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One From the Vaults
by Morgan M Page
One From the Vaults, a trans history podcast by Morgan M Page. We bring you all the dirt, gossip, and glamour from trans history!
Episodes
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OFTV Presents - Sydney Baloue
Trans historian and executive producer of HBO's Legendary, Sydney Baloue, joins us to talk about the many histories of the vogue/ballroom scene, trans men in ballroom, and dance as a form of history and ancestral veneration. https://www.sydneybaloue.com/ https://legendsofvogue.substack.com/...
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OFTV 42 - The Witches of Miami Beach
What do witches, LSD, and aliens have to do with trans rights?? In this week's episode of One From the Vaults, we head to Miami Beach to tell the story of the largest international trans activist network of the 1970s and their larger than life leader, Angela Douglas. Sources: Triple Jeopardy by...
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OFTV Presents - Interview with Jules Gill-Peterson
In this week's episode of One From the Vaults, I sit down with historian Jules Gill-Peterson — author of Histories of the Transgender Child and A Short History of Transmisogyny — to talk about the question of whether there is a history of anti-transgender discrimination, antebellum…
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OFTV 40 - The High Priestess of Poughkeepsie
One from the Vaults is back for a Tenth Anniversary Special! In this episode, we explore the life of tarot master, comic writer, and 1970s trans activist Rachel Pollack! Sources: 78 Degrees of Wisdom (1980) by Rachel Pollack “Pandora’s Bust” (1971) by Rachel Pollack The Body of the Goddess (1997)...
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OFTV - Camp Trans (Live! at Camp Trans UK)
A special episode LIVE from Camp Trans UK! Listen to the sounds of the wind in the trees and the smoke of a camp fire getting in my face as OFTV tells the story of the original Camp Trans. Works Cited: https://www.camp-trans.org/pages/ct-history.html http://eminism.org/michigan/faq-protest.html...
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OFTV Presents - Interview with Abram J Lewis
In this double-length episode, OFTV speaks to trans historian Abram J. Lewis about TAO (Transsexual Action Organization), about oral history work, and about how magic, witchcraft, and "unreason" intersect with the emergence of Gay Liberation and early trans organizations. AJ Lewis is a post...
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OFTV Presents - Librada and Cubanecuir
This month OFTV presents a special interview with archivist Librada González Fernández of the Cubanecuir archive! Librada is a young trans woman based in NYC and Miami who is pulling together the stories and ephemera of queer and trans Cubans, both on the island and in the diaspora! She joins…
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OFTV Presents - Interview with Zackary Drucker
To celebrate five years of One From the Vaults, this year I'll be presenting a series of interviews with artists, filmmakers, writers, and historians working on trans history. First up is the brilliant and beautiful artist Zackary Drucker, co-director of the new HBO docuseries The Lady and the...
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OFTV 35 - La Prophetesse
This month's episode of OFTV follows the life of a gender non-conforming mystic who lead an early insurgency in the Haitian Revolution! Works cited: The Priest and the Prophetesse (2018) by Terry Rey Des hommes et des dieux (2002) Sex and the Empire That is No More (1994) by J. Lorand Matory Mama...
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OFTV 34 - Gym Class
In this episode of OFTV, we follow Steve Dain - teacher of the year, and later mentor to Lou Sullivan - in his fight for the right to keep teaching after his sex change! Works Cited: http://revolution.berkeley.edu/steve-dain-teacher-transitions/...
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OFTV 33 - A Bunny in the Front Seat
In our first episode for 2020, OFTV looks at the tumultuous life of early gender clinic patient, sex worker-turned businesswoman Patricia Morgan! Works cited: https://zagria.blogspot.com/2009/08/patricia-morgan-1939-sex-worker.html#.Xj_4lhP7SRs...
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OFTV 32 - HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
In our very first HALLOWEEN SPECIAL, OFTV looks at the all-too-brief story of a Vicar, a ghost, and a veil! Join us this All Hallow's Eve for a chilling tale from trans history! Works Cited: https://archive.org/details/venuscastinafamobull/page/248...
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OFTV bonus 13 Sneak Peek
A sneak peek of the new bonus episode available to our Patrons over at Patreon.com/oftv.
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OFTV 31 - It's About Me Not You
In this episode, we take a look at artist, sculptor, and dollmaker Greer Lankton - muse to Nan Goldin and other downtown luminaries! Works Cited: https://www.documentjournal.com/2014/10/doll-parts-hilton-als-recalls-some-of-his-most-poignant-memories-of-artist-greer-lankton/...
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OFTV Bonus 12 - Sneak Peak!
A sneak peak of the latest Patrons-only mini episode! Available at patreon.com/oftv.
