#LGBTHM15 #SylviaRivera (1951 - 2002) Rivera was one of the protestors in the Stonewall riots. She w

#LGBTHM15 #SylviaRivera (1951 - 2002) Rivera was one of the protestors in the Stonewall riots. She was a founding member of both the Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activists Alliance. With her close friend, Marsha P. Johnson, Rivera co-founded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR). Rivera worked tirelessly for drag queens and trans women of color.