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  1. 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 ...
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. The Garba of Butch

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Pandya, Kalyani
    Date: Apr. 1996
    Topics: Butches, QTPOC, Queer women, South Asian LGBTQ+ people
    Description: An article discussing the author's life and her experiences as a butch queer woman in South Asia.
  5. The "Third Sex" Box: Issues Examined From a Transsexual Perspective

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Hijra, Anne Ogborn
    Date: Jul. 1995
    Topics: Bisexual people, Gay men, Hijras, South Asian LGBTQ+ people, Trans women
    Description: Content Warning: This article was written by "a non-South Asian transsexual woman who joined the hijra community."
  6. The Vamps Take Manhattan

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Ahmed, Faraz
    Date: Apr. 1998
    Topics: Anal sex, Crossdressing, Dancers, Hijras, LGBTQ+ night life, Pakistanis--United States, QTPOC, South Asian LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association (SALGA)
    Description: This essay from Trikone Magazine recounts the experiences of a group of Pakistani dancers who cross-dress and work in Manhattan nightlife.
  7. Thrills & Outrages

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: GAY Magazine
    Date: Oct. 1973
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: "Thrills & Outrages" was published in GAY Magazine Vol. 4 No. 108. This article has a paragraph that mentioned Marsha P. Johnson being freed from a psychiatric hold.
  8. Trikone Magazine Vol. 4, No. 10

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Roy, Sandip
    Date: Oct. 1995
    Topics: Drag queens, Indian bisexual people, LGBTQ+ magazines, QTPOC, South Asian LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Jayalalitha Jayaraman, Pink Triange Malaysia, Pravatak Magazine, Pride Ustav 1995, R. Raj Rao, RuPaul, Sasikala Natarajan, Urvashi Vaid
    Description: The majority of Trikone Magazine vol.10 no.04. It appears to be missing several pages.
  9. Tuesday Bloody Tuesday

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Martino, Nicholas, GAY Magazine
    Date: Jan. 24, 1972
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ activists, Police entrapment, Police raids, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Undercover operations, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Long Island Gay Activist Alliance, New York Gay Activist Alliance, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera
    Description: This item is a clipping describing the details and aftermath of a police raid at a gay bar which led to the arrest of Sylvia Rivera, among others. It was issued in GAY Magazine Vol. 3 No. 69 in Jan...
  10. Two Baluchi Buggas, A Sindhi Zenana, and the Status of Hijras in Contemporary Pakistan

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Naqvi, Nauman, Mujtaba, Hasan
    Date: Jan. 1998
    Topics: Baluchi (Southwest Asian people), Gender expression, Gender markers, Hijras, Police harassment, QTPOC, South Asian LGBTQ+ people, Transfeminine people, Zenanas
    Subject: Mohammed Aslam
    Description: This essay from Trikone Magazine (Vol. 13, No. 1) discusses South Asian gender identities and associated experiences in Pakistan.
  11. "What Sort of Beast Was I?" Thinking Beyond Gender in India

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Vanita, Ruth
    Date: Oct. 1997
    Topics: Ashrams, Hijras, Indian LGBTQ+ people, Non-Euro-American gender and sexual identities, QTPOC, South Asian LGBTQ+ people, Vārkarī sect, Women authors, South Asian, Women's movement
    Description: This article discusses how Indian society creates narratives for opting out of gender categories, of non-victimhood, and of alliances across identity boundaries. It is excerpted from a longer essay...