Super Queer Archives
History starts by finding the right documents. With the Super Queer Archives we scour the web and libraries for source material for a particular queer topic. We would rather go….
Author: Jae
Papers of Charles Chevalier d’ Eon de Beaumont at University of Leeds
Leeds Library in England has a large collection of documents by and about d’Eon de Beaumont. At this point it is not digitized, but a catalog of the documents can….
Chevalier D’Eon de Beaumont
This brave woman trained and worked as a French spy and diplomat using both male and female personas. When her life was endangered she used some documents she acquired from….
Frances Thompson Archive
Frances Thompson was freed from slavery after the civil war. Not much is known about her before she was freed. She was living in Memphis at the time of the….
Alan L. Hart Archive
Alan L. Hart was born Alberta Lucille Hart in Kansas in 1890. In about 1917 he transitions from Lucille to Alan. He went on to be a successful radiologist and….
When Lucile Became Alan: Transgender Transition in 1918
Video created by Jae after researching Alan Hart. This tells about his transition and very public outing in 1918. It gives some information about his childhood and time after the….
Go West Young Man, Go East Young Woman – Article by Peter Boag
Peter Boag wrote an article for Western Historical Quarterly call “Go West Young Man, Go East Young Woman: Searching for the Trans in Western Gender History.” where he writes about….
The Maiden of Tonnerre: The Vicissitudes of the Chevalier and the Chevalière d’Eon
by Professor Charles d’Eon de Beaumont (Author), Professor Roland A. Champagne (Translator), Professor Nina Claire Ekstein (Translator), Professor Gary Kates (Translator) This is a translation from French to English of….
Monsieur d’Eon Is a Woman
a tale of political intrigue and sexual masqueradeby Kates, Gary Published 2001 “The Chevalier Charles-Geneviève-Louise-Auguste-André-Thimothée d’Eon, after a distinguished career as a soldier, diplomat, and secret agent for the Government….
“Not That Sort of Woman” Race, Gender, and Sexual Violence during the Memphis Riot of 1866
This chapter by Hannah Rosen covers the Memphis Riot of 1866 and Frances Thompson’s involvement in the trial afterwards. This is a chapter in the book Sex, love, race: Crossing….