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  1. A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera with a Group Standing Along the Christopher Street Piers

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Sylvia Rivera
    Description: A black and white photograph of Sylvia Rivera standing with a group of unknown people along the Christopher Street piers. She's wearing winter clothing including a black jacket with a thick white c...
  2. 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...
  3. A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera with her Partner Julia Murray and Randy Wicker at Uplift Lighting

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Gay men, Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, T4t, Trans women, Transgender relationships, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Julia Murray, Randy Wicker, Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A photograph of Sylvia Rivera with her partner Julia Murray and Randy Wicker at Uplift Lighting. Sylvia's wearing a blue bandana and white shirt, and has her hands on her partner Julia Murray's sho...
  4. A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera’s Side Profile, Sitting at Uplift Lighting

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A photograph of Sylvia Rivera’s side profile while she’s sitting at Randy Wicker’s store Uplift Lighting. She’s wearing glasses and a red shirt with buttons pinned with it, and holding a cigarette ...
  5. A polaroid of Sylvia Rivera and Melissa with Their Arms around Each Other

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Mexicans, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Melissa, Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A polaroid of Sylvia Rivera and Melissa standing cheek to cheek with their arms around each at Uplift Lighting. "Love Always Sylvia Rivera To Salvador" is written across the bottom in black ink.
  6. 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.
  7. Behind the Lines on Gay Pride Sunday

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee (CSLDC), Christopher Street Liberation Day March, Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), Queens Liberation Front, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera
    Description: The cover of "GAY Magazine" Vol. 4 No. 06 along with a clipping about Sylvia Rivera at the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade and about her "Y'all Better Quiet Down" speech.
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
  11. Interview with Thalia Fontan

     
    Collection: Oral Histories with People of Color
    Institution: Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, University of Minnesota
    Creator: Fontan, Thalia
    Date: Feb. 12, 2016
    Topics: Celebrities, Education, Family relationships, Friendships, Gender-affirming care, Harassment, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ visibility, Mental health, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Multiracial LGBTQ+ people, Passing (Gender), Puerto Rican women, Race, Racism, Self-esteem, Social privilege, Trans women, Transgender victims of bullying, Transgender youth, White transgender people, Work
    Subject: Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conference (MBLGTACC), Tretter Transgender Oral History Project
    Description: Thalia Fontan is 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 speaks at length...
  12. It's Spring! Who Do I Hate?

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Russo, Vito A., GAY Magazine
    Date: Jun. 4, 1973
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ activism, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Gay Pride March, Sylvia Rivera
    Description: "It's Spring! Who Do I Hate?" by Vito A. Russo was published in "GAY Magazine" Vol. 4 No. 103. The article discusses the Gay Pride March and mentions Sylvia Rivera.
  13. Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera in Crowd at New York City Hall Demonstration

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Davies, Diana
    Date: circa 1969 to 1972
    Topics: Black transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Puerto Rican women, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Gay Liberation Front, Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera
    Description: Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson are featured in the back left of the crowd at the Gay Liberation Front demonstration at New York City Hall, circa 1969-1972.
  14. Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera in a Crowd During Gay Rights Demonstration

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Davies, Diana
    Date: 1971
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Kate Millet, Marsha P. Johnson, Mattachine Society, Sylvia Rivera
    Description: A color photograph of a crowd at a gay rights demonstration in Albany, New York, where Kate Millett is speaking. Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera are among those in the crowd. Two individuals ar...
  15. Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera Walking at St. Patrick's Cathedral Demonstration

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Davies, Diana
    Date: 1971 to 1975
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Marsha P. Johnson, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Sylvia Rivera
    Description: A black and white picture of the St. Patrick's Cathedral Demonstration. Marsha P. Johnson is walking with demonstrators while Sylvia Rivera stands to the right. The date range that this photo was t...