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Erica Dawn Lyle Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Lyle, Erica Dawn Date: Mar. 21, 2023 Topics: Artists, Communal living, Forests and forestry, LGBTQ+ domestic violence, Trans women, Transfeminine people Description: An interview with Erica Dawn Lyle, a trans woman from Florida. -
Daphne Banks Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Banks, Daphne Date: Mar. 17, 2023 Topics: LGBTQ+ communities, QTPOC, Religion, Trans women, Transfeminine people Description: An interview with Daphne Banks about her life and experiences. -
Iman Le Caire Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Le Caire, Iman Date: Feb. 17, 2023 Topics: Artists, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Police harassment, QTPOC, Religion, Sexual violence, Trans women, Transfeminine people Description: An interview with Iman Le Caire a trans woman from Cairo, Egypt. Iman talks about her life and experiences. -
Tracee McDaniel Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: McDaniel, Tracee, Mukerjee, Lucy Date: Dec. 13, 2022 Topics: Black transgender people, Entertainers, Intimate partner violence, LGBTQ+ visibility, Trans women, Transgender authors, Transgender autobiographies, Transgender political activists, Transgender rights Subject: Atlanta Citizens Review Board, Betty Couvertier, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Peanuts Disco, The Housing Atlanta Program (THAP), Tracee McDaniel, Trans Affairs Committee Description: Tracee McDaniel was born on January 20th 1967 in Sumter, South Carolina. At the age of 18, Tracee began performing as her alter ego Destiny (Your Mistress of Illusions), before moving to L.A. and s... -
Earline Budd Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Budd, Earline, Mendy, Nix Date: Nov. 11, 2022 Topics: AIDS death and dying, AIDS education, Anti-transgender discrimination, Black transgender people, Detention of LGBTQ+ people, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Trans women, Transgender rights Subject: Dee Curry, Earline Budd, Frank Kameny, Gay Lesbian Activist Alliance (GLAA), HIV Community Coalition (HCC), Inner City AIDS Network (ICAN) Description: Content Warning: This item contains homophobic language. -
Karina Samala Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Samala, Karina, Valdez, Rain Date: Jul. 27, 2022 Topics: Asian transgender people, Filipinos, Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists Subject: Imperial Court, Jeffrey Prang, José Sarria, Karina Samala, The Closet Ball, West Hollywood Transgender Advisory Board Description: Karina Samala migrated to California from Manila, Philippines after finishing school, where she worked for 13 years as a senior engineer in an aerospace military company. After winning Closet Ball ... -
Jessica Xavier Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Xavier, Jessica M., MacCarthy, Jack Date: Jul. 5, 2022 Topics: AIDS awareness, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Gender Education and Advocacy (GEA), It’s Time, America!, Jessica Xavier, Leslie Feinberg, March on Washington for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Rights, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Transgender Educational Association, Transgender Needs Assessment Survey (WTNAS) Description: Jessica Xavier was born in Bethesda, Maryland, in 1952. From age 7, she realized she was not a boy but struggled to find a label to define herself. At age 39, she began her medical transition. Jess... -
Interview with Margaret Deirdre O'Hartigan
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: O'Hartigan, Margaret Deirdre Date: Apr. 6, 2022 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Irish American Catholics, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ older people, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transsexual people Subject: Filisa Vistima Foundation Description: An interview with Margaret Deirdre O'Hartigan, an Irish Catholic transsexual woman, transsexual health and rights activist, writer, and retired secretary and typesetter living in Portland, Oregon. ... -
Ceyenne Doroshow Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Doroshow, Ceyenne, Mukerjee, Lucy Date: Feb. 25, 2022 Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ sex workers, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender autobiographies, Transmisogynoir Subject: 96 West, Andre's, Ceyenne Doroshow, Cooking in Heels: A Memoir, Flawless Sabrina, Gays and Lesbians Living In A Transgender Society ( G.L.I.T.S.) Description: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence and transphobic language. -
Lisa Oakley Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Oakley, Lisa, MacCarthy, Jack Date: Feb. 4, 2022 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Coming out, Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ spiritual people, Trans women, Transgender people in the military, Transgender wheelchair users Subject: Lisa Oakley Description: Lisa Oakley was born in 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. For as long as she could remember, Lisa felt that she should have been born a girl. Lisa entered into the military at age nineteen for four years,... -
Bethany Hines Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Hines, Bethany Date: Dec. 1, 2021 Topics: Abusive parents, Drug addiction, Homelessness, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Trans women Description: An interview with Bethany. Bethany grew up in Connecticut to a lower middle-class family and from an early age struggled to find respite in an abusive household. At age 13 she became homeless runni... -
Denne Michele Norris Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Norris, Denne Michele Date: Dec. 1, 2021 Topics: Authors, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender community Description: Denne Michele Norris is a writer, figure skater and musician. In this interview she discusses her writing practice, how figure skating relates to writing, nonlinear time, and growing up in Clevelan... -
Nika Lomazza Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Lomazza, Nika Date: Dec. 1, 2021 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Queer community, Trans women, Transgender community Description: An interview with Nika Lomazza, a trans identifying woman from Providence, Rhode Island. -
Interview with Katie Burgess
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Burgess, Katie Date: Nov. 16, 2021 Topics: Coming out, Queer people, Social workers, Trans women, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists, Transgender youth, White transgender people Subject: CeCe McDonald, Homeless Youth and the Minnesota Trans Health Coalition (MTHC), Open Flame Theatre, The Exchange, Trans Youth Support Network (TYSN) Description: An interview with Katie Burgess, a white trans woman, community organizer, social worker, trans activist, and theatre artist based in Minneapolis. At the time of this oral history interview, she wa... -
Interview with Hailey Ockinga
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Ockinga, Hailey Date: Nov. 8, 2021 Topics: Alaska Natives, Gender non-conforming people, Tlingit Indians, Trans women, Transgender political activists, Transgender prisoners Subject: Beyond These Walls Description: An interview with Hailey A Ockinga, an Alaskan Native / Tlingit trans woman, anti-incarceration activist, and community organizer based in Washington state. At the time of this interview, she was E... -
Monica Helms Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Helms, Monica, MacCarthy, Jack Date: Nov. 5, 2021 Topics: Trans women, Transgender people in the military, Transgender political activists Subject: It’s Time Arizona, TransAction, Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA) Description: Monica Helms was born on March 8, 1951, in Sumter, South Carolina. She served in the U.S. Navy from 1970 to 1978. In 1997, Monica underwent the process of transitioning and reapplied to the Phoenix... -
Interview with Dr. Marci Bowers
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Bowers, Marci Date: Nov. 4, 2021 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ parenthood, Plastic surgeons, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender), White transgender people Subject: World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Description: An interview with Dr. Marci Bowers, a white woman with a lived trans experience, OB/GYN, and plastic surgeon specializing in gender affirming surgeries. At the time of this interview, she was the p... -
Joan Roughgarden Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Roughgarden, Joan, Funk, Mason Date: Aug. 30, 2021 Topics: Evolution (Biology), Gender studies, LGBTQ+ religious people, Trans women, Transgender authors, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Joan Roughgarden Description: Joan Roughgarden was born on March 13, 1946 in Peterson, New Jersey, but also lived in the Philippines and Indonesia because her father was a missionary. Joan earned her PhD in biology from Harvard... -
Interview with Brian Belovitch
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library Creator: Belovitch, Brian Date: Aug. 29, 2021 Topics: Drag, Drag queens, Gay men, Gender expression, LGBTQ+ authors, LGBTQ+ victims of bullying, Passing (Gender), Sex work, Substance abuse, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Trans Figured: My Journey from Boy to Girl to Woman to Man Description: An interview with Brian Belovitch. Brian is a writer, playwright, performer and survivor of HIV. He identifies as a gay man of trans experience. Topics in order of discussion include: moving to Pro... -
Beth Elliott Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Elliott, Beth, Funk, Mason Date: Aug. 12, 2021 Topics: Gender dysphoria in youth, Lesbian separatism, LGBTQ+ musicians, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Beth Elliott, Daughters of Bilitis (DOB) Description: Beth Elliott was born on November 26, 1950 in Vallejo, California. Sometime during her teen years, Beth experienced what she calls her first goddess vision: looking down at her chest, and seeing br... -
Janetta Johnson Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Johnson, Janetta, Funk, Mason Date: Aug. 10, 2021 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ imprisonment, LGBTQ+ sex workers, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Trans women, Transmisogynoir Subject: Janetta Johnson, Miss Major, Transgender Gendervariant Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) Description: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to sexual assault and transphobic language. -
Interview with Harper Jean Tobin
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Tobin, Harper Jean Date: Jun. 25, 2021 Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Government policy, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ employment, Official documentation, Trans women, White transgender people Subject: National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) Description: An interview with Harper Jean Tobin, a white trans woman, consultant, and policymaker based in Washington, D.C. At the time of this interview, she worked as an independent policy consultant and edu... -
Interview with Jenna Rapues
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Rapues, Jenna Date: Jun. 21, 2021 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ migrants, LGBTQ+ older people, LGBTQ+ people of color, Public health, Trans women, Transgender political activists Subject: Center of Excellence for Transgender Health (CoE), Gender Health SF, Openhouse, U.S. Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH), World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Description: An interview with Jenna Rapues, MPH, a Filipina trans woman, activist, and leader in public and transgender health in government, research, academic and public health institutions. She lives in San... -
Marlow Monique Dickson Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Dickson, Marlow Monique Date: Jun. 19, 2021 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag performers, Female impersonators, Older transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women Subject: Crystal LaBeija, Jewel Box Revue, Josephine Baker, Marlow Monique Dickson Description: OUTWORDS guest interviewer Zackary Drucker interviewed Marlow Monique Dickson in Chicago in 2021. In the 1960s, Marlow moved from Chicago to New York, performing in bars around Greenwich Village. S... -
