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I'm tired of living with labels. I just want to be who I am. I am Sylvia Rivera. Ray Rivera left home at the age of 10 to become Sylvia. And that's who I am. Death. Rivera died during the dawn hours of February 19, 2002, at St. Vincent's Hospital, of complications from liver cancer.
Jun 4, 2019 · Best Known For: Sylvia Rivera was a Latina-American drag queen who was a gay and transgender activist in the 1960s and 70s. She's known for participating in the Stonewall Riots of 1969 and ...
In 2001, she was marching in New York City Pride Parades and living in Transy House. Silvia Rivera died of liver cancer in St. Vincent’s Manhattan Hospital in 2002 at the age of 50. Her partner, Julia Murray, was with her at the time of her death.
Feb 20, 2002 · She was 50 and lived in Brooklyn. The cause was liver cancer, said the Rev. Pat Bumgardner of the Metropolitan Community Church of New York, where Ms. Rivera was coordinator of the food...
May 16, 2024 · Died: February 19, 2002, New York, New York (aged 50) Sylvia Rivera (born July 2, 1951, Bronx, New York, U.S.—died February 19, 2002, New York, New York) was an American civil rights activist who advocated for gay rights and was particularly influential in the movement’s early years.
Feb 13, 2019 · In 2002, she died from liver cancer. She met with fellow organizers while in bed at St. Vincent’s Manhattan Hospital, fighting until the time of her death for legal and social protections of queer, trans, and homeless youth.
Feb 19, 2002 · July 2, 1951. Place of Death: New York City, New York. Date of Death: February 19, 2002. Place of Burial: Cremated. Sylvia Rivera was practically born with a megaphone in hand. She was assigned male at birth, which came with a lot of expectations about how boys should and should not dress.
Sylvia Rivera, Stonewall Riot Veteran, and life-long activist for transgender people, died during the dawn hours of February 19, 2002 at New York's St. Vincent's Hospital, of complications from cancer of the liver. She was fifty years old.
Mar 26, 2019 · STAR lasted two or three years, initially. Rivera reinvigorated it in June of 2000 to hold a rally and vigil after the death of Amanda Milan, a transwoman murdered outside New York’s Port Authority Bus Terminal. It had been over 30 years since Stonewall, but trans rights still had so much further to go. Today, they still do.
Died: 2002-02-19. Sylvia Rivera was born on July 2, 1951, in New York City. She left home in 1962 and became part of a community of fellow drag queens, trans women, and sex workers in the area around 42nd Street, which inspired her lifelong activism.
