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  1. 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...
  2. Email from Stephen Whittle to Rupert Raj (October 21, 1996)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Whittle, Stephen
    Date: Oct. 21, 1996
    Topics: FtMs, Transgender activism
    Subject: Rupert Raj
    Description: Email from Stephen Whittle to Rupert Raj providing updates on his life, and the work he has been doing in law school and in running his FtM network.
  3. Letter from Holly Devor to Rupert Raj (October 22, 1996)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator: Devor, Holly
    Date: Oct. 22, 1996
    Topics: FtMs, Trans men, Transsexual people
    Subject: Holly Devor (now Aaron Devor), Rupert Raj
    Description: Letter from Holly to Rupert Raj asking Raj to approve the acknowledgments in her FTM book.
  4. Letter from Jason to Rupert Raj (October 17, 1996)

     
    Collection: Rupert Raj Collection
    Institution: The ArQuives
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 17, 1996
    Topics:  
    Subject: Rupert Raj, Steve Parent
    Description: Letter from Jason to Rupert Raj through Emerald OnRamp. EOR was an online community with chatrooms, news, and more for the LGBTQ+ community.
  5. "Transsexual" Challenges Tri-Ess

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator:
    Date: Oct. 1996
    Topics: Crossdressers, Partners of crossdressers, Transsexual people
    Subject: American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS), Dallas Denny, Lifelines, The Journal of Long Island Femme Expression, Tri-Ess Society for the Second Self
    Description: A single page from the October 1996 issue of Lifelines that explains claims that the membership requirements for Tri-Ess, a sorority for heterosexual crossdressers, are exclusionary.
  6. Newstream Concerning Amber Richards Story

     
    Collection: AEGIS Publications
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS)
    Date: May 14, 1996
    Topics: MtFs, Pronouns, Transsexual people
    Subject: Amber Richards, American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS)
    Description: A press release advising media outlets on how to refer to Amber Richards, a transsexual woman, following her death in a fire.
  7. A letter from AEGIS Board Members to Members of the Society of the Second Self

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Correspondence
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Richmond, Marisa
    Date: Sep. 8, 1996
    Topics: Transgender community
    Subject: American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS), Chrysalis Quarterly, Dallas Denny, The Society for the Second Self, Inc.
    Description: A letter from AEGIS Board Members to Members of the Society of the Second Self in which they seek to clarify the particulars and goals of the letter they received accusing Dallas Denny of publishin...
  8. A Letter from the Society of the Second Self to AEGIS

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Correspondence
    Institution: Joseph A. Labadie Collection, University of Michigan
    Creator: Beecroft, Carol, Fairfax, Jane Ellen, Hester, Lauren
    Date: Jul. 15, 1996
    Topics: Transgender community
    Subject: American Educational Gender Information Service, Inc. (AEGIS), Dallas Denny, The Society for the Second Self, Inc., Tri-Ess
    Description: A letter from the Society of the Second Self to AEGIS accusing Dallas Denny, the Executive Director of AEGIS, of violating journalistic integrity by publishing criticism of Tri-Ess based on inaccur...
  9. Local Drag Bar Sparks a Queer-Rock Renaissance

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The History Project
    Creator: Muther, Christopher
    Date: Apr. 1996
    Topics: Bisexual artists, Drag, Drag bars, LGBTQ+ musicians, MtFs, Performance art, Pre-operative, Transsexual people
    Subject: Jacque's, Limelight, Rikki Bates, Ryan Landry, Space Pussy, Women of Sodom
    Description: This item is an article entitled "Local drag bar sparks a queer-rock renaissance" from the Supplement to the Boston Phoenix. It features several "gender bending" rock bands.
  10. A Photograph of Stormé DeLarverie Participating in a Stonewall Panel

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Mar. 29, 1996
    Topics: Black lesbians, Butches, Drag kings, Gay men, QTPOC, Racially mixed people, Singers
    Subject: Martin Duberman, Mista Blusta, Randy Wicker, Stormé DeLarverie
    Description: A photograph of Stormé DeLarverie seated alongside five other panelists at a table covered in rainbow bunting listening to a speaker.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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...
  15. "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.