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Sylvia Rivera (July 2, 1951 – February 19, 2002) was an American gay liberation and transgender rights activist [3][4][5] who was also a noted community worker in New York.
Jun 20, 2024 · Sylvia Rivera was a Latina-American drag queen who became one of the most radical gay and transgender activists of the 1960s and 70s.
A veteran of the 1969 Stonewall Inn uprising, Sylvia Rivera was a tireless advocate for those silenced and disregarded by larger movements. Throughout her life, she fought against the exclusion of transgender people, especially transgender people of color, from the larger movement for gay rights.
Sylvia Rivera, American civil rights activist who advocated for gay rights and was particularly influential in the movement’s early years. A transgender woman, she fought for the inclusion of transgender and other gender-nonconforming people in the mainstream lesbian and gay communities.
Feb 19, 2002 · As a trans Latina, Sylvia Rivera was an outlier among white gay men and lesbian feminists. In 1970, she cofounded the militant group and youth shelter STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries) with African American trans activist Marsha P. Johnson (1945–1992), providing vulnerable and homeless trans teenagers with food and clothing.
Mar 26, 2019 · In a community she had found of street queens — as poor trans youth, some of whom performed sex work and/or were homeless, then identified themselves — she gave herself the name “Sylvia Rivera” in a ceremony attended by some fifty of her friends and peers.
Dec 31, 2014 · A speech given by LGBT STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries) activist Sylvia Rivera on June 23, 1973 at the Christopher Street Liberation Day Rally in New York City's Washington Square Park.
Sylvia Rivera (1951–2002) was a trailblazing activist and a pivotal figure in the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. Of Venezuelan and Puerto Rican descent, Rivera was born in New York City and faced an extraordinarily challenging upbringing.
Sylvia Rivera, 1951 to 2002. This project is named for civil rights pioneer Sylvia Rivera. A veteran of the 1969 Stonewall uprising, Sylvia was a tireless advocate for all those who have been marginalized as the “gay rights” movement has mainstreamed.
Nov 13, 2019 · Sylvia Rivera was dying, but a little thing like that wasn’t going to stop her. In January 2002, the queer rights pioneer was in the final throes of liver cancer, yet there was still work to be done.
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