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  1. A Rainbow Flag for Marsha

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Memorials, QTPOC, Rainbow flags, Transfeminine people
    Subject: George Pabon, Icon of the Anvil, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A reflective essay in which Marsha P. Johnson's roommate, Randy Wicker, considers how to best memorialize her.
  2. A Story to Remember

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ memorials, LGBTQ+ people who use substances, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera
    Description: This item is an essay with edits written by Randy Wicker about the evolution of his relationship with Sylvia Rivera.
  3. Appendix F: Struggles

     
    Collection: International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy: Annual Proceedings and Newsletters
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Davis, Aaron, Treat, Alena, Luke, Betty J.
    Date: Jun. 1995
    Topics: Discrimination, FtMs, Gender dysphoria, Social security regulations, Social security taxes--Law and legislation--United States, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Aaron Davis, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Title II, Title XVI
  4. 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.
  5. Collection of Essays and Poems Written by Rupert Raj

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: 1989
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Metamorphosis, Rupert Raj, TV-TS Tapestry
    Description: Two essays and nine poems written by Rupert Raj. All pieces describe and recount Raj's feelings about living as a man and his transition.
  6. Coming of Age in the Land of Two Genders

     
    Collection: Academic Papers and Publications
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Denny, Dallas
    Date: 1997
    Topics: Gender reassignment surgery, Sexology, Transgender people, Transsexualism, Transvestites
    Subject: Archives of General Psychiatry, Atlanta Educational Gender Information Service (AEGIS), Atlanta Gender Explorations, Bonnie Bullough, Carson McCullers, Dallas Denny, Daphne Du Maurier, Donald Tarver, Ernest Hemingway, Gender Identity Clinic of John Hopkins University, Gianna E. Israel, International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), Jerry Montgomery, John Money, Jon Meyer, Kate Bornstein, Leslie Feinberg, Lynn Montgomery, Martine Rothblatt, Merissa Sherrill Lynn, Paul McHugh, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Recommended Guidlines for Transgender Care, Riki Anne Wilchins, Sandy Stone, Stone Butch Blues, The Empire Strikes Back: A Posttranssexual Manifesto, The International Congress on Gender, Crossdressing, and Sex Issues, Vern Bullough, Virginia Prince
    Description: Essay by Dallas Denny included in the book "How I Got Into Sex", covering her career, her transition, gender politics and sexology.
  7. Gender Identity and Bisexuality

     
    Collection: Academic Papers and Publications
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Denny, Dallas, Green, Jamison
    Date: Aug. 1996
    Topics: Bisexuality, Gender affirming surgery, Gender dysphoria, Heterosexism, Intersex, Transgender relationships, Transgenderism, Transsexualism
    Subject: Harold Garfinkel, Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Paul McHugh
    Description: An academic paper by Dallas Denny that discusses the relationships between sexual identity labels and transgender identities.
  8. Gladys Bentley

     
    Collection: Academic Papers and Publications
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Young, Wilbur
    Date: Sep. 1938
    Topics: BIPOC, Black LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ arts, LGBTQ+ musicians, Male impersonators
    Subject: Gladys Bentley, Ubangi Club
    Description: This item is an essay about Gladys Bentley written by Wilbur Young as a part of the "Sketches of Colorful Harlem Characters." This item portrays Bentley in a negative light.
  9. History of the International Conference on Transgender Law and Employmeny Policy, Inc.

     
    Collection: International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy: Annual Proceedings and Newsletters
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Frye, Phyllis Randolph
    Date: 2000s
    Topics: Activists, Anti-discrimination law, Civil law, Coming out, Criminal law, Labour law, Law, Lawyers, Legal process, Military, Personal and family law, Transgender movement
    Subject: Cynthia Davis, Cynthia Lee, Cynthia Phillips, Dallas Denny, Dana Turner, Declaration of Gender Liberty, Dee S. McKellar, Diana Ciccotella, Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), Gulf Coast Transgender Community (GCTC), Health Law Standards, International Bill of Gender Rights (IBGR), International Conference on Transgender Law & Employment Policy (ICTLEP), International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE), It's Time America, Jackie Thorne, Jane Fee, Jessica Xavier, Laura Elizabeth Skaer, Leticia Salas, Linda Phillips, Martine Rothblatt, Mary O'Connor, Melinda Marie Whiteway, Merissa Sherrill Lynn, National Gender Lobbying Day, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Policy for the Imprisoned Transgendered, Ray Hill, Sarah DePalma, Sharon Stuart, Stephen Whittle, Tere Prasse, Texas Tea Party, Vivian McKenzie, Yosenio Lewis
    Description: The International Conference on Transgender Law and Employment Policy, Inc., has become known as ICTLEP and The Transgender Law Conference and also as TRANSGEN __ (the blank is the year of that con...
  10. If Only I Could Talk, I'd Say This to Marsha

