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Pride Parade Letter from Peter Dvarackas to Randy Wicker
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Dvarackas, Peter Date: Jul. 6, 1987 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay pride, HIV/AIDS, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people Subject: ACT UP, Harvey Fierstein, Hell Fire, Man Hole, Marsha P. Johnson, Peter Dvarackas, Randy Wicker, Rev. John McNeill, Sybil Bruncheon Description: Content Warning: This item contains racist and transphobic language. -
Queer Nation "Justice for Marsha"
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Queer Nation Date: Unknown Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ death and dying, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, QTPOC, Transfeminine people Subject: Marsha P. Johnson Description: This item is a leaflet created by Queer Nation announcing a demonstration on July 19, 1992 for Marsha P. Johnson to make demands to the police to change the suicide death classification of Marsha's... -
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... -
"Reflections of a Drag Queen Striving Towards Political Correctitude"
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Housel, David Date: 1993 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, Femininities, Masculinities, QTPOC, Sexism Subject: Black and White Men Together, Men of All Colors Together NY Description: An excerpt from Men of All Colors Together NY's 10th Anniversary Journal describing the experience of being BIPOC and a drag queen in New York. -
RuPaul with Bindi
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wakefield, Michael Date: circa 1990 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ communities, QTPOC Subject: RuPaul Description: This is a portrait of RuPaul with a bindi. -
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... -
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 holding a banner at Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade 1983
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Jun. 26, 1983 Topics: BIPOC, Drag queens, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Hispanic transgender people, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ people of color, Transfeminine people, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists Subject: 5th Avenue New York, New York, Christopher Street Liberation Day March, New York City Pride, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR) Description: Photograph of Sylvia Rivera from the 1983 Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade holding a banner for Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR) that reads "AND GOD CREATED HE AND SHE BUT... -
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. -
The Case of Marsha's Death: Mystery on the Waterfront
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Solnik, Claude Date: Jul. 15, 1992 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay pride, QTPOC, Transfeminine people Subject: Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project (AVP), Gay Liberation Front, Hot Peaches, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Stonewall Rebellion, Uplift Lighting Description: Clippings of an article from The New Villager in which the author speculates about the cause of Marsha P. Johnson's death. -
The Darktown Strutter's Ball
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Thornton, Timmie, GAY Magazine Date: Feb. 15, 1971 Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Female impersonators, LGBTQ+ theater Subject: Timmie Thornton Description: "The Darktown Strutter's Ball" by Timmie Thornton from from "GAY Magazine" Volume 2 Issue 44. This article discusses Timmie Thornton's experience in the drag scene. -
'The Heat'
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Christopher, James Date: Unknown Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ theater, QTPOC, Transfeminine people Subject: Hot Peaches, Marsha P. Johnson Description: A brief review of a Hot Peaches retrospective with a photo of Marsha P. Johnson. -
"The Love of God Enfolds Me"
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Family members of LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ death and dying, LGBTQ+ memorials, QTPOC, Transfeminine people Subject: Marsha P. Johnson Description: This item is a memorial service program for Marsha P. Johnson held July 14, 1992 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The program includes her obituary, the order of service, several prayers, and acknowledgem... -
The Marsha P. Johnson March
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Miller, Bobby Date: Unknown Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people Subject: Marsha P. Johnson Description: A collage featuring a poem about Marsha P. Johnson and a photograph of her smiling at the camera wearing a headdress of feathers and flowers. -
The Queers Turn to Jeer
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: Mar. 22, 1992 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, Homophobia, QTPOC, Saint Patrick's Day, Transfeminine people Subject: Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization (ILGO), Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker Description: A clipping of an article by Randy Wicker from the ILGO Report about the Irish Lesbian and Gay Organization (ILGO) participating in the 1992 St. Patrick's Day parade despite homophobic objections. M...
