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  1. 1993 Xmas Letter and George Flimlin Memorial

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Wicker, Randy
    Date: 1993
    Topics: Birthday cakes, Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay men, HIV/AIDS, Indigenous transgender people, QTPOC, Roommates, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, David Combs, George Flimlin, Marsha P. Johnson, Randy Wicker, The Anvil, Uplift Lighting, Willie Brashears
    Description: Content Warning: This item contains homophobic language.
  2. 1995 Xmas Letter

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera
    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...
  3. A Bank Authorization Card for Sylvia Rivera

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Chase Bank
    Date: Sep. 1999
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Randy Wicker, Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A bank card authorizing Sylvia Rivera to cash salary checks from Uplift Inc.
  4. A Collage of Six Polaroids of Melissa Posing with Friends

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera
    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 collage of six polaroids. In each, Melissa poses with a different friend at Randy Wicker's store, Uplift Lighting. The names of the people pictured are visible in black marker on four of the pola...
  5. A letter from a photographer to Randy Wicker

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera
    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.
  6. 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.
  7. A Photograph of Malú Rivera behind a Desk

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: QTPOC, Trans women
    Subject: Malú Rivera, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A Photograph of Malú Rivera sitting behind a desk and surrounded by papers.
  8. A Photograph of Malú Rivera in a Blue Sweater Surrounded by Lamps

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: QTPOC, Trans women
    Subject: Malú Rivera, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A photograph of Malú Rivera standing in the middle of a room full of lamps wearing a blue sweater and looking away from the camera.
  9. A Photograph of Malú Rivera Posing with a Person in a Feather Boa

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: QTPOC, Trans women
    Subject: Malú Rivera, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A photograph of Malú Rivera posing with her hand on the arm of a person wearing a boa.
  10. A Photograph of Malú Rivera Seated at a Table

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: QTPOC, Trans women
    Subject: Malú Rivera, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A photograph of Malú Rivera seated at a table, wearing a light blue t-shirt and holding a tool.
  11. A Photograph of Melissa Posing Next to a Lamp

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Mexicans, QTPOC, Trans women
    Subject: Melissa, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A photograph of Melissa posing in a brown leather jacket and striped shirt next to a tall lamp with many different kinds of lamps in the background.
  12. A Photograph of Melissa Seated at a Table

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Mexicans, QTPOC, Trans women
    Subject: Melissa, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A photograph of Melissa seated at a table in a brown leather jacket and striped shirt with various lamps and antique items in the background.
  13. A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera and Randy Wicker Smiling at Uplift Lighting

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera
    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.
  14. A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera Hugging Another Person Wearing a White T-Shirt and a Bandana at Uplift Lighting

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera
    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 hugging another person at Randy Wicker’s store Uplift Lighting. Sylvia’s wearing a white t-shirt with black text on it, and a blue patterned bandana on her head. The o...
  15. A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera Kissing Her Partner Julia Murray at Uplift Lighting

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Unknown
    Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transgender relationships, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Julia Murray, Sylvia Rivera, Uplift Lighting
    Description: A photograph of Sylvia Rivera kissing her partner Julia Murray at Randy Wicker’s store Uplift Lighting. Sylvia is wearing a read shirt with a button pinned to it. Julia is wearing a black sweater o...