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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. A Photograph of Cocoa Rodriguez and Queen Allyson Posing with a "Justice for Marsha" Sign

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 25, 1995
    Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay pride, Indigenous transgender people, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people
    Subject: Cocoa Rodriguez, Queen Allyson
    Description: A photograph of Cocoa Rodriguez and Queen Allyson standing together at the 1995 Pride Parade. Cocoa wears a yellow button that says "Justice for Marsha" in red letters and holds a multicolored umbr...
  3. A Photograph of Stormé DeLarverie in a Multicolored Hard Hat and Purple Shirt

     
    Collection: Miscellaneous Photographs
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 25, 1995
    Topics: Black lesbians, Butches, Drag kings, Drag queens, Hispanic LGBTQ+ people, QTPOC, Racially mixed people, Singers
    Subject: Ivan Valentin, Stormé DeLarverie
    Description: A Photograph of Stormé DeLarverie in profile, wearing a multicolored hard hat and purple t-shirt, turned toward a person in a sequined dress holding an umbrella.
  4. A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera and Queen Alison at the 1995 NYC Pride Parade

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 24, 1995
    Topics: Drag queens, Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Queen Alison, Sylvia Rivera
    Description: A photograph of Sylvia Rivera and Queen Alison at the New York City Pride Parade on June 25, 1995. Sylvia walks ahead of Queen Alison wearing a red dress and black tights. Queen Alison is behind he...
  5. 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...
  6. 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.
  7. Alexis Francois and Friends Posed for Indoor Drag Photoshoot

     
    Collection: Alexis Francois Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1980 to circa 1999
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, Genderfluid people, LGBTQ+ fashion
    Subject: Alexis Francois
    Description: Photograph of Alexis Francois and friends posed in various drag outfit indoors. One is in a cat costume with black makeup.
  8. Alexis Francois in The City: 1977-78 A.D. Clipping

     
    Collection: Alexis Francois Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1980 to circa 1999
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, Genderfluid people, LGBTQ+ actors, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Alexis Francois, Harvey Milk, Lea DeLaria, Mario Mondelli
    Description: Clipping about Alexis Francois' performance in The City: 1977-78 A.D. musical.
  9. All Hail Vicki Marlane, Queen of the Night

     
    Collection: Vicki Marlane Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1990 to circa 2000
    Topics: Drag performers, Drag queens, Female impersonators, Trans women
    Subject: Vicki Marlane
    Description: A collage, possibly composed of advertisements, dedicated to Vicki Marlane. Vicki Marlane (1934-2011) was a legendary San Francisco drag queen and transgender woman. Marlane had a long career; star...
  10. aRUDE: Gender Issue Vol. 1 No. 2, Fall 1995

     
    Collection: Short Runs of Periodicals
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Autumn 1995
    Topics: Asian LGBTQ+ people, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag kings, Drag queens, Gender expression, Given name, LGBTQ+ fashion, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ poetry, LGBTQ+ theater, Operas, Chinese, Public bathrooms, Transvestites
    Subject: Joey Arias, RuPaul, Vaginal Davis
    Description: aRUDE: Gender Issue that features a reflection on gender norms, LGBTQ+ photography, an article about performing as a Drag King, an interview with RuPaul, an interview with Brian Lantelm, an article...
  11. Bay Times Promotion of Late Nite with Joan Jett Blakk

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: Louise Lawrence Transgender Archive
    Creator:
    Date: Nov. 2, 1995
    Topics: Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens
    Subject: Joan Jett Blakk
    Description: A photo clipped from the San Francisco Bay Times displaying Joan Jett Blakk holding a prop gun in a Rattan wicker chair.
  12. Buffalo Belles Vol. 4 No. 4 (April, 1995 (1))

     
    Collection: Buffalo Belles Newsletters
    Institution: E.H. Butler Library, Buffalo State
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 1995
    Topics: Acceptance, Clothing, Comic strips, Crossdressing, Customs, Death and dying, Drag, Drag kings, Drag queens, Families, Femininities, Masculinities, Sexism, Soldiers, Wigs
    Subject: Albert DJ Cashier, Erie Sisters, Lyons Wakeman, Niagara Lake Weekend, Night Out in Buffalo, Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, Xpressions, Xpressions Xplorer
  13. Changeling flier

     
    Collection: Ephemera
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator: LYRIC
    Date: circa 1990 to circa 1999
    Topics: Drag queens, LGBTQ+ community centers, Transgender people, Transgender-focused businesses
    Description: This is a flyer for an open house event sponsored by the LGBTQ youth organization LYRIC, and specifically their trans group, Changeling. This item comes from the Jordy Jones Papers at the GLBT Hist...
  14. Clippings of Alexis Francois and Castmates in Torn Tulle

     
    Collection: Alexis Francois Collection
    Institution: GLBT Historical Society
    Creator:
    Date: circa 1980 to circa 1999
    Topics: Drag, Drag community, Drag queens, Genderfluid people, LGBTQ+ theater
    Subject: Alexis Francois, Doris Fish, J. Carlton Powers, R. Scott Lyons
    Description: Clippings of Alexis Francois and castmates (J. Carlton Powers, Doris Fish, R. Scott Lyons) for the play Torn Tulle.
  15. Coco LaChine to be Crowned Empress VII of New York at the Night of a Thousand Gowns

     
    Collection: Imperial Court of New York
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Imperial Court of New York
    Date: circa 1986 to 2000
    Topics: Asian American LGBTQ+ people, Drag community, Drag queens, LGBTQ+ events, New York (State)--Fire Island Inlet, Queens (Gay culture)
    Subject: Coco LaChine, Empress VI Saleen, Empress VII Coco LaChine, Gay Games, George Wilson, Jerry Scott, Shelly Schusteroff
    Description: Page 38 of a newsletter that is part of the Private Lives section. The page discusses the rise of Coco LaChine in the New York drag scene and her appointment as Empress VII to the Imperial Court. I...