She pushed her way past rainbow community transphobes determined to keep her off that stage and still managed to grab the mic, have her say and be heard that day over a crowd that was hatin' on her. I’m tired of living with labels. I’m not a lesbian.” I’m tired of being labeled. Sylvia Rivera. Episode Transcript. In 1973, when the LGBTQ activist Sylvia Rivera jumped onstage and commandeered the microphone during the Christopher Street Liberation Day Rally in New York City, she was speaking up for a marginalized group within a marginalized group: the transgender community.

I’m just me. I don’t even like the label transgender. … the speech given by Sylvia Rivera in 1973 at the Gay Pride Rally in NYC, with captions and transcripts added. In our first episode you’ll meet Sylvia Rivera.

Sylvia Rivera was a Latina-American drag queen who was a gay and transgender activist in the 1960s and 70s. Orphaned at a young age, Rivera spent a rough adolescence on the street, where she developed a … Sylvia Rivera: Y'all better quiet down. Sylvia Rivera 1973 Christopher Street Liberation Day Rally Speech This is 1973 video of Sylvia Rivera speaking at the Christopher Street Liberation Day Rally despite attempts to silence her. I’ve been trying to get up here all day for your gay brothers and your gay sisters in jail that write me every motherfucking week and ask for your help and you all don’t do a goddamn thing for them. Hi, Eric Marcus here with the Making Gay History podcast. Sylvia Rivera's June 2001 Talk at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, New York City . LGBTQ Activist. Latino Gay Men of New York (LGMNY), a social group established in 1991, invited the Bronx-born, Venezuelan/Puerto Rican Stonewall veteran, transgender activist, and Young Lords member Sylvia Rivera (1951-2002) to be a guest speaker at its monthly "First Friday of the Month" meeting in June …

People now want to call me a lesbian because I’m with Julia, and I say, “No. In that same speech, she talked about wanting to give up on labels. Each week we take a deep dive into my stack of decades-old audio cassettes to share with you the voices of LGBTQ history.

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