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  1. 1996 Xmas Letter

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Dec. 25, 1996
    Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Gay men, LGBTQ+ unhoused youth, Sex work, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, Ivan Valentin, Jack Nichols, Mother's March Against AIDS, Norma Johnson, Randy Wicker, Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting
    Description: The 1996 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. In this letter...
  2. 6th Circuit Denies Appeal by Transsexual Inmate

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: Mar. 1997
    Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Femininities, Hormone therapy (Gender), Imprisonment, MtFs, Prisons, Trans women, Transsexual people, Transsexualism
    Subject: Michelle Murray
    Description: Excerpt from Lesbian/Gay Law Notes about the Murray v. U.S. Bureau of Prisons case from 1997 in which Michelle Murray, a trans woman, faced trans-discriminatory treatment while imprisoned.
  3. 8th Circuit Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Treatment Denial for Transvestite Prisoner

     
    Collection: Court and Legal Documents
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes
    Date: Summer 1996
    Topics: Drag, Gender identity disorder, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Medicalization, Prisons, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexualism
    Subject: Merlin Long
    Description: Excerpt from Lesbian/Gay Law Notes detailing the 1996 Long v. Nix case.
  4. A Photograph of Cocoa Rodriguez Carrying a Floral Wreath in a Parade

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: 1996
    Topics: Black transgender people, Gay pride, Indigenous transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez
    Description: A photograph of Cocoa Rodriguez wearing a purple and blue gown and carrying a floral AIDS Vigil wreath while walking down Christopher Street in the 1995 Pride Parade with Randy Wicker. A banner tha...
  5. A Photograph of Cocoa Rodriguez in a Black Dress

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: 1996
    Topics: Black transgender people, Indigenous transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A photograph of Cocoa Rodriguez in a black dress posing with another person on a sidewalk.
  6. A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera and Randy Wicker Smiling at Uplift Lighting

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 17, 1996
    Topics: Gay men, Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Roommates, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Randy Wicker, Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A Polaroid of Sylvia Rivera and Randy Wicker at Uplift Lighting (Randy's lighting store in West Village). Randy has his arm around Sylvia and the pair are smiling.
  7. A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera Posing with a Group Including Randy Wicker and Cocoa Rodriguez at Uplift Lighting

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 17, 1996
    Topics: Black transgender people, Gay men, Indigenous transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, Randy Wicker, Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A photograph of Sylvia Rivera posing with a group at Randy Wicker’s store Uplift Lighting. Sylvia’s wearing a white sweater and a beanie. Randy Wicker is on Sylvia’s left wearing a red, white, and ...
  8. A Polaroid of Cocoa Rodriguez with Her Arm Around Another Person

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: 1996
    Topics: Black transgender people, Indigenous transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez
    Description: A polaroid of Cocoa Rodriguez wearing a blue sequined dress with her arm draped across the shoulders of another person.
  9. Audre Lorde Grand Project Opening Celebration Program, 1996

     
    Collection: Audre Lorde Project
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: The Audre Lorde Project
    Date: Nov. 15, 1996
    Topics: AIDS organizations, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ artists, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ community centers, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ poetry, Native American LGBTQ+ people, Transgender people, Two-Spirit people
    Subject: Audre Lorde, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center)
    Description: A program for the Grand Opening Celebration of the Audre Lorde Project, published in 1996.
  10. "Gender 201" Event Footage, Part 1

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center
    Date: Nov. 6, 1997
    Topics: Asian intersex people, Gender identity, Intersex artists, Manchuria (China), QTPOC, Transfeminine people, Transgender artists, Transitioning (Gender), World War, 1939-1945
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains images of nudity. The video is age restricted by YouTube; viewers must be signed in and at least 18 years old to watch it.
  11. "Gender 201" Event Footage, Part 2

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center
    Date: Nov. 6, 1997
    Topics: Asian intersex people, Gay bars, Gender identity, Gender roles, Intersex artists, LGBTQ+ relationships, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains images of nudity.
  12. Gender Identity Project Staff Photos, 1996

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 5, 1996
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, Gay community, Lesbian community, LGBTQ+ community centers, Transfeminine people, Transgender community, Transmasculine people
    Subject: Arlene Hoffman, Carrie Davis, Donna Cartwright, Gender Identity Project, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Lynn E. Walker, Melissa Sklarz, Rosalyne Blumenstein, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center), Tracey Carrawante
    Description: Two black and white photographs of Gender Identity Project staff members.
  13. "Going Public" Event Footage

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center
    Date: May 20, 1997
    Topics: AIDS awareness, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people in mass media, Femininities, Masculinities, Queens (Gay culture), Sissies
    Subject: Committee for Black Gay Men, Gay Men of African Descent, OUT Magazine
    Description: A clip from The Center's event "Going Public," a panel discussion on popular images of LGBTQ+ people and how the public responds to them. At 0:21:10, Panelist Cary Alan Johnson speaks on the unique...
  14. Interview with Bennie Toney and Footage of a Street Memorial for Marsha P. Johnson

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: 1997
    Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Cold cases (Criminal investigation), Drag queens, Eyewitness accounts, LGBTQ+ memorials, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Bennie Toney, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence.
  15. Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center Staff Photos

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 5, 1996
    Topics: BIPOC, Black people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ community centers, Transfeminine people, Transgender people, Transmasculine people
    Subject: Arlene Hoffman, Carrie Davis, Elizabeth E. Walker, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Melissa Sklarz, Rosalyne Blumenstein, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center), Tracey Carrawante, Transgender
    Description: Images of the Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center staff in New York City in 1996.