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Description
Susan Stryker interviews Amanda St. Jaymes, a trans woman who moved to the Tenderloin in December 1963 at the age of 19. St. Jaymes worked at the Chukker Club, a 1960s venue frequented by trans people, and later went to clerical school; in 1972, after her transition, she married and moved to Houston, falling out of contact with most of the people she'd known. In this section, St. Jaymes reminisces about Finocchio's and other venues, her time in Houston, well-known strippers and performers who crossed paths with her, the Central City Anti-Poverty Program, and her experiences transitioning. She also narrates over photos and ephemera from earlier in her life. Portions of this interview were used for Stryker and Victor Silverman's documentary Screaming Queens.
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