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Sylvia Rivera with STAR banner. Rivera's activism began in 1968 after she participated in actions with the Gay Liberation Front's Drag Queen Caucus and later joined the Gay Activists Alliance at 18 years old, where she fought for not only the rights of gay people but also for the inclusion of drag queens like herself in the movement. [19]
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.
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.
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.
60 Best Harvey Milk Quotes to Inspire and Uplift Bettmann - Getty Images Beside names such as Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and RuPaul is fellow LGBTQ+ icon and activist Harvey Milk.
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Members of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) UK, at England's first Gay Pride, 1972 in London. Gay Liberation Front (GLF) was the name of several gay liberation groups, the first of which was formed in New York City in 1969, immediately after the Stonewall riots. [1]
Transgender activists planned the sculpture following unrealized plans for an official sculpture of Johnson and Sylvia Rivera in 2019. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] It is the city's first statue of a transgender person and the eighth statue of a woman among New York City's 800 park monuments.