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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. A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera Leaning In to Kiss Her Partner Julia Murray, Randy Wicker Sits in Front of Them

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 1999 to Feb. 2002
    Topics: Gay men, Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transgender relationships, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Julia Murray, Randy Wicker, Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A photograph of Sylvia Rivera leaning in to kiss her partner Julia Murray at Randy Wicker's store Uplift Lighting. Sylvia's wearing a white shirt and black pants, and Julia's wearing a red shirt an...
  3. 'I Never Thought I Was Going to Be Part of Gay History'

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Isay, David
    Date: Jun. 27, 1999
    Topics: Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Lesbian relationships, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Stonewall riots, Substance abuse, Trans women
    Subject: Gay History, Julia Murray, Mental Health, Sylvia Rivera, Transgender House, Transie House
    Description: New York Times article interviewing Sylvia Rivera about her life 30 years after Stonewall.
  4. Season's Greetings 1998

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Dec. 26, 1998
    Topics: Black transgender people, Gay men, Indian LGBTQ+ people, Indigenous transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Mexicans, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Ashok Kavi, Cloning, Cocoa Rodriguez, Melissa, Stonewall Veterans' Association, Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting
    Description: The 1998 issue of an annual newsletter written by Marsha P. Johnson's roommate, Randy Wicker, in which he provides updates on his life, including cloning advocacy and his mother's move to Arizona.
  5. 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...
  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. 1995 Xmas Letter

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Dec. 23, 1995
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, Gay pride, Indigenous transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: AIDS Memorial Candlelight Parade, Bob Hooker, Christopher Street Festival, Cocoa Rodriguez, Edward Lacey, Marsha P. Johnson, Mothers March Against AIDS, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting, Willie Brashears
    Description: The handwritten draft of the 1995 issue of an annual newsletter written by Marsha P. Johnson's roommate, Randy Wicker, in which he provides updates on his life and business, including obituary note...
  9. A Photograph of Cocoa Rodriguez Being Lifted Up by Two Friends

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 25, 1995
    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 peach dress being lifted up between two friends in front of a store window.
  10. A Photograph of Cocoa Rodriguez Posing with Two Friends

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 25, 1995
    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 peach dress standing between two other people with her arms around them.
  11. A Photograph of Cocoa Rodriguez Smiling while another Person Poses

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 25, 1995
    Topics: Black transgender people, Indigenous transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez
    Description: A photograph of Cocoa Rodriguez smile off to the side while a person in a white shirt poses with their hand on their hip.
  12. Close-up Photographs of Cocoa Rodriguez Looking at the Camera

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Weine, Seth Joseph
    Date: Jun. 25, 1995
    Topics: Black transgender people, Gay pride, Indigenous transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, Uplift Lighting
    Description: Close-up photographs of Cocoa Rodriguez wearing a peach dress, a shell necklace, and gold earrings while looking into the camera. She is standing in front of Randy Wicker's store, Uplift Lighting.
  13. Photographs of Cocoa Rodriguez with Randy Wicker and Others

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 25, 1995
    Topics: Black transgender people, Gay men, Indigenous transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, Randy Wicker, Uplift Lighting
    Description: Photographs of Cocoa Rodriguez standing with Randy Wicker and three others in front of a store window.
  14. Sylvia Rivera Takes Randy Wicker on a Tour of a Gay Homeless Camp in the West Village

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: 1995
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, HIV-positive people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ people with alcohol use disorders, LGBTQ+ suicide, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Terminal care (AIDS), Trans women, Transfeminine people, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, Frank Constantino, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide attempts and ideation.
  15. Photographs of Cocoa Rodriquez with George Flimlin and a Birthday Cake

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: 1993
    Topics: Birthdays, Black transgender people, Gay men, Indigenous transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, George Flimlin
    Description: Photographs of Coca Rodriguez with George Flimlin holding her birthday cake. The first photo includes a caption by Randy Wicker that says "George & I gave Coco the first birthday party that she'dd ...