Janice Covington Allison oral history interview 4, 2021 June 16
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: UNC Charlotte Atkins Library, Special Collections and University Archives Creator: Allison, Janice Covington, Wright, Christina Date: Jun. 16, 2021 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, Anti-transgender violence, Gender affirming surgery, Gender expression, Gender identity, Genderfluid people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ veterans, Older transgender people, Public bathroom bills, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender political activists, Transgender rights, Transphobia Subject: HB2, Janice Covington Allison Description: In this fourth of several interviews, Janice Covington Allison, a transgender woman and political activist for transgender rights in Charlotte, North Carolina shares her reflections on gender expre... -
Stephanie Stuart Wilson
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Stuart Wilson, Stephanie, Kalin, Betsy Date: Apr. 29, 2021 Topics: AIDS activists, Bears (Gay culture), Cancer, Drag community, HIV/AIDS, Hormone therapy (Gender), Trans women, Transgender children, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Drag Queen Story Hour, Royal Court of Come Out St. Pete, Stephanie Stuart Wilson Description: Stephanie Stuart was born in a strawberry patch in Plant City, Florida on December 30th 1965. Growing up, she always knew she was different and would watch beauty pageants on TV in a toy crown. At ... -
Susan Stryker Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Stryker, Susan, Mukerjee, Lucy Date: Apr. 19, 2021 Topics: Sexuality, Trans women, Transgender parents, Transgender studies, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: GLBT Historical Society (GLBTHS), GLQ, Susan Stryker, Transgender Nation, Transgender Studies Initiative, TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly Description: Susan Stryker was born into a white working-class family in Fort Sill, Oklahoma on July 7, 1961. Susan earned her PhD in United States history from University of California in Berkeley. While juggl... -
Interview with Andy Marra
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Marra, Andy Date: Feb. 26, 2021 Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Asian transgender people, BIPOC, Gender non-conforming people, Interracial adoption, Korean American women, LGBTQ+ activism, Trans women, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists Subject: Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF) Description: An interview with Andy Marra, a Korean-American trans woman, activist, educator, and public policy advocate based in New York City. At the time of this interview, she was the Executive Director of ... -
Tori Cooper Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Cooper, Tori Date: Feb. 26, 2021 Topics: AIDS activists, AIDS education, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Public health advisory groups, QTPOC, Trans women Subject: Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Presidential Advisory Council on HIV & AIDS, Tori Cooper Description: OUTWORDS interview with Tori Cooper conducted by Andrea Pino-Silva on February 26, 2021 in College Park, GA. Tori Cooper is a health and equity advocate, community organizer, author, and leading fi... -
Donna Mae Stemmer photographs and ephemera, 1989-2010 : Ms.Coll.42
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center Creator: John J. Wilcox Jr. Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center Date: Feb. 23, 2021 Topics: Clothing, Fashion, Korean War, 1950-1953, Lawyers, LGBTQ+ veterans, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender political activists Subject: AIDS Walk Philly, CBLSL Steve Lehman Community Service Award, City of Brotherly Love Softball League (CBLSL), Donna Mae Stemmer, Lambda Awards, Leslie Phillips, Millennium March on Washington, Phillips v. Plotkin, Philly Aids Thrift, The Jaded Lounge, Venture Inn, Westbury Bar and Restaurant Description: Donna Mae Stemmer was a lawyer, Korean War veteran, fashion icon, and trans activist from Pennsauken, New Jersey. The collection includes thousands of 3 1/2 x 5 in. and 4 x 6 in. color photographs ... -
Interview with Jamie Wright
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project Creator: Wright, Jamie Date: Feb. 23, 2021 Topics: Coming out, Educators, Queer community, Trans women, Transgender people in the workplace Description: An interview with Jamie Wright discussing her early life experiences, being trans in the workplace, and life as a trans woman in Louisiana. -
Interview with Sally Jackson
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project Creator: Jackson, Sally Date: Feb. 23, 2021 Topics: Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender) Description: An interview with Sally Jackson, a trans woman. She talks about growing up in Fort Worth in the 1950s and 60s, moving to New Orleans, PFLAG New Orleans, and her show on WHIV-LV FM. -
Interview with Dominique Morgan
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Morgan, Dominique Date: Jan. 29, 2021 Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Prison abolition movements, Trans women, Transgender political activists Subject: Black and Pink, Nebraska Pride, Nebraska Youth Pride Description: An interview with Dominique Morgan, a Black trans woman, prison abolition activist, and artist based in Omaha, Nebraska. At the time of this interview, Morgan was the Executive Director of Black an... -
Interview with Sophie Marie White
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project Creator: White, Sophie Marie Date: Jan. 25, 2021 Topics: Coming out, LGBTQ+ parenthood, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender) Description: An interview with Sophie Marie White discussing being trans in the workplace, mental health, and her experiences with coming out and transitioning. -
Interview with Diana Newburger
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project Creator: Newburger, Diana Date: Jan. 24, 2021 Topics: Catholic Church, LGBTQ+ religious people, Trans women Subject: Louisiana Trans Advocates Description: An interview with Diana Newburger about her time with the Franciscan Order, and building a new community. -
Interview with Danielle Grace
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project Creator: Grace, Danielle Date: Jan. 21, 2021 Topics: Baptists, Coming out, LGBTQ+ parenthood, Trans women, Transgender clergy Subject: Louisiana Trans Advocates Description: An interview with Danielle Grace discussing her experiences coming out, being a pastor, and her relationship with her children. Grace also discusses current politics and the place of religion in he... -
Interview with Kayla Gore
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Gore, Kayla Date: Nov. 19, 2020 Topics: AIDS activists, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Criminalization, Homelessness, LGBTQ+ support groups, Public health personnel, Trans women, Transgender people of color, Transgender political activists Subject: My Sistah’s House, Tennessee Department of Health's Transgender Task Force, Trans Justice Funding Project, Transgender Law Center (TLC) Description: An interview with Kayla Gore, a Black trans woman, community organizer, housing activist, and public health worker based in Memphis, Tennessee. At the time of this interview, she served as the Sout... -
Interview with Cathy Kapua
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Kapua, Cathy Date: Oct. 29, 2020 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, Decriminalization, Imprisonment, Sex work, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transgender people of color Subject: Hawai'i Health & Harm Reduction Center, Kulia Na Mamo, Trans Justice Funding Project Description: An interview with Cathy Kiana Keiko Kapua, a Native Hawaiian māhūwahine and trans woman, community organizer, and public health advocate based on O'ahu. At the time of this interview, she was Deput... -
Interview with Alex Griffin
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Griffin, Alex Date: Oct. 2, 2020 Topics: LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ self-defense, Police brutality, Social workers, Trans women, Transgender political activists, White transgender people Description: An interview with Alex Griffin, a white trans woman, social worker, and community activist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In this oral history interview, Griffin discusses the impact of her upbri... -
Elia Chinó Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Chinó, Elia Date: Sep. 11, 2020 Topics: AIDS activists, AIDS education, Christianity, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, QTPOC, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Elia Chinó, Latin American Foundation for Social Action (FLAS) Description: OUTWORDS interview with Elia Chinó conducted by Andrew Lush on September 11, 2020 in Huston, TX. Elia Chinó was born on April 24, 1962 in La Huacana, Michoacan, Mexico. In 1989, when she learned he... -
Interview with Agaiotupu Viena
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Viena, Agaiotupu Date: Jul. 24, 2020 Topics: BIPOC, Fa'afafine, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Pacific Islander American LGBTQ+ people, Pacific Islander American transgender people, Trans women, Transgender people of color Subject: Pride Foundation, Trans Justice Funding Project, TRANSform Culture, United Territories of Pacific Islanders Alliance (UTOPIA) Description: An interview with Agaiotupu Viena, a fa'afafine and trans woman from Amerika Samoa, educator, advocate, and community organizer based in the Seattle area. At the time of these interviews, she was P... -
Interview with Cody Smith
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project Creator: Smith, Cody Date: Aug. 21, 2020 Topics: Psychotherapists, Trans women, Transgender community Subject: House of Tulip, Louisiana Trans Advocates Description: An interview with Cody Smith about her experience being trans in Louisiana. She also talks about being the first trans person to be licensed as a professional counselor in the state, and being the ... -
Interview with Peyton Michelle
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Louisiana Trans Oral History Project Creator: Peyton, Michelle Date: Aug. 17, 2020 Topics: Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender political activists Subject: Louisiana Trans Advocates, PFLAG Lafayette Description: An interview Petyon Michelle who identifies as transfemme. Michelle discusses homecoming dresses, visibility as activism, and being the first out trans woman elected to office in Louisiana. -
Interview with Essence Thompson
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Thompson, Essence Date: Aug. 7, 2020 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Family members, Harassment, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender people in the workplace, Transgender people of color, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Equality Virginia, Nationz Foundation Description: An interview with Essence Thompson, a Black trans woman, performer, community advocate, and union meatpacker based in Richmond, Virginia. In this oral history interview, Thompson discusses her upbr... -
Interview with Thalia Hernandez
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hernandez, Thalia Date: Aug. 3, 2020 Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Gender non-conforming people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Non-binary people, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender political activists, White transgender people Subject: Equality Virginia Description: An interview with Thalia Hernandez, a white and Latinx non-binary trans woman, trans activist, and advocate based in Richmond, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she was the Program Director ... -
Interview with Zakia McKensey
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: McKensey, Zakia Date: Jul. 21, 2020 Topics: African American transgender people, AIDS education, Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women, Transgender community, Transgender people of color Subject: Nationz Foundation, Trans Justice Funding Project Description: An interview with Zakia McKensey, an African-American trans woman and native of Richmond, Viginia. At the time of this interview, she was the executive director of Nationz Foundation, a Richmond-ba... -
