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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. As co-founder of the Gay Liberation Front, Rivera was known...
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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.
Jun 28, 2024 · 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.
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Jun 13, 2020 · A monument dedicated to Sylvia Rivera, the late Latina transgender activist and pioneer, will be unveiled in New York in 2021. Erected in honour of Rivera and her dear friend and fellow activist, Marsha P. Johnson, it will be the city’s first transgender monument – despite its history as the birthplace of the Pride movement.
Mar 26, 2019 · She vehemently fought for early legislation banning gender discrimination; sought to create safe spaces for queer homeless youth; and spoke loudly and powerfully that her community of transgender individuals, homeless and incarcerated among them, be fought for in the move toward equality.
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Nov 20, 2020 · Sylvia Rivera was a transgender woman living in New York City during the ’60s and ’70s. She became a fierce defender of LGBTQ+ rights, pushing the movement in the aftermath of the Stonewall ...
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