One From the Vaults

OFTV celebrates the life of trans politican and Indigenous sex worker Georgina Beyer - from her life on the streets to the house of parliament!

Works Cited:

Jewel's Darl - http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/about-face-jewels-darl-1985

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rab_LVPfxDc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8navq7MlomY

http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/video/29381/passing-of-the-prostitution-reform-bill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkF4V5wcTNs

Xtra video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLdtAHlcH7U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rab_LVPfxDc

http://zagria.blogspot.ca/2013/01/georgina-beyer-1957-actress-sex-worker.html#.VuMfvXB4Fl8

On this episode of OFTV, we'll discuss the long life of eccentric FTM multimillionaire Reed Erickson - the architect of modern trans healthcare.

Works Cited:

Aaron Devor & Nicholas Matte, "Building a Better World." http://web.uvic.ca/~ahdevor/ABetterWorld.pdf

Devor & Matte, "ONE Inc and Reed Erickson." http://web.uvic.ca/~ahdevor/UneasyCollaboration.pdf

Devor, "Reed Erickson: How One Transsexual Man Supported ONE." http://web.uvic.ca/~ahdevor/ReedErickson.pdf

http://zagria.blogspot.ca/2009/01/zelda-r-suplee-director-of-erickson.html

Susan Stryker, Transgender History.

Join us for a Very Special Valentine's Day episode here at OFTV! We'll be discussing the groundbreaking life of trans man Michael Dillon and his doomed romance with trans woman Roberta Cowell!

Works cited:

From a Girl to a Man by Liz Hodgkinson

The First Man-Made Man by Pagan Kennedy

Sex Change Spitfire Ace documentary by Channel 4

Join us as we take a look at the early lives of the patron saints of the trans movement, Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P Johnson! We'll examine their beginnings, take a look at what might have gone down at Stonewall, and follow them up to the 1973 Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade! The first in a three part series on Sylvia and Marsha!

Works Cited:

http://www.workers.org/2006/us/lavender-red-73/

http://www.workers.org/ww/1998/sylvia0702.php

http://www.reinagossett.com/on-untorellis-new-book/

http://thespiritwas.tumblr.com/post/19399849610/ten-posts-for-sylvia-riveras-ten-year-memorial

http://thespiritwas.tumblr.com/post/43780113854/nyu-occupation-street-transvestites-for-gay-power

The Gay Liberation Youth Movement in New York: “An Army of Lovers Cannot Fail” by Stephan L. Cohen

In this episode of OFTV, we'll take a look at Vancouver's Golden Age of Prostitution from 1975-1985, in which Indigenous trans sex workers ruled the streets of the West End. We'll discuss how sex workers organized for their rights and safety, in opposition to gay white residents groups, the police, and the state. So tune in and get all the dirt, gossip, and glamour from trans history!

Works Cited:

Ross, B. L. (2012). Outdoor Brothel Culture: The Un/Making of a Transsexual Stroll in Vancouver's West End, 1975–1984. Journal of historical sociology, 25(1), 126-150.

Ross, B., & Sullivan, R. (2012). Tracing lines of horizontal hostility: How sex workers and gay activists battled for space, voice, and belonging in Vancouver, 1975–1985. Sexualities, 15(5-6), 604-621.

http://westendsexworkhistory.com/

Hookers on Davie (1984) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3foUxsqAPE

http://www.geist.com/fact/columns/come-to-the-cabaret/

http://thetyee.ca/Books/2012/12/08/Penthouse-Nightclub/

One from the Vaults is a new trans history podcast. Join us for our pilot episode as we take a look at the mystery of Lou Reed's transsexual girlfriend Rachel.

Sources:

http://www.jaynedoll.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/loureed.html

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/rachel_lou_reeds_transsexual_muse

https://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/a-morons-guide-to-lou-reed

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mkG7Y6_J7pUC&pg=PA155&dq=rachel+lou+reed&hl=en&sa=X&ei=yeNwUvjdMu6p0AWQ_4GgDg#v=onepage&q=rachel%20lou%20reed&f=false

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2014/01/last-waltz-wild-side-lou-reed