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Tuesday Bloody Tuesday

Suffolk Police Jump Gays

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This item is a clipping describing the details and aftermath of a police raid at a gay bar which led to the arrest of Sylvia Rivera, among others. It was issued in GAY Magazine Vol. 3 No. 69 in January 1972.

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Item Information:

Identifier
6969z1142
Collection
Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection
Institution
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
Creator(s)
Martino, Nicholas
GAY Magazine
Contributor(s)
Rivera, Sylvia
Publisher
Four Swords, Inc.
Date Issued
Jan. 24, 1972
Dates Covered
Dec. 14, 1971
Genre
Clippings
Subject(s)
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Long Island Gay Activist Alliance
New York Gay Activist Alliance
Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR)
Sylvia Rivera
Places
New York
Topic(s)
Arrests of LGBTQ+ people
Latino/a/x transgender people
LGBTQ+ activists
Police entrapment
Police raids
Puerto Rican women
QTPOC
Trans women
Undercover operations
Venezuelan Americans
Resource Type
Text
Language
English
Rights
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