were generally available at urban libraries):

I also picked up some Christine Jorgenson memorabilia:

[The original 1958 LP of Christine Jorgenson. This represents the FIRST significant effort to educate the public about GLBT issues. Yah, thats right… a TG was the first to do it.]

[The American Weekly magazine’s initial coverage Christine Jorgenson when her story first went public]

Here are some Rene Richards memorabilia:

[The original New Times magazine]

[An original 1970’s tennis sports card]

[Her autograph]

This is an original postcard of the town that had the Nazi death camp for transgenders:

This is the original press release for the movie, Dog Day Afternoon:

This is a 1950s children’s book about an American TG (FTM) solder:

This is a 1950s post of a Houston drag show:

This is a 1950s book about American TGs:

Autographed Marlene Dietrich cross-dressed photo:

I plan on having a lot of this professionally framed – hard rock cafe style. I think it is important for us as a community to be able to connect with items of historical value. I truly hope that the archival holdings grow over the years to become a significant source of knowledge, culture and history for anyone seeking to learn about us as a people.