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Last updated on April 14, 2025.

Sylvia Rivera

Sylvia Rivera was an American gay liberation and transgender rights activist who was also a noted community worker in New York. Rivera, who identified as a drag queen, participated in demonstrations with the Gay Liberation Front.

July 2, 1951 - February 19, 2002

Source: Wikipedia

Hell hath no fury like a drag queen scorned. — © Sylvia Rivera

Hell hath no fury like a drag queen scorned.

Sylvia Rivera

Sylvia Rivera

I was a radical, a revolutionist. I am still a revolutionist…I am glad I was in the Stonewall riot. I remember when someone threw a Molotov cocktail, I thought, “My god, the revolution is here. The revolution is finally here!

Sylvia Rivera

Sylvia Rivera

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