Sylvia Rivera (Wikipedia)

 

Sylvia Rivera (1951 - 2002)

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civil rights - Stonewall 50: Don’t Forget the Black & Brown LGBTQ Struggle

Ernest Owens
Daily Beast

New York City, NY

Stonewall Inn (1969)

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ezs note: Of great import is The Combahee River Collective. Although the text is somewhat older, the thought put into the work is just as vital.

lead story - LBGTQ icons will be the first transgender people to get statues in the US

Lauren M. Johnson
CNN

Marsha P. Johnson

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civil rights - Shattering Glass Ceilings This Women’s History Month

Rokia Hassanein
HRC

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lead story - LGBTQ History Month: Transgender and gender-nonconforming pioneers

Tim Fitzsimons
NBC News

Sylvia Rivera

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civil rights - Weekend Read: ‘The Rosa Parks of the transgender movement’

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Southern Poverty Law Center

Sylvia Rae Rivera

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Netflix acquires transgender activist Martha P. Johnson documentary

Mariah Cooper
Washington Blade

Martha P. Johnson

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