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A black and white photo of Evelyn Indovino at the 1981 Ms. Gay California pageant, posing on an elevated runway during the contest at Sorino's Dance Palace. She is wearing a strapless top, pants, and high heels. In the background are spectators either sitting or standing to watch the show.
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A black and white photo of a woman with short, curly hair smiling and posing with her hands on her hips on an elevated runway at the 1981 Miss Gay California pageant. She is wearing a dark dress, a dark decorated robe, earrings, two necklaces, rings, and high heels. Watching in the background is emcee Ruth Babb, who is dressed in drag as Elvis Presley.
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A black and white photo of a woman with a mullet style haircut dancing in a crowd at the 1981 Miss Gay California pageant at Sorino's Dance Palace. Her head is turned, looking with a neutral face at the left side of the photo . She's wearing a cheetah print dress, black belt, a small wrist watch, earrings, and a necklace.
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A black and white photo of the six contestants who participated in the Ms. Gay California 1981 pageant posing together on an elevated stage. On the left is a woman speaking into a microphone behind a podium and on the right is emcee Ruth Babb, who is dressed in drag as Elvis Presley. The contestant's names were Ronna Rinear (winner), Coco Marselle (1st alternate), Evelyn Indovino (2nd alternate), Bernice Ritterbeck, D.J. Colbert, Mary Ann Millard, and Anita Six.
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A black and white photo of Ronna Rinear, the winner of the 1981 Miss Gay California pageant. She is a woman with styled blonde hair and a feather accessory smiling and standing near a podium on an elevated stage. She is wearing a white decorative dress with mesh long sleeves. On the podium is a crown and a competition sash. On the left side of the photo there is someone speaking into a microphone, but only their arm is in view.
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A black and white photo of two women and/or drag queens. The one on the right is standing on an elevated stage and smiling off to the right with her hands behind her back. She has curly hair that has been styled up on her head and is wearing a dark dress with long decorative mesh sleeves and a bow ribbon belt. The one on the left is standing behind a podium and holding a microphone. She curly shoulder length hair and is wearing a collared jacket with a large decorative flower piece.
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A black and white photo of Coco Marselle (left, second place), Ronna Rinear (center, first place), and Evelyn Indovino (right, third place) posing for a photo on stage holding competition trophies and smiling. Ronna Rinear (middle) is also holding a bouquet of flowers and is wearing a crown.
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A black and white photo of Ronna Rinear, the winner of the 1981 Ms. Gay California pageant. She is a white woman who is standing and posing for a photo while smiling, and is holding a large bouquet of flowers. She is wearing a white decorative dress with mesh long sleeves and has a crown and decorative feather piece on her head. She is also wearing a Ms. Gay California sash.
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A black and white photo of two people posing together and holding each other from the side. The person on the left has a bob-style hair cut and is wearing a short sleeve button up and a light V-neck sweater. The person on the right, Evelyn Indovino, has shoulder length voluminous hair and is wearing hoop earrings, a necklace, a patterned tube top, and pants.
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A black and white photo of Kit Goldman, a white woman with curly tied back hair, standing in front of the entrance to the Gaslamp Quarter Theatre, which has wood paneling. She is wearing a striped long sleeve shirt with a large bow ribbon accent at the center chest, dress pants, and a belt. She is smiling.
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A black and white photo of Kit Goldman, a white woman with curly tied back hair, standing holding the front entrance door to the Gaslamp Quarter Theatre open, which has wood paneling. She is wearing a striped long sleeve shirt with a large bow ribbon accent at the center chest, dress pants, a belt, and high heels. She is smiling.
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A black and white photo of Kit Goldman, a white woman with curly tied back hair, standing under the marquee of the Gaslamp Quarter Theatre, which has wood paneling. She is wearing a striped long sleeve shirt with a large bow ribbon accent at the center chest, dress pants, and a belt. She is smiling and the entrance door is open behind her.
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A black and white photo of Quentin Crisp, an older white actor, writer, and humorist—who identified as a gay man for most of their life, but shortly before their death wrote that they were a transgender woman—sitting on a white metal chair on a covered patio. Crisp has short light hair and is wearing a dark hat, a long sleeved button up collared shirt, a dark textured sweater, an abstract neck tie, pants, clog type shoes, rings, and light makeup.
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A black and white photo of Quentin Crisp, an older white actor, writer, and humorist—who identified as a gay man for most of their life, but shortly before their death wrote that they were a transgender woman—standing with their arms crossed on grass in front of a light building and some plants. Crisp has short light hair and is wearing a dark hat, a long sleeved button up collared shirt, a dark textured sweater, an abstract neck tie, pants, clog type shoes, rings, and light makeup.
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A black and white photo of a bowl-cut mustached man posing with Quentin Crisp, , an older white actor, writer, and humorist—who identified as a gay man for most of their life, but shortly before their death wrote that they were a transgender woman. They are standing inside a living room with an open door behind them. The man on the left is wearing a patterned short sleeve button up collared shirt, light pants, and a belt. Crisp has short light hair and is wearing a dark hat, a long sleeved button up collared shirt, a dark textured sweater, an abstract neck tie, pants, rings, and light makeup.
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