Interview with Shauntelle Hammonds
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Hammonds, Shauntelle Date: Jul. 20, 2020 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Halfway houses, LGBTQ+ people of color, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transphobia Subject: Black Trans Lives Matter, Peter's Place Description: An interview with Shauntelle Hammonds, a Black trans woman, activist, and outreach worker based in Richmond, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she was serving as the Executive Director of Pe... -
Interview with De Sube
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Sube, De Date: Jul. 17, 2020 Topics: LGBTQ+ support groups, LGBTQ+ visibility, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transgender political activists, Transitioning (Gender), White transgender people Subject: Gender Expression Movement, Transgender Assistance Program of Virginia, Virginia Values Act Description: An interview with De Sube is a white trans woman and activist based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. At the time of this interview, she served as the Chairperson, Director of Client Services, and Treas... -
Interview with Mariah Moore
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Moore, Mariah Date: Jul. 6, 2020 Topics: BIPOC, Black transgender people, Gentrification, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ sex workers, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transphobia Subject: Black LGBTQ+ Migrant Project (BLMP), House of Tulip, LGBTQ Task Force, Transgender Law Center (TLC) Description: An interview with Mariah Moore a National Organizer at Transgender Law Center and also a Co-director at House of Tulip. Her work includes fighting to ensure equity, equality and safety for the tran... -
Kimberly Nixon Full Interview (Audio Only)
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Nixon, Kimberly, Taylor, Evan Date: Jun. 29, 2020 Topics: Air pilots, Human rights, Law, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ community centers, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Trans women, Transgender community, Transgender people Description: Oral history with Kimberly Nixon discussing her work as a pilot and the legal cases she pursued. Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content related to non-consensual sexual a... -
Macy Rodman Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Rodman, Macy Date: May 29, 2020 Topics: Dance music, Nightlife, Performance art, Trans women, Transgender artists Subject: Nymphowars Description: Macy Rodman was born in Juneau, Alaska. During her early life she describes visits to the local sex shop where she learned about gay life, including NYC’s glam scene which featured images of modifi... -
Interview with Gwendolyn Howard
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: RI LGBTQ+ Community Archives at Providence Public Library Creator: Howard, Gwendolyn Date: Mar. 30, 2020 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Mental disorders, Non-binary people, Passing (Gender), Queer youth, Social workers, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender clergy, Transgender community, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia Subject: PFLAG, TGI Network of Rhode Island, Unitarian Universalist Association Description: An interview with Reverend Dr. Gwendolyn Howard. Reverend Dr. Howard is a transgender woman, Unitarian Universalist minister, social worker, and activist. Topics in order of discussion include: com... -
Interview with Diana LaMonte
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: LaMonte, Diana, Taylor, Evan Date: Feb. 14, 2020 Topics: Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Celibacy, Feminism, Gender affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ suicide, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Sex (Act), Sex work, Substance abuse, Trans women Subject: Association of Canadian Transsexuals (ACT), CHAT, Diana Lamonte Description: Oral history with Diana LaMonte discussing her transition, activism, and life story. Content Warning: This item depicts potentially sensitive content assault and self-harm. -
Interview with LaSaia Wade
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Wade, LaSaia Date: Jan. 18, 2020 Topics: Afro-Latin American transgender people, Anti-transgender discrimination, BIPOC, Black transgender people, Discrimination in employment, Indigenous transgender people, LGBTQ+ community centers, LGBTQ+ visibility, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender people of color Subject: Afro-Puerto Rican people, Black Trans Gender Nonconforming Collective, Brave Space Alliance, Tennessee Trans Journey Project (TTJP) Description: An interview with LaSaia Wade, an Afro-Puerto Rican indigenous trans woman, activist, and community organizer based in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of this oral history interview, she was the Dir... -
Interview with Carter Brown and Diamond Stylz
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Brown, Carter, Stylz, Diamond Date: Jan. 17, 2020 Topics: Anti-transgender discrimination, BIPOC, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ visibility, Trans men, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender community, Transgender employment, Transgender people of color Subject: Black Trans Advocacy Coalition (BTAC), Black Trans Women, Inc., Black Transmen, Inc., Marsha's Plate Description: An interview with Carter Brown and Diamond Stylz. Carter Brown is a Black trans man, activist, and community organizer from Dallas, Texas. Brown is the founder of Black Transmen, Inc., and served ... -
Interview with Aldita Gallardo
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Gallardo, Aldita Date: Jan. 16, 2020 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, BIPOC, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ youth, Public health, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender community centers Subject: Borealis Philanthropy, El/La Para Translatinas, Fund for Trans Generations Description: An interview with Aldita Gallardo, a Latinx trans woman, community organizer, and former youth worker based in Oakland, California. At the time of this interview, she served as a Senior Program Ass... -
Interview with Deirdre McCloskey
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: McCloskey, Deirdre, Taylor, Evan Date: Jan. 10, 2020 Topics: Economics, Education, Family members, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ relationships, Trans women Subject: Deirdre McCloskey, Michael Bailey Description: Oral history with Deirdre McCloskey discussing family, academia, and her transition. -
Chaya/Zoe Belinsky Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Belinsky, Chaya/Zoe Date: Jan. 5, 2020 Topics: Faith, Gender expression, Jewish LGBTQ+ people, Sexual orientation, Trans women Description: An interview with Chaya/Zoe Belinsky, a trans identifying women from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
Veronica Friedman Papers
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: GLBT Historical Society Creator: GLBT Historical Society Date: 2020 Topics: Trans women, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Veronica Friedman Description: "The collection consists of Friedman’s detailed and emotional diary entries, as well as drafts of letters to her mother and children, personal notes, daily planner pages, timelines and autobiograph... -
Joanna Clark Full Interview
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Taylor, Evan, Clark, Joanna Date: Dec. 30, 2019 Topics: Community life, Education, Family, HIV/AIDS, Internet, Law, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ people in the military, Trans women, Transgender activism, Web sites Subject: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Sister Mary Elizabeth Description: Oral history with Joanna Clark (also known as Sister Mary Elizabeth). Discussion of her activism, the military, and the internet. -
Harron Walker Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project Creator: Walker, Harron Date: Dec. 21, 2019 Topics: Journalism, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender community Description: An interview with Harron Walker, a trans identifying reporter from Logan, Utah. -
Interview with Rickke Mananzala
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Mananzala, Rickke Date: Nov. 19, 2019 Topics: BIPOC, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ youth, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender youth Subject: Borealis Philanthropy, FIERCE, Fund for Trans Generations Description: An interview with Rickke Mananzala, a trans activist and community organizer. At the time of this interview, he was the Vice President for Strategy & Programs with Borealis Philanthropy, working wi... -
Interview with Taffy Johnson
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Johnson, Taffy Date: Nov. 19, 2019 Topics: BIPOC, Fa'afafine, Gender non-conforming identity, LGBTQ+ people of color, Pacific Islander American transgender people, Trans women, Transgender people of color Subject: United Territories of Pacific Islanders Alliance (UTOPIA) Description: An interview with Taffy Johnson, a fa'afafine and trans woman of color from Sāmoa. Taffy is also a queer and trans activist and community organizer in the Pacific Islander communities of South King... -
Janice Covington Allison oral history interview 3, 2019 September 18
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: UNC Charlotte Atkins Library, Special Collections and University Archives Creator: Allison, Janice Covington, Wright, Christina Date: Sep. 19, 2019 Topics: Gender identity, Genderfluid identity, LGBTQ+ suicide, LGBTQ+ veterans, Older transgender people, Sexual orientation, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender political activists, Transgender rights, Transphobia Subject: Democratic Party, Flip Benham, Janice Covington Allison, LGBTQ+ Democrats, North Carolina General Assembly, Transgender Political Caucus Description: In this third of several interviews, Janice Covington Allison, a transgender woman and political activist in Charlotte, North Carolina shares her political activist history, her role in the North C... -
Interview with Erica Anderson
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Anderson, Erica Date: Sep. 6, 2019 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Medical care, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Trans women, White transgender people Subject: U.S. Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH), World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Description: An interview with Erica Anderson, a white trans woman and clinical psychologist. At the time of this interview, she was President of the U.S. Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH... -
Interview with Maddie Deutsch
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Deutsch, Maddie Date: Sep. 6, 2019 Topics: Health care for LGBTQ+ people, Hormone therapy (Gender), Lesbians, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ health care centers, Queer women, Trans women, Transgender people, White transgender people Subject: Affordable Care Act, LGBT Center Los Angeles, Transgender Care, U.S. Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH) Description: An interview with Maddie Deutsch, MD, MPH, a queer, lesbian, transgender white woman. At the time of this interview, she was the Medical Director for Transgender Care at the University of Californi... -
