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  1. A Story to Remember

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ memorials, LGBTQ+ people who use substances, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera
    Description: This item is an essay with edits written by Randy Wicker about the evolution of his relationship with Sylvia Rivera.
  2. "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.
  3. Seize the Time

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Transsexual Action Organization
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: Lesbianism, MtFs, Transgender activism, Transsexualism, Transvestites
    Subject: Transsexual Action Organization (TAO)
    Description: This is a draft of the April Transsexual Action Organization newsletter, which includes information about welfare, transsexualism, and male-to-female lesbianism.
  4. 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.
  5. Trapped: A Story of a Transexual (outline)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Bladow, Janel
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: Drag queens, LGBTQ+ suicide, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Transsexualism
    Subject: Liz Eden
    Description: This is an outline for a story by Janel Bladow.
  6. TS (and it doesn't mean tough shit, either!)

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Eden, Liz
    Date: circa 1970
    Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Transsexual people
    Subject: Liz Eden
    Description: This is a story about Liz Eden's experiences with relationships, gender-affirming surgery, and the film Dog Day Afternoon.