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OFTV 30 - The Great 48
In this episode of OFTV, we take a look at the life of burlesque queen Alexandra - The Great 48! Works cited: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/dallas-tx/geraldine-weise-8182441 http://www.lasvegasshowgirlmuseum.com/april-and-alexandra-interview Behind the Burly Q (2009)...
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OFTV Bonus 11 - Sneak Peak
A sneak peak of our latest Patrons-only special bonus mini episode! This episode features the life of non-binary painter Gluck!
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OFTV 29 - Man By Choice
Indulge in a tale of ill-fated bad boy Harry Allen! Works Cited: https://zagria.blogspot.com/2018/08/harry-allen-1882-1922-musician.html https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/this-week-in-history-1906-the-notorious-nell-pickerell-returns-to-seattle...
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OFTV 28 - La Chica Streissandisima
In this month's episode, we follow the fabulous life of AIDS outreach worker Adela Vázquez - from her childhood in Camagüey, through the Mariel Boatlift, and onto the streets of San Francisco! Works Cited: Sexile by Jaime Cortez https://www.auntlute.com/cuentamelo...
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OFTV Bonus 10 - Sneak Peek
A sneak peek our latest bonus mini-episode available exclusively to subscribers of our Patreon! Visit Patreon.com/oftv to sign up today!
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OFTV 27 - Let Me Tell You About My Operation
In this episode, we look at the fabulously embellished life of known liar Rae Bourbon! Works Cited: http://www.coolcatdaddy.com/bourbon.html http://www.coolcatdaddy.com/bourbon-hookers.html http://www.coolcatdaddy.com/bourbon-doc-operat-ja.jpg...
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OFTV Bonus 9 - Sneak Peak
The Battle of the Femmes Fatale! Check out this new bonus episode for OFTV's patrons over at Patreon.com/OFTV.
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OFTV 26 - The Best Car Never Built
In this short episode of OFTV, we take a look at a gonzo story from the headlines of 1975! Join us for the story of the best car never built! Works Cited: https://web.archive.org/web/20060618171208/http://www.automotivechronicles.com/articles/2005/dec/02/1975_05.pdf...
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OFTV 25 - The Count
In this month's episode, OFTV travels to 19th Century Hungary to investigate the life of an early trans man whom psychologists would later use to form their theories about lesbians. Works Cited: Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Psychopathia Sexualis...
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OFTV Bonus Ep 8 - Sneak Peak
Check out this special previous of the latest bonus mini episode of OFTV, available exclusively to patrons who donate $5 or more per month to our Patreon account over at Patreon.com/OFTV. This episode looks at the life of Mexican revolutionary, socialist, and trans man, Amelio Robles Avila!
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OFTV 24 - Passing While Passing
OFTV's special two year anniversary episode covers the story of Ralph Kerwineo, whose life sat at the crux of cultural debates around gender, race, and eugenics in the United States during the 1910s. Works Cited: Emily Skidmore's True Sex: the Lives of Trans Men at the Turn of the 20th Century…
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OFTV 23 - The Ballad of Dawn and John-Paul
In The Ballad of Dawn and John-Paul, we take a look at the turbulent romance of 1960s white trans woman writer Dawn Langley Simmons and her younger Black husband John-Paul Simmons in the Jim Crow South. Works Cited: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/15/dawn...
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OFTV Bonus Ep 7 - Sneak Peak
Enjoy this sneak peak of the latest bonus mini-episode of OFTV, available exclusively for patrons over at Patreon.com/oftv.
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OFTV 22 - Saint Georges
In this episode of OFTV, we get mystical with the life of Georges Marasco - a trans man singer, lion tamer, poet, and stigmatic! Works Cited: http://vintagemedals.webs.com/hal.htm https://archive.org/stream/physicalphenomen007373mbp#page/n219/mode/2up...
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OFTV Bonus Ep 6 - Sneak Peak
A sneak peak of this month's bonus episode available exclusively for patrons over at Patreon.com/OFTV. This episode tells the story of the first trans porn star, Jill Monro!
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OFTV 21 - A Sister Act
In this episode of OFTV, we'll take a look at the intertwined lives of two trans women as they move through the drag balls of the 1960s, the golden era of porn in the 1970s, and the underground performance art scene of the 1980s! Works Cited:...
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OFTV Bonus Ep 5 - Sneak Peak
In this month's bonus mini-episode, we try to sift fact from fiction in the strange life of Desiré Dubounet and her EPFX machine that can supposedly cure cancer and AIDS. Available now for patrons over at Patreon.com/OFTV.
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OFTV 20 - Any Other Way
In this month's OFTV, we look into the mystery surrounding the elusive 1960s Toronto-based chanteuse, Little Jackie Shane! Works Cited: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/searching-for-jackie-shane-rbs-lost-transgender-superstar/article35057998/...
