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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. -
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 -
Birthday Wishes Especially for You
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Johnson, Marsha P. Date: Feb. 3, 1989 Topics: Birthday cards, Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker Description: A birthday card from Marsha P. Johnson to Randy Wicker. -
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. -
"Can You Spare a Dime for a Dying Queen?"
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people Subject: David Dinkins, Margaret Hill, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker Description: An article that describes the celebratory feel of a memorial for Marsha P. Johnson and provides a brief overview of her life. -
Certificate of Death for Marsha P. Johnson
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Jul. 9, 1992 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people Subject: Marsha P. Johnson Description: Marsha P. Johnson's death certificate with the original, highly contested cause of death. -
CHRIS: Gay Prisoner in Bellevue
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: Independent Voices Creator: Bell, Arthur, Rivera, Sylvia Date: Nov. 14, 1970 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Black gay men, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Detention of LGBTQ+ people under a hospital order, Homosexuality, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ activism, Medical care, Transvestites Subject: Arthur Bell, Bellevue Hospital, Chris Thompson, Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: Clipping from pages 1-2 and 7 of Gay Flames, issue 7, published November 14, 1970. -
Christopher Street Impromptu Memorial for Marsha P. Johnson
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: Unknown Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ memorials, QTPOC, Transfeminine people Subject: Marsha P. Johnson Description: Four polaroids of an impromptu memorial on Christopher Street honoring Marsha P. Johnson at the place where she was found after she died. The photographs are followed by a short, typed paragraph de... -
Correspondence from Jack Nichols to Randy Wicker
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Nichols, Jack Date: Oct. 1, 1982 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay bars, Gay men, QTPOC, Transfeminine people Subject: David Combs, Marsha P. Johnson, Peter Dvarackas, Randy Wicker, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR) Description: This item is a correspondence from Jack Nichols to Randy Wicker inviting him to visit Cocoa Beach, Florida. -
Correspondence from Randy Wicker to Don Rojas
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: Jul. 16, 1992 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ death and dying, LGBTQ+ discrimination, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people Subject: Marsha P. Johnson Description: This item is a correspondence from Randy Wicker to the executive editor of New York Amsterdam News, Don Rojas, concerning Marsha P. Johnson's death. -
Correspondence from Randy Wicker to Father Ken Smith, July 1992
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: Jul. 21, 1992 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ memorials, QTPOC, Transfeminine people Subject: Bob Kohler, Ken Smith, Marsha P. Johnson Description: This item is a correspondence written by Marsha P. Johnson's roommate Randy Wicker to Father Ken Smith at St. Veronica's Church in New York City. Randy is writing to him to ask if he'd be intereste... -
Correspondence from Randy Wicker to Gay Officers Action League Members
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: Nov. 10, 1992 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Police, QTPOC, Transfeminine people Subject: Gay Officers Action League (GOAL), Marsha P. Johnson Description: This item is a correspondence from Randy Wicker to the members of the Gay Officers Action League concerning the police investigation into Marsha P. Johnson's death. -
Crowd of Protestors at Gay Rights Demonstration with Marsha P. Johnson in the Background
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Davies, Diana Date: 1971 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, QTPOC, Transfeminine people Subject: Come Out!, Marsha P. Johnson Description: Four black and white photographs of a crowd of protestors at a gay rights demonstration in Albany, New York. Marsha P. Johnson is standing among the protestors in the background. The first image sh... -
Death in Drag
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Goldstein, Richard, The Village Voice Date: Unknown Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ death and dying, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Police, QTPOC, Transfeminine people Subject: Marsha P. Johnson Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide. -
Death of a Drag Queen
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Newman, Andy, Hoboken Reporter Date: Jul. 19, 1992 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Mental health, QTPOC, Transfeminine people Subject: Marsha P. Johnson Description: This item is an article in the Hoboken Reporter that describes Marsha P. Johnson's death and provides an overview of her life. A version of page two of the clipping annotated by Randy Wicker is als...