Nancy Nangeroni Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Nangeroni, Nancy Date: Feb. 8, 2018 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Coming out, Conservatives, Family members, Feminism, Gender dysphoria, Genderqueer people, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ chosen families, LGBTQ+ radio, Medicalization, Motorcycling accidents, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Public bathroom bills, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender people, Transgender political activists, Transgenderism, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Transsexual people Subject: Adrienne Lynch, Barack Obama, Barney Frank, Bathroom Act, Bay Windows, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Brandon Teena, Caitlyn Jenner, Chanelle Pickett, Christine Jorgensen, Deborah Forte, Donald Trump, Emily Rooney, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), GenderTalk, Gordene Olga Mackenzie, Gunner Scott, Gwendolyn Ann Smith, Holly Boswell, Human Rights Campaign (HRC), International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Kate Bornstein, Lynn Conway, Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC), Merissa Sherrill Lynn, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Nancy Nangeroni, Napoleon Hills, Renee Richards, Riki Anne Wilchins, Rita Hester, Senior Action in a Gay Environment (SAGE), The Village Voice, Think and Grow Rich, Transgender Day of Remembrance, Transgender Nation, Transgender Tapestry, Transsexual Menace, Virginia Stephenson, Yvonne Cook-Riley Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
Caitlin Kiernan Papers Finding Aid
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: Brown University Library Creator: Brown University Library Date: 2018 Topics: Trans women, Transgender identity Subject: Caitlin R. Kiernan, DC Comics, Death's Little Sister, Kathryn A. Pollnac, Red Mountain Museum, Salmagundi, Sirenia Digest Description: This collection contains Caitlín Kiernan’s handwritten journal from childhood and other juvenilia, drafts of comics, edited manuscripts of novels and short stories, correspondence with fiction edit... -
Antoinette Pezet Oral History Interview
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Pezet, Antoinette, Durgin, Emily Date: Nov. 16, 2017 Topics: Bisexual people, Bisexuality, Civil unions, Families of military personnel, Fatherhood, Gay religious groups, LGBTQ+ Christians, LGBTQ+ veterans, Motherhood, Trans women Subject: Antoinette Pezet, Circle of Hope, Jean Vermette, SAGE, SAGE Maine, The Crying Game, Transsupport Maine, YWCA Description: Antoinette Pezet was born in New York April 23, 1937 as William Anthony Pezet. She recognized she was bisexual in her early teens. Her family was accepting of her sexuality very early on. Before en... -
Jaci Adams memorial collection, 2012-2014 : Ms.Coll.55
Collection: Discovery Resources Institution: John J. Wilcox, Jr. Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center Creator: John J. Wilcox Jr. Archives, William Way LGBT Community Center Date: Jul. 17, 2019 Topics: African American transgender people, AIDS activists, Awards, Condolence notes, Detention of LGBTQ+ people, HIV-positive people, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Police, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender political activists Subject: AIDS Law Project, Center City Crime Victim Services, Jaci Adams, Keystone Award, LGBT Elder Initiative, LGBT Youth Conference, Mazzoni Center, Miss Jaci, Morris Home, Nizah Morris, Philadelphia FIGHT, Philadelphia Gay News, Philadelphia Police Department, Philadelphia Police LGBT Liaison Committee, Philadelphia Trans Health Conference, POZ 100, Temple University Community Advisory Board, Transgender Health Awareness Day Description: Jaci Adams was a vocal transgender and HIV/AIDS activist in Philadelphia from 2001 to 2014. The Jaci Adams collection spans 2012 to 2014, and is comprised of awards she was given, official governme... -
Crystal Lynne Little Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Little, Crystal Lynne, Funk, Mason Date: Jul. 13, 2017 Topics: Asexuality, LGBTQ+ veterans, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: Crystal Lynne Little, Gulf Gender Alliance Description: Crystal Little was born in 1943 in New Orleans, Louisiana, and named Charles. At 17, hoping to put his complex gender feelings to rest, Charles joined the Navy, which was at least useful for advent... -
Mia Yamamoto Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Yamamoto, Mia Date: Apr. 17, 2017 Topics: Asian American transgender people, Gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Japanese American lawyers, LGBTQ+ veterans, Trans women, Transphobia Subject: Aiden Aizumi, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Black Lives Matter (BLM), Christine Jorgensen, Civil Rights Movement, Concentration Camp, Cornel West, Donald Trump, Ellen Kameya, Emililo Aguinaldo, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Fred Korematsu, Frederick Douglass, Gordon Hiranbayashi, Harold Kameya, Harvey Milk, Ho Chi Min, Jacqueline Nquyen, Jamison Green, Marsha Aizumi, Mia Yamamoto, Mitsuye Endo, UCLA Law School, Vietnam War Description: OUTWORDS interview with Mia Yamamoto conducted by Mason Funk on April 7, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA. At age 60 she came out as publicly as transgender. Since then, she has been an ardent advocate and ... -
Oral History Interview with Erika Joyner
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project Creator: Joyner, Erika Date: Sep. 29, 2016 Topics: Bi+ people, Christianity, LGBTQ+ musicians, Public bathroom bills, Trans women, Transgender activism Subject: 1968 Democratic Convention, Appalantic Federation of Co-ops, Detroit Committee to End the War in Vietnam, Ladies and Gents of the Blue Ridge, Loose Gravel, Metropolitan Community Church, People Against Racism, Roanoke Diversity Center, Students for a Democratic Society, The New Left, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self, Wayne State Univeresity Description: Interviewers: Rebecca Proctor, Kalyn Fowler Interviewee: Erika Joyner Date: 29 September 2016 Duration: 57:17 Transcription prepared by: Kalyn Fowler and Sarah Groft -
Elizabeth Coffey-Williams Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Coffey-Williams, Elizabeth Date: Aug. 8, 2016 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, HIV/AIDS, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: Cookie Mueller, Divine, Donna Reed, Elizabeth Coffey-Williams, Female Trouble, John Waters, Johns Hopkins Gender Identity Clinic, Mink Stole, Multiple Maniacs, Pat Moran, Pink Flamingos, The Carry On Thrift Shop Description: OUTWORDS interview with Elizabeth Coffey-Williams conducted by Mason Funk on August 8, 2016, in Philadelphia, PA. After moving to Baltimore in 1970 she met rising film director John Waters, and she... -
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Oral History
Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Griffin-Gracy, Miss Major Date: Jul. 27, 2016 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Catholic Church, Drag, Drag queens, Gay men, Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ clubs, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Misogyny, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Normalization, Passing (Gender), Police, Sex work, Sissies, Stonewall riots, Substance abuse, Trans men, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender), Transphobia, Women's movement Subject: Ashley, Christine Jorgensen, Cookie, Evelyn, Frank Smith, Grandma Cerils, Helen, Judy Garland, Kitty, Madison Society, Major!, Marcus Arana, Marsha P. Johnson, Mattachine Society, Miss Major, Monica, Natalie Wood, National Lawyers Guild, Puppy, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: Interview with Miss Major Griffin-Gracy conducted by Mason Funk August 27, 2016 at the apartment she shared with her son in Oakland. Miss Major Griffin-Gracy was one of a group of transgender women... -
Janice Covington Allison oral history interview 2, 2016 May 14
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: UNC Charlotte Atkins Library, Special Collections and University Archives Creator: Allison, Janice Covington, Wright, Christina Date: May 14, 2016 Topics: Drag community, Drag queens, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ support groups, LGBTQ+ veterans, Married people, Older transgender people, Trans women, Transgender community, Transgender parents, Transgender people, Transgender people in the workplace, Transgender political activists, Transphobia Subject: Boom Boom LaTour, Casey King, Gypsy Star, Janice Covington Allison, Kappa Beta, Oleen Love, Phoenix Transgender Support, Tiffany Storm, TransCarolina, Triad Gender Association Description: In this second of several interviews, Janice Covington, a transgender woman and political activist in Charlotte, North Carolina, continues to discuss her personal history and reflects on transgende... -
Janice Covington Allison oral history interview 1, 2016 April 9
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: UNC Charlotte Atkins Library, Special Collections and University Archives Creator: Allison, Janice Covington, Wright, Christina Date: Apr. 9, 2016 Topics: Detransitioning, Gay community, Gender identity, Hormones, LGBTQ+ veterans, Older transgender people, Retransitioning, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender people in the military, Transgender-owned businesses Subject: Imperial Court of San Francisco, Janice Covington Allison, Lavender Panthers Description: In this first in a series of interviews, Janice Covington, a transgender woman and political activist in Charlotte, North Carolina, discusses her formative years and her early adult life. She recal... -
Interview with Susan Kimberlya
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Kimberly, Susan Date: Mar. 9, 2016 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ activism, Official documentation, Older transgender people, Trans women, Transgender youth, Transitioning (Gender), White transgender people Description: An interview with Susan Kimberly, a white transwoman from St. Paul, Minnesota. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood and early life, her time in the Peace Corps, her transitio... -
Oral History Interview with Virginia Lindsey
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project Creator: Lindsey, Virginia Date: Feb. 25, 2016 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Coming out, Gender identity, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ night life, Sexual orientation, Trans women, Transphobia Subject: Blue Ridge Society, Bristol High School, Fork Union Military Academy, Ladies and Gents of the Blue Ridge, Roanoke Pride, Tennessee Technological Univeresity, Unitarian Universalist Church Description: Oral History Interview with Virginia Lindsey Interviewer: Alexis Rixner Interviewee: Virginia Lindsey Date: 25 February 2016 Location: Roanoke College Fintel Library, 221 College Lane, Salem, V... -
Interview with Thalia Fontan
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Fontan, Thalia Date: Feb. 12, 2016 Topics: LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ visibility, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Puerto Rican women, Trans women, Transgender victims of bullying, Transgender youth, White transgender people Subject: Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conference (MBLGTACC) Description: An interview with Thalia Fontan, a Puerto Rican and white transwoman from Wisconsin. At the time of this interview, Fontan was a student at the University of Minnesota. In this oral history Fontan ... -
Interview with Ellie Krug
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota Creator: Krug, Ellie Date: Dec. 15, 2015 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ families, LGBTQ+ people with addictions, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender), White transgender people Subject: Call for Justice, Getting to Ellen: A Memoir About Love, Honesty, and Gender Change Description: An interview with Ellie Krug, a white trans woman from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In this oral history interview, she discusses her childhood, family, and relationships, her memoirs and experiences of tra... -
In the Life: Ep. 2110, "Words Do Matter"
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: UCLA Film and Television Archive Creator: Scagliotti, John Date: Jul. 2012 Topics: Activists, Black transgender people, Documentary television programs, Hate speech, Mass media, MtFs, Press coverage, Representation, Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender people in motion pictures, Transgenderism on television, Transphobia, Visibility Subject: Isis King, Janet Mock Description: Segment on Isis King and Janet Mock: 14:53 -
FTM International #66
