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Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
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Re: The Cabdriver Who Shot Marsha
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: Unknown Topics: Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Sex work, Transfeminine people Subject: Marsha P. Johnson Description: A description of Marsha P. Johnson being shot by the driver of a cab in the 1970s written by Randy Wicker. Wicker notes that incidents like these point to the possibility that foul play was a facto... -
Sad News
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Kohler, Bob Date: Feb. 19, 2002 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Randy Wicker, Stonewall Inn, Sylvia Rivera Description: An email informing Randy Wicker of Sylvia Rivera's death. -
Season's Greetings 1984
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: 1984 Topics: Black transgender people, Burlesque (Theater), Christmas, Drag queens, Gay men, HIV/AIDS, New Year, QTPOC, Roommates, Sex work, Transfeminine people Subject: David Combs, George Flimlin, Jack Nichols, Jim Kepner, Marsha P. Johnson, Michael Toy, Randy Wicker, Uplift Lighting Description: The 1984 issue of an annual newsletter written by Marsha P. Johnson's roommate, Randy Wicker, in which he provides updates on his life and business, the household, and close friends. This issue inc... -
Season's Greetings 1998
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: Dec. 26, 1998 Topics: Black transgender people, Gay men, Indian LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Mexicans, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Ashok Kavi, Cloning, Cocoa Rodriguez, Melissa, Stonewall Veterans' Association, Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting Description: The 1998 issue of an annual newsletter written by Marsha P. Johnson's roommate, Randy Wicker, in which he provides updates on his life, including cloning advocacy and his mother's move to Arizona. -
Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries at the Christopher Street Liberation Day March, 1973
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Fink, Leonard Date: Jun. 24, 1973 Topics: Activists, Demonstrations, Latino/a/x transgender people, Transgender people, Transvestites Subject: Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee (CSLDC), Christopher Street Liberation Day March, Marsha P. Johnson, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and members of Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR) at the 1973 CSLD march. -
Street Transvestites on the Air
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Skir, Leo, GAY Magazine Date: Aug. 30, 1971 Topics: Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ people who use substances, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Puerto Rican women, Sex work, Trans women, Transsexual people, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Gay Liberation Front, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR) Description: This item is a clipping from GAY Magazine Vol. 4 No. 97 which describes an interview with Sylvia Rivera and others about their lives. Sylvia talks about housing, hormones, sex, and her activist inv... -
Suspicious Death of Transvestite
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Feinberg, Leslie Date: Jul. 24, 1992 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay liberation, LGBTQ+ death notices, QTPOC, Transfeminine people Subject: Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project (AVP), Marsha P. Johnson, Queens Liberation Front, Stonewall Rebellion, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: This item is a clipping from Seattle Gay News issued in July 1992 about Marsha P. Johnson's death earlier that month. The clipping describes how Marsha died, who she was and what she did while she ... -
Sylvia Rivera, 50, Figure in Birth of the Gay Liberation
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Dunlap, David W. Date: Feb. 20, 2002 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Stonewall riots, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Marsha P. Johnson, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: Obituary for Sylvia Rivera published in the New York Times. -
Sylvia Rivera at ACT-UP March, 1994
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Jun. 26, 1994 Topics: AIDS activists, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender political activists Subject: ACT UP, Sylvia Rivera Description: A photograph of Sylvia Rivera in a yellow dress at an ACT-UP march in Union Square Park in 1994. -
Sylvia Rivera Community Memorial Event Flyer
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ memorials, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transgender activism, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act (SONDA), Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: This flyer is for Sylvia Rivera's community memorial event held on April 25, 2002. The flyer features a blurb about Sylvia at the top, information about event logistics in the middle, and a quote f... -
Sylvia Rivera Community Memorial Event Program
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ memorials, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: AIDS Education Coalition, Judson Memorial Church, LGBT Community Services Center, Radical Faries, Sylvia Rivera Description: A program from a community memorial event for Sylvia Rivera -
Sylvia Rivera holding banner at Christopher Street Liberation Day parade, 1983
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Jun. 26, 1983 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender activism, Transgender political activists Subject: Christopher Street Liberation Day March, New York City Pride, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: A photograph of Sylvia Rivera standing in front of the Stonewall Inn holding a banner at the Christopher Street Liberation Day March in 1983. The banner reads: "And God Created He and She But He Al... -
Sylvia Rivera: In Life and Death
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: Feb. 19, 2002 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Julia Murray, Metropolitan Community Church, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: Content warning: this item contains homophobic language. -
Sylvia Rivera Memorial Notes
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: Feb. 26, 2002 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Bob Kohler, David Carter, Jack Nichols, Julia Murray, Marsha P. Johnson, Metropolitan Community Church, Norma Michaels, Randy Wicker, Sylvia Rivera Description: An email containing a summary of Sylvia Rivera's memorial service and a short reflection on the sender's relationship with Sylvia. -
Sylvia Rivera Takes Randy Wicker on a Tour of a Gay Homeless Camp in the West Village
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: 1995 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, HIV-positive people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ people with alcohol use disorders, LGBTQ+ suicide, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Terminal care (AIDS), Trans women, Transfeminine people, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, Frank Constantino, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Marsha P. Johnson Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide attempts and ideation.