Sylvia Rivera (1951-2002) - Transgender Activist
http://queernetworks.typepad.com/pattyhose/2008/04/sylvia-rivera-1.html4/6/2008
"Born Rey Rivera Mendoza on July 2, 1951, Rivera left home at eleven
years of age. She made her way to New York City's Times Square and
began working in female drag as a prostitute. Through the 1960s she
survived on the streets, and in the process learned firsthand of the
dangers and social injustices faced by gender-variant people (such as
drag queens, butch lesbians, and transsexuals). . ."