Collection: FTM International Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Alter, Levi Ethan, Yoo, Alexander Date: Mar. 2008 Topics: LGBTQ+ health education, Trans men, Trans women, Transgender identity, Transgender youth Subject: Aidan Key, Babe Didrikson, Barcheeampe, Ben Singer, Billy Tipton, Bob Martin, C. Michael Munson, Calamity Burke, Dion Manley, Eli Clare, Erin Nash, FTM International, FTMI Youth Initiative, Gavriel Levi Ansara, Harry T. Buford, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Jacob Nash, Jason Cromwell, Jayden Sampson, Jo Monoghan, Joe Ippolito, Jude Patton, Kate Bornstein, Loree Cook-Daniels, M. Edwards Walker, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), Patrick Califia, Ralph Kerwinieo, Reid Vanderburgh, Robert Eads, Samuel Lurie, Spencer Bergstedt, Ted Heck, Tom Parker, Tucker Lieberman Description: Issue #66 of FTM International published March 2008. Issue includes a letter from the president of FTMI; a letter to members and readers from editor Alexander Woo about an upcoming conference; anno... -
FTM International #65
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Alter, Levi Ethan, Yoo, Alexander Date: Dec. 2007 Topics: Gender dysphoria, LGBTQ+ civil rights, Trans men, Trans women, Transgender identity, Transgender rights Subject: Aakash Kishore, Albert D.J. Cashier, Alex Cleghorn, Alex Coleman, Alex Fox, Alexander Yoo, Aren Drehobl, Blaine Paxton Hall, C. Michael Woodward, Connor Maddocks, Cooper Lee Bombardier, Dane Travis, Dean Spade, Dylan Scholinski, Frank Miller, Genie Moore, Griffin Hansbury, Henry S. Rubin, Imani Henry, J. Levi, John Otto, Justin Cascio, Kalil Cohen, Kimrey Lee, Lazlo Perlman, Levi Alter, Lincoln Rose, Logan Grimes, Lore M. Dickey, Lyons Wakeman, Marc Vittiow, Mario Martino, Mike Dennis, Mike Vittiow, Moacyr Scliar, Moonhawk River Stone, Murray Hall, Nick Gorton, Paisley Currah, Paris Leisure, Ray Carrannante, Ray Reisner, Reid Vanderburgh, Robert Shirtliffe, Samuel Blalock, Sean M. Endress, Simon Aronoff, The Centaur in the Garden, Trans Day of Remembrance, Transition and Beyond: Observations on Gender Identity Description: Issue #65 of FTM International published in December 2007. Includes a letter from the president of FTMI; a letter to readers regarding Trans Day of Remembrance; book reviews; profiles of candidates... -
FTMi Newsletter #62
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Alter, Levi Ethan, Yoo, Alexander Date: Spring 2007 Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Jewish LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ Christians, LGBTQ+ civil rights, Packing (Phallus), Trans men, Trans women, Transgender identity Subject: Cameron Partridge, Connor Maddocks, Coyote Grace, Dean Spade, Deborah Serval, Eli Clare, FORGE, Hanne Blank, Heidi Bruins Green, Imani Henry, Jamison Green, Jay Sennett, Joshua Holiday, Justin Tanis, Loree Cook-Daniels, Lyle Garcia Blake, Martin Rawlings-Fein, Masen Davis, michael munson, National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), National Transgender Religious Summit, Nick Gorton, Reuben Zellman, S. Bear Bergman, Significant Others, Friends, Families, and Allies (SOFFAs), Susan Stryker, Transsistahs, Transbrothas Conference (TSTB), Willy Wilkinson, World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), Zander Keig Description: Issue #62 of FTM International published in Spring 2007. This conference issue includes a special feature on the FORGE Forward 2007 conference; an update on the FTMI Board; coverage of the Transgen... -
A Photograph of Elia Chinò at a Meeting
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Date: Mar. 19, 2006 Topics: AIDS activists, Latino/a/x transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women Subject: Elia Chinó Description: A photograph of Elia Chinò at a meeting. She is standing and smiling at the camera, while in the background people are sitting down looking at the speaker. -
A Photograph of Elia Chinò Posing with Someone at a HIV/AIDS Related Event
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Date: Feb. 17, 2006 Topics: AIDS activists, AIDS education, Latino/a/x transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women Subject: Elia Chinó, Latin American Foundation for Social Action (FLAS) Description: A photograph of Elia Chinò at HIV/AIDS related event. She is posing with her arm around another person who is standing next to her. Both of them are smiling. In the background, there is a poster/in... -
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. -
FTMi Newsletter #51
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Manley, Dion, Altrows, Dale, Michiko, Bailey, Levine, Joel, Shafer, Leah, Tanis, Justin, Rachlin, Katherine, Carter, Eric, Spade, Dean, Boots, Chris, Wilder, Marty, Raj, Rupert Date: Spring 2002 Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Bisexual people, Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ films, Passing (Gender), Trans men, Trans women, Transgender artists Subject: Androgel, Ben Singer, Eric Carter, FTM International, GLAAD Media Awards, Hiromasa Ando, Jamison Green, Kantaras v. Kantaras, Kit Rachlin, Leah Schaefer, Trans Unity 2000 of Los Angeles, Transgender Law Project Description: Issue #51 of FTM International published Spring 2002. This issue features a letter from the FTMI president; a statement from the cover artist; an article about returning to work post-medical transi... -
Interview with Frank Constantino, Part I
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Kearns, John J., Constantino, Frank Date: Mar. 16, 2002 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ people with alcohol use disorders, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender political activists, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Disney World, Marsha P. Johnson Description: An interview with Frank Constantino, Sylvia Rivera's long-time former partner. Constantino talks about their relationship and Rivera's life when they were together. (Part II can be accessed using t... -
Interview with Frank Constantino, Part II
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Constantino, Frank, Kearns, John J. Date: Mar. 16, 2002 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women Subject: Julia Murray, Sylvia Rivera Description: Part II of an interview with Frank Constantino where he talks about a few stories with Sylvia Rivera and her partner Julia Murray. (Part I can be accessed using the second related URL included below). -
Interview with Marie Bobby Miller
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Miller, Marie Bobby, Kearns, John J. Date: Mar. 9, 2002 Topics: Black transgender people, Trans women, Transgender activism Subject: Hot Peaches, Marsha P. Johnson Description: An interview with Marie Bobby Miller about Marsha Johnson’s early days on the street panhandling, interest in Easter. The interviewer reads his poem “Marsha P. Johnson March.” -
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 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. -
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. -
Sad News
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Kohler, Bob Date: Feb. 19, 2002 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Randy Wicker, Stonewall Inn, Sylvia Rivera Description: An email informing Randy Wicker of Sylvia Rivera's 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. -
Letter from Lee Zaslofsy to Michelle Landsberg (January 25, 2001)
Collection: Rupert Raj Collection Institution: The ArQuives Creator: Zaslofsky, Lee, Landsberg, Michele Date: Jan. 25, 2001 Topics: HIV/AIDS, MtFs, Trans women Subject: AIDS Committee of Toronto, Rupert Raj Description: Zaslofsky writes to Michelle Landsberg on behalf of the AIDS Committee of Toronto. -
IFGE’s Thread Vol. 7 No. 3 (Winter 2001/2002)
Collection: International Foundation for Gender Education Publications and Documents Institution: The History Project Creator: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE) Date: Winter 2001 Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Trans women Subject: Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Jamison Green, Richard Sharp, Rikki Swin Institute, Terriane Summers, Vanessa Hemingway, Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. Description: IFGE's Winter of 2001/2002 issue talking about the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association Symposium, anti-discrimination laws being passed, and big events happening. -
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... -
A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera Celebrating Her Release from Jail
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Distelhorst, David C. Date: Nov. 14, 2000 Topics: Arrests of LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ religious people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Soulforce, Sylvia Rivera Description: A black-and-white photograph of Sylvia Rivera celebrating her release from jail following a demonstration by Soulforce, a Christian LGBTQ+ group. Sylvia is dressed in a white longsleeve t-shirt and... -
FTM Newsletter #48
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Green, Jamison, Davis, Masen, Levine, Joel, Doherty, Abe, McCann, Connor, Burns, Christine, Gould, Daniel, Mears, P.J., Gino, Alex, Rea, Ray, Starwalker, Jamie, Craffey, Brynn, Vick, Lyon Date: Autumn 2000 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Gender identity, Trans men, Trans women, Transgender activism Subject: A Boy Named Sue, As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised As A Girl, Camp Trans, Gerald P. Mallon, Jackie Kay, Jason Cromwell, John Colapinto, Julie Wyman, Lyric Conference, San Francisco, Michigan Women's Music Festival, Missionary, National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC), Padraig Nathaniel Hall, Ray Rea, Rose Tremain, Sacred Country, Sean Gardner, Seattle FTM Conference, Social Services with Transgendered Youth, SOFFA VOICE, Stephen Whittle, Straight Boy Lessons, The Transgender Debate: The Crisis Surrounding Gender Identity, Transmen & FTMs: Identities, Bodies, Genders & Sexualities, Trumpet Description: Issue #48 of FTM International published in Fall 2000. This book review and movie issue includes a series of reviews of recent trans-related books and movies; a letter from the president of FTMI; a... -
FTM Newsletter #47
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Singer, Ben, Wiggins, Garin Chad, Altrows, Dale, Manley, Dion, Shevlowitz, Jeff, Hans, T. Aaron, McCann, Connor, Chalfont, Garuth, Rachlin, Katherine Date: Aug. 2000 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ civil rights, Trans men, Trans women, Transgender identity Subject: 1999 FTM Conference, Forward Motion, Ben Singer, Carol Queen, Dale Altrows, FTM Resource Guide, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Human Rights Campaign (HRC), Jamison Green, Jeff Shevlowitz, Kerry Lobel, Kit Rachlin, Leah C. Schaefer, Marcelle Y. Cook-Daniels, Michiko Bailey, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC), Riki Anne Wilchins, Sky Renfro, Stephan Thorne, Trans Unity 2000 of Los Angeles, True Spirit Conference, Yvon Menard Description: Issue #47 of FTM International published in August 2008. This special Organizational Issue includes a profile of new editorial staff; a profile of the FTMI Board of Directors; FTMI vision statement... -
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... -
Photographs of Melissa Posing in Front of Pay Phones
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Sep. 26, 1999 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Mexicans, QTPOC, Trans women Subject: Melissa Description: Photographs of Melissa posting in front of a pay phone bank wearing a black top and jeans. The back of the first photo reads "Melissa takes N.Y.!" -
Self-castration death horror
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Cork LGBT Archive Creator: Date: Sep. 21, 1999 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Trans women Subject: Margaret O'Regan Description: Content warning: this item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide and self harm. Article originally published in the September 21, 1999 issue of the Irish Independent. -
A Bank Authorization Card for Sylvia Rivera
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Chase Bank Date: Sep. 1999 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Randy Wicker, Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting Description: A bank card authorizing Sylvia Rivera to cash salary checks from Uplift Inc. -
'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. -
Floridian Transsexual Woman Elected to Public Office
