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  1. A Photograph of Sylvia Rivera and Lee Brewster at a 1971 Demonstration in Albany

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Davies, Diana
    Date: Mar. 14, 1971
    Topics: Drag queens, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ civil rights, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Transgender activism, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Lee Brewster, Street Transvestites for Gay Power, Sylvia Rivera
    Description: A photograph Sylvia Rivera (right) and Lee Brewster (left) at the March 14th, 1971 demonstration in Albany, New York.

  2. NYC Gay Pride

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: Independent Voices
    Creator: The Gay Liberator
    Date: Aug. 1, 1973
    Topics: Drag queens, Female impersonators, Gay activism, Gay pride, Gay pride parades, Heterosexual women, Latino/a/x transgender people, Lesbian activism, Lesbian feminism, Lesbian pride, LGBTQ+ activism, LGBTQ+ events, Stonewall riots, Transgender activism, Transvestites
    Subject: Arthur Bell, Bette Midler, Craig Rodwell, Jean O'Leary, Lee Brewster, Oscar Wilde Book Shops, Queens Liberation Front, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, The Village Voice, Vito Russo
    Description: Clipping from page 5 of The Gay Liberator, issue 29, published August 1, 1973.

  3. Sandra Mesics Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Mesics, Sandra
    Date: Jan. 14, 2019
    Topics: Childhood, Crossdressers, Crossdressing, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Family members, Femininities, Gender diversity, Gender realignment surgery, Health care, HIV/AIDS, Hormones, Insurance, Journalists, Mardi gras, Marriage, Peace movement, Pronoun, Religions, Roman catholicism, Secrecy, Steel industry and trade, Surgery, Transgender community, Transgender people
    Subject: Angela Douglas, Betty Johnson, Bobby Ray, Brandy Alexander, Christine Jorgensen, David Wesser, Divine, Eddie Joe Stark, Elizabeth Coffey, Empathy Press, Eromin (Erotic Minorities) Center, Fantasia Fair, Gay Liberation Front, Harry Benjamin, Image, Jack O'Brien, John Money, John Ronald Brown, Lee Brewster, National Enquirer, National Insider, Neptune Productions, Pink Flamingos, Pudgy Roberts, Rachel Harlow, Radical Queens, Reed Erickson, Richard Finocchio, Stonewall Rebellion, The Daily Collegiate, The Transsexual Phenomenon, Third World Communications, Transsexual Action Organization (TAO), Transsexualism and Sex Reassignment, Transvestia, United Transvestites Transsexual Society (UTTS), Virginia Prince, Zelda Suplee
    Description: andra Mesics is a registered nurse and midwife and has been the director of St. Luke’s School of Nursing since 2004. In this conversation with AJ Lewis, Sandy describes accessing hormones and surge...

  4. Shannon Harrington Oral History

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: NYC Trans Oral History Project
    Creator: Lewis, AJ, Harrington, Shannon
    Date: Jul. 26, 2017
    Topics: AIDS organizations, Bars, Childhood, Discos, Drag, Drag balls, Drag queens, Entertainers, Events, Friendships, Fundraising, Gay community, HIV/AIDS, Labelling, LGBTQ+ parents, LGBTQ+ people who use substances recreationally, LGBTQ+ relationships, Mafia, MtFs, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Night life, Performing arts, Transgender community, Travel, Wigs
    Subject: Bailey House, Boy Bar, Dorian Corey, God's Love We Deliver, International Chrysis, Lee Brewster, Shannon Harrington, Wigstock
    Description: Shannon Harrington is a wig master, hair chaser, and make-up artist who has been living in New York City for over 30 years. In this interview Miss Shannon provides meaningful and nuanced insight in...

  5. Sylvia Rivera and Lee Brewster at Gay Rights Demonstration

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Davies, Diana
    Date: 1971
    Topics: Drag queens, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Lee Brewster, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera
    Description: Three black and white photographs of Sylvia and Rivera and Lee Brewster standing among a crowd at a gay rights protest in Albany, New York. Lee is holding a sign that says "We're Only #2 But We Try...

  6. Sylvia Rivera and Lee Brewster Marching Down Sidewalk with Demonstrators

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Davies, Diana
    Date: 1971
    Topics: Drag queens, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Lee Brewster, Sylvia Rivera
    Description: Color photograph of Sylvia Rivera and Lee Brewster among other protestors at a gay rights demonstration in Albany, New York. They are marching down the sidewalk while linking arms. and Lee is holdi...

  7. Sylvia Rivera and Lee Brewster on Steps at Gay Rights Demonstration

     
    Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
    Institution: New York Public Library
    Creator: Davies, Diana
    Date: 1971
    Topics: Drag queens, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans
    Subject: Lee Brewster, Sylvia Rivera
    Description: Color photograph of Sylvia Rivera and Lee Brewster standing among others on a set of steps at a gay rights demonstration in Albany, New York. Lee is holding a sign that says "We're Only #2 But We T...