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Still Here: Sylvia, Who Survived Stonewall, Time and the River
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: Digital Transgender Archive Creator: Kaufman, Michael T. Date: May 24, 1995 Topics: Drag queens, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, LGBTQ+ suicide, LGBTQ+ unhoused people, LGBTQ+ youth, Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people, Red ribbons (AIDS), Stonewall riots, Substance abuse, Trans women, Transvestites Subject: Bellevue Hospital, Center for Gay and Lesbian Studies at CUNY Graduate Center, Hudson River, Marsha P. Johnson, St. Joseph's Hospital, Sylvia Rivera Description: Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive material related to suicide. -
STONEWALL STORIES PART I OF II
Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000) Institution: Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Creator: Bronski, Michael, Carlo, Vivian, Robinson, Colin, Poggi, Stephanie, Burns, Randy, Shively, Charley, Stowell, Sterling, Nestle, Joan, Lorde, Audre, Ewing, Tess, Rose, Steven, Abelove, Henry Date: Jun. 11, 1989 Topics: AIDS awareness, Black LGBTQ+ people, Drag queens, Gay community, HIV/AIDS, Homophiles, Indigenous LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ discrimination, LGBTQ+ people of color, LGBTQ+ sex workers, Police harassment, Stonewall riots, Transvestites Subject: Bread and Roses, Daughters of Bilitis, Gay Activists Alliance (GAA), Gay Community News, Gay Liberation Front, Gay Women's Liberation, Lesbian History Archives, March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation, Marsha P. Johnson, Mattachine Society, Radicalesbians, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera, That Certain Summer Description: A collection of stories and remembrances from the Stonewall riots and 1969. Writers comment on memory, inclusion, and what the riots mean as a symbol. Originally published on pages 14 through 17 of... -
Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries at the Christopher Street Liberation Day March, 1973
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Fink, Leonard Date: Jun. 24, 1973 Topics: Activists, Demonstrations, Latino/a/x transgender people, Transgender people, Transvestites Subject: Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee (CSLDC), Christopher Street Liberation Day March, Marsha P. Johnson, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and members of Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR) at the 1973 CSLD march. -
Suspicious Death of Transvestite
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Creator: Feinberg, Leslie Date: Jul. 24, 1992 Topics: Black transgender people, Drag queens, Gay liberation, LGBTQ+ death notices, QTPOC, Transfeminine people Subject: Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project (AVP), Marsha P. Johnson, Queens Liberation Front, Stonewall Rebellion, Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (STAR), Sylvia Rivera Description: This item is a clipping from Seattle Gay News issued in July 1992 about Marsha P. Johnson's death earlier that month. The clipping describes how Marsha died, who she was and what she did while she ... -
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 Arthur Bell at Gay Liberation Demonstration
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: New York Public Library Creator: Davies, Diana Date: 1970 Topics: Drag queens, Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ demonstrations, QTPOC, Transfeminine people, Transgender people Subject: Arthur Bell, Sylvia Rivera Description: A photograph of Sylvia Rivera holding a sign that reads "POWER TO THE PEOPLE" and Arthur Bell protesting at a gay liberation demonstration at New York University in 1970. -
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 Jose Gutierrez at the 25th Anniversary of Stonewall
Collection: Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera Collection Institution: The Jose Gutierrez Archives Creator: Date: 1994 Topics: Latino/a/x LGBTQ+ people, Latino/a/x transgender people Subject: Jose Gutierrez, Sylvia Rivera Description: Sylvia Rivera and Jose Gutierrez pose for a photo at the 25th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots (1994). -
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."