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Date: Jun. 1999 Topics: LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ parents, Politicians, Trans women, Transgender political activists Subject: Diane Arnold, Lottie Albert, Miami Herald, QUILL Description: A clipping from the June 1999 issue of "Community Pride Reporter," titled: "Floridian Transsexual Woman Elected to Public Office" discussing the election of Diane Arnold. -
Changing Perceptions About Hate Crimes
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Apr. 13, 1999 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Hate crimes, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: Fenway Community Health Center, Matthew Shepard, Rita Hester Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
Hate Crime Reports on the Rise
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Witkowski, Tom Date: Apr. 13, 1999 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Hate crimes, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: Anti Violence Project, Fenway Community Health Center, George A. Stallings, Monique Thomas, Rita Hester Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
FTM Newsletter #44
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Shevlowitz, Jeff, Crass, Stanly Maynard, Goodman, Alexander John, Bell, Jed, Sousa, Alex, Anderson-Pereira, Miko "Ian", Manley, Dion, Haaland, Robert, Hirschmann, Jo, O'Campo, Mark-Anthony, Dickermann, Jeffrey, Hotimsky, Armand, Bergstedt, Spencer Date: Spring 1999 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Gender affirming surgery, Packing (Phallus), Trans men, Trans women, Transgender identity Subject: Armand Hotimsky, Christine Wheeler, Community United Against Violence (CUAV), Dylan McClintock, Forward Motion, FTM International, Jamison Green, Joshua Vecchione, Leah Schaefer, Russell Hilkene, San Francisco Pride, Spencer Bergstedt, Stephan Thorne, Takao Harashina, TransAction Description: Issue #44 of FTM International published in Spring 1999. Includes articles on violence against transgender people; articles on hormone therapy; organizational updates from FTM International; an art... -
A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera Pointing at Baby Poinsettias
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Feb. 19, 1999 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Sylvia Rivera Description: A Polaroid of Sylvia Rivera wearing a jean jacket and glasses, pointing at growing poinsettias. There is writing under the image that states: "2/19/99 Sylvia Rivera, Transgendered person gets excit... -
Police Take Murder Mystery to the Television Screen
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Goldstein, Debra Date: Feb. 16, 1999 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: Brenda Wynne, Diana Hester, Kathleen Hester, Rita Hester, Silhouette Lounge Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
A letter from a photographer to Randy Wicker
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Giard, Robert Date: Jan. 18, 1999 Topics: Gay men, Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Stonewall riots, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Don Lucas, Hal Call, Harry Hay, Jack Nichols, José Sarria, Martin Duberman, Robert Giard, Stonewall, Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting Description: A letter to Randy Wicker from a photographer asking to be connected to Sylvia Rivera to take her portrait. -
Phyllis Frye and Unidentified Woman with Awards
Collection: Alison Laing's Photographs Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Date: 1999? Topics: LGBTQ+ awards, LGBTQ+ events, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Phyllis Randolph Frye Description: Phyllis Frye (right) with unidentified woman pose after receiving award. Undated. -
Phyllis Frye Receiving an Award
Collection: Alison Laing's Photographs Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Date: 1999? Topics: LGBTQ+ awards, LGBTQ+ events, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Phyllis Randolph Frye, Virginia Prince, Yvonne Cook-Riley Description: Phyllis Frye (left) receives an award while Yvonne Cook-Riley (center) and Virginia Prince (right) stand at the podium. Undated. -
Virginia Prince at Gathering
Collection: Alison Laing's Photographs Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Date: circa 1990 to circa 2008 Topics: LGBTQ+ events, Trans women, Transgender people Subject: Virginia Prince Description: Virginia Prince poses for a photo at an event. Undated. -
A Clipping About Rita Hester's Murder and Other Boston Violence
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Panepento, Peter, Goldstein, Debra Date: Dec. 29, 1998 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ memorials, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: Rita Hester Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
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. -
'Rita' Murder Mystery Still Unsolved
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Goldstein, Debra Date: Dec. 15, 1998 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ memorials, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: Boston Herald, Brenda Wynne, Darrell Hester, Eartha Hester, Jacque's, Nancy Nangeroni, Rita Hester Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
Transgender Man killed in Hub
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Giordano, Scott A. Date: Dec. 3, 1998 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: Rita Hester Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
FTM Newsletter #43
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Gardner, Sean, Green, Jamison, Horwitz, Kevin, Manley, Dion, Bell, Jed, Lewis, Yoseñio, McClintock, Dylan, Hilkene, Russell, Husack, Paula-Jo, Lane, Billy, Williamson, Susan, Nowak, Rachel, Hinman, Boyce Date: Dec. 1998 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, LGBTQ+ civil rights, Trans men, Trans women, Transgender identity, Transgender rights Subject: Camp Trans, Chanel Chandler, Claude Dupont, Helen O'Connell, International Mr. Leather (IML), John Hutson, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Notre Dame Hospital, Pete Wilson, Robert Plenter, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The New Scientist, Transgender Menace, University of Montreal, Yvon Menard Description: Issue #43 of FTM International published in December 1998. Includes numerous articles on top surgery; an article by Jamison Green reflecting on a European lecture tour; a review of two Dutch studie... -
Stabbing Victim a Mystery to Many
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Vasquez, Daniel Date: Dec. 1998 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: Rita Hester Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
Suspect Arrested, Faces Extradition
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: The Associated Press Date: Sep. 23, 1998 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Murder--Investigation, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: George A. Stallings, Monique Thomas Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
Slain Man's Car is Found by Police
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Sep. 15, 1998 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Murder--Investigation, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: Monique Thomas Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
Dorchester Man Found Murdered
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Sep. 13, 1998 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Murder--Investigation, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: Monique Thomas Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
FTM Newsletter #42
Collection: FTM International Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria Creator: Craffey, Brynn, Bell, Jed, Gardner, Joseph A., Kadin, E. Kris, Manley, Dion, Crass, Stanly Maynard, Kirk, Sheila, Mars, Eddie Date: Sep. 1998 Topics: Anti-gay discrimination, Anti-transgender discrimination, Gender affirming surgery, Hormone therapy (Gender), Law, Trans men, Trans women, Transgender identity Subject: A Shot of Manhood, Akron Symphony Chorus, Alley of the Tranny Boys, Annette Kennerly, Boys in the Backyard, Castro Theater, Christopher Lee, Del LaGrace Volcano, Greta Olafsdottir, Hilary Clarke, Human Rights Commission of San Francisco, International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, J. Zapata, Julia Kate Morgan, Kazueo Horiuchi, LUX Cinema, Pansexual Public Porn, Planet Out, Propecia, Richard Cherlin, Rita Powers, Saitama Medical School, Second International Transgender Film Festival, Sergio Toledo, Stephen Whittle, Susan Muska, Takao Harashina, The Brandon Teena Story, The White Book, Vera Description: Issue #42 of FTM International published in September 1998. Includes an article contrasting life in San Diego and San Francisco; an article on Japan's first transsexual surgery; an article on hormo... -
Federal District Court Rules on Transsexual Treatment Rights in Prison
Collection: Court and Legal Documents Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes Date: Mar. 9, 1998 Topics: Black transgender people, Gender dysphoria, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Medical care, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people Subject: Dee Farmer Description: A record detailing the case of Dee Farmer, a trans woman incarcerated in a federal prison who sued for access to proper medical treatment for gender dysphoria. -
A Photograph from the "They Lived It "Out!"" Event, 1998
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Gwenwald, Morgan Date: Jan. 23, 1998 Topics: BIPOC, Black gay men, Black people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ events, LGBTQ+ people of color, Trans women, Transgender community Subject: G. Winston James, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Rosalyne Blumenstein, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center), They Lived it "Out!" Description: A photograph from the "They Lived It 'Out!'" Event, 1998 featuring Rosalyne Blumenstein and G. Winston James. -
A Photograph from the "They Lived It "Out!"" Event, 1998
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Gwenwald, Morgan Date: Jan. 23, 1998 Topics: LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ events, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender community, Transsexual people Subject: Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Rosalyne Blumenstein, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center), They Lived it "Out!" Description: A photograph from the "They Lived It 'Out!'" Event, 1998 featuring Rosalyne Blumenstein. -
A Photograph from the "They Lived It "Out!"" Event, 1998
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Jan. 23, 1998 Topics: LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ events, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender community Subject: Donna Cartwright, Gender Identity Project, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center), They Lived it "Out!" Description: A photograph from the "They Lived It 'Out!'" Event, 1998 featuring Donna Cartwright. -
Negatives from the "They Lived It "Out!"" Event, 1998
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Gwenwald, Morgan Date: Jan. 23, 1998 Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Drag performers, Jewish LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ events, Non-binary people, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender community Subject: Cindy Chan, Gender Identity Project, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Leslie Feinberg, Queen Allyson, Riki Anne Wilchins, The Allysonians, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center), They Lived it "Out!" Description: Negative strips featuring performers from the "They Lived It 'Out!'" Event, 1998. -
Negatives from the "They Lived It "Out!"" Event, 1998
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Gwenwald, Morgan Date: Jan. 23, 1998 Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Jewish LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ events, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender community Subject: Cindy Chan, G. Winston James, Gender Identity Project, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Leslie Feinberg, Madeleine Yayodele Nelson, Performers, Queen Allyson, Rosalyne Blumenstein, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center), They Lived it "Out!" Description: Negative strips featuring performers from the "They Lived It 'Out!'" Event, 1998. -
