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  1. Application for Social Security Account Number

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: U.S. Social Security Administation
    Date: Aug. 22, 1960
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Identification cards, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: John Kearns, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A copy of an application for a social security account number for Marsha P. Johnson. A letter from the Social Security Administration to researcher John Kearns in response to his request for the ap...
  2. Arrest of a Notorious Character

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
    Date: Jul. 12, 1876
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Outing (LGBTQ+ culture), Passing (Gender), Trans women, Transgender survivors of rape
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.
  3. Behind Every Good Man (c. 1967)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: UCLA Film and Television Archive
    Creator: Ursin, Nikolai
    Date: 1967
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, MtFs, Trans women, Transgender culture, Transgender people
  4. Bennie Toney Interview about Marsha P. Johnson

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 11, 2011
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ death and dying, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Bennie Toney, Christopher Street Pier, Hudson River
    Description: Bennie Toney is interviewed by Randy Wicker about Marsha P. Johnson's death and surrounding events. Toney identifies the place in the Hudson River where Marsha's body was discovered.
  5. Birth Registration Certificate for Marsha P. Johnson

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Aug. 27, 1945
    Topics: Birth certificates, Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: Marsha P. Johnson's birth certificate issued by the city of Elizabeth, New Jersey
  6. Black Play Boy Presents Sir Lady Java and Rose Brothers

     
    Collection: Sir Lady Java
    Institution: Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 15, 1983 to Apr. 16, 1983
    Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Discos, Entertainers, Exotic dancers, Female impersonators, Theatre shows, Transgender people
    Subject: Black Playboy, Rose Brothers, Sir Lady Java
  7. Buffalo Traditional School Yearbook Page Featuring Chanelle Pickett

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Buffalo Traditional School
    Date: 1983
    Topics: Black transgender people, Magnet schools, School yearbooks, Trans women
    Subject: Chanelle Pickett
    Description: A class photograph clipped from the 1983 Buffalo Traditional School yearbook. The caption indicates a young Chanelle Pickett is pictured in the third row from the front, fourth student from the left.
  8. Buffalo Traditional School Yearbook Page Featuring Gabrielle and Chanelle Pickett

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Buffalo Traditional School
    Date: 1984
    Topics: Black transgender people, Magnet schools, School yearbooks, Trans women
    Subject: Chanelle Pickett, Gabrielle Pickett
    Description: Two class photographs clipped from the 1984 Buffalo Traditional School yearbook. For the first photo, the caption indicates a young Gabrielle Pickett is the last student (from left to right) in the...
  9. Building Usage Application Form

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Metropolitan-Duane United Methodist Church, Wicker, Randy
    Date: Jul. 9, 1992
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ memorials, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker
    Description: An application form to rent a church for a memorial service for Marsha P. Johnson. The form is signed by Johnson's friend and roommate, Randy Wicker.
  10. By Telegraph

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 10, 1876
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ death notices, Memphis Race Riot, Memphis, Tenn., 1866, Trans women
    Subject: Frances Thompson
    Description: A clipping from the Puget Sound Weekly Argus announcing the death of Frances Thompson.
  11. Celebration of the Life of Amanda Milan

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ memorials, Trans women
    Subject: Amanda Milan
    Description: A program for the memorial service for Amanda Milan, a performer in New York's ballroom scene.
  12. Ceyenne Doroshow Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Doroshow, Ceyenne, Mukerjee, Lucy
    Date: Feb. 25, 2022
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ sex workers, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender autobiographies, Transmisogynoir
    Subject: 96 West, Andre's, Ceyenne Doroshow, Cooking in Heels: A Memoir, Flawless Sabrina, Gays and Lesbians Living In A Transgender Society ( G.L.I.T.S.)
    Description: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence and transphobic language.
  13. Chanelle Pickett Murder Trial Postponed

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Boyce, Ed
    Date: Mar. 9, 1997
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women, Trials (Murder)
    Subject: Chanelle Pickett
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.
  14. Changing Perceptions About Hate Crimes

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 13, 1999
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Hate crimes, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women
    Subject: Fenway Community Health Center, Matthew Shepard, Rita Hester
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.
  15. Charley Burton Oral History

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: OUTWORDS
    Creator: Burton, Charley, Bliss, Tom
    Date: Feb. 10, 2023
    Topics: Black transgender people, Electroshock therapy, Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, Gender affirming surgery, Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ people in recovery, LGBTQ+ people with substance use disorders, LGBTQ+ support groups, Segregation, Stealth (Transgender), Trans men, Transgender authors, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: Alcoholics Anonymous, Black Trans Man Incorporated, Charley Burton, Morehouse College, The Boy Beneath My Skin: A Black Trans Man Living in the South, University of Virginia Hospital
    Description: Content warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to sexual assault, child abuse, suicide, and transphobic language.