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: George Flimlin, Koo-ee Nu, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker
    Description: A letter to Marsha P. Johnson written from the perspective of Koo-ee Nu, a dog belonging to her roommate Randy Wicker and his partner, David.
  11. Lifestory

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men, Transgender authors
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: Rupert Raj writes an essay on his life story. He writes about his family history and background, recounts his experiences in school, and as a trans person in medical and psychiatric systems. He des...
  12. Marsha P. Johnson Stonewall Survivor Dies One Week After 1992's Gay Pride Celebration

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, QTPOC, Stonewall riots, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Andrew Stein, Anti Violence Project, David Dinkins, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Tom Duane
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains homophobic language.
  13. Metamorphosis: a Man in the Making

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Essays, FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Transgender authors, Transgender identity, Transgender people's writings
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: In this essay, Rupert Raj details his experiences coming out and living as a transgender bisexual man. He also recounts past relationships and discusses the politics and philosophies that guide his...
  14. Not Quitting the Game - Just Switching Sides

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Raj, Rupert
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: FtMs, South Asian bisexual people, South Asian transgender people, Trans men
    Subject: Gender Worker, Metamorphosis
    Description: Rupert Raj writes about his burnout regarding his work with Metamorphosis Medical Research Foundation and his decision to take a step back from running the organization. He assures everyone that h...
  15. Papers (1989-1995 and undated)

     
    Collection: The Linda and Cynthia Phillips Papers
    Institution: The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
    Creator: Garcia, Greg, Phillips, Linda, Brown, George R., Salinas, Phillips, Cynthia, Franzke, Alice W.
    Date: 1989 to 1995
    Topics: Activists, Clubs, Crossdressers, Families, Family relationships, Gender identity, LGBT, Reference sources, Societies, Transgender people
    Description: Papers, 1989-1995 and undated. Handwritten annotations on vaious pages.
  16. "Reflections of a Drag Queen Striving Towards Political Correctitude"

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Housel, David
    Date: 1993
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, Femininities, Masculinities, QTPOC, Sexism
    Subject: Black and White Men Together, Men of All Colors Together NY
    Description: An excerpt from Men of All Colors Together NY's 10th Anniversary Journal describing the experience of being BIPOC and a drag queen in New York.
  17. Sacred Cows Make the Best Hamburger: A collection of editorials and essays

     
    Collection: Creative Design Services Publications and Documents
    Institution: Transgender Archives, University of Victoria
    Creator: Roberts, JoAnn
    Date: 1993
    Topics: Crossdressers, Gender role, Genderism, Marriage, Politics
    Subject: International Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE)
  18. The Phyllasbuster's War Stories

     
    Collection: Phyllis Frye Collection
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Frye, Phyllis Randolph
    Date: 2001
    Topics: Children of transgender people, Demonstrations, Employment discrimination, Feminists, Homophobia, Hormone therapy, Transgender community, Transgender people, Transitioning (Gender)
    Subject: League of Women Voters, National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), Nikki Van Hightower, Phyllis Randolph Frye
    Description: Frye explains: "This is a collection of seven short stories that reflects many of the early struggles that my wife and I encountered as I came out of the closet as to being transgendered in the mid...
  19. The Vamps Take Manhattan

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Ahmed, Faraz
    Date: Apr. 1998
    Topics: Anal sex, Crossdressing, Dancers, Hijras, LGBTQ+ night life, Pakistanis--United States, QTPOC, South Asian LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association (SALGA)
    Description: This essay from Trikone Magazine recounts the experiences of a group of Pakistani dancers who cross-dress and work in Manhattan nightlife.
  20. Transgender in the United States: A Brief Discussion

     
    Collection: Academic Papers and Publications
    Institution: Digital Transgender Archive
    Creator: Denny, Dallas
    Date: Oct. 1999 to Nov. 1999
    Topics: Crossdressing, FtMs, Medicalization, Sexual orientation, Transsexualism
    Subject: Donna Reter, Harry Benjamin, Havelock Ellis, John Money, Jon Meyer, Magnus Hirschfeld, Richard Green, Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
    Description: Published in issue 28.1 of the SIECUS Report, this paper concerns trans history, history of medicalization, and the differentiation between labels.
  21. Two Baluchi Buggas, A Sindhi Zenana, and the Status of Hijras in Contemporary Pakistan

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Naqvi, Nauman, Mujtaba, Hasan
    Date: Jan. 1998
    Topics: Baluchi (Southwest Asian people), Gender expression, Gender markers, Hijras, Police harassment, QTPOC, South Asian LGBTQ+ people, Transfeminine people, Zenanas
    Subject: Mohammed Aslam
    Description: This essay from Trikone Magazine (Vol. 13, No. 1) discusses South Asian gender identities and associated experiences in Pakistan.