Both Latine/x Heritage AND LGTBQ+ History Month mean honoring the legacies and resilience of our queer and trans ancestors. Thank you to our wonderful community collaborator, @maitexnazario for creating this beautiful mural! This mural will be split in three parts, celebrating three different queer and trans Latine/x ancestors.
Today, we honor Sylvia Rivera and her legacy of relentless care and dedication to her community.
Sylvia Rivera was a trans woman, s*x w*rker and activist born in New York in 1951. Daughter of a Venezuelan mother and Puerto Rican father, she was one of the main pillars in the revolts that occurred at the Stonewall bar in New York in 1969, at the age of 17.
She was often silenced and pushed out of predominately white, gay and lesbian activism spaces due to her radical activism. She had always centered queer and trans people of color, creating a safe space for s*x w*rkers, homeless youth, and those caught in the prison system.
She was one of the founders of the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activists Alliance and, together with her great friend Marsha P. Johnson, helped to found STAR (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries). Rivera passed away in 2002 due to liver cancer. She left behind a legacy of fighting for the rights of different marginalized identities such as transgender people, people of color and people on the street, no matter the sacrifices.
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