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  1. A Letter from John Kearns to Sylvia Rivera

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Kearns, John J.
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, Research, Transgender history
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera
    Description: A letter from John Kearns to Sylvia Rivera following up on an earlier conversation in which Sylvia Rivera agreed to help Kearns in his research related to Marsha P. Johnson, STAR, and herself.

  2. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Behind Ed Murphy in a Car at the 1985 Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 1985
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay liberation, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Christopher Street Liberation Day March, Ed Murphy, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson sitting behind Ed Murphy in a car at the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade in New York City in June 1985. Ed Murphy is standing in the front of the car wear...

  3. A Photograph of Marsha P. Johnson Waving from a Car at the 1985 Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade with Ed Murphy

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 1985
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay liberation, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, QTPOC, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Christopher Street Liberation Day March, Ed Murphy, Marsha P. Johnson
    Description: A photograph of Marsha P. Johnson waving front a car at the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade in New York City in 1985. She’s wearing a blazer and tan pants. Ed Murphy is at the front of the...

  4. 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...

  5. "Activists from Around the World" Event Invitation

     
    Collection: Audre Lorde Project
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: The Audre Lorde Project, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
    Date: Mar. 3, 1998
    Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ events
    Description: An invitation to "Activists from Around the World" event held by The Audre Lorde Project and International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights campaign.

  6. Anti Police Abuse Coalition Flyer

     
    Collection: Informational and Event Brochures
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Anti Police Abuse Coalition
    Date: circa 1984
    Topics: Attitudes of LGBTQ+ people toward police , Black LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Blues Bar, Michael Stewart, Stonewall
    Description: A flyer from the Anti-Police Abuse Coalition discussing the police raid on Blues Bar and urging community members to "join the contingent against police violence" and attend an organizing meeting t...

  7. Anti Police Abuse Coalition Press Release

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Anti Police Abuse Coalition
    Date: Aug. 20, 1984
    Topics: Attitudes of LGBTQ+ people toward police , Black LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people of color, Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people
    Subject: Barbara Stephenson, Blues Bar, Michael Stewart
    Description: A press release from the Anti-Police Abuse Coalition spreading awareness about an upcoming speak-out commemorating the two-year anniversary of the police raid on Blues Bar, an establishment in Midt...

  8. Black Lines, Vol. 04, Issue 05

     
    Collection: Black Lines
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Long, Lynnell S.
    Date: Jun. 1999
    Topics: AIDS activists, Behavioral therapy, Black intersex people, Estrogen, Gender dysphoria, Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ activism, Transgender community, Transgender youth
    Description: Two Black Lines clippings with an article by Lynnell Stephani Long about her mission and attempts to reach out to transgender youth, including interviewing a teen named Mercedes about her experienc...

  9. Black Lines, Vol. 04, Issue 07

     
    Collection: Black Lines
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Long, Lynnell S.
    Date: Aug. 1999
    Topics: Black intersex people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Coming out, Intersexphobia, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ support groups, Trans women, Transgender activism, Transphobia
    Subject: Affinity
    Description: Content warning: This article includes a brief mention of suicide attempts. Black Lines clipping with an article by Lynnell Stephani Long about Affinity, a group serving Chicago's Black lesbia...

  10. Connie Fleming and Another Person on a Truck at the 1998 New York City Pride March

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 26, 1988
    Topics: Black transgender people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Connie Fleming, New York City Pride
    Description: Two transfeminine people on a pickup truck at the New York City Pride March on June 26, 1988.

  11. Dia Internacional por la Vida Lesbica y Homosexual

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: May 1993
    Topics: Anti-LGBTQ+ violence, Hate crimes, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Protest movements
    Subject: Amnesty International, Bay Area Coalition Against Lesbian and Gay Violence in Mexico, Black Women for Wages for Housework, Centro Cultural Juan Antonio Corratjer, Circulo Cultural Gay, Closet de Sor Juana, Colectivo Gay, Lesbico y Bisexual Puertorriqueño, Departamento de Derechos Humanos de la Arquidiocesis de Mexico, Dia Internacional por la Vida Lesbica y Homosexual, Gay and Lesbian Equality Network, Helsingin Seudun Seta, Hidalgo Unido por la Salud, International Day for Lesbian and Gay Life, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC), International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA), La Red, PAYDAY group, Raul Lopez Lira, Wages Due Lesbian
    Description: International News feature highlighting the work of La Red, a queer collective that declared March 21st as the International Day for Lesbian and Gay Life ("Dia Internacional por la Vida Lesbica y H...

  12. Equal Rights Hearings Continue "I Should Have Worn My Maidenform Bra!"

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: GAY Magazine, Skir, Leo
    Date: Dec. 20, 1971
    Topics: Anti-discrimination law, Gay rights, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ direct action, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Bebe Scarpi, Sylvia Rivera, Village Voice
    Description: This item is a clipping from GAY Magazine Vol. 3 No. 69 about the New York City Council hearing to debate Bill 475, which bans discrimination against homosexuals in housing, employment and public a...

  13. Gay Life and Activism in Nigeria and Activists Respond to the Quincentennial

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Color Life
    Date: 1992
    Topics: Black gay men, Black lesbians, Black LGBTQ+ people, Black transgender people, Colonization, HIV/AIDS, Homophobia, Latino/a/x lesbians, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ magazines, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ people of the African diaspora, Settler colonialism, Stonewall riots, Transvestites, Two-Spirit people
    Subject: Color Life
    Description: Clippings from Color Life v01 i01 discussing gay life and activism in Nigeria and impacts of colonization. They reflect on the necessity for Africans and African Americans to connect, break down st...

  14. Interview with Randy Wicker

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Kearns, John J., Wicker, Randy
    Date: Feb. 1, 2003
    Topics: 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
    Subject: Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Hot Peaches, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Uplift Lighting
    Description: 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...

  15. Intro 475: We Swung and Missed. Next?

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Skir, Leo, GAY Magazine
    Date: Jun. 4, 1973
    Topics: LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, QTPOC, Transgender people
    Subject: Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Intro 475, Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera
    Description: Intro 475: We Swung and Missed. Next? by Leo Skir published in GAY Magazine Vol. 4 No. 103. This article is about a protest put on by GAA to getting intro 475, Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera a...