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Fax with a Handwritten Note to Sylvia Rivera
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Sorace, Lorraine Date: Apr. 17, 1996 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Elizabeth Josephson, Stephen Van Cline, Sylvia Rivera Description: A cover letter for a fax regarding a proposal for Portraits on Drag Queens with a handwritten note to Sylvia Rivera from Stephen van Cline. -
Complaint Letter to U.S. Passport Service for Sylvia Rivera
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: May 30, 2002 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Sylvia Rivera Description: Letter to the U.S. Passport Service advocating for Sylvia Rivera to obtain a passport. -
Sylvia Rivera Memorial Notes
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: Feb. 26, 2002 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Bob Kohler, David Carter, Jack Nichols, Julia Murray, Marsha P. Johnson, Metropolitan Community Church, Norma Michaels, Randy Wicker, Sylvia Rivera Description: An email containing a summary of Sylvia Rivera's memorial service and a short reflection on the sender's relationship with Sylvia. -
PAY IT NO MIND! A Memorial Tribute to SAINT MARSHA P. JOHNSON
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: 1992 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Drag community, Drag queens, Family members of LGBTQ+ people, Gay pride week, LGBTQ+ death and dying, LGBTQ+ memorials, QTPOC, Transfeminine people Subject: Agosto Machado, Bob Kohler, Bob Storm, Dr. Marjorie Hill, George Flimlin, Jean Michaels, Jeremiah Newton, Jimmy Camicia, Judy Hirschberg, Mama Jean, Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Understood, Norma Michaels, Queer Donna, Regina Finlin, Robert Michaels, Sylvia Rivera, The Boy Bar Beauties Description: Movie produced, directed, and filmed by Randy Wicker, and edited by Fred N. Orlansky. Depicts the Gay Pride Parade in New York City on Jun 28th, 1992. Also shows the street memorial where Marsha Jo... -
Postcard from London
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: May 24, 1996 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Naomi Campbell, Randy Wicker, Sylvia Rivera Description: A postcard sent to Sylvia Rivera by a friend traveling in London by the name of Robert or Roberto. -
Letter of Condolence to Friend of Sylvia Rivera
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Lahusen, Kay Tobin Date: Mar. 9, 2002 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: New York Public Library, Randy Wicker, Sylvia Rivera Description: A letter from Kay Tobin Lahusen offering condolences to a friend of Sylvia's after her death. -
Sylvia Rivera: In Life and Death
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Wicker, Randy Date: Feb. 19, 2002 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Julia Murray, Metropolitan Community Church, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: Content warning: this item contains homophobic language. -
Sylvia Rivera, 50, Figure in Birth of the Gay Liberation
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Dunlap, David W. Date: Feb. 20, 2002 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Stonewall riots, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Marsha P. Johnson, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: Obituary for Sylvia Rivera published in the New York Times. -
Equal Rights Hearings Continue "I Should Have Worn My Maidenform Bra!"
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: GAY Magazine, Skir, Leo Date: Dec. 20, 1971 Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Gay rights, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ direct action, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Bebe Scarpi, Sylvia Rivera, Village Voice Description: This item is a clipping from GAY Magazine Vol. 3 No. 69 about the New York City Council hearing to debate Bill 475, which bans discrimination against homosexuals in housing, employment and public a... -
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. -
Loosely About Transvestites
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: David, Sorel, GAY Magazine Date: Apr. 17, 1972 Topics: LGBTQ+ activism, Transvestites Subject: Arthur Bell, Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Lee Brewster, Sylvia Rivera, Village Voice Description: This item is a clipping about a forum held by the Gay Activists Alliance, issued in GAY Magazine Vol. 3 No. 74 in April 1972. -
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 NYC gay bar which led to the arrest of Sylvia Rivera, among others. It was issued in GAY Magazine Vol. 3 No. 69 in... -
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 Community Memorial Event Flyer
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ memorials, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transgender activism, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act (SONDA), Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: This flyer is for Sylvia Rivera's community memorial event held on April 25, 2002. The flyer features a blurb about Sylvia at the top, information about event logistics in the middle, and a quote f... -
Sylvia Rivera Community Memorial Event Program
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Unknown Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ memorials, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: AIDS Education Coalition, Judson Memorial Church, LGBT Community Services Center, Radical Faries, Sylvia Rivera Description: A program from a community memorial event for Sylvia Rivera