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Street Transvestites on the Air
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Skir, Leo, GAY Magazine Date: Aug. 30, 1971 Topics: Hormone therapy (Gender), LGBTQ+ people who use substances, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Puerto Rican women, Sex work, Trans women, Transsexual people, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Gay Liberation Front, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR) Description: This item is a clipping from GAY Magazine Vol. 4 No. 97 which describes an interview with Sylvia Rivera and others about their lives. Sylvia talks about housing, hormones, sex, and her activist inv... -
Susan Stryker Oral History
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts Institution: OUTWORDS Creator: Stryker, Susan, Mukerjee, Lucy Date: Apr. 19, 2021 Topics: Sexuality, Trans women, Transgender parents, Transgender studies, Transitioning (Gender) Subject: GLBT Historical Society (GLBTHS), GLQ, Susan Stryker, Transgender Nation, Transgender Studies Initiative, TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly Description: Susan Stryker was born into a white working-class family in Fort Sill, Oklahoma on July 7, 1961. Susan earned her PhD in United States history from University of California in Berkeley. While juggl... -
Suspect Arrested, Faces Extradition
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: The Associated Press Date: Sep. 23, 1998 Topics: Anti-transgender violence, Black transgender people, Murder--Investigation, Murders of LGBTQ+ people, Trans women Subject: George A. Stallings, Monique Thomas Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to transphobic violence. -
Sylvia Rivera, 50, Figure in Birth of the Gay Liberation
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Dunlap, David W. Date: Feb. 20, 2002 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Stonewall riots, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Marsha P. Johnson, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: Obituary for Sylvia Rivera published in the New York Times. -
Sylvia Rivera Alongside Gay Rights Demonstrators with Signs
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Davies, Diana Date: 1971 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Gay Liberation Front, Sylvia Rivera Description: Two black and white photographs of protestors gathered at a gay rights demonstration in Albany, New York. People are holding signs that say "Gay Liberation Front Women" and "Revolutionary Love." Sy... -
Sylvia Rivera and Bebe Scarpi at the Weinstein Hall Demonstration
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Davies, Diana Date: 1970 Topics: Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ activists, QTPOC, Trans women, Transfeminine people Subject: Bebe Scarpi, Sylvia Rivera, Weinstein Hall Demonstration Description: A photograph of Sylvia Rivera and Bebe Scarpi clapping during the 1970 Weinstein Hall Demonstration. -
Sylvia Rivera and Gay Liberation Front Demonstrators at City Hall, New York
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Davies, Diana Date: 1969 to 1972 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Sylvia Rivera Description: A photo of demonstrators outside City Hall. Sylvia Rivera is in the center of the frame, looking down. -
Sylvia Rivera and Lee Brewster at Gay Rights Demonstration
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Davies, Diana Date: 1971 Topics: Drag queens, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Lee Brewster, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: Three black and white photographs of Sylvia and Rivera and Lee Brewster standing among a crowd at a gay rights protest in Albany, New York. Lee is holding a sign that says "We're Only #2 But We Try... -
Sylvia Rivera and Lee Brewster Marching Down Sidewalk with Demonstrators
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Davies, Diana Date: 1971 Topics: Drag queens, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Lee Brewster, Sylvia Rivera Description: Color photograph of Sylvia Rivera and Lee Brewster among other protestors at a gay rights demonstration in Albany, New York. They are marching down the sidewalk while linking arms. and Lee is holdi... -
Sylvia Rivera and Lee Brewster on Steps at Gay Rights Demonstration
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Davies, Diana Date: 1971 Topics: Drag queens, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Lee Brewster, Sylvia Rivera Description: Color photograph of Sylvia Rivera and Lee Brewster standing among others on a set of steps at a gay rights demonstration in Albany, New York. Lee is holding a sign that says "We're Only #2 But We T... -
Sylvia Rivera at ACT-UP March, 1994
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Date: Jun. 26, 1994 Topics: AIDS activists, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Trans women, Transfeminine people, Transgender political activists Subject: ACT UP, Sylvia Rivera Description: A photograph of Sylvia Rivera in a yellow dress at an ACT-UP march in Union Square Park in 1994. -
Sylvia Rivera at Kate Millet's Speech at Gay Rights Demonstration
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Davies, Diana Date: 1971 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Kate Millet, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: A color photograph of a speaker at a gay rights demonstration in Albany, New York. Sylvia Rivera is in the background holding her arm up and sign saying "Street Transvestite Action Revolution." -
Sylvia Rivera at Kate Millett Speaking During Gay Rights Demonstration
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Davies, Diana Date: 1971 Topics: Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Puerto Rican women, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Kate Millet, Mattachine Society, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: Seven black and white photographs of a demonstration in Albany, New York featuring speaker Kate Millett. Many people are holding signs, including Sylvia Rivera who is holding a sign with another pe... -
Sylvia Rivera at New York City Hall Demonstration
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Davies, Diana Date: circa 1969 to 1972 Topics: Black transgender people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ activists, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, Puerto Rican women, QTPOC, Trans women, Venezuelan Americans Subject: Gay Liberation Front, Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera Description: Photographs featuring Sylvia Rivera participating in a Gay Liberation Front demonstration in front of New York City Hall, circa 1969-1972. March P. Johnson can be seen in a similar photo in "Relate... -
Sylvia Rivera at the 25th Anniversary of Stonewall