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  1. 1995 Xmas Letter

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: Dec. 23, 1995
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, Gay pride, Indigenous transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: AIDS Memorial Candlelight Parade, Bob Hooker, Christopher Street Festival, Cocoa Rodriguez, Edward Lacey, Marsha P. Johnson, Mothers March Against AIDS, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting, Willie Brashears
    Description: The handwritten draft of the 1995 issue of an annual newsletter written by Marsha P. Johnson's roommate, Randy Wicker, in which he provides updates on his life and business, including obituary note...
  2. 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...
  3. A letter from a photographer to Randy Wicker

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Giard, Robert
    Date: Jan. 18, 1999
    Topics: Gay men, Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Stonewall riots, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Don Lucas, Hal Call, Harry Hay, Jack Nichols, José Sarria, Martin Duberman, Robert Giard, Stonewall, Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A letter to Randy Wicker from a photographer asking to be connected to Sylvia Rivera to take her portrait.
  4. A New Translation of the Kama Sutra: Perceptions and Misperceptions of Indian Sexuality

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Sweet, Micheal
    Date: Jan. 1995
    Topics: Erotic literature, Sanskrit, Gay men, Indian LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ history, QTPOC
    Description: This article from Trikone Magazine discusses a new translation of the Kama Sutra, the ancient Sanskrit text on sex and love.
  5. 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.
  6. A Photograph of Stormé DeLarverie and the Stonewall Panel Members in "The Stonewall Car"

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 25, 1995
    Topics: Black lesbians, Butches, Drag kings, Gay men, QTPOC, Racially mixed people, Singers
    Subject: Randy Wicker, Stormé DeLarverie
    Description: A photograph of Stormé DeLarverie sitting on the back of a convertible waving out at a crowd wearing a multicored hard hat, purple shirt, and a sash that reads "Stonewall Vet." Randy Wicker holds a...
  7. 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.
  8. A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera and Randy Wicker Smiling at Uplift Lighting

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 17, 1996
    Topics: Gay men, Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Roommates, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Randy Wicker, Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A Polaroid of Sylvia Rivera and Randy Wicker at Uplift Lighting (Randy's lighting store in West Village). Randy has his arm around Sylvia and the pair are smiling.
  9. A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera Leaning In to Kiss Her Partner Julia Murray, Randy Wicker Sits in Front of Them

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 1999 to Feb. 2002
    Topics: Gay men, Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transgender relationships, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Julia Murray, Randy Wicker, Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A photograph of Sylvia Rivera leaning in to kiss her partner Julia Murray at Randy Wicker's store Uplift Lighting. Sylvia's wearing a white shirt and black pants, and Julia's wearing a red shirt an...
  10. A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera Posing with a Group Including Randy Wicker and Cocoa Rodriguez at Uplift Lighting

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Feb. 17, 1996
    Topics: Black transgender people, Gay men, Indigenous transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, Randy Wicker, Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A photograph of Sylvia Rivera posing with a group at Randy Wicker’s store Uplift Lighting. Sylvia’s wearing a white sweater and a beanie. Randy Wicker is on Sylvia’s left wearing a red, white, and ...
  11. A Photograph of Wayne H., Queen Allyson, and Randy Wicker at Pride

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 25, 1995
    Topics: Drag queens, Gay men, Gay pride
    Subject: Queen Allyson, Randy Wicker, Wayne H.
    Description: A Photograph of Wayne H., Queen Allyson, and Randy Wicker leaning against The Stonewall Car at the 1995 Pride Parade.
  12. Here's to Marsha

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Ballard, Roland
    Date: Nov. 25, 1995
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, Gay pride, QTPOC, Roommates, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Gay Liberation Front
    Description: A letter from Roland Ballard to Randy Wicker containing a photograph of Marsha P. Johnson at the New York City 1987 Pride Parade.
  13. Photographs of Cocoa Rodriguez with Randy Wicker and Others

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 25, 1995
    Topics: Black transgender people, Gay men, Indigenous transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, Randy Wicker, Uplift Lighting
    Description: Photographs of Cocoa Rodriguez standing with Randy Wicker and three others in front of a store window.
  14. Photographs of Sylvia Rivera Protesting the 1996 "Stonewall" Film with a Group Including Ivan Valentin, Cocoa Rodriguez, Randy Wicker, and Martin Duberman

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: 1996
    Topics: Drag queens, Gay men, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, Ivan Valentin, Martin Duberman, Randy Wicker, Stonewall (Film), Sylvia Rivera
    Description: Photographs of Sylvia Rivera, wearing a white shirt, jeans, and a yellow sash. She's standing with a group protesting director Nigel Finch's "Stonewall" film in 1996. Ivan Valentin with curly blond...
  15. Pride of Place

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Yaeger, Lynn
    Date: Jul. 2, 1996
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, QTPOC, Roommates, Stonewall riots, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Craig Rodwell, Lauren Gutenburg, Marsha P. Johnson, Martin Duberman, Randy Wicker, Uplift Lighting, William Offenbaker
    Description: An article featuring an interview with Marsha P. Johnson's former roomate, who also employed Sylvia Rivera at the time.