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  1. Xmas Letter December 2000

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Dec. 2000
    Topics: Black transgender people, Cloning, Gay men, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Substance use in LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, Randy Wicker, Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting
    Description: The 2000 issue of an annual newsletter written by Marsha P. Johnson's roommate, Randy Wicker. Wicker explains that Sylvia Rivera has become his best friend and is helping to keep business afloat, a...
  2. Xmas Letter 1994

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: 1994
    Topics: Black transgender people, Gay men, Gay pride, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people
    Subject: ACT UP, Bill Dobbs, Cocoa Rodriguez, George Flimlin, Harry Hay, Joe McGrath, Marsha P. Johnson, Mattachine Society, Nelson Woodrow Anderson III, Prescott Townsend, Stonewall 25, Uplift Lighting
    Description: The 1994 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. The letter inc...
  3. Why Are the Stonewall Veterans Protesting?

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: 1996
    Topics: Gay men, Latino/a/x transgender people, Lesbians, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Stonewall riots, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Ivan Valentin, Randy Wicker, Stephen Van Cline, Stonewall Veterans' Association, Sylvia Rivera, William Henderson
    Description: A flyer explaining why Stonewall veterans are protesting a film release.
  4. Victory!

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ death and dying, QTPOC, Sex workers, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Andy Warhol, Hot Peaches, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Stonewall, Tom Duane
    Description: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to violence against and deaths of transgender people.
  5. Update Following March on the Sixth Precinct

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Jul. 24, 1992
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Anti-Violence Project, Bill Dobbs, Jeremiah Newton, John Gray, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Sergeant John Mullally, Stonewall Inn, Susan Lori
    Description: An update on the status of the investigation into the death of Marsha P. Johnson and her friends' attempts to hold investigators accountable.
  6. Update & Report to All Concerned from Randy Wicker on Marsha's Death

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Jul. 12, 1992
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Bill Dobbs, Jeremiah Newton, John Gray, Marsha P. Johnson, Queer Nation, Randy Wicker, Sergeant John Mullally
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains homophobic language.
  7. 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...
  8. Travel Document for Sylvia Rivera

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 7, 1962
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Sylvia Rivera
    Description: A travel document stamped by Immigration and Naturalization Services upon Sylvia Rivera's return to New York.
  9. Transvestite Found Dead

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Family members of LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ death and dying, QTPOC, Sex workers, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Andy Warhol, Hot Peaches, Marsha P. Johnson, Stonewall Rebellion
    Description: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to graphic descriptions of death.
  10. To My Special Friend

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Johnson, Marsha P.
    Date: Feb. 3, 1987
    Topics: Birthday cards, Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker
    Description: A birthday card from Marsha P. Johnson to Randy Wicker with a handwritten note.
  11. To Honor Bambi: The Last Request

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Stonewall riots, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Eddie Murphy, Gay Liberation Allows Drag, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A short article covering the death of Bambi, a Stonewall Riot participant, that includes photos of Marsha P. Johnson fulfilling Bambi's final wishes.
  12. 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.
  13. They Came Out Fighting

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Evans, Sara M.
    Date: Jun. 27, 1993
    Topics: BIPOC, Coming out, Gay liberation, Gay rights, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ theater, Queer literature, Transgender people, Transvestites
    Subject: Craig Rodwell, Foster Gunnison Jr., Jim Fouratt, Karla Jay, Martin Duberman, Stonewall (Book), Stonewall Inn, Sylvia Rivera, Yvonne Flowers
    Description: Book and historical review of Martin Duberman's book "Stonewall" which recounts the narratives and lives of six individuals involved in the Stonewall riots. The book features BIPOC trans people inc...
  14. The Marsha P. Johnson March

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Miller, Bobby
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A collage featuring a poem about Marsha P. Johnson and a photograph of her smiling at the camera wearing a headdress of feathers and flowers.
  15. "The Love of God Enfolds Me"

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Family members of LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ death and dying, LGBTQ+ memorials, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: This item is a memorial service program for Marsha P. Johnson held July 14, 1992 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The program includes her obituary, the order of service, several prayers, and acknowledgem...