Rivera, Sylvia, 1951-2002
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Rivera, Sylvia, 1951-2002
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1951-2002
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Mendosa, Ray Rivera, 1951-2002
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Ray Rivera
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1951-2002
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Sylvia Rivera was an American gay liberation and transgender rights activist who was also a noted community worker in New York. Rivera, who identified as a drag queen for most of her life and later as a transgender person, participated in demonstrations with the Gay Liberation Front. With Marsha P. Johnson, Rivera co-founded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR), a group dedicated to helping homeless young drag queens, gay youth, and trans women.
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Gay liberation movement
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