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A Letter from Randy Wicker to Mayor David Dinkins
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: Jul. 22, 1992 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ memorials, QTPOC, Transfeminine people Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Uplift Lighting Description: A letter from Randy Wicker inviting New York City Mayor David Dinkins to speak at a memorial service for Marsha P. Johnson. Wicker describes Marsha's role as a beloved member of her community who b... -
A Letter from the Society of the Second Self to AEGIS
Collection: Miscellaneous Correspondence Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Beecroft, Carol, Fairfax, Jane Ellen, Hester, Lauren Date: Jul. 15, 1996 Topics: Transgender community Subject: American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS), Dallas Denny, The Society for the Second Self, Inc., Tri-Ess Description: A letter from the Society of the Second Self to AEGIS accusing Dallas Denny, the Executive Director of AEGIS, of violating journalistic integrity by publishing criticism of Tri-Ess based on inaccur... -
A Letter to Commander Kennedy from Randy Wicker
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: Oct. 3, 1992 Topics: Attitudes of LGBTQ+ people toward police , Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ death and dying, Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, QTPOC, Transfeminine people Subject: Bennie Toney, Marsha P. Johnson Description: A letter from Randy Wicker to the commander of the sixth precinct of the New York Police Department explaining how the investigation into Marsha P. Johnson's death was mishandled, demanding that of... -
A Letter Written by an Attendee at Marsha P. Johnson's Memorial Service
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Seymour, William Date: Unknown Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ memorials, QTPOC, Transfeminine people Subject: Marsha P. Johnson Description: A letter written by William Seymour to Randy Wicker and other of Marsha P. Johnson's friends following her memorial service. -
A Letter Written by Randy Wicker to a Commander at the Sixth Precinct About Marsha P. Johnson's Death
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: Oct. 8, 1992 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, QTPOC, Transfeminine people Subject: Marsha P. Johnson Description: A letter written by Randy Wicker, Marsha P. Johnson's roommate, to Commander Kennedy at the Sixth Precinct in New York City. In the letter, Randy talks about dropping off videotapes containing info... -
A Letter Written by Randy Wicker to Ali
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: Nov. 3, 1982 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Willie Brashears Description: A Thanksgiving letter from Randy Wicker to Ali based in Cairo, Egypt. Wicker discusses how he first became roommates with Marsha P. Johnson through Willie Brashears. -
A Life Cut Short: Gender Identity Discrimination and the Murder of Chanelle Pickett
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition Date: Unknown Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Sex work, Trans women, Transgender activism Subject: Chanelle Pickett, Gabrielle Pickett Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
A Little of My Life
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Independent Voices Creator: Messetti, Vivian Date: Mar. 1, 1959 Topics: Circus, Femininities, Intersex, Masculinities, Neugebauer family Subject: Uncle Tom's Cabin, Vivian Messetti -
A London Correspondence
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: The New York Times Date: Aug. 26, 1870 Topics: Arrests, Crossdressing, Passing (Gender) Subject: Arthur Clinton, J.S. Fiske, The New York Times Description: Burlington Weekly Free Press (Burlington, VT) -
A louca da Consolação
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Grupo Dignidade Creator: Penteado, Darcy Date: Aug. 1980 Topics: Film, Stereotypes, Transgender characters, Transgender community Subject: A Louca da Consolação (film), Paulo Braz -
A Lucky Disaster
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: May 11, 1898 Topics: Crossdressing Subject: Babe Bean Description: The Herald (Los Angeles, CA) -
A Man and a Woman of Joyce & Briggs
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Independent Voices Creator: Hurwitt, Robert Date: Sep. 29, 1978 to Oct. 5, 1978 Topics: Crossdressers, Homosexuality, Theatre Subject: Alcazar, Richard Wherret, The Elocution of Benjamin Frank -
A man dressed in drag as a cowgirl. Photographic postcard, ca. 1915-1920.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1915? to 1920? Topics: Female impersonators Description: A humorous photograph of ca. 1915-1920 taken at the Fancy Dress Studio, Tottenham Court Road, London. A gawky and lantern-jawed 'cowgirl' in a terrible wig poses with a taxidermy horse -
A man for all seasons but clothes for the best of reasons
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Bigos, Dick Date: 1979 Topics: Androgyny, Crossdressers, Gender expression Subject: Ariadne Kane, Outreach Institute of Gender Studies (OIGS) Description: This is an article written by Dick Bigos about Ari Kane, the Fantasia Fair, and covers topics such as androgyny, crossdressing, and gender roles. -
A man in drag (?) poses wearing a long coat with fur trim and a hat with a brooch. Photographic postcard, 192-.
Collection: James Gardiner 20th Century Drag Postcards Institution: Wellcome Library Creator: Date: 1920 to 1929? Topics: Female impersonators Description: He smiles at the viewer and holds a bag under his arm. Extremely well-dressed figure wearing the high fashion of the mid-late 1920s. May be a man in drag, or possibly a woman with masculine feature...
