Interview with Randy Wicker

An interview with Randy Wicker in which he talks about Marsha Johnson’s involvement with GAA and Heritage of Pride. He also discusses Marsha’s mental health, institutionalization, prostitution, and their living together, as well as their relationship with Sylvia Rivera. During the digitalization process, the two sides of the cassette were inadvertently switched (i.e., side B before side A) with a 10-minute silence in between. As such, the interview begins at 47:10. The transcript follows the same format.

Transcript derived from a digitized version of the original cassette tape. The audio can be found on our YouTube channel by clicking on the related URL link below.

Item Actions

Download: PDF File
Share
Citation: Cite

Item Information:

Identifier: 7m01bm02m
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
Creator(s): Kearns, John J.
Wicker, Randy
Date Created: Feb. 1, 2003
Dates Covered: circa 1960 to circa 2003
Genre: Oral Histories
Transcriptions
Subject(s): Gay Activists Alliance (GAA)
Hot Peaches
Marsha P. Johnson
Randy Wicker
Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR)
Uplift Lighting
Places: New York > West Village
Topic(s): Black transgender people
Detention of LGBTQ+ people under a hospital order
Drag queens
Gay men
HIV/AIDS
Latino/a/x transgender people
LGBTQ+ activism
LGBTQ+ chosen families
LGBTQ+ demonstrations
LGBTQ+ unhoused people
Puerto Rican women
QTPOC
Transfeminine people
Venezuelan Americans
Resource Type: Audio
Text
Analog Format: Cassette tape
Digital Format: 1:34:10
Language: English
Related URL: https://youtu.be/GUGv6pTXAqo
Rights: In copyright
For more information on copyright, please read our policies