Negatives from the "They Lived It "Out!"" Event, 1998
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Gwenwald, Morgan Date: Jan. 23, 1998 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black people, Jewish LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ events, Non-binary people, Percussionists, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender community Subject: Gender Identity Project, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Madeleine Yayodele Nelson, Riki Anne Wilchins, Rosalyne Blumenstein, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center), They Lived it "Out!" Description: Negative strips featuring performers from the "They Lived It 'Out!'" Event, 1998. -
Negatives from the "They Lived It "Out!"" Event, 1998
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Jan. 23, 1998 Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, BIPOC, Black people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ events, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender community, Transmasculine people Subject: Coco LaChine, G. Winston James, Gender Identity Project, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Rosalyne Blumenstein, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center), They Lived it "Out!" Description: Negative strips featuring performers and event-goers from the "They Lived It 'Out!'" Event, 1998. -
"They Lived It 'Out!'" Event Footage
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Jan. 23, 1998 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Asian American LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ artists, LGBTQ+ memorials, Trans women, Transgender community centers Subject: Arlene Hoffman, Carolyn Durrell, Coco LaChine, Eva Love, Gender Identity Project, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Richard Burns, Rosalyne Blumenstein Description: This video shows "They Lived It 'Out!'", an event at The Center hosted by Rosalyne Blumenstein in honor of late trans friends and role models. Includes performances from Coco LaChine, Bianca Smith,... -
7th Circuit Rules Prison Not Required to Provide Treatment for Gender Dysphoria
Collection: Court and Legal Documents Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes Date: Jan. 1998 Topics: Bottom surgery, Estrogen, Gender dysphoria, LGBTQ+ prisoners, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Trans women, Transsexual people, Transsexualism Subject: Tasha Maggert Description: Content warning: This item contains homophobic language. -
Gender Identity Project Staff, 1998
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: 1998 Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transmasculine people Subject: Andre Stevens, Arlene Hoffman, Carrie Davis, Lynn E. Walker, Melissa Sklarz, Rosalyne Blumenstein, Tracy Carrawante Description: Staff photo of The Center's Gender Identity Project from 1998. -
Photograph of Antonia Gilligan, Joanne, Donna Cartwright, Barbara Walters, and Rosalyne Blumenstein
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: 1998 Topics: LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ communities, Trans women, Transfeminine people Subject: Antonia Gilligan, Barbara Walters, Donna Cartwright, Gender Identity Project, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, New York Times, Rosalyne Blumenstein, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center) Description: A photograph of Antonia Gilligan, Joanne, Donna Cartwright, Barbara Walters, and Rosalyne Blumenstein. Antonia Gilligan is an alumna of the Gender Identity Project and Donna Cartwright is the Consu... -
Photograph of Rosalyne Blumenstein, Congressman Charles Rangel, and Arlene Hoffman
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: 1998 Topics: AIDS activists, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Trans women, Transfeminine people Subject: Arlene Hoffman, Charles Rangel, Rosalyne Blumenstein Description: Photograph of Arlene Hoffman and Rosalyne Blumenstein with congressman Charles Rangel standing next to each other. -
"They Lived It 'Out!'" and Other Gender Identity Project Footage
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Gender Identity Project Date: 1998 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Asian American LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ artists, LGBTQ+ memorials, Trans women, Transgender community centers Subject: Arlene Hoffman, Carolyn Durrell, Coco LaChine, Eva Love, Gender Identity Project, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Richard Burns, Riki Anne Wilchins, Rosalyne Blumenstein Description: This video begins with retake shots for a Center project featuring Riki Anne Wilchins, then transitions to "They Lived It 'Out!'", a show at hosted by Rosalyne Blumenstein in honor of late trans fr... -
Review: Of Orlando's Sleep
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: LGBTQ+ Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Creator: Maxwell, Daralyn S Date: Sep. 1997 Topics: Gender expression, Gender identity, Lesbians, LGBTQ+ authors, Trans women Subject: Jennifer Spry, Orlando's Secret: An Autobiography of Gender Description: A clipping from the September 1997 issue of "Community Pride Reporter," titled: "Review: Of Orlando's Sleep" including a book review of "Orlandos's Secret: An Autobiography of Gender." -
Dee McKellar with Cat
Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: Jun. 1997 Topics: Trans women, Transgender people, Transgender political activists Subject: Dee S. McKellar -
The Chanelle Pickett Story
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Nangeroni, Nancy Date: May 17, 1997 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women, Transgender activism Subject: Chanelle Pickett, Gabrielle Pickett, Nancy Nangeroni, William C. Palmer Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
Best of GenderTalk #100: Gabrielle Pickett & Community Response
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Nangeroni, Nancy, MacKenzie, Gordene Olga Date: May 7, 1997 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Assault and battery, Black transgender people, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women, Trials (Murder)--Massachusetts Subject: Adrienne Lynch, Chanelle Pickett, Fenway Community Health Center, Gabrielle Pickett, Robb Johnson, Violence Recovery Program, William C. Palmer Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
Transvestite's Brother Rips Jury
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: South Coast Today Date: May 4, 1997 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women, Trials (Murder) Subject: Chanelle Pickett, Gabrielle Pickett Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
Judge Imposes Maximum Sentence in Pickett Case
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: King, Loren Date: May 22, 1997 to May 28, 1997 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ siblings, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women, Trials (Murder)--Massachusetts Subject: Adrienne Lynch, Chanelle Pickett, Combat Zone (Location), Gabrielle Pickett, Nancy Nangeroni, Playland Cafe, Robert A. Barton, Violence Recovery Program, William C. Palmer Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
Travesty of Justice: When is a Murder Not a Murder? When the Victim is Transsexual.
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Rothstein, Kevin Date: May 1997 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women, Transgender activism Subject: Chanelle Pickett, William C. Palmer Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
Photograph from Gender Identity Project Transgender Conference, 1997
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Apr. 25, 1997 Topics: LGBTQ+ events, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender community Subject: Gender Identity Project, Gender Identity Project Transgender Conference, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Rosalyne Blumenstein, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center) Description: A photograph from the Gender Identity Project Transgender Conference on April 25, 1997. -
Photograph from Gender Identity Project Transgender Conference, 1997
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Apr. 25, 1997 Topics: LGBTQ+ events, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender community Subject: Gender Identity Project, Gender Identity Project Transgender Conference, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, Richard Burns, Rosalyne Blumenstein, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (The Center) Description: A photograph from the Gender Identity Project Transgender Conference from April 25, 1997. -
Transvestite Murder Trial Underway
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Update Date: Apr. 23, 1997 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women, Trials (Murder) Subject: Chanelle Pickett Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
Missouri Appeals Court Reverses Custody Grant to Transsexual Father
Collection: Court and Legal Documents Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes Date: Apr. 1997 Topics: Crossdressers, Joint custody of children, LGBTQ+ parenthood, MtFs, Parental rights, Trans women, Transitioning (Gender), Transsexual people, Trials (Custody of children) Description: Excerpt from Lesbian/Gay Law Notes from April 1997 about a Missouri child custody case involving a trans parent. -
Chanelle Pickett Murder Trial Postponed
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Boyce, Ed Date: Mar. 9, 1997 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women, Trials (Murder) Subject: Chanelle Pickett Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
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. -
Activists Demo for Murdered Transsexual Chanelle Pickett
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: GenderTalk Date: Feb. 27, 1997 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Gender transgression, LGBTQ+ activists, Murder--Investigation, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women, Trials (Murder)--Massachusetts Subject: Chanelle Pickett, Nancy Nangeroni, William C. Palmer Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
Dallas Denny Gives Speech (1)
Collection: Alison Laing's Photographs Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Date: circa 1990 to circa 2005 Topics: LGBTQ+ events, Trans women, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Dallas Denny Description: Dallas Denny speaks at an event. Undated. -
Dallas Denny Gives Speech (2)
Collection: Alison Laing's Photographs Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan Creator: Date: circa 1990 to circa 2005 Topics: LGBTQ+ events, Trans women, Transgender people, Transsexual people Subject: Dallas Denny Description: Dallas Denny speaks at an event. Undated. -
Dee McKellar and Melinda Whiteway at the 1997 International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy
Collection: JD Doyle Photographs (1950-2000) Institution: JD Doyle Archives Creator: Date: 1997 Topics: Trans women, Transgender activism, Transgender people, Transgender political activists Subject: Dee S. McKellar, International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP), Melinda Marie Whiteway Description: Taken at the 1997 ICTLEP Conference (International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy). On the left is Dee McKellar. On the right is Melinda Whiteway, who was the female co-chair o... -
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... -
Transsexual "Winner" in Custody Dispute
Collection: Court and Legal Documents Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Lesbian/Gay Law Notes Date: Sep. 1996 Topics: MtFs, Trans women, Transgender parents, Transsexual people Description: Details a case involving an MTF parent who was denied visitation rights and had custody agreements changed following their sex-change surgery. -
Transsexual's Killing Seen As Wakeup Call
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Neff, Susan E. Date: Jul. 1996 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Hate crimes, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: Chanelle Pickett, Combat Zone (Location), Gabrielle Pickett, Nancy Nangeroni, Playland Cafe, William C. Palmer Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
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. -
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. -
Eviction Day Along the Curb of a Dead Road
