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Sylvia Rivera. Gay liberation, [2] transgender activist, advocate for the homeless. [1] 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. Rivera, who identified as a drag queen for most of her life [6][7][8][9] and later ...
Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) was a gay, gender non-conforming and transvestite street activist organization founded in 1970 by Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson, [1] subculturally-famous New York City drag queens of color. [1][2] STAR was a radical political collective that also provided housing and support to homeless ...
Marsha P. Johnson (August 24, 1945 – July 6, 1992) was an American gay liberation [6][7] activist and self-identified drag queen. [8][9] Known as an outspoken advocate for gay rights, Johnson was one of the prominent figures in the Stonewall uprising of 1969. [6][10][11] Johnson was a founding member of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) and co ...
50+ Influential Latina Women in History. 1. Dolores Huerta. Huerta is a civil rights activist and labor leader. She worked tirelessly to ensure farmworkers received US labor rights and co-founded ...
English. The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson is a 2017 American documentary film directed by David France. It chronicles Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, prominent figures in gay liberation and transgender rights movement in New York City from the 1960s to the 1990s and co-founders of Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries.
New York City. A Love Letter to Marsha is a sculpture featuring the LGBTQ activist Marsha P. Johnson by American artist Jesse Palotta. [1] It was originally erected in Christopher Park along Christopher Street in the West Village section of Manhattan, New York. The monument was completed in 2021 and was notably the first statue of a transgender ...