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OFTV Bonus ep 4 - sneak peak
A sneak peak of our latest bonus mini-episode, available exclusively for our patrons over at Patreon.com/OFTV!
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OFTV 19 - Lou in the City of Night
In this special DOUBLE episode of OFTV we took a look at the life of Lou Sullivan - the first gay FTM and the man largely responsible for creating the FTM community as we currently know it. Works Cited: Brice D. Smith's Lou Sullivan: Daring To Be a Man Among Men Stryker & Whittle's Transgender...
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OFTV Bonus Ep 3 - Sneak Peak
A sneak peak of the third bonus mini episode available exclusively for patrons over at Patreon.com/oftv! In this episode, we tell the story of the very first trans woman to ever receive hormones.
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OFTV 18 - Stormé Weather
In this episode of OFTV, we take a look at the Black drag king at the centre of the Stonewall Rebellion. Long thought to have thrown the first punch, this butch spent her life defending the lesbian of the VIllage. Works Cited: Jewel Box Revue programs, 194?-1968, hosted at queermusicheritage.com...
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OFTV Bonus Ep 2 - Sneak Peak
Check out this sneak peak of the latest bonus mini-episode of OFTV available only for our patrons over at Patreon.com/oftv! In this episode, we go back all the way to the 1830s and cover one of the earliest documented trans people in the United States!
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OFTV 17 - The Man with Three Names!
In this episode, we take a look at the hard life of the man with three names - a trans man who was forced into making desperate choices in a time before trans identities were readily available! Scandals! Murders! Lies! This story has everything. CW: brief discussion of rape. Works...
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OFTV Bonus Ep 1 - Sneak Peak
Sneak peak of our first bonus mini-episode, available exclusively for our patrons who donate $5 or more to us at Patreon.com/oftv.
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OFTV 16 - Crossdressing, Racist Laws, and Murder!
Between 1849-1900, 34 cities in 21 states enacted anti-cross dressing laws in the United States. How and why did this happen? Join us as OFTV looks into the racist history of anti-cross dressing laws and tells the scandalous life story of one early trans man who resisted them! Works Cited: Clare...
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OFTV 15 - a COG in the Machine
This week, OFTV covers early trans activist group COG - North America's first trans organization! Based in San Francisco's Tenderloin District, COG fought against police persecution and for access to healthcare in the late 1960s. Works cited: Susan Stryker, Transgender History Susan Stryker,...
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OFTV 14 - Java vs. Right to Work
This episode focuses on the life of Sir Lady Java! A Black trans civil rights pioneer and performer who fought for the right to work! Works cited: http://transgriot.blogspot.ca/2010/12/sir-lady-java-trans-civil-rights.html...
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OFTV 13 - Female Husband!
Did trans men exist before the 20th Century? On this week's episode, we go all the way back to 1746 to explore the life of "female husband" Charles, or George, or Mary, or Molly Hamilton! Works cited: http://www.pascalbonenfant.com/18c/newgatecalendar/mary_hamilton.html Baker, S. (1959). Henry...
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OFTV 12 - Murder on Homewood
OFTV takes a look at a horrific moment in Canada's trans community that became a turning point in the country's trans history. This episode explores the 1996 triple homicide of Brenda Ludgate, Shawn Jr Keegan, and Deanna Wilkinson, and the community response that followed. Works Cited:...
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OFTV 11 - Tricky Mother Nature
OFTV brings our mini-series on the trio of trans Warhol muses to a close with glamour and tragedy of Candy Darling! Works Cited: WarholStars.org Holly Woodlawn: A Low Life in High Heels Craig B Highberger - Superstar in a Housedress Beautiful Darling (documentary)
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OFTV 10 - Glamour, Glory, And Gold!
Part two of our three part series on the trio of trans Warhol muses who inspired Lou Reed's classic song, Walk on the Wild Side! This week, we take an elevator look at the life of Jackie Curtis.
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OFTV 9 - Holly Came From Miami FLA
OFTV brings you the first in a three part series on the trio of trans Warhol muses! Holly Woodlawn, trans Puerto Rican Superstar! Works Cited: Superstar in a Housedress, film and book, by Craig Highberger WarholStars.org A Low-Life in High Heels, by Holly Woodlawn...
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OFTV 8: Spirit Of Gold
One from the Vaults - trans history podcast looks at the successful life, bizarre death, and continuing afterlife of gospel quartet singer Wilmer Little Axe Broadnax! Works Cited: http://transgriot.blogspot.ca/2013/07/black-trans-history-wilmer-little-axe-m.html...
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OFTV 7: Behold! I Am A Woman!
In this episode of OFTV, we'll try to make sense of the confusing life story, or stories, of Canada's "first" transsexual, Dianna Boileau! Works Cited: http://zagria.blogspot.ca/2010/09/dianne-boileau-1930-secretary.html...
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