US: Life of a trans activist is celebrated, not forgotten

[Olivia P]

2nd July 2014, 10:09 PM
Sara Sugar

Wednesday, the LGBT community remembered the life of trans activist Sylvia Rivera on what would have been her 63rd birthday.

Rivera, a transgender woman, activist and veteran of the Stonewall riots, died in 2002 from end-stage liver disease. She was an advocate of trans inclusion within the gay rights movement and founded numerous gay and trans advocacy organisations.
She worked tirelessly in 1971 to support an anti-discrimination bill within the New York City Council, though language protecting transgender individuals was eventually dropped from the bill.

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