🏳️⚧️ Sylvia Rivera was a transgender activist and a key figure in the Stonewall Riots of 1969. Although Rivera's fierce advocacy for trans and homeless people was initially rejected by many mainstream LGBTQ+IA groups, her legacy, work, and activism are forever ingrained in the history of trans rights.
❤️ With Marsha P. Johnson, Rivera co-founded the Gay Liberation Front and the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR). STAR advocated for LGBTQ+IA rights and bodily autonomy, and actively condemned transphobic abuse and discrimination both in and out of the queer community. The group also founded East Village's STAR House in 1970, which was a space that provided food and shelter to trans youth.
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