Sylvia Rivera (July 2, 1951 – February 19, 2002, She/Her) was a trailblazing advocate for the rights of transgender individuals and LGBTQ+ communities. A vocal opponent of racism and transphobia…
Read MoreSylvia Rivera, 1994. Photographer Harvey Wang (Photo Source Stonewall Columbus) Sylvia Rivera (July 2, 1951 – February 19, 2002) was a fighter. Rivera (she/her) was an LGBTQ+ activist, a trans…
Read More…the Lesbian Avengers. In fact, two of Stonewall’s leading activists, Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, extended the movement eastward in the early 1970s, through the housing collective for transgender…
Read More…this fight were Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. According to The Equality archive: “Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera were there. They witnessed the police raid and were among…
Read More…led by Village Preservation for the honor. Read more about Jacobs on our website via our blog posts and an oral history with her from 1997. Sylvia Rivera Sylvia Rivera…
Read More…in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. West Village Sylvia Rivera Food Pantry The work of MCCNY Charities, Inc. is inspired by the life and advocacy of Stonewall Veteran Sylvia…
Read More…of Grizzlykiki.com. To me, the star (or STAR) of LGBTQ life in the Village was Marsha P. Johnson, along with her compatriots Miss Major and Sylvia Rivera, all of whom…
Read More…regulars, Village activists including Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, was in direct protest to the police’s treatment of LGBTQ patrons and residents. The ‘Sip-In’ at Julius’, 1966. Next is…
Read More…movement, several women played indispensable roles behind the scenes and on the frontlines. Sylvia Rivera at the “Gay Camp” at Christopher Street pier One of the most iconic women associated…
Read More…in the Village This residence and the Ali Forney Center stand on the shoulders of LGBTQ gender nonconforming Village activists like Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson. Johnson’s recent obituary…
Read More…(S.T.A.R.) House: 213 East 2nd Street (LGBT History). Activist and co-founder Sylvia Rivera marching with her STAR banner at the Christopher Street Pride March Marsha P Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, trans women…
Read More…the courageous activists who fought back against oppression were Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, two transgender women of color whose contributions are celebrated worldwide today. The Stonewall uprising not…
Read More…in the uprising. Sylvia Rivera, another trans-activist and a friend and contemporary of Marsha’s, recalls that “this was started by the street queens of that era, which I was part…
Read More…in New York. Some highlights include the organizing efforts of the Gay and Lesbian Caucus, the transgender activism of Sylvia Rivera, and innovative “artivism” generated by Eddie Figueroa, the founder of the…
Read More…by Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson. Other groups that grew out of GFL also included the Parents of Gays (later renamed Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, or…
Read MoreThe Stonewall Inn (l.), and trans rights activist Sylvia Rivera (r., center), who helped lead the Stonewall Riots (Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery) Responding to an executive order from President Trump,…
Read More…Frances Goldin, Jane Jacobs, Joey Ramone, Sylvia Rivera, and Police Officer Brian Murray — here.) Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer Way The intersection of Fifth Avenue and Washington Square North…
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