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Stout, David Date: Apr. 3, 1996 Topics: Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Trans women Subject: Construction, Fran Reiter, Pier 54, Sylvia Rivera, Unhoused People Description: New York Times article discussing the impact of highway construction on an unhoused community, including Sylvia Rivera. -
A Photograph of Stormé DeLarverie and other Stonewall Panelists
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Mar. 29, 1996 Topics: Black lesbians, Butches, Drag kings, Gay men, Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Racially mixed people, Singers, Stonewall riots, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Martin Duberman, Mista Blusta, Randy Wicker, Stonewall Veterans' Association, Stormé DeLarverie Description: A Photograph of Stormé DeLarverie seated at the end of a long table covered in rainbow bunting. Two other panelists are seated while three stand behind the table. -
Trans Killing Fields
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Date: Mar. 1996 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans men, Trans women Subject: Brandon Teena, Chanelle Pickett, Deborah Forte, Gabrielle Pickett, Quincy Taylor, Tyra Hunter Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
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. -
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 ... -
American Originals
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Hall, Alexandra Date: Jan. 14, 1996 Topics: Drag queens, Latino/a/x queer people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Trans women Subject: Sylvia Rivera Description: A clipping from the New York Times talking about a book "Holding On" from Norton which has a profile of Sylvia Rivera in it. -
Commonwealth vs. Palmer, William C
Collection: Court and Legal Documents Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Lynch, Adrienne C. Date: Jan. 4, 1996 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ bars, LGBTQ+ people who use substances recreationally, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Sex work, Trans women, Trials (Murder)--Massachusetts Subject: Adrienne Lynch, Chanelle Pickett, Gabrielle Pickett, Jacque's, Playland Cafe, William C. Palmer Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
A Clipping About Remarks at Chanelle Pickett's Candlelight Vigil
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Humphries, Marilyn Date: Jan. 1996 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Gender transgression, Hate crimes, LGBTQ+ memorials, LGBTQ+ siblings, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: Chanelle Pickett, Gabrielle Pickett, Nancy Nangeroni Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
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... -
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. -
A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera Wearing a Colorful Sequined Dress, Holding a Statuette, and Being Hugged By Another Person
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: 1996 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Sylvia Rivera Description: A Polaroid of Sylvia Rivera wearing a colorful sequined halter dress, holding an angel statuette. She's being hugged by an unknown person wearing a denim jacket and a blue and yellow hat. This phot... -
A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera with Cocoa Rodriguez Holding Stonewall Posters Protesting the 1996 Stonewall Film Premiere
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: 1996 Topics: Black transgender people, Indigenous transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, Stonewall, Sylvia Rivera Description: A photograph of Sylvia Rivera with Cocoa Rodriguez holding Stonewall posters. Sylvia is glasses and a white t-shirt, and the poster she's holding reads "STAR GIVES NO STARS TO STONEWALL MOVIE." On ... -
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. -
Connie Norman, AIDS diva, 1949-1996
Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries Creator: ACT UP Los Angeles Date: 1996 Topics: AIDS activists, HIV/AIDS, Trans women, Transsexual people Subject: ACT UP, Connie Norman -
Connie Norman; Broken Promises Cost Lives
Collection: ONE Archives Online Materials Institution: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries Creator: ACT UP Los Angeles Date: 1996 Topics: AIDS activists, AIDS awareness, Trans women, Transsexual people Subject: ACT UP, Connie Norman, Democratic National Convention (DNC) -
FTM Newsletter #33
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Green, Jamison, Wilchins, Riki Anne, Rosenthal, Jed (Bee), Powers, Blake, Daniels, Loree Cook, Bowen, Gary Date: Jan. 1996 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Hormone therapy (Gender), Passing (Gender), Trans men, Trans women Subject: Alan Hart, Candice Brown, Female Misbehavior, Financial Report, FTM Conference 1995, FTM International, FTM Newsletter, HBO, Jamison Green, Jason Cromwell, Joshua Gilbert, Kaz Suzat, Ken Morris, Lou Sullivan, Membership, Monika Treut, Oregon Citizens Alliance, Oregon Right to Privacy, Press For Change, Talk shows, The Blank Point: What Is Transsexualism?, Transgender Liberation Coalition (TLC), Transsexual News Telegraph, Under Construction, USA Today, What Sex Am I?, Xiao-Yen Wang Description: Issue #33 of FTM International published in January 1996. Includes an article on conceptions of masculinity and femininity and their relation to passing and "realness"; an article on the future of ... -
Photographs of Sylvia Rivera Protesting the 1996 "Stonewall" Film with a Group Including Ivan Valentin, Cocoa Rodriguez, Randy Wicker, and Martin Duberman
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: 1996 Topics: Drag queens, Gay men, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, Ivan Valentin, Martin Duberman, Randy Wicker, Stonewall (Film), Sylvia Rivera Description: Photographs of Sylvia Rivera, wearing a white shirt, jeans, and a yellow sash. She's standing with a group protesting director Nigel Finch's "Stonewall" film in 1996. Ivan Valentin with curly blond... -
"Safe 'T' Lessons: HIV Prevention for the Transgender Community," An Educational Film
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Warren, Barbara, Blumenstein, Rosalyne, Albanese, Carlo Date: 1996 Topics: Asian transgender people, Black transgender people, Casual sex, Genderqueer people, Hormone therapy (Gender), Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Sex education, Trans men, Trans women Description: An educational film created by the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center to help trans people navigate HIV and STI prevention strategies. -
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. -
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... -
Hanging with a Queen
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: LeWine, Sarah Date: Dec. 1, 1995 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Drag community, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ people, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: Chanelle Pickett, Vaunessa Vale Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
Preppy Wanted Dates in Drag, Cops Say
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Flynn, Sean, Johnson, Jason B. Date: Nov. 23, 1995 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ siblings, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: Adrienne Lynch, Chanelle Pickett, Combat Zone (Location), Gabrielle Pickett, Playland Cafe, William C. Palmer Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
"Preppy" Allegedly Kills Date in Drag
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Johnson, Jason B., Talbot, David Date: Nov. 21, 1995 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Murder--Investigation, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: Chanelle Pickett, Combat Zone (Location), Playland Cafe, William C. Palmer Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
FTM Newsletter #32
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Green, Jamison, Valentine, Jay, de Maria Arana, Marcus, Cromwell, Jason, Knight, Jericho, Bowen, Gary Date: Oct. 1995 Topics: Gender affirming surgery, Homophobia, Legal name change, LGBTQ+ support groups, Sexuality, Trans men, Trans women, Transgender identity, Transphobia Subject: AEGIS, Alice Webb, Brandon Teena, FTM Conference 1995, FTM Conference of the Americas, FTM International, Girl About Town Magazine, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Marie Keller, Michael Hernandez, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Riki Anne Wilchins, Southern Comfort Conference, Transgender Lobby Days, Transgendered Officers Protect and Serve (TOPS) Description: Issue #32 of FTM International published in October 1995. This issue is a special conference edition focused on reporting on the FTM conference held in San Francisco from August 18-20, 1995. It inc... -
FTM Newsletter #31
Collection: FTM International Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive Creator: Green, Jamison, Powers, Blake, Hughes, David, Angier, Natalie, Gabriel, Davina Anne, Bell, Bee, Kincaid, Martin, Webb, Alice Date: Jul. 1995 Topics: Bottom surgery, Drag kings, Drag queens, Gender affirming surgery, Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ communities, Packing (Phallus), Trans men, Trans women, Transgender community, Transgender identity, Transgender rights Subject: Armand Hotimsky, Basic Instinct, Brandon Teena, Charles Perez Show, Christina Wang, Endocrine Society, FTM Conference of the Americas, FTM International, Human Rights Campaign Fund (HRCF), It's Time America, Joao M. Fonseca, John Lotter, Joy Shaffer, Lisa Lambert, Martin Nissen, Muti Killings, Philip Devine, Skin Deep, Transgender Nation, Transsexual Menace Description: Issue #31 of FTM International published in July 1995. Includes an update on registration for the FTM Conference of America and FTM International; "muti" attacks in South Africa; transition and rel... -
The "Third Sex" Box: Issues Examined From a Transsexual Perspective
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Hijra, Anne Ogborn Date: Jul. 1995 Topics: Bisexual people, Gay men, Hijras, South Asian LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Description: Content Warning: This article was written by "a non-South Asian transsexual woman who joined the hijra community." -
A Photograph of Cocoa Rodriguez and Queen Allyson Posing with a "Justice for Marsha" Sign
Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Jun. 25, 1995 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay pride, Indigenous transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, Queen Allyson Description: A photograph of Cocoa Rodriguez and Queen Allyson standing together at the 1995 Pride Parade. Cocoa wears a yellow button that says "Justice for Marsha" in red letters and holds a multicolored umbr... -
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. -
A Photograph of Cocoa Rodriguez in a Peach Dress Posing with Another Person
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 wearing a peach dress posing with one arm in the air and another around the shoulders of a person in a blue t-shirt. -
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. -
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. -
A Photograph of Cocoa Rodriguez Walking in the 1995 Pride Parade
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 walking in the 1995 Pride Parade on her birthday. She is wearing a peach, fitted dress with a cape blowing in the wind behind her. -
A Photograph of Cocoa Rodriguez Wearing a Peach Fitted Dress
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 fitted dress, smiling and waving a garmet in front of her. She is walking in the 1995 Pride Parade on her birthday. -
A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera with Her Arms Around Queen Alison and Ivan Valentin at the 1995 NYC Pride Parade
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Jun. 25, 1995 Topics: Drag queens, Gay pride, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Ivan Valentin, Queen Alison, Sylvia Rivera Description: A photograph of Sylvia Rivera with her arms around Queen Alison and Ivan Valentin at the New York City Pride Parade on June 25, 1995. Sylvia is wearing a red dress and black tights. Queen Alison is... -
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. -
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.
